APNIC Internet Routing Registry Routing SIG APNIC-15, Taipei 26 February 2003 Topics • • • • • What & why a routing registry? Benefits of APNIC routing registry Service scope Routing registry.
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APNIC Internet Routing Registry Routing SIG APNIC-15, Taipei 26 February 2003 Topics • • • • • What & why a routing registry? Benefits of APNIC routing registry Service scope Routing registry objects Availability What is an IRR? • Global Internet Routing Registry database – http://www.irr.net/ • Uses RPSL – Established in 1995 • Stability and consistency of routing – network operators share information • Both public and private databases – These databases are independent • but some exchange data • only register your data in one database Internet Routing Registries ARIN, ArcStar, FGC, Verio, Bconnex, Optus, Telstra, ... RIPE CW RADB APNIC Connect IRR = APNIC RR + RIPE DB + RADB + C&W + ARIN + … Why use an IRR? • Useful for filtering routing announcements between – Peering networks – A provider and its customer • Faster network trouble shooting • Helps in creating and maintaining router configuration • In the longer term, if everybody registers its routes, a global view of routing policy can be seen and this should improve the integrity of Internet’s routing as a whole. Benefits of APNIC IRR • Single maintainer. Use the same maintainer to manage internet resource (IPv4, IPv6, ASN), reverse DNS (in-addr.arpa, ip6.arpa), and routing information. • APNIC is able to assert the resources within a registered route if it comes from APNIC resource allocations. Integration of Whois and IRR • Integrated APNIC Whois database & Internet Routing Registry IP, ASNs, reverse domains, contacts, maintainers etc inetnum, aut-num, domain, person, role, maintainer APNIC Whois IRR Internet resources & routing information routes, routing policy, filters, peers etc route, aut-num, as-set, int-rtr, peering-set etc. Service Scope • Routing Information Queries – From regular whois clients – From special purpose programs such as IRRToolSet (ftp://ftp.ripe.net/tools/IRRToolSet) – From APNIC whois web interface • Routing Registration and Maintenance – Using procedures similar to registration and maintenance of internet resources – Assistance from APNIC hostmasters through e-mail and helpdesk • Training – APNIC will include routing registry topics in its members training program • Mirroring – APNIC will mirror routing registries within the Asia Pacific region as well as major registries outside of the region. IRR-related objects • • • • • • • • route aut-num inet-rtr as-set route-set peering-set filter-set rtr-set Inter-related objects - Routing information inetnum: 202.64.10.0 – 202.64.10.255 route: 202.64.10.0 – 202.64.10.255 origin: AS1 … … admin-c: KX17-AP tech-c: ZU3-AP … mnt-by: MAINT-WF-EX … person: … nic-hdl: KX17-AP … (Contact info) person: … nic-hdl: ZU3-AP … IPv4 addresses (Contact info) aut-num: AS1 … mnt-by: MAINT-WF-EX … mntner: MAINT-WF-EX route ASN & routing policy … (Data protection) Availability • APNIC Routing Registry has been available since 17 December 2002 • APIRR (a routing registry pilot project conducted by APNIC in 2001) is no longer available