Squeezing IPs out of ARIN

Wed Apr 25 15:55:25 UTC 2012

On Wed, 25 Apr 2012, Chuck Anderson wrote:

>> RWHOIS is a perfectly valid alternative to SWIP.
>
> Can a downstream ISP SWIP records if their upstream ISP uses RWHOIS
> for the block that is further delegated to that downstream ISP?

I would think so, but it might also depend on how the space is delegated 
to you.  The upstream should be able to put a note in the rwhois record 
stating that further assignments from a.b.c.0/xx have been SWIP'd or 
something to that effect.

jms