Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 10:34:07 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Andy <seahorse51@attbi.com> Cc: Alfred Pythonstein <pythonstein@hotmail.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Hotmail (was Re: Insider's scoop: Why FreeBSD is dying) Message-ID: <3D5FDA8F.5D735D38@mindspring.com> References: <F155HlM9QTfXPyGvQ3C0000b599@hotmail.com> <5.1.0.14.0.20020818110747.00ac1a98@mail.seahorse.wsonline.net>
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Andy wrote: > Remember that Hotmail is a part of MSN, and they would have a need for that > many IP addresses, what with their "Internet content" service. Oh, I could definitely see Microsoft needing a lot of VIPs; they would need one per unique, deployed services, and potentially one per "branding" partner (depends on whether they expect a modern browser -- "Host:" being set correctly for virtual hosting). I'm "pretty sure", that they have other address blocks, as well. 8-). For service availability, though, they would only really need a small number of VIPs per colocation facility, for a large and distributed service (basically, one per redundant virtual circuit path for initial distribution). So if they were widely deployed, you would expect maybe 8 VIPs per colocation facility... but you would not expect them to be in a large, contiguous netblock: you'd expect them to be 8 here, and 8 there, etc., based on geographic location. It's actually my understanding (I'm willing to be corrected here) that HotMail is pretty centrally served, because of the protocols involved, and because of their architecture. Anyway, I guess if I could get a full class B, I'd have one, and I wouldn't be questioning *why* someone had been willing to give it to me. 8-) 8-). It just seemed mighty strange. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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