[51044] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: ASN registry?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Samford)
Mon Aug 19 15:54:33 2002
From: "Derek Samford" <dsamford@fastduck.net>
To: "'Andy Dills'" <andy@xecu.net>,
"'Ralph Doncaster'" <ralph@istop.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:50:57 -0400
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0208191534470.35935-100000@thunder.xecu.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf
Of
> Andy Dills
> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 3:42 PM
> To: Ralph Doncaster
> Cc: nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: Re: ASN registry?
>
>
> On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Ralph Doncaster wrote:
>
> >
> > I've always used whois.arin.net to check ASN registrations, and
until
> now
> > it's always had information on those that I've checked.
> > It doesn't have anything for 1221, which according to
> > route-views.oregon-ix.net is Telstra. Is there a single complete
> database
> > that has ASN assignment info?
>
> Well, when I can't find it quickly, I usually check RIPE, as the RIPE
> whois will tell you which region the ASN is delegated to, and which
> registrar to check with. And according to RIPE, 1221 is most
definitely in
> the lower range controlled by ARIN. No idea why ARIN doesn't have a
record
> for it...they only carry records for ASN 16779, which is Telstra-USA.
>
> Andy
>
I noticed that as well. But a quick google shows that Telstra is most
definitely AS1221. Maybe they forgot to renew one of their AS Numbers?
Derek
