I thought so, too. I was also told to issue a support ticket when I tried (as a test) to add an extra IP address to one of my Dallas Linodes, as well as to my London Linode.

Then again, without being sure, the fact that my other Linode in Dallas already has an extra IP address might have something to do with it (which is currently used to serve two different DNS nameservers for two different companies).

it used to be 2 ip addresses without justification, it changed to 1 around the time the ipv4 addresses ran out.

anyway, if you want an extra ip, and the only justification allowed is an ssl cert, go buy a $10/year rapidssl cert. So it costs you $2/month/ip instead of $1.

I'd assume for an extra $20/month they will give you another IP address with no questions asked (it just happens to come with with some free extras). There must be a price point where no justification would be needed if you don't need the extra disk, cpu and bandwidth. Somewhere between $1 and $20 per month.

Doubt it, at least with the Linode crew. You're talking about a resource that is very limited now and they can no longer purchase additional IPs. Linode isn't like a shared host who can just keep adding accounts to a single server with a shared IP.

Once Linode runs out of IPv4 IPs, they are done being able to sign up new accounts unless they start offering and someone wants an IPv6 only Linode and doesn't care that 99% of the world won't see them for years to come... or IPv4 addresses are going to be very expensive to purchase as they are going to become a very valuable commodity.

So to me, requiring true justification other than "privacy" is the right thing to do.

Understand. I was just pointing out the obvious that they are a business and would gladly give me 1000 more IP addresses without justification as long as I shell out $20/month for each Linode (which includes an IP). Their current price point for not caring why I horde IP addresses is $20/month per IP.

It's not so much Linode rules as they are ARIN rules.

Just google arin linode justification and you'll see things like http://forum.linode.com/viewtopic.php?t=4012&start=0

So do Linode only have a small pool of IPv4s available then?

It seems strange that their competitors will quite happily dish them out without the caution that Linode seems to apply.

Linode obeys the rules set by the regional internet registries (ARIN, RIPE). Their competitors, not so much.

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/ Peter