Transferring InterNIC space from ARIN Database to other RIR databases

Hi Håvard,

At 0:52 +0200 25/4/02, Havard Eidnes wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I may not have had my attention in focus when this was discussed the
>last time around, so I hope you will excuse me for asking some simple
>questions which may already have been given their reply.
>
>I understand that what is happening is that the "master source" for
>the affected registrations is being moved from (in our case) ARIN to
>the RIPE NCC.
>
>  o I suppose this means that in-addr.arpa updates will after this
>    change be done only against the RIPE database for those pieces of
>    address space which is transferred?

Yes, the main goal of the exercise is to simplify the current 
process, which is a hassle for everyone involved.

>  o Can the RIPE NCC shed some light on how the in-addr.arpa zone
>    generation will happen "behind the scenes" after this change?  E.g.
>    what would the typical latency be between "update of registration
>    data in the RIPE DB" to "visibility in the DNS"?

The in-addr.arpa zone will (already has?) 256 entries, with 
delegations to nameservers of the RIRs for each /8. For each /8 one 
of the RIRs will be the primary. Which it is will be decided by 
counting the number of registrations on each /8 (ARIN has already 
done this). If there are registrations for several RIRs in a 
particular /8 then the RIR that are not the primary will send 
information to the primary for inclusion in the zone file. The 
proposed frequency of update is, I recall correctly, at least twice a 
day.

>  o After the move of the authority for the data, what information will
>    the ARIN database return when queried via whois?  A pointer to the
>    RIPE NCC (as happens now for the larger RIPE address blocks), or a
>    "slave" copy of of the data from the RIPE database?

A pointer seems to be the more favoured approach right now.

>I think this looks otherwise fine -- I suspect some of us will have to
>do some tidy-up work in the aftermath of the move no matter what.

A good thing, even though it is a bit of a pain.

regards
João