Reference Documents

General Reference Materials

• Registration Services Agreement (RSA)
• Legacy Registration Services Agreement (LRSA)
• RIR Comparative Policy Overview [http://www.nro.net]
• ARIN Educational Material
• ARIN IPv6 Wiki
• IP Addressing and the RIR System (PPT) [http://www.nro.net]
• Development of the Regional Internet Registry System [http://www.cisco.com]
• Understanding IP Addressing: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know -PDF [http://www.3com.com]

Technical Fact Sheets

• About IP Addresses
  • Le point sur les adresses IP
  • Acerca de las direcciones IP
• IPv4 and IPv6
  • IPv4 et IPv6
  • IPv4 e IPv6
• IP Addresses and Domain Names
  • Adresses IP et noms de domaines
  • Direcciones IP y Nombres de Dominio
• Internet Number Distribution
  • Distribution des numéros Internet
  • Distribución de los Recursos Numéricos de Internet
• About the ARIN Policy Development Process
  • Processus d’élaboration de politique ARIN
  • Proceso de Elaboración de Políticas de ARIN
• Regional Internet Registries
  • Registres Internet Régionaux
  • Registros Regionales de Internet
• History of the Regional Internet Registry System (Flash)
• Technical Fact Sheet (NRO Document)

Internet Number Resources

• IPv4 and IPv6 Space Allocated to ARIN
• Micro-allocations Made By ARIN
• Autonomous System Number and Names
• IANA IPv4 Address Space Allocation Information [http://www.iana.org]
• IANA IPv6 Unicast Address Space Allocation Information [http://www.iana.org]
• IANA ASN Range Allocation Information [http://www.iana.org]

Regional Internet Registry Geographical Areas

All the listings below include each country's name, country code, and the name of the Regional Internet Registry which represents its area.

• List of All Countries
• Countries By Region
  • AfriNIC
  • APNIC
  • ARIN
  • LACNIC
  • RIPE NCC
• ISO 3166 Country Codes [http://www.iso.ch]

Policy Materials

• Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process (IRPEP)
• ARIN Number Resource Policy Manual (NRPM)
• Policy Proposal Archive
• PPML Archives
• Meeting Minutes

ARIN Corporate Documents

• ARIN Fact Sheet
  • ARIN: UNE VUE D’ENSEMBLE
  • RESEÑA SOBRE ARIN
• ARIN Participation
  • ARIN et la participation communautaire
  • Participación de la comunidad en ARIN
• Articles of Incorporation
• Articles of Incorporation with Amendments
• ARIN Bylaws
• Annual Reports
• Budget for current fiscal year

RFCs Related to Internet Number Resources

• RFC 791 Internet Protocol BGP and AS
• RFC 1700 Assigned Numbers
• RFC 1771 A Border Gateway Protocol 4 IP Network Numbers
• RFC 1772 Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the Internet
• RFC 1773 Experience with the BGP-4 protocol
• RFC 1812 Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers
• RFC 1878 Variable Length Subnet Table For IPv4
• RFC 1887 An Architecture for IPv6 Unicast Address Allocation
• RFC 1918 Address Allocation for Private Internets
• RFC 1930 Guidelines for creation, selection, and registration of an Autonomous System (AS)
• RFC 1965 Autonomous System Confederations for BGP
• RFC 2050 Internet Registry IP Allocation Guidelines
• RFC 2071 Network Renumbering Overview: Why would I want it...
• RFC 2072 Router Renumbering Guide
• RFC 2167 Referral Whois (RWhois) Protocol V1.5
• RFC 2185 Routing Aspects of IPv6 Transition
• RFC 2373 IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
• RFC 2374 An IPv6 Aggregatable Global Unicast Address Format
• RFC 2460 Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
• RFC 2464 Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet
• RFC 2500 Internet Official Protocol Standards
• RFC 2622 Routing Policy Specification Language
• RFC 2650 Using RPSL in Practice
• RFC 3194 The Host-Density Ratio for Address Assignment Efficiency
• RFC 4632 Classless Inter-domain Routing (CIDR): The Internet Address Assignment and Aggregation Plan

Additional Information

• List of All RFCs [http://www.rfc-editor.org]