[LACNIC/Napla] EP.Net en venta
Francisco Arias
francisco at arias.com.mx
Fri Feb 13 14:53:59 BRST 2009
Quizá este mensaje sea de interés para algunos NAPs de la región.
http://www.ep.net/ep-main.html
--- On Wed, 2/11/09, Leo Bicknell <bicknell at ufp.org> wrote:
> From: Leo Bicknell <bicknell at ufp.org>
> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Policy Proposal: Protective Usage TransferPolicyforIPv4 Address
> To: arin-ppml at arin.net
> Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 9:01 AM
> In a message written on Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 01:26:15AM
> -0500, Chris Malayter wrote:
> > There are a large number of IX's in the North
> American region (as well
> > as other regions) that have address space allocated
> from a provider
> > that specializes in exchange allocations.
>
> I love how people dance around issues without coming out
> and saying
> them.
>
> Since the proposer and yourself work at Switch and Data,
> let's look at
> one of the Switch and Data blocks, say, for PAIX Palo Alto:
>
> % whois -h whois.arin.net 198.32.176.0
>
> OrgName: EP.NET, LLC.
> OrgID: EPB-Z
> Address: PO 12317
> City: Marina del Rey
> StateProv: CA
> PostalCode: 90295
> Country: US
>
> NetRange: 198.32.0.0 - 198.32.255.255
> CIDR: 198.32.0.0/16
> NetName: NET-EP-1
> NetHandle: NET-198-32-0-0-1
> Parent: NET-198-0-0-0-0
> NetType: Direct Assignment
> NameServer: DOT.EP.NET
> NameServer: FLAG.EP.NET
> Comment:
> RegDate: 1997-06-09
> Updated: 2008-01-15
>
> RTechHandle: WM110-ARIN
> RTechName: Manning, Bill
> RTechPhone: +1-310-322-8102
> RTechEmail: bmanning at karoshi.com
>
> OrgTechHandle: WM110-ARIN
> OrgTechName: Manning, Bill
> OrgTechPhone: +1-310-322-8102
> OrgTechEmail: bmanning at karoshi.com
>
> Ah ha! Let's go to www.ep.net, and follow the about
> link
> (http://www.ep.net/aboutUS.html):
>
> ] EP.NET, LLC. provides a variety of services to the
> Internet community.
> ] These include publication of Internet exchange facilities
> worldwide,
> ] links to supporting organizations, documentation on
> exchange creation
> ] and operation, and statistical information. EP.NET LLC.
> also offers
> ] consulting and support services and unique identifier
> management for
> ] neutral exchange point operations. These identifiers may
> include ASN's,
> ] IPv4 and IPv6 prefixes, and VPI/VCI assignment.
>
> Finally, let's cross reference with other sources, say
> Bill Manning's
> LinkedIn Profile (note, account required to view):
>
> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/2/b58/469
>
> With a status of:
>
> "Bill Manning is working on the Phd, selling off the
> business, starting
> a new one 1 month ago".
>
> Indeed, if you happen to be linked to Bill, you may have
> seen this
> message back on November 9th:
>
> "Bill Manning is selling EP... make me an offer 9
> hours ago"
>
> So, Bill Manning is selling EP.Net, and varous exchanges
> have IP
> addresses from EP.Net, and are worried they will not be
> able to continue
> to use them after the sale. How many exchanges, well, here
> is a list
> sorted by location:
>
> http://www.ep.net/ep-main.html
>
> This is far from a "US" or "ARIN
> Region" problem, as exchange points all
> over the world have gone to EP.Net rather than the
> RIR's to get address
> space.
>
> > According to the current ARIN policy, we are all
> eligible to request
> > space as a direct allocation from ARIN. That is
> not lost on the IX's
> > and they do completely understand that they are
> eligible for a direct
> > allocation.
>
> Have you applied for an ARIN micro-allocation for the
> exchange yet, at
> least as a backup plan, or are all the hopes pinned on this
> policy?
>
> > The real issue is that if the current provider was
> to serve a majority
> > of the US IX's with a cease and desist order
> from using the space at
> > the term of all of the existing contracts at the
> end of 2009 that
> > would force a massive renumber of most every IX in
> the North American
> > region, save one major IX.
>
> I'm not sure I agree with this statement.
>
> Equinix appears to have direct allocations for ARIN for
> their exchanges
> in San Jose (206.223.116.0), Chicago (206.223.119.0),
> Ashburn (206.223.115.0),
> Dallas (206.223.118.0) and New Jersey (206.223.131.0).
>
> CRGWest's Any2 LA (206.223.143.0) has a direct
> allocation.
>
> Pacific Wave (207.231.240.0) on the education side has a
> direct
> allocation.
>
> It's easy to independently check. Go to
> www.peeringdb.com and search
> exchange points by country, put in US. There are 56
> exchange points
> listed in the US.
>
> It does appear that several major players use EP.Net space,
> including
> Switch and Data, Telehouse, and TelX.
>
> > The reason behind the policy proposal was to
> provide a method to allow
> > IX's 1) protection from having to renumber all
> of the IX's, or 2) to
> > at least let the IX's have enough time, before
> they are forced out of
> > the space, to have a smooth transition.
>
> In the previous paragraph you state that "the term of
> all of the
> existing contracts at the end of 2009". That appears
> to provide
> 10 months from right now to do the renumbering under the
> current
> contract.
>
> Is 10 months not enough time? In the relatively few cases
> I've
> seen where a provider let a customer continue to use PA
> space outside
> of their network to ease renumbering 6 months seems to be
> an industry
> accepted time frame. If 6 months is enough time for an end
> user,
> than surely 6 months should be enough time to get an
> exchange point
> renumbered. After all, it can be done as an overlay, and
> more
> importantly rather than dealing with end users who may have
> no
> particular network still an exchange point is dealing with
> network
> operators, who presumably have qualified engineers on staff
> who
> understand how to make this work smoothly.
>
> If 10 months isn't enough time, and an appeal were to
> happen, how
> much more time would the exchange operators want ARIN to
> give them?
> Can we put a limit to a policy, if it were to pass?
>
> Has anyone tried renumbering any of these exchanges yet?
> I've seen
> exchanges renumbered before (in Europe, at least). It
> would be a lot
> more credible to have some real world evidence of why 10
> months is not
> enough, or why already attempted renumbers are going slower
> than
> expected.
>
> Should this policy allow appeals by those outside the ARIN
> region? I
> see ep.net has allocated space across Europe and Asia, if
> those exchange
> point operators came to ARIN to ask for an extension should
> it be
> granted? What if they can't get critical
> infrastructure allocations in
> their region, should ARIN extend the prohibition on
> transfer
> indefinitely?
>
> --
> Leo Bicknell - bicknell at ufp.org - CCIE 3440
> PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/
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Saludos,
fjac
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