--------------------begin included draft---------------------------- For IP network address requests, ARIN analysts use the guidelines at: http://www.arin.net/regserv/initial-isp.html for ISPs and http://www.arin.net/regserv/ip-assignment.html for end-users to review reassignments from upstream providers to their customers. The RWHOIS attributes that ARIN reviews as part of the IP network address process are listed along with example network reassignments using RWHOIS 1.0 and RWHOIS 1.5. (version 1.5) network:ID: network:Network-Name: network:IP-Network: network:Org-Name: network:Street-Address: network:City: network:State: network:Postal-Code: network:Country-Code: network:Tech-Contact: network:Updated: network:Updated-By: network:Class-Name:network (version 1.0) network:Organization-Name: network:Organization-Postal: network:Organization-Postal: network:Organization-Country-Code: network:Handle: network:Network-Name: network:IP-Network: network:Class-IP-Network: network:Class-IP-Network-Block: network:Admin-Contact: network:Admin-Contact: network:Admin-Contact: network:Admin-Contact: network:Updated: (version 1.5) network:ID: NET-WIDGET network:Network-Name: WIDGET network:IP-Network: 10.1.1.0/24 network:Org-Name: Widget Corp network:Street-Address: 211 Oak Drive network:City: Pineville network:State: WI network:Postal-Code: 48888 network:Country-Code: US network:Tech-Contact: BZ142-MYRWHOIS network:Updated: 19991221 network:Updated-By: jo@myrwhois.net network:Class-Name:network (version 1.0) network:Organization-Name: Widget Corp network:Organization-Postal: 211 Oak Drive network:Organization-Postal: Pineville, WI 48888 network:Organization-Country-Code: US network:Handle: NET-WIDGET network:Network-Name: WIDGET network:IP-Network: 10.1.1.0/24 network:Class-IP-Network: 10.1.1.0 network:Class-IP-Network-Block: 10.1.1.255 network:Admin-Contact: Smith, Jo network:Admin-Contact: BZ142-MYRWHOIS network:Admin-Contact: jsmith@widget.com network:Admin-Contact: 444-444-1212 network:Updated: 21-Dec-1999 For more information about rwhois, please see the http://www.rwhois.net URL. When an upstream ISP reassigns subnets to a downstream ISP customer and the downstream ISP wishes to use SWIP instead of RWHOIS, the upstream ISP must allocate the reassignment using the instructions available at the ftp://ftp.arin.net/pub/swip location. --------------------end included draft----------------------------