Re: ARIN Services

["David R. Conrad" <davidc () apnic net>]

> and if all the
> registries participate in a cross-mirroring program, then all would be
> well, no?  If you mirror correctly, it doesn't much matter _which_ host
> you hit.

<CYNICISM>
Eh?  You mean you won't have to know which registry to hit to look up an
address beforehand?  Where would the fun be in that?
</CYNICISM>

The ARIN database and the RIPE/APNIC databases are incompatible (something
that was going to be fixed in the RIDE (registry information data exchange)
WG, but it seems to have run into a snag or something), thus mirroring
would be a bit more work than one might imagine.

Regards,
-drc