FW: Reassignment Proposal

[Tanya Hinman]

Ginny,

ARIN currently allows the use of SWIP or RWHOIS for reassignment
information. Why not offer the third solution along with the first two,
instead of getting rid of one of them? ARIN does not have to do the work to
our Routing Registry, they just need to decide on policies for the third
option. Not everyone is going to be able to use the third option, just as
not everyone uses SWIP and RWHOIS.

Tanya




-----Original Message-----
From: ginny listman [mailto:ginny at arin.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 3:32 PM
To: Tanya Hinman
Cc: dbwg at arin.net
Subject: RE: Reassignment Proposal


Tanya,

My posted message from April 27, was to survey the membership regarding
which reassignment method they would prefer to use.  Since that time, two
members have stated an IRR-type method, one member stated IRR or improve
RWHOIS, and one member stated SWIP.  Four responses are not enough to draw
any conclusion. Therefore, Engineering has continued with making internal
improvements in SWIP, including improved processing time, and continues
RWHOIS analysis.  There has been no analysis on an IRR method.

Ginny Listman
Director of Engineering
American Registry of Internet Numbers


On Thu, 17 May 2001, Tanya Hinman wrote:

>
> >Since this is more a question of where ARIN should invest resources in
> >developing, and less a policy issue, I would like to move the discussion
> >to the dbwg list.
>
> So is it ok to say we are moving forward with this option since it is not
a
> policy issue? Can we start developing our own WHOIS database within our
> Routing Registry and stop using the SWIP option once it is completed? If
> ARIN sets the guidelines for what needs to be included in the WHOIS, then
we
> can start our development based on those guidelines. Including that same
> information that SWIP contains should be sufficient, with the ability to
> block personal information from the public if the customer wishes.
>
>
> Tanya Hinman
>