Transcript Cathy Murphy Presentation

Some RIR Input Regarding
Current Whois Deficiencies
Cathy Murphy
American Registry for Internet Numbers
<[email protected]>
NANOG 24
Miami, FL
10-12 February 2002
Overview
One-stop lookup services for IP
address space and AS numbers
Data accuracy (security)
Misuse of contact information
Increased server load
NANOG 24
Miami, FL
10-12 February 2002
One-Stop Lookup Services
for IP Address Space and AS Numbers
Caveat: The solutions being considered would only handle for
IP address (inetnum) and AS number (aut-num) queries.
Data mirroring
Establish a set of servers that could redirect
queries to the appropriate RIR.
Have RIRs’ Whois servers refer the query
to the appropriate RIR
RWhois model (requested by ARIN membership)
refer: attribute (Further extending RIPE NCC’s extension
to RPSL; currently for domain objects only).
NANOG 24
Miami, FL
10-12 February 2002
Data Accuracy
Mechanisms to prevent unauthorized
modification of registration data.
Mechanisms to authenticate query
responses.
Provide a new, easier to use RWhois server
that will encourage IP registrants to report
network usage.
Data should be updated more frequently.
Reduces likelihood of inconsistencies between
lookup servers.
NANOG 24
Miami, FL
10-12 February 2002
Misuse of Contact Information
Whois contains public information
Reassignment registrations for residential
customers do not require a street address,
phone number or email address.
Plans for new “private” network object type
in the ARIN database.
Making data available in bulk format subject to
an Acceptable Use Policy, minus contact data.
NANOG 24
Miami, FL
10-12 February 2002
Increased Server Loads
More and/or better servers
We’re working on it!
More and/or better software
We’re working on it!
Exploring opportunities to mirror ARIN’s
Whois database at multiple locations
Why an issue?
If the servers don’t respond, it’s effectively a
denial-of-service.
NANOG 24
Miami, FL
10-12 February 2002
Whois: Now More Than Ever…
Increased industry need for and reliance on Whois
Home grown network management tools
Commercial products
Load Statistics
Jan 2000 -> Jan 2001 number of queries doubled
Jan 2001 -> Jan 2002
port 43 queries doubled
web queries increased by a factor of 6,
mostly since November 2001
97 million queries per month
NANOG 24
Miami, FL
10-12 February 2002
Questions?
NANOG 24
Miami, FL
10-12 February 2002