RADB mirroring

RADB definately does not mirror (at least not daily) ARIN's RR. Time to
setup with altdb...

% ARIN Internet Routing Registry Whois Interface

route: 66.11.160.0/20
descr: Doncaster Consulting Inc.
               2720 Queensview Dr
               Ottawa, ON K2B 1A5
               CA
origin: AS21936
notify: sysadmin@istop.com
mnt-by: MNT-ISTOP
changed: sysadmin@istop.com 20020517
source: ARIN

[ralph@cpu1693 lralph]$ whois 66.11.160.0@whois.radb.net
[whois.radb.net]
% No entries found for the selected source(s).

Ralph Doncaster
principal, IStop.com
div. of Doncaster Consulting Inc.

Ralph Doncaster wrote:

RADB definately does not mirror (at least not daily) ARIN's RR. [...]

  Correct -- not at all. Can anybody speak toward the purpose of the
ARIN RR? An IRR not mirrored by the RADB (to act as a member) and not
mirroring every RR mirrored by the RADB (to hijack the top level) seems
pointless. I've been meaning to try to dig up a contact (from a
customer), but haven't had a chance...

Peter E. Fry

An IRR not mirrored by the RADB (to act as a member) and not
mirroring every RR mirrored by the RADB (to hijack the top level)
seems pointless.

auto-config tools, such as ratoolset, do not use the mirrored data,
only the origin data. one specifies the list of registries to
search. so, mirroring by the irr is neither necessary nor
sufficient, though it can be convenient for lookup by wetware.

randy

I think you will find that they can be configured to use different sources but they are at the same registry so you need to find a registry that mirrors all the sources you want to query.

Mark.