On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 1:08 PM Paul E McNary via ARIN-PPML <arin-ppml@arin.net> wrote: > ARIN controls the root servers for this region do they not. > Without the root servers nothing gets routed. > That is a part of the number resources ARIN made commitments to maintain for > all resources that had been allocated.
Hi Paul, You've conflated a few things here. ARIN manages the registry of IP addresses used in North America (approximately). The primary purpose of the registry is to deconflict the use of addresses in multi-organizational networks such as the Internet. ARIN does not control Internet routing. There is no central authority for Internet routing. However, ISPs typically rely on ARIN to tell them who controls a block of IP addresses before they'll accept a customer's request to route it. It's a self-enforcing system - ISPs that don't do so can be cut off by their ISPs. ARIN does not control any "root servers." That has to do with the DNS system which operates under ICANN. ARIN's relationship with the DNS is only tangential - it partially controls a couple of subdomains which are used for "reverse DNS," finding names starting from the IP addresses. The DNS is also unrelated to Internet Routing. > And yes I was well alive before Al Gore invented the Internet. :-) Apropos of nothing, I have what I bill as "Al Gore's Router." It's the Cisco Pro 2501 router used to connect Gore's 2000 DC campaign office to the DNC and subsequently the Internet. Regards, Bill Herrin -- For hire. https://bill.herrin.us/resume/ _______________________________________________ ARIN-PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (ARIN-PPML@arin.net). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact i...@arin.net if you experience any issues.
