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Guide toInternet number resources

ARiNs cr srvc s h managmn an srbn inrn Nmbr Rsrcs:

inrn Prcl (iP) arsss an Anms Sysm Nmbrs (ASNs) ns whn

Canaa, h un Sas, an many Carbban an Nrh Alanc slans.

Wha xacly ar inrn Nmbr Rsrcs?

Why hy mar, an hw ar hy s?

Lets start at the top.

Hawaii

Canada

United States

US MinorOutlying Islands

JAMAICA

ANGUILLA

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

CARIBBEAN & NORTH ATLANTIC ISLANDS

ST. MARTIN

SAINT BARTHELEMY

DOMINICA

SAINT LUCIA

GRENADA

ST. PIERRE

AND MIQUELON

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Wha i a IP Add?An I Pl (IP) s a s chncal rls ha

ns hw cmprs cmmnca vr a nwrk. An IP

add s a nmbr ha ns a vc n a cmpr

nwrk an s s mv nrman n h inrn.

evy dvi dily d h I

hav a iq IP add.

Why tw Pl?th inrn as w knw ay s a vasly rn

nvrnmn han h nwrk ha iPv4 was rgnally

sgn sppr. in ac, ngnrs s wrk vlpng

iPv6 as sn as hy ralz ha iPv4 was n sppr a

glbal cmmrcal inrn a sysm was nvr sgn

r n h rs plac. ths csn ccrr n h 1990s, lng

br h xplsn mbl vcs, a rn ha cnncs

mr vcs h inrn vry ay.

iP arsss cm n w vrsns: IP vi 4 (IPv4) an

IP vi 6 (IPv6). iPv4 was h rs wly s inrn

Prcl, an accns r ms ays inrn rac.

iPv6 s a nwr nmbrng sysm, ply n 1999, ha ss

hxacmal nan r mr nmrcal cmbnans.

[ 2001:0Db8:4:15:30:5 : a 2:59 ]

th chncal ncnaly h inrn rmans h sam wh

bh vrsns an s lkly ha bh vrsns wll cnn

pra smlansly n nwrks wll n h r. t a,

ms nwrks ha s iPv6 als sppr iPv4.

Dplyd 1981 1999

Add siz 32-i 128-i

Add

Fa

Dd Dial nai:

192.149.252.76

Hxadial nai:

3FFe:F200:0234:Ab00:

0123:4567:8901:AbcD

Pfx

nai 192.149.0.0/24 3FFe:F200:0234::/48

n

Add232 = ~4,294,967,296

2128 = ~340,282,366,

920,938,463,463,374,

607,431,768,211,456

Glally, h a availal w IPv4

add i hik.t kp h inrngrwng, rganzans wll n ransn iPv6

an mak s h vasly largr arss pl. iPv4 an

iPv6 wll lkly cxs r yars, b rganzans ms

sar plyng iPv6 nw nsr hy can cnn

cmmnca wh vryn n h inrn.

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Wha i a A sy?An Anms Sysm (AS) s a grp n r mr iP prxs rn

by n r mr nwrk prars ha manans a sngl, clarly

n rng plcy. An iP prx s a ls iP arsss ha can b

rach rm ha iSPs nwrk. th nwrk prars ms hav

an Anms Sysm Nmbr (ASN) cnrl rng whn hr

nwrks an xchang rng nrman wh hr iSPs.

As typ A li-hd As s cnnc w r mr ASs. ths allws

manan s cnncn h inrn vn n AS cnncn a

A As s cnnc nly n hr AS. Sbs may hav hr

prva cnncns, b pblcly appar hav nly n cnnc

h rs h inrn.

A ai As acs as a lnk bwn w r mr hr ASs, allwng

r aa pass hrgh , vn aa rm nassca nwrks.

iSPs, r xampl, r hr csmrs an hr csmrs nwr

accss hr nwrks an h inrn va rans AS.

Wha i rig?Rng s h ac mvng nrman hrgh a cmpr nwrk.

on h inrn, nrman s spl n packs, ach nvallylabl wh s lma snan, an iP arss. Spcalz

vcs call rrs pass packs rm h src cmpr s

snan by analyzng a rng abl rmn h bs pah.

each pack can ak a rn pah, wh all packs rassmblng

pn arrval a hr snan.

