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> "David R. Conrad" <[email protected]> writes: > APNIC has a policy that _all_ "permanent" reassignments made by ISPs must > be recorded in the APNIC database before address space is considered used. > This policy is recursive; it includes address space assigned to customers > of ISP customers of ISPs (etc), even to the point of individual /32s > assigned in the case of static dialups or virtual hosting. > > I believe RIPE-NCC has a similar policy (although their hierarchy is much > shallower that the AP region's for reasons I've never been to clear on). For the record: The RIPE NCC does have the same policy. Looking at the relative depths of the registration hierarchy and possible explanations is an interesting idea. I also fully agree that a single whois interface to all address space registrations is very desirable. The RIPE NCC and ARIN provide that using the -a flag on their servers. This is easy for us because we happen to use almost identical database schemata. The InterNIC and now ARIN face the problem of a different schema. Exchange between the databases has been on the agenda for at least 5 years. If it was easy it would have been done now. If you want the priority raised, talk to *your* regional registry. Daniel
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