ARIN's requirements for initial space

[Greg Fausak]

Hi Peter,

I've been tormenting ARIN for a few months now :-)

I'll answer what I can:


----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Lalor <plalor at infoasis.com>
To: <rwhois at rwhois.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 12:10 PM
Subject: ARIN's requirements for initial space


: Hi all,
:
: I have a question about ARIN's multi-homed policy
: (http://www.arin.net/initial-isp.html)
:
: They state that we must:
:
: "Provide reassignment information for /29 and shorter prefix lengths
: using the Shared WHOIS Project (SWIP) or by providing the same
: information fields in an RWHOIS server."
:
: Does this mean we must build an RWHOIS database for our _current_
: subnet assignments, even though the blocks actually belong to our
: upstream providers?

Yes.
: Must we have our upstreams delegate RWHOIS
: authority to us for those blocks as well?

Yes.

:
: Or are they wanting an example of how we will assign their
: assignment, using some placeholder numbers?

No, they want to know about current assignments.

:
: Also "/29 and shorter prefix lengths" is a bit confusing. They mean
: "/29 and larger subnets", right?

Sortof,  The 'prefix' is 29 bits.  Shorter prefixes are 28bits, 27bits,
etc..
So, even though the prefix is shorter the network is larger!


ARIN is really pretty good to work with.
The multi home deal means that you need at least 2 upstream
providers.

Good luck,


:
: Trying to be somewhat clueful before tormenting ARIN...
:
: Thanks.
:
: Peter "It's Greek to me" Lalor
:
: