18 Jun
2019
18 Jun
'19
7:01 p.m.
Hi Jof,
ARDC doesn't have any ARIN accounts. As a legacy allocation, it's
in our better interest not to. And they're expensive!
However, if you want, I'd be happy to put an IRR object for you in
the ALTDB registry. That seems to work pretty well. I believe a
lot of European ISPs are combining the many IRR databases together
to build their filter lists, so it might work for you. Write to
me off-list and we'll discuss it.
- Brian
On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 04:12:11PM -0700, Jonathan Lassoff wrote:
Hello 44Net friends --
I'm operating a BGP-announced subnet of 44/8 for some paging and SDR
experiments, and with some new access to other facilities, I'm looking into
adding some geographic redundancy for my network, setting up an ASN, and
beginning some public peering.
However, what I am coming to discover is that Brian's LOA only gets me so
far... :)
Many networks in Europe are doing proper per-peer prefix filtering,
constructed from IRR data in various registries.
I would like to get my 44/8 prefix listed in one of these registries with
my ASN listed, so that I can get all this automatic filtering working.
Generally, most networks seem to be using the RIR-provided IRR registry for
this data, which for us in the US and with AMPR would be ARIN.
There are also some commercial IRR databases. https://www.radb.net/ seems
to be the most-widely mirrored, but it costs ~$500/year to use.
As this is just a hobby project for me, it's difficult to justify the costs
of a commercial registry.
Might it be possible for AMPRNet users to use ARDC's ARIN accounts to list
some "inetnum" IRR data for our prefixes?
Depending on the outcome, maybe this would be some useful information to
list on the FAQ in the Wiki.
Thanks,
jof