The Shared Whois Project (SWIP) is the process used to submit, maintain and update information to ensure up-to-date and efficient maintenance of
WHOIS
WHOIS (pronounced as the phrase "who is") is a query and response protocol that is widely used for querying databases that store the registered users or assignees of an Internet resource, such as a domain name, an IP address block or an autonomou ...
records, as structured in RFC 1491.
The process updates WHOIS to contain information regarding what organization is using a specific
IP address
An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label such as that is connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication.. Updated by . An IP address serves two main functions: network interface ident ...
, or a specific block of addresses. Additionally, it provides means to track the use of an organization's current allocations of IP addresses, so that additional allocation of
IP addresses may be justified and usage reports or case studies may be done.
SWIP must be used within seven days of any reassignment of an IP address space to a downstream customer to:
* Provide new reassignments of blocks of eight or more IP addresses
* Delete existing reassignments, or
* Modify data connected to existing reassignments.
In contrast, an organization is not required to submit a SWIP template for fewer than eight IP addresses.
Allocations, assignments or reassignments of blocks of 8,192 addresses and more (greater than a /19 block) must be approved by
ARIN
The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) is the regional Internet registry for Canada, the United States, and many Caribbean and North Atlantic islands. ARIN manages the distribution of Internet number resources, including IPv4 and IP ...
beforehand. Companies assigned a block of 65,536 addresses or more will be responsible for maintaining all IN-ADDR.ARPA
domain
Domain may refer to:
Mathematics
*Domain of a function, the set of input values for which the (total) function is defined
** Domain of definition of a partial function
** Natural domain of a partial function
**Domain of holomorphy of a function
* ...
records for their customers.
There are two types of registration. The first is an ''allocation'', for blocks of IP addresses which will later be reallocated or reassigned to third parties. The second is an ''assignment'', for blocks that will not be reassigned, or the recipient is an
end-user
In product development, an end user (sometimes end-user) is a person who ultimately uses or is intended to ultimately use a product. The end user stands in contrast to users who support or maintain the product, such as sysops, system administrato ...
.
References
Bibliography
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External links
* ARIN'
Reporting Reassignments* {{cite web , url = https://tools.keycdn.com/geo?host= , title = IP Location finder
Internet protocols
Internet Standards