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Out of sheer curiosity, how does one go about reserving an IP address like this, or the ones CloudFlare and google dns use?
by shireboy 5y ago
Out of sheer curiosity, how does one go about reserving an IP address like this, or the ones CloudFlare and google dns use?
- xanathar 5y agoThe main prerequisite is "having a bloatload of money".
- charcircuit 5y agoLet's say that's true already
- SturgeonsLaw 5y ago> bloatload Sounds like a good unit of measurement for Javascript
- linux2647 5y agoOne has to buy the block of IP addresses, from ARIN or some other Internet governance body, that contains the IP you’re looking for
- litoE 5y agoOnce you own outright a block of IP4 addresses, is there a recurring charge to allow you to keep it? And who, if anyone, gets paid.
- mike_d 5y agoOnly 8 organizations actually "own" IP addresses (AT&T, Apple, Ford, Cogent, Prudential Insurance, USPS, Comcast, US DoD). Almost all of IPv4 is allocated by IANA to Regional Internet Registries that in turn allocate them to customers like Google and Verizon. You pay yearly maintenance fees to keep the addresses assigned to you.
- Scaevolus 5y agoIP address ranges were allocated to various organizations that can declare routes for them onto their own networks, or sell to other parties. This is most commonly seen with large clouds like AWS buying millions of IPs from owners that weren't using them. You can use "whowas" to track the ownership shifts, but I don't know of a global index-- each NIC has their own implementation and restrictions. https://www.apnic.net/static/whowas-ui/#1.1.1.1 https://www.apnic.net/static/whowas-ui/#1.1.1.1