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Re: AltDB? (IRR support & direction at ARIN)
From: Jeff Wheeler <jsw () inconcepts biz>
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 18:41:38 -0500
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Randy Bush <randy () psg com> wrote:
Do you: 1) want IRR services, and if so, with what features? 2) believe IRR services should be provided by ARIN?the irr is slightly useful today. so, iff it is cheap and easy, arin providing an open and free instance is a public good. again, iff it is easy and cheap. and please do not waste time trying to 'fix' the irr, sad to say it's trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
I'm not suggesting that ARIN undertake a large and complex effort to solve a bunch of issues with IRR. All I am suggesting is that they prevent anonymous bad guys with no inside information, special access, or knowledge of passwords, from corrupting the data which some networks choose to publish in ARIN IRR. I am simply suggesting it is dangerous and irresponsible to run an IRR with only MAIL-FROM authentication, and quite easy to also support CRYPT-PW. ARIN should either support passwords or immediately make their IRR read-only and stop offering it as a service. Imagine if there was a Slashdot article or something about this, how long would it take for some 14-year-old to erase the whole database, and how that would pretty much force ARIN to make a choice anyway, but also, create a lot of negative fall-out that might jeopardize trust in ARIN with regard to other operational matters, like RPKI. -- Jeff S Wheeler <jsw () inconcepts biz> Sr Network Operator / Innovative Network Concepts
Current thread:
- Re: AltDB? Jon Lewis (Jan 05)
- Re: AltDB? Jeff Wheeler (Jan 05)
- Re: AltDB? (IRR support & direction at ARIN) John Curran (Jan 09)
- Re: AltDB? (IRR support & direction at ARIN) Jon Lewis (Jan 09)
- Re: AltDB? (IRR support & direction at ARIN) John Curran (Jan 09)
- Re: AltDB? (IRR support & direction at ARIN) Randy Bush (Jan 09)
- Re: AltDB? (IRR support & direction at ARIN) Jeff Wheeler (Jan 09)
- Re: AltDB? (IRR support & direction at ARIN) Randy Bush (Jan 09)
- Re: AltDB? (IRR support & direction at ARIN) Jeff Wheeler (Jan 09)
- Re: AltDB? (IRR support & direction at ARIN) Charles N Wyble (Jan 09)
- Re: AltDB? (IRR support & direction at ARIN) Charles N Wyble (Jan 09)
- Re: AltDB? (IRR support & direction at ARIN) Charles Gucker (Jan 09)
- Re: AltDB? (IRR support & direction at ARIN) Jeff Wheeler (Jan 09)
- Re: AltDB? (IRR support & direction at ARIN) Jon Lewis (Jan 10)
- Re: AltDB? (IRR support & direction at ARIN) Jeff Wheeler (Jan 10)
- Re: AltDB? (IRR support & direction at ARIN) John Curran (Jan 09)
- Re: AltDB? Jeff Wheeler (Jan 05)
- Re: AltDB? Jay Coley (Jan 05)