Introduction to ARIN's Database

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Introduction

Perhaps ARIN’s best-known function within the Internet community is the Whois directory service. Whois is driven by a large relational database with six classes of objects, all of which interconnect to create meaningful, searchable information.

The six classes of objects are:

Organization Identifiers (Org ID): When you think of an Org ID you can think of this as a container that holds all the other classes of objects and identifies your organization.
Points of Contact (POC): This object identifies people or a role (group of people) within your organization that will be responsible for the day to day management of your Internet number resources.
Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs): These represent an Autonomous System (AS) which are represented by networks that adhere to a single routing policy.
Networks (NETs): These are IPv4 or IPv6 address blocks listed within ARIN Whois.
Customers: These include the POCs and Resources for organizations that are associated with ARIN through a provider organization such as an Internet Service Provider. They do not have a direct relationship with ARIN, but are listed in ARIN’s Whois.
Delegations: These are entries necessary for Reverse DNS.

Organization Identifier (Org ID) Records

An Org ID is a unique identifier representing an organization that is registered in the ARIN database. This identifier shows that entity’s name, its physical address, and any Points of Contact (POCs) that have authority over it. In addition, all Internet number resources directly assigned or allocated from ARIN, as well as any downstream resources, must be registered to the appropriate Org ID. This means you must establish an Org ID before requesting resources. An entity may maintain multiple Org IDs for different accounts, or it may consolidate all of its resources under a single Org ID. For each Org ID, there must be at least one Admin, Tech, and Abuse POC with authority over it. NOC POCs are optional.

ARIN Account Management on American Registry for Internet Numbers

Introduction to ARIN's Database

Introduction

Organization Identifier (Org ID) Records