[134679] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: AltDB? (IRR support & direction at ARIN)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Curran)
Sun Jan 9 17:57:12 2011
From: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
To: Jon Lewis <jlewis@lewis.org>
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 22:55:50 +0000
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.1101091452160.5148@soloth.lewis.org>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jan 9, 2011, at 3:02 PM, Jon Lewis wrote:
>> Should IRR services be part of the ARIN mission?
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> If that's a serious question, why does rr.arin.net exist at all?
Jon -=20
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Existence of not in and of itself proof that the services are
presently desired by the community, nor that there are benefits=20
in having them provided by ARIN.
For example, one can argue that it is desirable for ARIN to=20
provide IRR services in the case where allocation policy had
dependencies into the state of the IRR; this is not the case
in the ARIN region. Another reason for ARIN to offer services
is if it can do so in a manner that would significantly improve
their quality (one might argue such about resource certification
via RPKI, but that's not as obvious for a routing registry)
At the end of the day, we want ARIN to be providing quality
services around the registration of Internet number resources;
these services need to be valued by the community and provided
cost-effectively.=20
Do you: 1) want IRR services, and if so, with what features?
2) believe IRR services should be provided by ARIN?
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Getting input from the community on this will significantly=20
help the ARIN staff make informed recommendations to the=20
ARIN Board regarding how to best proceed. I'd also welcome=20
private email with these thoughts if that's your preference.
Thanks!
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN=20
