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We are seeing a lot of the same. /32 certainly does not mean small network. Dirk On Tue, Nov 10, 1998 at 03:35:13PM -0500, Jeff Mcadams wrote: > 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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