Re: [YA] Fwd: Class B Purchase

[Hank Nussbacher <hank () ibm net il>]

At 10:48 PM 10/6/98 -0400, Jared Mauch wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 06, 1998 at 07:56:59PM -0400, Kim Hubbard wrote:
> > Michael,  
> >
> > Could you define "legitimately multihomed" please?  
>
>       I think that a prime example would be a site such as
> progressive networks, cnn (turner), msbnc, or any other high
> traffic site.
>
>       They will be multiply connected to major providers,
> but most use some sort of ip director, and all their 
> machines sit on the same /24.
>       
>       Although I don't like the way some of these peoples networks
> are built, they don't have enough machines/servers to justify anything
> more than a /24 or even at most a /22, but still need provider
> independent space as they may show up at regional exchange points.

Been there.  Done that.  See:
http://www.isoc.org.il/ipnum.html

Requires me to scan Mae-East 4x a year and check whether they are still
multihomed.  Can such a method scale?  Don't know.   -Hank

>       The best bet for these people in some cases is to go hunt for
> space that is "available", as ARIN and folks won't allocate such space.
>
>       Their other option is to sit on the network block of
> one of their providers, but some people do have issues with
> announcing other providers address space (like it's against their
> internal policies).
>
>       This would be a semi-justfiable use of a portable block
> less than a /19, would it not?
>
>       - Jared