Re: whois broke again?

[bmanning () vacation karoshi com]

> > Is it important for parties that control DNS data (domain names and
> > address space) that are connected to "the network" to be identifiable to
> > the community at large, and reachable? 
>
> It is important.

Two different takes on the matter:

Try  %dig <your-asn>.rdi.int. txt

for one of mine:   %dig 4555.rdi.int txt

;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      4555.rdi.int, type = TXT, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
4555.rdi.int.           1D IN TXT       "RPS 0001 descr: LosAngelesPeering exchange"
4555.rdi.int.           1D IN TXT       "RPS 0002 aut-num: AS4555"
4555.rdi.int.           1D IN TXT       "RPS 0007 admin-c: WM110-NSI"
4555.rdi.int.           1D IN TXT       "RPS 0008 tech-c: WM110-NSI"
4555.rdi.int.           1D IN TXT       "RPS 0009 remarks: The first live example of this technique"
4555.rdi.int.           1D IN TXT       "RPS 0010 remarks: Check the SOA for mnt-by, changed data"
4555.rdi.int.           1D IN TXT       "RPS 0011 source: DNS"
4555.rdi.int.           1D IN TXT       "RPS 0012 route: 198.32.2.0/24"
4555.rdi.int.           1D IN TXT       "RPS 0013 route: 3ffe:08/24"
4555.rdi.int.           1D IN TXT       "RPS 0000 person:Bill Manning"

....


and  from 2.32.198.in-addr.arpa......

%dig 2.32.198.in-addr.arpa. any

; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> 2.32.198.in-addr.arpa. any 
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 5, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      2.32.198.in-addr.arpa, type = ANY, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
2.32.198.in-addr.arpa.  1D IN TXT       "announced by AS 4555"
2.32.198.in-addr.arpa.  1D IN TXT       "RPS 0000 person: Bill Manning"

...


        Allows people at each delegation point to publish their policy
        and any other pertinent data.  

        working on something similar w/ rwhois. Yuji is doing a pretty
        good job of fixing up some longstanding weaknesses with that 
        stack, esp. with referals and forwarding.