> > Why doesn't IANA operate a whois server?
> Why should they? What will it produce?
It will produce an authoritative source of information that
automated
systems can query and where those systems can reliably parse
the output.
In cases where a human needs to check unusual cases, there
will be a
complete explanation in the comments field of the whois
output.
> > Why don't they publish a more detailled
explanation field
> in each IANA
> > allocation record so that they can explain the
precise
> status of each
> > block?
> Why should they?
In order to be authoritative one must be seen to be
authoritative. When
the information is not available, people are more likely to
attribute
this to incompetence than secrecy.
> > And why don't they do all this with some 21st
century technology?
> Why doesn't vwl help by giving ARIN his changelog, if
any?
Who is vwl and why should this mysterious person give their
changelog to
ARIN. Assuming that this represents changes to something,
what is that
something.
--Michael Dillon
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