Leaping in to rwhois

[Peter Lalor]

>At 07:35 PM 9/8/99 , Peter Lalor wrote:
> >
> >In the quest for an ASN, I've been thrust into the murk of rwhois.
> >Joy. It looks like one of the more arcane things I've run across, so
> >I'm looking for answers about everything.
>
>We went through all that about a year ago. At the time, I was able to gather
>enough info from the list archives to get the job done. There was the start of
>an FAQ and then several other messages that contained more detailed stuff. I
>put all that stuff into a single document I could use. I hope it's helpful.
>
>John Newman
>Telepath Internet

John's "cheat sheet" is proving really helpful. And raising more questions...

>     * I have a subnet, 192.168.56.224/27, that I am allocating
>     to "Bob's ISP".

<snip>

>         d)  Add a record for Bob's ISP. In net-192.168.56.0-24/data/org,
>          create a new file bobs-isp.txt with something like:
>
>              ID: ORG-1.192.168.56.0/24
>              Auth-Area: 192.168.56.0/24
>              Org-Name: Bob's ISP
>              Street-Address: #123 Local Street
>              City: Rachets
>              State: NM
>              Postal-Code: 67801
>              Country-Code: US
>              #Phone: (401) 555-6721
>              Created: 19961022
>              Updated: 19961023

Isn't this providing more information about your customers than you 
might want out there?

Does the file name ("bobs-isp.txt" in this example) have relevance?

Is the ID prefix ORG-1 a serial number?
Next, I have a couple questions about this:

>     2.  In net-192.168.56.0-24/data/network/, create a new file
>         bobs-isp.txt. Put something like this in the network record:
>
>          ID: 224.192.168.56.0/24
>          Organization:12.192.168.56.0/24

What do the leading numbers here represent? (222 in ID and 12 in Organization)

The example network.txt gives Organization of the form:

#Organization:777.a.com

But John's example uses numbers:

Organization:12.192.168.56.0/24

What _is_ Organization?

My brain hurts...


Peter Lalor           Infoasis
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