Re: Apple moved from CDN, and ARIN whois

[Denys Fedoryshchenko <nuclearcat () nuclearcat com>]

Mine is default whois on latest stable ubuntu.

x@x:~$ whois --version
Version 5.5.6.

Report bugs to <md+whois () linux it>.
x@x:~$ whois 17.0.0.0/8

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No match found for n + 17.0.0.0/8.


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On 2020-09-24 18:57, Tom Beecher wrote:
> Apple started moving traffic off 3rd party CDNs to their own CDN six
> years ago. This is not a new development.
>
> Also, I see no issues with an ARIN whois lookup for that prefix.
>
> ~ % whois 17.0.0.0/8 [13]
> % IANA WHOIS server
> % for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org
> % This query returned 1 object
>
> inetnum:      17.0.0.0 - 17.255.255.255
> organisation: Apple Computer Inc.
> status:       LEGACY
>
> whois:        whois.arin.net [14]
>
> changed:      1992-07
> source:       IANA
>
> # whois.arin.net [14]
>
> NetRange:       17.0.0.0 - 17.255.255.255
> CIDR:           17.0.0.0/8 [13]
> NetName:        APPLE-WWNET
> NetHandle:      NET-17-0-0-0-1
> Parent:          ()
> NetType:        Direct Assignment
> OriginAS:
> Organization:   Apple Inc. (APPLEC-1-Z)
> RegDate:        1990-04-16
> Updated:        2017-07-08
> Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/17.0.0.0
>
> ...
> ...
>
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 11:41 AM Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>
> wrote:
>
> > Breaking from current CDN infrastructure without reasonable
> > accessibility to the new CDN is a problem.
> >
> > -----
> > Mike Hammett
> > Intelligent Computing Solutions [1]
> > [2] [3] [4] [5]
> > Midwest Internet Exchange [6]
> > [7] [8] [9]
> > The Brothers WISP [10]
> > [11] [12]
> >
> > -------------------------
> >
> > From: "Denys Fedoryshchenko" <nuclearcat () nuclearcat com>
> > To: nanog () nanog org
> > Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2020 9:27:07 AM
> > Subject: Apple moved from CDN, and ARIN whois
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Interesting, it seems AS6185 moved traffic from all CDN to their own
> >
> > content network.
> > I noticed big spikes in traffic and complaints about slowness,
> > figured
> > out, Apple content (especially updates) are not coming from a
> > numerous
> > co-hosted CDN, but became "live",
> > congesting upstreams.
> > So much efforts on collocating endless CDN in premises to keep
> > things
> > closer to users and handle traffic surges, and yet again, some
> > companies
> > keep inventing their own.
> >
> > P.S. I dont know if it is bug, but whois at ARIN return "No match
> > found
> > for n + 17.0.0.0/8 [13]" for 17.0.0.0/8 [13],
> > but works fine for single ip from this range, like 17.0.0.0, and
> > returns
> > info about 17.0.0.0/8 [13]
>
>
> Links:
> ------
> [1] http://www.ics-il.com/
> [2] https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL
> [3] https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb
> [4] https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions
> [5] https://twitter.com/ICSIL
> [6] http://www.midwest-ix.com/
> [7] https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix
> [8] https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange
> [9] https://twitter.com/mdwestix
> [10] http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/
> [11] https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp
> [12] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg
> [13] http://17.0.0.0/8
> [14] http://whois.arin.net