[arin-ppml] Inter-RIR Transfer Completed (Was: Re: ASN Transfer Completed)

[David Farmer]

On 10/18/12 21:24 , Mike Burns wrote:
>
>>> Also, it occurs to me that the page in question is specific to
>>> Section 8.3 transfers, will Section 8.4 transfers be included on this
>>> page or a separate similar page created when they start occurring?
>>> In the case of 8.4 transfers it might be useful to include the other
>>> RIR that is either the source or recipient of the inter-RIR transfer
>>> as well as the prefix involved in the transfer.
>
> They've started.
> http://www.apnic.net/publications/news/2012/apnic-processes-first-inter-rir-ipv4-transfer-from-arin

Mike,

Thanks for the pointer.  And, that's another milestone ticking by.

I'm a little surprised it took this long.  I'm also a little surprised 
that the first one is only a /24, it seems a little anticlimactic.

So digging around a little; From the following; It was 205.166.177.0/24 
that was transferred.

http://ftp.apnic.net/transfers/apnic

Looking that up in ARIN Whois, it says it was an "Early Registrations, 
Transferred to APNIC".

http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-205-166-177-0-1/pft


John,

If possible I would really prefer that 8.4 transfers were differentiated 
from EXRs in Whois.  I recognize from the registry process point of view 
they are virtually identical.  However, they are occurring for very 
different reasons and I think that needs differentiation in Whois.

I think something as simple as removing "Early Registrations" and 
leaving "Transferred to APNIC" in the Net Type, and maybe changing ERX 
to XFR in the Name, something like that would be sufficient differentiation.

On 10/18/12 20:44 , John Curran wrote:
> Yes, we intend to publish similar statistics regarding 8.4 inter-RIR
> transfers.

Great, I was suggesting that the other RIR involved be documented with 
the transferred prefix.  However, as long as Whois glue similar to the 
above is included by the RIR that is the source of the transferred block 
then I'm not sure additional documentation of the RIR involved is really 
necessary, the transferred prefix itself should be sufficient.

Thanks.