RE: 2001:db8::/32 IPv6 Documentation Prefix currently not in whois

["Jeroen Massar" <jeroen@unfix.org>]

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dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie [mailto:dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie] wrote:

> I though the IPv4 doc prefix was 192.0.2.0/24 (as mentioned in
> RFC 3330). It doesn't seem to be listed in as clear a way in
> whois as 192.168.0.0/16 is.

ARIN has it listed as:

$ whois 192.0.2.0
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority RESERVED-192 (NET-192-0-0-0-1)
                                  192.0.0.0 - 192.0.127.255
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority IANA (NET-192-0-2-0-1)
                                  192.0.2.0 - 192.0.2.255

$ whois -h whois.arin.net NET-192-0-2-0-1

NetRange:   192.0.2.0 - 192.0.2.255
CIDR:       192.0.2.0/24
NetName:    IANA
NetHandle:  NET-192-0-2-0-1
Parent:     NET-192-0-0-0-1
NetType:    Reassigned
Comment:    Please see RFC 3330 for additional information.
RegDate:
Updated:    2002-10-14

(ARIN still doesn't do CIDR queries)

Better comparison indeed than the RF1918 prefixes.
This does make clear that the draft should be advanced
and the prefix documented IMHO.

Greets,
 Jeroen

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