Wha i a rig tal?A rng abl s a ls nwrks sr n a rrs mmry, s

rwar packs h rgh snan. Rrs hav a n

amn mmry an prcssng pwr, s h smallr h sz

h rng abl, h asr an mr n packs wll g hr

snans. th rcn ncras n inrn-nabl vcs has la

a largr rng abl sz, crang an ngng challng r rr

manacrrs an nwrk amnsrars.

Wha D ArIn Hav DWih rig?ARiN hlps kp h glbal rng abl a a managabl sz by

allcang larg blcks iP arsss ha cra a sngl nry

n h abl. organzans manag hr larg blcks, rhr

allcang smallr blcks rm ns hr nwrks. ths allws

many ns s a sngl larg blck, rahr han ach nwrk

havng s wn allcan, an hrr rcs rng abl

grwh. Anally, ARiNs inrn nmbr rsrc srbn

plcs smms mpac h glbal rng abl, an nvalnwrk prars. Rsrcs allca by ARiN ar n garan

b r n h inrn, b ARiN srvs m h ns

h iSP rng cmmny hrgh s cmmny-bas Plcy

dvlpmn Prcss.

Hw a I n r Diid?iP arsss an ASNs ar srb n a glbal lvl rm h inrn Assgn Nmbrs Ahry (iANA). iANA srbs larg blcks

h v Rgnal inrn Rgsrs (RiRs), nclng ARiN. RiRs assgn ASNs an allca smallr iP arss blcks Nanal inrn

Rgsrs (NiRs), Lcal inrn Rgsrs (LiRs), an inrn Srvcs Prvrs (iSPs) n hr rgns. ths rganzans hn assgn iP

arsss hr csmrs.

NIR/LIR/ISPRIR

End-user

ISPIANA allocate allocate allocate

End-user End-user

assign

assign

assign

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Wh mak up h I

thial ciy?Many npnn rganzans wrk ghr crna cran

chncal pars h inrn. Sm h rganzans nvlv ncl:

AFrInIc - Arcan Nwrk inrman Cnr (RiR)APnIc - Asa Pacc Nwrk inrman Cnr (RiR)

ArIn- Amrcan Rgsry r inrn Nmbrs (RiR)

IAnA - inrn Assgn Nmbrs Ahry

IcAnn- inrn Crpran r Assgn Nams an Nmbrs

IetF - inrn engnrng task Frc

Isoc - inrn Scy

LAcnIc- Lan Amrcan an Carbban inrn Arsss Rgsry (RiR)

nAnoG - Nrh Amrcan Nwrk oprars Grp

nro - Nmbr Rsrc organzan

rIPe ncc - RiPe Nwrk Crnan Cnr (RiR)

ths rganzans hlp wh:

tchncal prcls an sanars

inrn nmbr rsrc srbn an managmn

Cnncvy

Plcy vlpmn & mplmnan

ecan an ranng

th chnlgs, rsrcs, an srvcs s rn h inrn

ar hghly nrpnn an rqr a sgncan amn

crnan, amnsran, an ay--ay managmn. each

rganzan has a spcc rl an prvs namnal val

h vrall ncnng h inrn.

ths rganzans hav cnrb h ncrbl grwh

an sably h inrn ay. thr ar wll-sablsh

mchansms, nclng mngs, malng lss, an bm-p

plcy vlpmn prcsss ha nabl rc parcpan

by any nrs pary. ths nsrs ha plcs ar n by

hs ms ac by hm, an ar fxbl ngh aap

changng cmmny ns.

t q IPv6 add y gaizaica ArIn rgiai svi Dpa a 703.227.0660 (w 7Am ad 7Pm et)

a ha@ArIn.

Addiial ArIn rARiN s cnssnly spprng h plymn iPv6 hrgh can an rach.t kp p wh all ARiNs acvs, y can:

Fllw tam ARiN n h ra a www.taArIn.

Fllw ARiN n twr a www.wi./taArIn

Lk ARiN n Facbk a hp://www.ak./taArIn

Wach ARiN vs n Ytb a www.y./taArIn

Larn ab iPv6 mplmnan n h iPv6 Wk a hp://www.gipv6.i/

G nvlv n ARiNs cmmny-rvn Plcy dvlpmn Prcss a hp://www.ai./paiipa/ig/