[134680] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: AltDB? (IRR support & direction at ARIN)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Sun Jan 9 18:27:57 2011
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:27:06 +0900
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
To: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
In-Reply-To: <C6968500-3913-4DCB-8631-C8C396F15CE7@arin.net>
Cc: NANOG Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> Do you: 1) want IRR services, and if so, with what features?
> 2) believe IRR services should be provided by ARIN?
the irr is slightly useful today. so, iff it is cheap and easy, arin
providing an open and free instance is a public good. again, iff it is
easy and cheap. and please do not waste time trying to 'fix' the irr,
sad to say it's trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
and thanks for asking.
randy
