Reassignment Proposal

[Richard Jimmerson]

Hello Lee,

> I seem to recall ARIN announcing the publication of RWHOIS output
> requirements, but I can't find them (or anything about RWHOIS) on the
> ARIN site map.

This information is available at
   ftp://ftp.arin.net/pub/rwhois/arin-request-data.txt 

We will add a link to the ARIN site map.

Richard Jimmerson
Director of Operations
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)




> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ppml at arin.net [mailto:owner-ppml at arin.net]On Behalf Of Lee
> Howard
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 2:40 PM
> To: Tanya Hinman
> Cc: ppml at arin.net
> Subject: Re: Reassignment Proposal
> 
> 
> I've been thinking along similar lines for a while.  
> Presumable, eveyone
> has a database of their IP allocations (for some people, this database
> is a spreadsheet or spiral-bound notebook).  Trying to keep 
> that database
> in sync with the IRR (whether ARIN, RADB, or internal) and SWIP is 
> difficult, and distributing data queries to the database of 
> record makes
> a lot of sense to me.  Much like DNS, come to think of it.
> 
> Would you provide responses in RPSL? 
> 
> I seem to recall ARIN announcing the publication of RWHOIS output
> requirements, but I can't find them (or anything about RWHOIS) on the
> ARIN site map.  RWHOIS is on the agenda for 4/4/2000 Public Policy
> Meeting, but my meeting notes don't have anything more specific.  In
> fact, there are no meeting minutes on ARIN's site for that meeting.
> 
> I'm all in favor of a combined RWHOIS/IRR responder.
> 
> Lee Howard
> 
> 
> On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Tanya Hinman wrote:
> 
> > Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 13:44:32 -0400
> > From: Tanya Hinman <thinman at clp.cw.net>
> > To: ppml at arin.net
> > Subject: Reassignment Proposal
> > 
> > 
> > We would like to propose the creation of a third 
> reassignment option in
> > conjunction with the current SWIP and RWHOIS options. As 
> companies expand
> > globally, it would be much simpler for them to update WHOIS 
> data in their
> > own one Registry rather than the three RIRs. We would like 
> to create our own
> > WHOIS database within our Routing Registry. This would be 
> similar to the way
> > RIPE represents WHOIS information along with their Routing 
> Registry, and it
> > would be in place of a stand alone RWHOIS database which 
> some of the other
> > ISP's are currently using.
> > 
> > 1)If this is accepted by all three RIRs it would be very 
> efficient and it
> > may help to relieve some of the load from the RIR's.
> > 2)If the RIRs were to Mirror the WHOIS data from ours/other ISPs'
> > Registries, it would also allow queries from the RIRs 
> registries rather than
> > referencing the customer's URL like the current RWHOIS reference.
> > 3)It would be much easier to update and keep data accurate 
> if all the data
> > is managed using the same database.
> > 4)Guidelines for the format of this WHOIS option will need 
> to be set in
> > order to implement a standard.
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > Tanya Hinman
> > Cable & Wireless
> >