[arin-ppml] SWIPs & IPv6
John Curran
jcurran at arin.net
Mon Dec 7 09:10:06 EST 2009
On Dec 7, 2009, at 6:44 AM, michael.dillon at bt.com wrote:
> Now tell me, what is wrong with keeping all of
> these organizatons out of the whois directory
> except for the ISP who got the allocation from
> ARIN. That ISP is in a better position to track
> something down this chain to the end, and if they
> can't do it by phoning/emailing, they can always
> pull the plug. Simples!
Michael -
Excellent use case. I'd like to add another for comparison:
A big ISP (BigI) runs a US nationwide network, and sells transit
services to other ISPs and hosting companies. BigI has an ARIN
allocation. AcmeISP (AcmeI) uses BigI as their primary transit
for IPv4, and received their initial block from BigI although
success means that AcmeI may soon meet the requirements for their
own ARIN allocation. In the meantime, AcmeI serves a number of
clients in the city, including a small hosting company (HostingCo)
that focuses on retail web sites. HostingCo runs some dedicated
servers in AcmeI's main POP, and resells them integrated with
software for small businesses.
One of those servers is rented to CorporationX and turns out,
for reasons unknown, to be hosting the command&control server
for a very large botnet, and as such, it needs to be taken down
asap to mitigate untold damage being done out on the network.
BigI has the ARIN allocation, but wants to insure that the SWIP
for AcmeI is quite visible in WHOIS, as BigI's business model
doesn't include handling customer support for content liability
for AcmeI, and in fact, AcmeI has agreed by contract to be
reachable for network operations purposes. In fact, AcmeI has
the very same provisions in their contract with HostingCo, and
HostingCo has (at least in theory) a person reachable via cell
for handling their server issues. AcmeI also wants to make sure
that HostingCo's subdelegation is very visible to the community,
so that the first call goes to the party which is most likely to
be able to solve the problem.
There's probably dozens of potential use cases, but I wanted to
provide one that explains why the ISP getting the allocation often
wants the SWIP data to be publicly visible.
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN
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