NIC handle writeup

On Thu, Sep 24, 1998 at 09:24:32AM +0000, David Kessens wrote:
> 
> Example
> 
>    example: KH1 at ARIN.NET
> 
>    KH1 is local identifier ARIN.NET is global registry identifier (last
>    part of domain name can possibly be omitted)

I would suggest that KH1 at ARIN is less confusing than KH1 at ARIN.NET, unless
e-mail to kh1 at arin.net will actually be forwarded to the appropriate real
e-mail address of kh1. I presume this will not be the case, since the
registries are not in the business of forwarding mail.

Using the whole domain name would help scripts identify appropriate
resources for queries (e.g. whois.ARIN.NET in this example), but since
we seem to be moving towards every registry mirroring every other registry,
this seems less important.

Either way, it seems important to standardise on one or the other.

The InterNIC assigned me JA39 a long time ago, and I continue to use it
in the APNIC registry. What should this be now? JA39 at APNIC.NET?
JA39 at INTERNIC.NET?

I think these migration issues deserve further treatment.

My $0.02,


Joe

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