Re: SWIP and Rwhois in the Real World

[Matthew Sullivan <matthew () sorbs net>]

william(at)elan.net wrote:

> On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Andrew - Supernews wrote:
>
> > > > > > > "william" == william(at)elan net <william () elan net> writes:
> >
> > william> The above line is as clear as it gets (if the other two
> > william> mentions that data is to be made available to public is not
> > william> enough), so there this argument that rwhois should be made
> > william> available only to ARIN is now against ARIN's policies and
> > william> whoever you know who is still making it should be pointed to
> > william> URL I listed.
> >
> > NetRange:   4.0.0.0 - 4.255.255.255
> > ReferralServer: rwhois://rwhois.level3.net:4321
> >
> > % telnet rwhois.level3.net 4321
> > Trying 209.244.1.179...
> > telnet: connect to address 209.244.1.179: Operation timed out
> >
> > Doesn't seem to have made much difference yet...
>
>
> Its kind of hard for ARIN to enforce its policies on L3 when they have
> a /8 already and are not likely to ask for additional allocation...
>
> But obviously L3 is not giving a very good example for others, so we
> can all now say - don't be like L3 :)
Does ARIN have a policy that allows deallocation based on not conforming 
to the requirements of allocations...?

(Might sound ridiculous, but if it works.....)

Regards,

Mat