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Re: Origin ASN seen vs Origin ASN in Whois Records Report?
From: Heather Schiller <heather.schiller () verizonbusiness com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:10:35 -0500
Joe Abley wrote:
On 23 Nov 2008, at 21:17, Stephen Sprunk wrote:Presumably it's from the "Origin AS" field in WHOIS:Ah, thanks (and also thanks to others who pointed that out off-list).That seems like a weird anachronism, to be honest. Perhaps it's only because nobody has ever tried to use it for anything that there's never been any reason for the ARIN community to propose that the collection of such information be stopped.Joe
The policy is relatively new.. (Spring 2007) and adopted by the ARIN community after vetting at 2 meetings.. It's optional, so I can't imagine why anyone would propose that ARIN stop collecting this information.
http://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2006_3.html It may be that it's "newness" helps w/ the accuracy.. only time will tell. --heather ==================================================== Heather Schiller Verizon Business Customer Security 1.800.900.0241 IP Address Management help4u () verizonbusiness com =====================================================
Current thread:
- Origin ASN seen vs Origin ASN in Whois Records Report? Heather Schiller (Nov 19)
- Re: Origin ASN seen vs Origin ASN in Whois Records Report? Bill Woodcock (Nov 19)
- Re: Origin ASN seen vs Origin ASN in Whois Records Report? Bill Woodcock (Nov 21)
- Re: Origin ASN seen vs Origin ASN in Whois Records Report? Bill Woodcock (Nov 21)
- Re: Origin ASN seen vs Origin ASN in Whois Records Report? Joe Abley (Nov 23)
- Re: Origin ASN seen vs Origin ASN in Whois Records Report? Stephen Sprunk (Nov 23)
- Re: Origin ASN seen vs Origin ASN in Whois Records Report? Joe Abley (Nov 23)
- Re: Origin ASN seen vs Origin ASN in Whois Records Report? Heather Schiller (Nov 24)
- Re: Origin ASN seen vs Origin ASN in Whois Records Report? Joe Abley (Nov 24)
- Re: Origin ASN seen vs Origin ASN in Whois Records Report? Stephen Sprunk (Nov 23)