[96090] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Question on 7.0.0.0/8
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bruce Campbell)
Mon Apr 16 15:47:27 2007
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:36:45 +1000 (EST)
From: Bruce Campbell <bc-nanog@vicious.dropbear.id.au>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <D03E4899F2FB3D4C8464E8C76B3B68B0221C1E@E03MVC4-UKBR.domain1.systemhost.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Sun, 15 Apr 2007, michael.dillon@bt.com wrote:
> As a result, most people consider William Leibzon and the Bogon project
> to be, collectively, the authoritative source for information on whose
> IP address that is. That's because William and the Bogon project, act
> authoritative, and take some pains to provide comprehensive data. At the
Please do not confuse 'consistent interface' with 'authoritative'.
> Why doesn't IANA operate a whois server?
They do. The question you want to ask is "Why doesn't IANA operate a
whois server with IP address information?", and the answer to that
involves a number of brick walls and bleeding heads over a number of
years.
> Why don't they publish a more detailled explanation field in each IANA
> allocation record so that they can explain the precise status of each
> block?
IANA's role in this should be 'Ugh. Here Big Block. Go Talk to RIR.'
imo of course ;)
> Why doesn't IANA and the RIRs collectively get off their butts and
> actually make an "authoritative IP address allocation directory" one of
> their goals?
Been There, Done that. See each RIR's FTP site, updated daily. There's
even a standardised format between the RIRs, unlike the whois output.
--==--
Bruce.
