SWIP and Rwhois in the Real World

Wed Sep 7 08:14:43 UTC 2005

>>NetRange:   4.0.0.0 - 4.255.255.255
>>ReferralServer: rwhois://rwhois.level3.net:4321
>>
>>% telnet rwhois.level3.net 4321
>>Trying 209.244.1.179...
>>telnet: connect to address 209.244.1.179: Operation timed out
>>
>>Doesn't seem to have made much difference yet...
>
>Their rwhois seems to be terminally down. Can we reclaim 4/8 from them now?

Who is "we?"

IANA says it belongs to BBN (ARIN not mentioned):
http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space

    004/8   Dec 92   Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.

(as opposed to)

    073/8   Mar 05   ARIN                                (whois.arin.net)
    074/8   Jun 05   ARIN                                (whois.arin.net)
    075/8   Jun 05   ARIN                                (whois.arin.net)
    076/8   Jun 05   ARIN                                (whois.arin.net)

Either IANA's records are out of date or the space was granted prior 
to ARIN's start (in 97 or so).  ARIN (via policies) has little say 
over this space.

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