They're not sending traffic from their own IPs, right? So they're leasing yours (whether they make that explicit or not). And that carries all the implications/risks Mike mentioned.
Damian On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 12:37 PM Justin Wilson <li...@mtin.net> wrote: > They don’t lease your IP space is the thing. > > > Justin Wilson > li...@mtin.net > > > — > https://j2sw.com - All things jsw (AS209109) > https://blog.j2sw.com - Podcast and Blog > > On Feb 6, 2020, at 2:07 PM, Mike Fuller <m...@google.com> wrote: > > I'd be very cautious about engaging with any company whose business model > is to get a short-term lease of your IP-space. Many companies use IP > reputation data, and so you are essentially lending that reputation to a > 3rd party, who may use it in ways you don't anticipate until the reputation > is sufficiently damaged, and then return it to you and move on to another > ISP. > > Some organizations' response to unwanted traffic is simply to block large > IP ranges or entire ASes, and not everyone is good about following-up and > expiring such blocks in the future. I realize your customers haven't > ended-up on any spam/abuse blocklists, but that doesn't mean they won't be, > or that their IP reputation hasn't already been affected in less obvious > ways. You should ask yourself if you are being sufficiently compensated > for these risks as reputable IPv4 space is at a premium, so replacing the > IPv4 space you lent out could get quite costly. > > -- > Mike Fuller :: Security Reliability Engineer :: Google :: AS15169 > > On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 12:15 PM Justin Wilson <li...@mtin.net> wrote: > >> Have several networks using them. This he networks get paid, and no >> blacklists. Contact me off list if you want more details >> >> >> >> Justin Wilson >> li...@mtin.net >> >> >> — >> https://j2sw.com - All things jsw (AS209109) >> https://blog.j2sw.com - Podcast and Blog >> >> > On Feb 5, 2020, at 2:14 PM, Steve Saner <ssa...@hubris.net> wrote: >> > >> > Has anyone here worked with DiviNetworks (https://divinetworks.com/) >> to "sell" their unused bandwidth? >> > >> > I'd be curious to hear any thoughts or experiences. >> > >> > Steve >> > >> > -- >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > Steven Saner <ssa...@hubris.net> Voice: >> 316-858-3000 <(316)%20858-3000> >> > Director of Network Operations Fax: >> 316-858-3001 <(316)%20858-3001> >> > Hubris Communications >> http://www.hubris.net >> > >> >> >
