IP-Hosting Policy Specifics

[JIM FLEMING]

ARIN is only one of many companies that are in the address registry
business.
Here are the first 64 blocks out of 256 (not all can be used).

http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/ipv4-address-space
000/8  IANA - Reserved    Sep 81
001/8  IANA - Reserved    Sep 81
002/8  IANA - Reserved    Sep 81
003/8  General Electric Company  May 94
004/8  Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.  Dec 92
005/8  IANA - Reserved    Jul 95
006/8  Army Information Systems Center  Feb 94
007/8  IANA - Reserved    Apr 95
008/8  Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.  Dec 92
009/8  IBM     Aug 92
010/8  IANA - Private Use   Jun 95
011/8  DoD Intel Information Systems  May 93
012/8  AT&T Bell Laboratories   Jun 95
013/8  Xerox Corporation   Sep 91
014/8  IANA - Public Data Network  Jun 91
015/8  Hewlett-Packard Company   Jul 94
016/8  Digital Equipment Corporation  Nov 94
017/8  Apple Computer Inc.   Jul 92
018/8  MIT     Jan 94
019/8  Ford Motor Company   May 95
020/8  Computer Sciences Corporation  Oct 94
021/8  DDN-RVN     Jul 91
022/8  Defense Information Systems Agency May 93
023/8  IANA - Reserved    Jul 95
024/8  IANA - Cable Block   Jul 95
025/8  Royal Signals and Radar Establishment Jan 95
026/8  Defense Information Systems Agency May 95
027/8  IANA - Reserved    Apr 95
028/8  DSI-North    Jul 92
029/8  Defense Information Systems Agency Jul 91
030/8  Defense Information Systems Agency Jul 91
031/8  IANA - Reserved    Apr 99
032/8  Norsk Informasjonsteknologi  Jun 94
033/8  DLA Systems Automation Center  Jan 91
034/8  Halliburton Company   Mar 93
035/8  MERIT Computer Network   Apr 94
036/8  IANA - Reserved    Jul 00
                (Formerly Stanford University)          Apr 93
037/8  IANA - Reserved    Apr 95
038/8  Performance Systems International Sep 94
039/8  IANA - Reserved    Apr 95
040/8  Eli Lily and Company   Jun 94
041/8  IANA - Reserved    May 95
042/8  IANA - Reserved    Jul 95
043/8  Japan Inet    Jan 91
044/8  Amateur Radio Digital Communications Jul 92
045/8  Interop Show Network   Jan 95
046/8  Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.  Dec 92
047/8  Bell-Northern Research   Jan 91
048/8  Prudential Securities Inc.  May 95
049/8  Joint Technical Command   May 94
  Returned to IANA   Mar 98
050/8  Joint Technical Command   May 94
  Returned to IANA   Mar 98
051/8  Deparment of Social Security of UK Aug 94
052/8  E.I. duPont de Nemours and Co., Inc. Dec 91
053/8  Cap Debis CCS    Oct 93
054/8  Merck and Co., Inc.   Mar 92
055/8  Boeing Computer Services  Apr 95
056/8  U.S. Postal Service   Jun 94
057/8  SITA     May 95
058/8  IANA - Reserved    Sep 81
059/8  IANA - Reserved    Sep 81
060/8  IANA - Reserved    Sep 81
061/8  APNIC - Pacific Rim   Apr 97
062/8  RIPE NCC - Europe   Apr 97
063/8  ARIN     Apr 97

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Maybe people should focus on obtaining allocations from other companies ?

Also, for IPv8, the address space is allocated (for management) to the TLD
managers.

Jim Fleming
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Macknik" <jmacknik at inflow.com>
To: <vwp at arin.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 7:11 AM
Subject: IP-Hosting Policy Specifics


> I really think we need ARIN to really lay down what "technical
> justifications" there are for requesting IP space for IP-based hosting.
This
> request has appeared many times on this discussion list, but the only
answer
> I have seen to date indicates that ARIN requires "technical
justification;"
> this is a little too vague for businesses that depend on IP space, and the
> customers which they support.
>
> Is there a definitive list of justifiable reasoning behind IP-based
hosting.
> If there is not, then there is no way that anyone offering any IP space to
> their customers could be sure they are requesting the right information
from
> their customers. This could conceivably cause them to lose their ability
to
> do business if ARIN indicates they don't believe that organization is
> providing proper justification.
>
> Is there any way we can come up with a list of justifiable reasons to use
> IP-based hosting? If so, can we then also come up with an escalation
> procedure for requesting additions to the list as technology and standard
> practices change? If we had these in place, then companies offering ISP
> services could follow, to the letter, exactly what ARIN needs for them to
be
> compliant. They would also have an opportunity to argue a case for
alternate
> technical reasons for IP space.
>
> -= Mack =-
>
> James M. Macknik
> Manager, Systems Engineering
> 2401 15th St. Suite 200
> Denver, CO  80202
> 303/824.2506 (Office)
> 720/840.5329 (Mobile)
> jmacknik at inflow.com
>
>