[93392] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: IP adresss management verification
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com)
Mon Nov 13 11:38:26 2006
In-Reply-To: <FCD26398C5EDE746BFC47F43EA52A17301BE61C1@dino.ad.hostasaurus.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:39:53 +0000
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
> > They ask for it.
> Is the policy still that dedicated IP addresses for web
> hosts *should* only be used when technical justification
> exists? I really wish it would change to a requirement
> as we very frequently get new hosting customers who get
> angry when they find their site that doesn't have SSL
> or any other technical reason for a dedicated IP ends up
> on a shared IP when their old host didn't do that or
> would sell them a dedicated IP for $5/month, etc.
SSL is a technical justification for separate IP
addresses for web hosts. Virtual servers is another
technical justification for assigning multiple IP
addresses to a single physical server.
ISPs should really make it clear to their customers
which features are included in a product and which
ones are not. There is no reason why you could not
have offered a "web hosting" product with no SSL
capability at one price point and a "secure web
hosting" product with SSL at another pricepoint.
What is the point in leaving things vague?
And if you look at this template
http://www.arin.net/registration/templates/net-isp.txt
updated in September, it no longer mentions web
hosting.
--Michael Dillon
