24 Apr
2006
24 Apr
'06
12:56 p.m.
Hi,
Most (if not all) larger hosting providers I know are LIRs, so this question really doesn't apply. And for smaller hosting providers, this can be done - yes, it's painful, but the alternatives are also painful.
In fact, no (especially, in .RU/.UA). But! Some of hosting providers are LIRs to have own IPs and AS, but many of them need no more than /24 (ok, /23 at the most), because of HTTP/1.1 nowdays is an industry standard. I also know many cases people get LIRs (and /20) because of they aware of potential (I think mostly imagined) PI problems, when they really need /24. What about conserving of address space? -- WBR, Max Tulyev (MT6561-RIPE, 2:463/253@FIDO)