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RWhois

RWhois. Database SIG Tim Christensen Database Administrator ARIN <timc@arin.net>. Overview. What is RWhois? Why do we use it? Who is using it? What is wrong with it? What do we fix? How do we fix it? Where are we in the project?. What is RWhois?.

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RWhois

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  1. RWhois Database SIG Tim Christensen Database Administrator ARIN <timc@arin.net> APNIC 15 Taipei, Taiwan

  2. Overview • What is RWhois? • Why do we use it? • Who is using it? • What is wrong with it? • What do we fix? • How do we fix it? • Where are we in the project? APNIC 15 Taipei, Taiwan

  3. What is RWhois? A distributed system for query and maintenance of network information that: • Provides network and contact information • Portrays utilization • Decentralizes data storage • Moves queries closer to the data source • Offers local control A distributed system for query and maintenance of network information that: APNIC 15 Taipei, Taiwan

  4. Manual Referral•What is RWhois? • client rwhois.arin.net rwhois.example.net APNIC 15 Taipei, Taiwan

  5. Client Referral•What is RWhois? • client rwhois.arin.net rwhois.example.net APNIC 15 Taipei, Taiwan

  6. Query Routing•What is RWhois? • client rwhois.arin.net rwhois.example.net APNIC 15 Taipei, Taiwan

  7. Re-referred Query Routing•What is RWhois? • client rwhois.arin.net … rwhois.referral.net rwhois.example.net rwhois.another.net APNIC 15 Taipei, Taiwan

  8. Purpose of RWhois•Why do we use it? • • Technical Support • Makes publicly available network technical contact information • Provides alternative to SWIP (ARIN’s process for permitting ISPs to report subdelegations) • Justification • Documents 80% usage of existing address space as justification for future allocations • Local control of subdelgation data • Increases accessibility for local update • Promotes accuracy and currency • Enables custom interface development • Follows good engineering practice to keep the data in just one place and as close to the source as possible APNIC 15 Taipei, Taiwan

  9. Current Installation Base•Who is using it? • • One in six organizations receiving allocations have told ARIN that they run RWhois servers • 1/3 of these have referrals in ARIN’s RWhois • 53% do not currently respond • 47% are active • 2/3 of these do not have referrals in ARIN’s RWhois but purport to be reachable via RWhois protocol APNIC 15 Taipei, Taiwan

  10. Deficiencies As Identified by ARIN DBWG•What is wrong with it? • • Query routing doesn’t work rwhois.arin.net client rwhois.example.net APNIC 15 Taipei, Taiwan

  11. Deficiencies As Identified by ARIN DBWG•What is wrong with it? • • Query routing doesn’t work • Uses a non-standard database format • Insufficient documentation • Set-up and administration is too difficult • Query routing doesn’t work APNIC 15 Taipei, Taiwan

  12. Additional Deficiencies• What is wrong with it? • • Code Architecture • Server unavailability • Limited reporting of RWhois server locations APNIC 15 Taipei, Taiwan

  13. Approach• What do we fix? • • Current-release RWhois support • Identify bug-type problems with RWhois • Release minor fixes as necessary to support existing base of RWhois users • Improved RWhois deployment • Establish RWhois design team from community and ARIN staff • Charge design team with establishing an approach to following DBWG mandate • Implement according to determined approach APNIC 15 Taipei, Taiwan

  14. Goals• How do we fix it? • • Query routing doesn’t work • Fixed in ARIN’s beta release [1.5.8], implementation TBD • Leaves recursive reference problem unsolved • Uses a non-standard database format • Make the default backend an open source solution, e.g., MySQL • Make the backend a configurable component • Insufficient documentation • Identify and evaluate community requirements • Develop new FAQs and how-to’s • Review RFC2167 and code against requirements • Modify code to meet requirements • Release informational RFC to supercede RFC2167 APNIC 15 Taipei, Taiwan

  15. Goals• How do we fix it? • • Setup and administration is too difficult • Develop a canned set of working configuration and data files • Code Architecture • Code audit to identify key functional modules • Develop new, modular code base • Server Unavailability • Promote always-on RWhois servers • Identify and notify server contacts when down • Limited reporting of RWhois server location • Promote RWhois referral registration • Create data element in Whois for RWhois server • Convert existing comment and out-of-band information into new Whois data element APNIC 15 Taipei, Taiwan

  16. Current RWhois Situation• Where are we in the project? • • RWhois design team established • Consensus established on adding RWhois data element to Whois • Ongoing discussions for additional requirements • Strawman modular code architecture complete • Always-on RWhois policy proposal anticipated • Software developed to identify lame RWhois servers APNIC 15 Taipei, Taiwan

  17. Thank You! APNIC 15 Taipei, Taiwan

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