On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 09:54:03PM -0500, Jason Frisvold wrote:

Greetings,

We just received our first ARIN allocation and I'm going through the motions to make sure we do everything right. Aside from dealing with DNS, BGP, and rwhois (which is a nightmare to set up), it was highly recommended that we register with an IRR. After looking a bit, I'm wondering which IRR I should be registering with ...

It looks like ARIN has an IRR, but it's not something I can register with. The 2 specifically mentioned were raddb and altdb ... altdb obviously looks good because it's free...

So .. is there a recommended registry to register with? Is it better to register with more than one? Am I staring a religious argument in the face here?

most people mirror altdb, etc.. I think the real question becomes, do your providers require you to register your prefixes? In that case, I would recommend sticking with your provider registry. They can query it realtime. They usually only mirror the other registries once a day. This can mean some significant lag if you are planning on making an announcement change. Aside from that, it's good practice and being a good net.citizen to register them. It helps provide accurate routing and contact data should someone need to contact you about a problem. - jared -- Jared Mauch | pgp key available via finger from jared@puck.nether.net clue++; | http://puck.nether.net/~jared/ My statements are only mine.