WebHosting Policy- SSL

[Bill Darte]

That would be the technical justification you would provide to ARIN

Bill Darte


> -----Original Message-----
> From: L. James Prevo [mailto:president at prevo.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 1:13 PM
> To: Bill Darte; ARIN Public Policy (E-mail); ARIN Virtual Web Hosting
> (E-mail); ARIN Clew (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: Supporting ISPs with WebHosting Policy
> 
> 
> 
> > > ARIN subscription holders who provide virtual webhosting 
> > services to their
> > > customers, and organizations that request new address space 
> > from ARIN, are
> > > strongly encouraged to employ a name-based system of 
> webhosting -- a
> > > current best practice method which enables multiple domains 
> > to be hosted
> > > by a single IP address. In contrast, an IP-based system requires a
> > > distinct IP number for each domain, which, where not 
> > required for the
> > > technical basis of services offered, is an inefficient use 
> > of addresses.
> > > Widespread use of the name-based system will significantly 
> > reduce the
> > > number of addresses needed for webhosting and will help to 
> > conserve the
> > > limited supply of available address space.
> > > 
> > > POLICY
> > > 
> > > When an ISP submits a request for IP address space to be 
> > used for IP-based
> > > webhosting, they will supply technical justification for 
> > this practice. ARIN
> > > will collect this data for review of the policy in light of 
> > operational
> > > experience.
> 
> I have a server that has SSL (Secure Socket Layers)  For a web site
> to have its own SSL the server requires the domain name or site
> to have its own IP #, which is how SSL works.  What about sites
> that have SSL and need their own IP #?
> 
> I am a budget web host, a majority of my sites are all named
> based.  However I have sites that have thier own SSL and need
> their own IP #.  
> 
> How is ARIN going to handle this?  
> 
> Is it being addressed?
> 
> L. James Prevo
> President
> The Prevo Network
> http://www.prevo.net
> "The Place Where We Unlock Your Doors to the Net!"
> 
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