>>> Do you: 1) want IRR services, and if so, with what features? >>> 2) believe IRR services should be provided by ARIN? >> >> the irr is slightly useful today. so, iff it is cheap and easy, arin >> providing an open and free instance is a public good. again, iff it is >> easy and cheap. and please do not waste time trying to 'fix' the irr, >> sad to say it's trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. > > I'm not suggesting that ARIN undertake a large and complex effort to > solve a bunch of issues with IRR.
jeff, i do not disagree that running an irr instance with only mail-from is soooo 1980s. and, as mans points out, there is free software out there to do it (i recommend irrd). but i do not see good cause for arin to spend anything non-trivial to fix a problem in an irr instance which is not used very much. i.e. better to drop it than to spend non-trivial money to modernize it. but more to the point, by 'fix' it, i did not mean modernizing the auth method set. i meant the content, syntax and semantics. randy