Sean, Thanks for pointing out that the information stored at the InterNIC or any of the other address allocation registries, may be inconsistent with the point of contact information in the routing registries. Folks who apply for addresses often delegate the job of maintaining routing information to others. The information in the InterNIC is a starting point for identifying contacts when information is missing. --Elise
Sean Doran writes:
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"Elise" == Elise Gerich <epg@merit.edu> writes:
Elise> Another area where the RA team has been Elise> agressively making efforts to maintain current Elise> information is the maintainer objects.
While I know this is true (I've seen it and applaud efforts to have accurate POC information for everything), I am amused by the maint record for AS 2885:
: chops.icp.net-MHRC ; NT-AS2885 mntner: MAINT-AS2885 descr: People authorized to make changes for AS2885 admin-c: Not Available from RADB upd-to: AS2885@ra.net auth: MAIL-FROM epg@merit.edu auth: MAIL-FROM jyy@merit.edu mnt-by: MAINT-AS2885 changed: DB-admin@ra.net 950201 source: RADB
since I believe that Jessica Yu now reads email at ANS...
Elise> recommendation of the RIPE routing working Elise> group, the EOF and NANOG, the RA team populated Elise> the incomplete maintainer objects from Elise> information in the InterNIC.
Hm, what about the "complete" ones? There is a striking comparison to be made here:
: chops.icp.net-MHRC ; whois 2885 RA-NAP (ASN-NAP-FOUR) Information Sciences Institute 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 1001 Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695
Autonomous System Name: NAP-FOUR Autonomous System Number: 2885
Coordinator: Manning, William [RA Project Mgr] (WM110) bmanning@ISI.EDU (310) 822-1511
Record last updated on 17-Aug-94.
between what the InterNIC folks have in their database and what you have in yours.
Gee, who's got the RIGHT information???
(Automation wants to know...)
Sean.
P.S.: Elise> The RA team has announced a Elise> tool which converts cisco configurations to Elise> database format, and the team is willing to Elise> work with any organization which wishes to make Elise> large scale changes in stale data.
Well, this is good news, actually.
Sean.
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