[cooperation-wg] publication of data about legacy resources

On 18 Sep 2014, at 14:55, Richard Hill <rhill at hill-a.ch> wrote:

> So maybe all that is needed is for the RIRs to publish the
> blocks that are assigned to them, so that it is easy to find out which WHOIS
> to query.

IANA already publishes which RIR holds which /8. Querying the IANA whois server for an IP address tells you which whois server to query for that IP address.

> Or maybe it would suffice to have an aggregated WHOIS.

Given that the problem seems to be satisfactorily addressed already, it's not clear what more needs to be done or why. Can you please provide a clear problem statement so we can work out what solution(s) can best deal with that?

>> If the NRO is to take on that role, it
>> will need extra funding and infrastructure. Which will presumably
>> have to come from the RIRs who are already providing the funds
>> and infrastructure which currently supports this function.
> 
> True.  But the RIRs at present do make a financial contribution to ICANN,
> presumably in part to fund the IANA function for the IP addresses.

Indeed. But it is not up to the RIRs or anyone else who contributes money to (part) fund IANA to define what services IANA provides. At least not yet. Maybe that'll change if/when the DoC contract goes away.