On Mar 26, 2013, at 9:24 PM, Randy Bush <[email protected]> wrote: > sorry. it is not you, it is the arin database (personally, all the rir > databases suck, they just suck differently:-). what the arin database > considers to be an organization does not correspond to what you consider > one,
Randy is correct - while "organization ids" do map to organizations, it is often a many-to-one relationship and hence not necessarily useful as an indicator of number of organizations (in the typical use of the term) actually involved. It is a valid upper bound, but the true value may be less due to multiple network management entities (Foo-wireline, Foo-wireless, etc.), multiple contracts with ARIN, or multiple entries for hierarchical organizations (e.g. large governments with multiple agencies/departments) FYI, /John _______________________________________________ sidr mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/sidr
