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Thus spake Owen DeLong >I think this misses the point. ARIN doesn't require or want you to SWIP >your /30 and /32 allocations. A network that small just doesn't require >that level of public contact visibility. I think you missed his point though....with NAT/PAT technology.../30 and /32's from ISP's can indeed provide a whole corporate network with access (small corporate...not exactly Fortune 500 here, but you get the idea)...I second his point on this. We've got quite a few customers that are feeding whole networks with /32's...even providing web servers and mail servers via these NAT/PAT boxes that are available now. Just stating that the network only has one or two Internet available IP addresses and therefore its too small to be of significance is short-sighted at best. Many of these /32's for us have their own web administration, mail administration, and other local administration of many of their services. They use a single IP as almost an inherent firewall. Indeed, I have one customer that uses one of the NAT/PAT boxes to actually not have IP on their internal network at *ALL*. The box converts the TCP/IP to IPX/SPX...bizarre, but it works well for them. Anyway, they run their own mail server on this setup, and we do very little administrative functioning for them...DNS is it in this case. >As you've pointed out, you'll >be doing most of the things that matter (from a contact perspective) >for those customers. As such, it makes sense to use your larger block >contact information instead of SWIPing such small networks. In fact, >I'd rather see ARIN move the SWIP requirement back to /26 or so. Put my vote in for allowing up to /32's. -- Jeff McAdams Email: [email protected] Head Network Administrator Voice: (502) 966-3848 IgLou Internet Services (800) 436-4456
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