ACSP Suggestion 2014.12: Whois Response for IPv6 Unique Local Addresses fc00::/7
Suggestion
Author: Dani Roseman
Submitted On: 16 June 2014
Description:
Please install a ‘whois’ entry for IPv6 Unique Local Addresses fc00::/7
When performing this query:
$ whois -h whois.arin.net fc00::/7
. . . the results are:
No match found for fc00::/7.
However, per http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4193, that prefix has been identified as “Unique Local” addressing. RIPE has registered it accordingly:
$ whois -h whois.ripe.net fc00::/7
<snip>
inet6num: fc00::/7
netname: IANA-BLK
descr: Unique Local Addresses (ULAs)
country: EU # Country is really world wide
org: ORG-IANA1-RIPE
admin-c: IANA1-RIPE
tech-c: RFC1918-RIPE
mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-lower: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
remarks: MNTNER added for RIPE NCC DB Group testing 20121024
More specific objects will be created and deleted
during this testing over the next few days
mnt-lower: aardvark-mnt
remarks: This network should never be routed outside an enterprise
remarks: See RFC4193 for further information
status: ALLOCATED-BY-RIR
remarks: This network in not allocated.
Timeframe: Immediate
Status: Closed Updated: 01 July 2014
Tracking Information
ARIN Comment
19 June 2014
Your suggestion to add a an entry into ARIN’s Whois for IPv6 Unique Local Addresses fc00::/7 makes sense, and is something that ARIN will follow up on and complete within the next two weeks.
This suggestion will remain open until implementation is complete.
ARIN Comment
01 July 2014
Thank you again for submitting your suggestion to add a ‘whois’ entry for IPv6 Unique Local Addresses fc00::/7. We are writing to inform you this action has been taken. When you query for an address inside that range you will now see a corresponding whois entry. Note that we currently have a size limitation of /12 for IPv6 netblocks in whois, so the entry appears as 32 separate /12 records, however the entire /7 range is covered by an entry. We will be updating whois to allow IPv6 netblocks larger than /12 in the near future and the /7 will then appear as a single entry.
This suggestion is now closed.