CICNet has several blocks of address from which we assign numbers.
Some of the sites to whom we have assigned numbers have requested
that the NIC register their DNS machines for inverse mapping of
the addresses. The NIC recently sent the message below to one of those
sites.
My question is: Are other providers that have blocks they are assigning
addresses out of removing those address from their own blocks
(in the words of the NIC)? In other words, is everyone sending
to the NIC the information for the site that gets a specific
address? If the addresses are taken out of the block and
assigned to the site, then it pretty much makes a moot point
of the arguements about taking back address if a customer moves
to another provider.
Tom
address? If the addresses are taken out of the block and
assigned to the site, then it pretty much makes a moot point
of the arguements about taking back address if a customer moves
to another provider.
I haven't been around the regional scene long enough to have heard all the
arguments for/against this, but I can imagine that the issue of who "owns"
addresses may eventually end up in the courts (horrors). One could
probably make an argument that addresses should belong to the site rather
than the provider since, if this were not the case, competition between
providers would be stifled (i.e. sites with large numbers of hosts would
be forced to include the costs of changing all their addresses when
thinking about going with a lower cost or more feature rich provider.
Perhaps a technical solution--other than BOOTP-- to alleviate this burden
would make the issue go away?).
I'm aware of the routing issues which, I assume, providers would use in
their arguments for "owning" addresses.
Of course, I don't "own" my phone number (at least not yet anyway...)
At any rate, I'd appreciate references to papers that discuss these
issues...
Allen Robel Internet: allen@nwnet.net
Network Engineer voice: (206)562-3000
NorthWestNet FAX: (206)562-4822
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