Handle Generation

[ginny listman]

Dave,

We are not changing netnames.  The netname is something that the customer
generates or determines based on their internal procedure.  We are
changing the net handle, which is generated by the ARIN software.
Currently it is based on the netname.  In the future it will be based on
the IP address.

Ginny

On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Dave Barger wrote:

>  > To make the database more uniform and to completely disassociate handle
>  > usage from network and AS names, we would also like to replace existing
>  > handles with this new format. How many of you out there are attached to
>  > the existing handles? Will changing existing handles be a benefit or a
>  > hinderance?
> 
> Ginny,
> 
> When you say you want to replace existing handles (I assume netnames),
> are you referring to netnames  associated only with our ISP allocations
> from ARIN, or would you replace netnames for al of our customer
> reassignments as well?
> 
> I'm in favor of replacing netnames for our allocations received from ARIN, but
> not a big fan of replacing netnames for our customer reassignments.  Through
> our IP management tools, we are already generating netnames using the
> 4 octets of the network address, followed by a date format mmddyy.
> 
> Dave Barger
> SBC Internet
> 
> At 01:03 PM 4/17/2002, ginny listman wrote:
> >Based on the discussions that took place during the Public Policy Meeting
> >regarding handle generation, all network handles will have a sequence
> >number.
> >
> >Ginny
> >
> >On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, ginny listman wrote:
> >
> > > As a feature of the new database, organizations will have full control
> > > over their network and AS names. Therefore, network and AS names no longer
> > > need to be unique.  Also, it will be much easier for an organization to
> > > change the network and AS names. For these reasons, we want to get away
> > > from using the AS or network name to generate a unique handle.
> > >
> > > All future ASes will have a handle in the format of AS## where ## will be
> > > the autonomous system number. In the case of AS blocks, it will be the
> > > first in the block of autonomous system numbers.
> > >
> > > All future networks will have a handle of NET-##-##-##-##<-sequence> where
> > > ## represents each of the 4 octets for v4 networks or the 8 16-bit
> > > hexadecimal pieces for v6 networks, of the first IP address.  For both v4
> > > and v6 networks, the <sequence> will be applied only in the case of
> > > duplicates, e.g., in the case of reassignments of the first portion of the
> > > network.
> > >
> > > To make the database more uniform and to completely disassociate handle
> > > usage from network and AS names, we would also like to replace existing
> > > handles with this new format. How many of you out there are attached to
> > > the existing handles? Will changing existing handles be a benefit or a
> > > hinderance?
> > >
> > > Ginny Listman
> > > Director of Engineering
> > > ARIN
> > >
> > >
> 
> 
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