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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 > >
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