IRR Registration
Jared Mauch
jared at puck.nether.net
Wed Dec 1 14:46:54 UTC 2004
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
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