On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Marco Fleckinger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Leslie Carr <[email protected]> schrieb: > >>> >>> I wish that http://208.80.154.225/wiki/Bosh_Sahifa and >>> https://208.80.154.225/wiki/Bosh_Sahifa would work, too, but the >>> foundation apparently can't or chooses not to afford separate IP >>> addresses for each language's Wikipedia. >> >>As one of the network folks, I will answer this. We do not have >>enough public IP(v4)s for an address for each language in each >>project, and unless someone gives us a major donation of IPv4 >>addresses (anyone have a spare /20 laying around?), I don't think we >>will be able to make this happen as we are frugal with our existing >>IPs and the allocating authorities (RIPE and ARIN) are being quite >>strict with their new IPv4 allocations. >> >>If you'd like to read more about IP allocation policies, here's a few >>links >>https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html#four3 >>https://www.arin.net/resources/request/ipv4_depletion.html >>https://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-553 (see section 5.6) >> > Just an idea, which is not very beautiful: What about a router forwarding > ports to the correct machine by using iptables? Would that also work in > connection with search engines?
Are you suggesting we use different nonstandard ports for each different wiki/language combo that resides on the same IP ? > > Cheers > > Marco > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Leslie Carr Wikimedia Foundation AS 14907, 43821 http://as14907.peeringdb.com/ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
