Lowering the Barriers to Working with Public RIR-Level Data

Abstract

Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) publish WHOIS, route object delegation, and reverse DNS zone files. These data are valuable resources for network researchers and engineers, yet contain inconsistencies and are not all available long-term. In this work, we consolidate and make available longitudinal RIR-level data, aiming to lower the barriers to start working with these data.