[54019] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Operational Issues with 69.0.0.0/8...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alec H. Peterson)
Mon Dec 9 09:51:56 2002
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 07:45:56 -0700
From: "Alec H. Peterson" <ahp@hilander.com>
To: Michael.Dillon@radianz.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <OF9A1A2F36.857A544A-ON80256C8A.004FAC42-80256C8A.0050BA6D@radianz.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
--On Monday, December 9, 2002 14:41 +0000 Michael.Dillon@radianz.com wrote:
>
> I consider this to be more of a minor technical issue. ARIN can certain
> provide an authoritative directory for the unallocated portions of its
> own allocations. And to answer your why question; because only ARIN has
> an authoritative and up-to-date view of exactly which addresses are and
> are not allocated.
What on earth gives you that idea? Why does only ARIN have this
information? Just because it happens to reside in their whois server?
Alec
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Alec H. Peterson -- ahp@hilander.com
Chief Technology Officer
Catbird Networks, http://www.catbird.com