Updating contact information, where to check

[Sean Donelan <SEAN () SDG DRA COM>]

"Major" primary and secondary references for contact information.  When
making updates, you should check all these locations for obsolete or
incorrect information.  Actually getting the owner/operator of all of
these to make the changes is left as an exercise for the reader.  Yes,
I know I have some obsolete information around, and no I haven't figured
out how to correct it everywhere.

Autonomous System Number
IPv4 Network Number
IPv6 Network Number?
   Primary references
        whois.arin.net
        whois.ripe.net
        whois.apnic.net

   Secondary references
        whois.rsng.net
        whois.cw.net
        whois.ans.net (still answers)
        IN-ADDR.ARPA TXT records for some exchange points
        IN-ADDR.ARPA SOA records for some network numbers

Maintainer Record
   Primary references
        whois.arin.net
        whois.ripe.net
        whois.rsng.net
        whois.cw.net
        whois.ans.net (still answers)

Domain Name
   Primary references
        whois.crsnic.net
        many other registries, see SuperWhois tool

   Secondary references
        lots, see spam

Name Server (Glue record)
   Primary references
        whois.crsnic.net
        many other registries, see SuperWhois tools

   Secondary references
        rare

Other lists of contacts
    Exchange points
        http://nap.aads.net/nap.contacts.html
        http://www.paix.net/participants/paix-participants.htm

    Other lists
        http://puck.nether.net/netops/nocs.cgi
-- 
Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
  Affiliation given for identification not representation