[lir-wg] AS Number Policy - continued

  Hi Kurtis,

>>   And defining the proper place for a registration is another "minor"
>>   technical issue
>>   (Q: portability of AS numbers amongst RIR service areas?).
>>   But we could give it a try...
>
>Well, portably I guess is an issue anyway as the database refer to each 
>other (or do they only do that if there is no match? I am not really into 
>the whois data...).

  I am not aware of any (real) implementation of RPS-Dist yet...

  So - no, not really (a nice research topic in itself!).
  I was simply picking some "random" numbers here:
  
> wripe as1855
% This is the RIPE Whois server.
% The objects are in RPSL format.
% Please visit http://www.ripe.net/rpsl for more information.
% Rights restricted by copyright.
% See http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/pub-services/db/copyright.html

as-block:    AS1 - AS1876
descr:       ARIN ASN block
remarks:     These AS numbers are further assigned by ARIN
remarks:     to ARIN members and end-users in the ARIN region
admin-c:     ARIN1-RIPE
tech-c:      ARIN1-RIPE
mnt-by:      RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-lower:   RIPE-NCC-NONE-MNT
changed:     ripe-dbm at ripe.net 20010423
source:      RIPE

role:         American Registry for Internet Numbers
address:      ARIN, see http://www.arin.net
admin-c:      ARIN1-RIPE
tech-c:       ARIN1-RIPE
nic-hdl:      ARIN1-RIPE
remarks:      For more information on ARIN assigned blocks, connect
remarks:      to ARIN's whois database, whois.arin.net.
mnt-by:       RIPE-NCC-MNT
changed:      ripe-dbm at ripe.net   20010508
source:       RIPE

> warin 1855
Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc. (ASN-DISN-PILOTNET1)
   150 Cambridge Park Drive
      Cambridge, MA  02140
         US
	 
   Autonomous System Name: DISN-PILOTNET1
      Autonomous System Number: 1855
      
   Coordinator:
         Wojcik, Jane H.  (JHW19-ARIN)  jwojcik at MEDIA.MIT.EDU
	       (617) 253-0325
	       
   Record last updated on 27-May-1992.
      Database last updated on  1-Aug-2002 20:00:38 EDT.
      
The ARIN Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet
Network Information: Networks, ASN's, and related POC's.
Please use the whois server at rs.internic.net for DOMAIN related
Information and whois.nic.mil for NIPRNET Information.

> wripe as1755
% This is the RIPE Whois server.
% The objects are in RPSL format.
% Please visit http://www.ripe.net/rpsl for more information.
% Rights restricted by copyright.
% See http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/pub-services/db/copyright.html

as-block:    AS1 - AS1876
descr:       ARIN ASN block
remarks:     These AS numbers are further assigned by ARIN
remarks:     to ARIN members and end-users in the ARIN region
admin-c:     ARIN1-RIPE
tech-c:      ARIN1-RIPE
mnt-by:      RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-lower:   RIPE-NCC-NONE-MNT
changed:     ripe-dbm at ripe.net 20010423
source:      RIPE

aut-num:      AS1755
as-name:      AS1755
descr:        Ebone Transit Core
import:       from AS1 accept  ANY
import:       from AS109 accept AS109
[ ...... ] #
[ ...... ] # half a mile of routing policy and communities :-)
[ ...... ] #
mnt-by:       AS1755-MNT
mnt-lower:    AS1755-MNT
changed:      bart-apps at ebone.net 20020702
source:       RIPE

> warin 1755
Ebone Consortium (ASN-EBONE-INTERNAL)
   STUPI
   Box 9129
   S-102 72 Stockholm
   SE
	    
   Autonomous System Name: EBONE-INTERNAL
   Autonomous System Number: 1755
      
   Record last updated on 19-Feb-1992.
   Database last updated on  1-Aug-2002 20:00:38 EDT.
      
The ARIN Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet
Network Information: Networks, ASN's, and related POC's.
Please use the whois server at rs.internic.net for DOMAIN related
Information and whois.nic.mil for NIPRNET Information.

  
  And while "we" RIPE DB do have a referral mechanism in place for
  _domains_, .... ;-)
  
  And I think both ARIN and APNIC are working on a ("central", similar to
  the RIPE Region's) routing registry, but it may still be a long way...
  
  Cheers,
  Wilfried.