If anyone is interrested, here's a little Perl CLI util to lookup what countries registered networks within a block. There's no documentation yet, it's a .pl where it should probably be a command with a makefile installer, and Net::CIDR overlaps Net::IP. At any rate, hopefully it is useful to someone.
https://github.com/ag4ve/geocidr PS - do note the -mask option (where you can define say, a 20 or 21 or 22) so that you're not sitting there banging on their DNS looking up tons of /32s for blocks CYMRU doesn't have any information on. On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:44 AM, John Curran <jcur...@arin.net> wrote: > On May 24, 2013, at 10:47 AM, David Conrad <d...@virtualized.org> wrote: > >> I replied privately to Owen, but might as well share: >> >> On May 23, 2013, at 11:57 PM, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote: >>>>>> True, according to (at least some of) the RIRs they reside in regions... >>>>> Really? Which ones? I thought they were only issued to organizations that >>>>> had operations in regions. >>> That was exactly my point, Bill... If you have operations in RIPE and ARIN >>> regions, it is entirely possible for you to obtain addresses from RIPE or >>> ARIN and use them in both locations, or, obtain addresses from both RIPE >>> and ARIN and use them in their respective regions, or mix and match in just >>> about any imaginable way. Thus, IP addresses don't reside in regions, >>> either. They are merely issued somewhat regionally. >> >> A direct quote from a recent interaction with ARIN (this was requested by >> ARIN staff as part of the back and forth for requesting address space): >> >> "Please reply and verify that you will be using the requested number >> resources within the ARIN region and announcing all routing prefixes of the >> requested space from within the ARIN region. In accordance with section 2.2 >> of the NRPM, ARIN issues number resources only for use within its region. >> ARIN is therefore only able to provide for your in-region numbering needs." >> >> I believe AfriNIC and LACNIC have similar limitations on use but am too lazy >> to look it up (and I don't really care all that much: just thought it was >> amusing). > > Indeed. This was covered in more detail in the Policy Experience Report > given at the ARIN 31, in which it was noted that we are seeing an increase > in requests for IPv4 address space from parties who have infrastructure in > the region, but for customers entirely from outside the region. This has > resulted in a significant change in the issuance rate and therefore any > estimates for regional free pool depletion. ARIN has sought guidance from > the community regarding what constitutes appropriate in-region use, should > this be based on infrastructure or served customers, and whether incidental > use outside the region is appropriate. (This topic was also on this list on > 26 April 2012 - see attached email from that thread) Policy proposals in > this area to bring further clarity in address management are encouraged. > > FYI, > /John > > John Curran > President and CEO > ARIN > > === > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: John Curran <jcur...@arin.net> >> Subject: Re: "It's the end of the world as we know it" -- REM >> Date: April 26, 2013 10:43:51 AM EDT >> To: "nanog@nanog.org Group" <nanog@nanog.org> >> >> On Apr 26, 2013, at 10:23 AM, Chris Grundemann <cgrundem...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> One interesting twist in all of this is that several of these new >>> "slow-start" players in the ARIN region seem to be servicing customers >>> outside of the region with equipment and services hosted here inside >>> the ARIN region (see slide 12 on the ARIN 31 "Policy Implementation >>> and Experience Report" >>> https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/reports/ARIN_31/PDF/monday/nobile_policy.pdf). >> >> NANOG Folks - >> >> Please read this slide deck, section noted by Chris. It explains the >> "situation"... (I would not call the sudden acceleration in IP address >> issuance a problem, per se, as that is an judgement for the community >> either way.) >> >> FYI, >> /John >> >> John Curran >> President and CEO >> ARIN > > > >
