Re: cannot access some popular websites from Linode, geolocation is wrong, ARIN is to blame?

["Constantine A. Murenin" <mureninc () gmail com>]

On 2 March 2013 15:45, Owen DeLong <owen () delong com> wrote:
> > Now, back to ARIN:  is Linode doing it right?  Is vr.org doing it
> > wrong?  Are they both doing it correct, or are they both wrong?
>
> ARIN Policies do require Linode to SWIP their customer allocations,
> so the fact that they are not doing so is actually a violation of policy.


They have repeatedly disagreed, on two separate occasions, effectively
claiming they themselves are the customers:

> > > > We now get all of our addresses assigned directly to us which is why our address is listed, however we still have 
> > > > some IP addresses in our pool with ...

So, the "new" addresses are all assigned directly to them.


> Linode (and VR) probably shouldn't SWIP their datacenter blocks,
> but this isn't really covered in policy one way or the other.
>
> > Anyhow.  How do I get my geoloc to show Fremont, CA?  And to have yelp
> > stop returning 403 Forbidden?
>
> Get Linode to SWIP your blocks for starters.

Could work with IPv6, since I have a /56 from them, but I only have a
single IPv4, so, per my understanding, an IPv4 SWIP is not possible.

C.