[EAS] IPAWS IP

[Ed Czarnecki]

I posed this question to the IPAWS office recently.  Here is their guidance:

"IPAWS does NOT support the use of connecting to the feed by designating an IP vice fully qualified domain name. The IP may change ...  If a device is set to hit the IP and the IP changes, the station will no longer be monitoring the feed ... There should be no confusion: fema/ipaws neither supports nor suggests using the ip address in lieu of the fqdn."

So that is where we are at the present time.

Ed Czarnecki
Monroe Electronics / Digital Alert Systems

-----Original message-----
>From:Dave Turnmire <eassbelist at cableone.net>

>I just got contacted by a broadcaster with a firewall that is fairly
>restrictive even on outgoing traffic... such that he'll need to make an
>exception for IPAWS. Which got me thinking... since firewalls typically
>are based upon IP addresses rather than domain names... the question I
>have is how "stable" is the particular IP address associated currently
>with apps.fema.gov?

>It isn't unusual for IT types to change IPs associated with a domain
>name for a variety of reasons... such as replacing equipment, load
>sharing between multiple devices, etc. Which doesn't matter much for
>devices that rely on the domain name. But it is VERY important when
>dealing with devices relying on IP addresses to be predictable.

>Thanks

>Dave

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