Re: [cobalt-users] Just Wondering How Everyone Handles ARIN

["Dana J. Laude" <dlaude@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"LightSpeedServers.Net" wrote:
> 
> Not too long ago ARIN decided to be a pain in the rear and impose strict
> restrictions regarding the allocation of IPs.  No longer could we get one IP
> per one Site.
> 
> Right now on the web host end I am getting a lot of headaches over this as I
> am one of the hosts required to follow the rules by the facility that I
> lease my connection & server space from.
> 
> I have found that I am in a situation in where I lose some business as
> people see site x offering independent IPs for each site, or 30+ IPs for a
> dedicated server while I have to remain in a position where I can simply
> point out the ARIN rule and say we can no longer offer 1IP per 1Site as ARIN
> no longer considers this justification.
> 
> So I am just wondering how each side justifies and deals with the ARIN IP
> rules.  How those who still offer independent IPs are able to justify the
> use without SSL or annomonous FTP.  Or whether those who still offer may end
> up in a bad situation when it comes time to request more IPs.  Also, I would
> be curious to know how those on my end of the fence explain the rules
> regarding the IPs to their prospective customers to avoid being in a
> situation of comparing to apples to oranges.  For example, those sites who
> offer independent IPs that shouldn't, those sites that offer IPs and then
> include the *disclaimer on the bottom regarding ARIN rules so they mislead
> the customer into believing they can get more IPs.

In a former life:  I always assigned sites the same IP address
unless
they used SSL, which obviously requires a unique IP.  Also, a
trick
is to assign multiple IP's to you're NIC, so it looks like you
actually
need more IP addresses. ;-)  (so you can justify additional ones)

Our upstream IP God was a royal PITA, but in retrospect he was ok
as long as we justified additional IP usage. (we had a /24 and 
needed a few additional /24's due to growth)  YMMV!

Dana
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