18 Jul
2022
18 Jul
'22
1:47 a.m.
On 7/17/2022 6:50 AM, F4HIN via 44net wrote:
Some time ago, by several discussions, I found that a
person member of the association and not ham had an allocation /24 Hamnet announced via
its own AS via the AS of the association.
Afterwards, after several information gathering, I noticed that this person was using it
to propose hosting of small virtual machines and was allocating a Hamnet IP on these
hosted VM.
I warned this person that he did not have to have a Hamnet block, and that he should not
do this type of use since he is not a ham
His answer was clear "it's free, and I don't care".
In reality, after searching on the AMPR portal, this block was assigned to a ham. This
ham is the national Hamnet coordinator of a country, and the person using and misusing it
is none other than his son who is not a ham!
This is a sad situation, but it may be that the best solution is to ask
one of the ARDC principals to have a quiet word with the coordinator
involved, and ask that the assignments be changed to
commercially-available IP addresses. Since IPv6 is now widely available,
the odds are that a equivalently-sized block is available for minor
money, or even for the asking.
There used to be a popular TV show in the U.S., called "Little House On
The Prairie," based on books written by a young woman who lived there.
It turned out that, in real life, the family had built their home on
land owned by a Native American tribe, and they were compelled to pull
up stakes and move. I don't know if the ARDC would choose to start the
conversation with that story, but it's a good reminder of what is
sometimes needed.
Bill, W4EWH