Abuse procedures... Reality Checks

Wed Apr 11 00:34:52 UTC 2007

michael.dillon at bt.com wrote:

> I also find it curious that you claim to have people on staff at your
> company who know what SWIP means. Perhaps you could ask them to share
> that information with us since I have never seen this documented
> anywhere. Do they really know what you claim they know?
> 
> --Michael Dillon
> 

Google is your friend.

http://www.arin.net/registration/guidelines/report_reassign.html

Shared WHOIS Project (SWIP)

"SWIP is a process used by organizations to submit information about 
downstream customer's address space reassignments to ARIN for inclusion 
in the WHOIS database. Its goal is to ensure the effective and efficient 
maintenance of records for IP address space.

"SWIP is intended to:

     * Provide information to identify the organizations utilizing each 
subdelegated IP address block.
     * Provide registration information for each IP address block.
     * Track utilization of allocated IP address blocks to determine if 
additional allocations may be justified.

"For IPv4, organizations can use the Reassign-Simple, Reassign-Detailed, 
Reallocate, and Network-Modification templates to report SWIP information.

"Organizations reporting IPv6 reassignment information can use the IPv6 
Reassign, IPv6 Reallocate, and IPv6 Modify templates.

"Organizations may only submit reassignment data for records within 
their allocated blocks. ARIN reserves the right to make changes to these 
records upon the organization's approval. Up to 10 templates may be 
submitted as part of a single e-mail."

SWIPs are required for reallocations of /29 and larger if the allocation 
owner does not operate a RWhoIs server.

Of course, SWIP is a ARIN thing, and you work for BRITISH 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC.  As a US network operator, I was well aware of 
the requirements for SWIP, because ARIN rules make it clear that, as a 
netblock owner of an ARIN allocation, I'm required to do it.

Which numbering authority do you work with day to day?