I think a clear distinction can be made between a VPS, where the customer has full access to the entirety of an operating system with full root/admin access, and virtual web hosting account, where the customer likely has very little access to anything other than the ability to upload files to serve via web.
I do agree there some potential grey areas emerging due to virtual/cloud/etc. -Randy ----- Original Message ----- > Hi Leslie, > > Thank you for your reply. I have been following the policy proposals > with interest. > > > A VPS provider assigns IP addresses to virtual servers that are operated > > by customers. Therefore, a VPS provider is not an end user as they are > > assigning IP addresses to equipment/infrastructure they don't operate. > > Using this interpretation, does this mean ARIN considers a web hosting > provider to be an ISP? They also assign IP addresses to websites > (infrastructure) that are operated exclusively by customers. > > Do the folks at ARIN who are making this interpretation understand > that a VPS is not hardware, but software? > > -Jon > _______________________________________________ PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
