In message <[email protected]>, at
11:25:34 on Mon, 22 Sep 2014, Jim Reid <[email protected]> writes
What does the enquirer do when the holding entity mentioned (eg on
IANA's list of /8's no longer exists (Like the UK's Department of
Social Security).
Well, we both know that for this specific case Roland the holding
entity does still exist. It just has a different name.
Not really. The entity has been "reorganised", the address allocation
used elsewhere within government via various departments concerned with
"delivery" of government services. It's actually quite messy.
To answer in more general terms for these sorts of questions, IANA
could say "We issued FOO/8 to BAR on DATE and here's the contact info
we got at the time.
So far so good.
We understand that FUBAR is the current address holder and contact for
FOO/8.
This is the crux - how does IANA come to the understanding?
For FOO/16 or FOO/24, that's legacy space which is now overseen by the
RIRs and $RIR for the address block in question."
Again, this thread isn't about resources smaller than /8.
BTW, I'm still struggling to understand why real engineers would need
to care about the name of the organisation that holds some address
space. If Bad Things are happening with 51/8 (say) I doubt it matters
if the address holder is called the Department of (Health and) Social
Security or the Department for Work and Pensions.
But it does matter if (one or more of): The building whose address is
mentioned has closed, the phone numbers and emails don't work any more,
the named person has retired, the addresses appear to be used by
completely different bits of the government as well.
--
Roland Perry
