[arin-announce] New Internet Routing Registry Release

[ARIN]

ARIN is pleased to announce the release of new and updated Internet 
Routing Registry (IRR) features. Full release notes are included below 
this message.

ARIN systems are operating normally. If you have questions, comments, or 
issues, please submit an Ask ARIN ticket using your ARIN Online account, 
or contact the Registration Services Help Desk by phone Monday through 
Friday, 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM ET at +1.703.227.0660.

Regards,

Mark Kosters
Chief Technology Officer
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)

Release Notes

This release consists of IRR additions and improvements. The following 
information is provided to assist you in using ARIN’s IRR.

Obtaining Routing Information from ARIN’s IRR

Using FTP

ARIN’s IRR information can be obtained from ftp://ftp.arin.net/pub/rr/. 
The FTP site provides two sources that have been migrated from ARIN’s 
IRR: one for authorized objects and one for nonauthorized objects. 
Authorized objects have been verified that the organization is 
authorized to create the record and that the registration associated 
with the object is under an (L)RSA.

What do I need to change after this IRR deployment to use FTP?

* If you are obtaining IRR information via FTP, to get all ARIN objects, 
you’ll need to access two separate sources: ARIN (arin.db.gz) and 
ARIN-NONAUTH (arin-nonauth.db.gz). Note that the source files are in a 
new, zipped format (.gz).

Using Near Real-Time Monitoring (NRTM)

ARIN provides two NRTM streams: ARIN (which contains authorized objects, 
as previously described) and ARIN-NONAUTH (which contains nonauthorized 
objects).

What do I need to change after this IRR deployment to use NRTM?

* Add the new NONAUTH stream to your monitoring. The serial number for 
this stream is found at 
https://ftp.arin.net/pub/rr/ARIN-NONAUTH.CURRENTSERIAL
* Update the current ARIN (authorized) stream serial number; this number 
is found at https://ftp.arin.net/pub/rr/ARIN.CURRENTSERIAL

Whois Port 43: You can access ARIN’s IRR database for both ARIN and 
ARIN-NONAUTH sources (which is running IRR Daemon, or IRRd) by entering 
commands from a terminal window. There are no changes to this 
functionality after the deployment.

Managing Routing Information in ARIN’s IRR

ARIN now provides a new method to manage IRR data directly in ARIN 
Online by selecting IRR Object Records from the main navigation menu. 
Organizations who currently use ARIN’s email-template based system 
(IRR-email) can continue to use that system, but no new organizations 
will be added to the IRR-email system. Your data from the IRR-email 
system has been migrated and is available for viewing in ARIN Online, 
but migrated IRR objects cannot be modified in ARIN Online. (Only IRR 
objects created in ARIN Online can be modified in ARIN Online.)

What do I need to do as a result of these changes?

- If you are currently using IRR-email and you want to continue to use 
that system, no action is needed. (You cannot use both IRR-email and 
ARIN Online to manage your IRR data.)
- If you are currently using IRR-email and you want to start using ARIN 
Online to manage your IRR data, upon your first use of IRR in ARIN 
Online, you’ll be asked to confirm that you want to switch to ARIN 
Online to manage your IRR data. You’ll have to agree to this change 
before proceeding. If you start using IRR-online, you will no longer 
have access to IRR-email.