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> > > I also think the registries should actually be registries and > > not try to be the Internet's mommy. > > IMHO it is part of an IP registry's job to make sure that applications for > IP address space meet the publicly agreed upon criteria. And if that > criteria says that you need to justify the quantity of addresses you > receive, it may be mommy work but it is necessary work. But I want to know > why ARIN cannot simply issue an appropriately sized portable block of > addresses to anyone who is legitimately multihomed? Why can't ARIN > maintain a register of companies who are multihomed and tag their IP > allocations, of whatever size, as "portable". I suppose we could sidestep > Sprint and use the swamp addresses which Sprint filters on a /24 boundary. > But why can't we just carve off a chunk of 214/8 and "register" it to > organizations who need portable space in chunks smaller than /19? > > This just makes too much sense to me. Michael, Could you define "legitimately multihomed" please? Kim > > -- > Michael Dillon - E-mail: [email protected] > Check the website for my Internet World articles - http://www.memra.com > >
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