SWIP update intervals (was: Re: Getting an AS and /18)

Tue Jul 3 20:21:55 UTC 2001

On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 06:23:30PM +0000, Joseph T. Klein wrote:
[snip]
> What IS going on with rwhois? I heard some talk at the SF ARIN meeting
> about enhancing the rwhois code and making it more workable for ISPs.
> IMHO - SWIP is a generally  inferior system ... at least to the potential
> of using rwhois. The real leverage comes if it can be integrated into
> larger distributed database systems.
[snip]

Traffic on the DBWG list is light (I'm just as guilty of not enough time 
as other people on the list). The last thread involved making the ARIN 
IRR actually useful, swip/whois/IRR-like models, etc. I'd encourage
those of us in the ARIN region to be involved in makingthe wheezing
steam-engines better. http://www.arin.net/governance/workgroups.htm#da
says:
"The Database Implementation Working Group was formed to discuss problems
with existing database systems and how to address them."

Cheers,

Joe
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