On Jan 9, 2011, at 2:09 AM, Jeff Wheeler wrote:
In terms of database size, excluding RIPE, the ARIN IRR is the 8th largest, ahead of ALTDB and about 10% as large as Level3, the second largest IRR database (except RIPE.) A mass-corruption of the ARIN IRR overnight might be a serious incident causing service impact to a large number of users and businesses, and cause probably thousands of people to be got out of bed in the middle of the night, but clearly it would not be a total disaster.
Jeff - Please suggest your preferred means of IRR authentication to the ARIN suggestion process: <https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/index.html> Alternatively, point to a best practice document from the operator community for what should be done here. ARIN's work plan is very much driven by community input, so that's what is needed here. Thanks! /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN