It is true that you can not query based on the country code in the ARIN WHOIS database. However, ARIN provided a monthly report listing all IP Addresses and ASes that have been assigned and includes the country code. RIPE NCC and APNIC provide the same report, in the same format. The release of this report was through a coordinated effort of the three RIR, to help research the depletion rates of both IPs and ASes. This report lists only the upstream provider. So if Afghanistan has received IP space through an upstream, it will not be reported here. If you visit ftp://ftp.arin.net/pub/stats/ you will find these reports for all three RIRs. A quick look at both the ARIN and RIPE reports reveals there are no direct assignments to Afghanistan. Ginny Listman Director of Engineering American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Smith, Rick wrote:
I called. Arin does not.
They explained that they DO store the country code with the data, but then they don't allow you to query whois by country code... At least not in their version.
-----Original Message----- From: Tim Devries [mailto:tim.devries@inquent.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 5:54 PM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Afghanistan
What about all other nations and states? I think that type of information would be useful regardless of this particular situation. Anyone know if arin et al catagorizes and publishes this information?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan J . Mehl" <memory-nanog@blank.org> To: <nanog@merit.edu> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 10:45 AM Subject: Re: Afghanistan
In the immortal words of Tim Devries (tim.devries@inquent.com):
Does anyone even have a list of IP blocks allocated on a national or regional level?
"None" and "none."
Afghanistan barely has working voice phone service, and the Taliban issued an edict banning all computers and most especially internet access several months ago.
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