{"id":759,"date":"2019-11-16T10:39:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T05:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/blog\/?p=759"},"modified":"2023-12-18T09:59:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T04:29:52","slug":"what-is-rir-in-networking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/blog\/what-is-rir-in-networking\/","title":{"rendered":"What is RIR in Networking"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_760\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-760\" style=\"width: 757px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/What-is-RIR-in-Networking-HostNamaste.png\" alt=\"What is RIR in Networking - HostNamaste\" width=\"757\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/What-is-RIR-in-Networking-HostNamaste.png 656w, https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/What-is-RIR-in-Networking-HostNamaste-300x184.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva; color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/blog\/what-is-rir-in-networking\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">What is RIR in Networking &#8211; HostNamaste.com<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/blog\/what-is-rir-in-networking\/\">What is RIR in Networking &#8211; HostNamaste.com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/blog\/what-is-rir-in-networking\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>History of the Regional Internet Registries<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; color: #000000;\">The Internet began as an experimental project that interconnected a small number of research institutions. From the beginning, every device directly connected to the Internet needed an IP <strong>(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/blog\/understanding-of-ip-addressing\/\">Internet Protocol<\/a><\/span>)<\/strong> address \u2013 a unique number that identifies the device and allows it to be located on the network. For the system to work every connected device must have a unique address, so it was important that the allocation of IP addresses was carefully registered to avoid conflicts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; color: #000000;\">In the beginning, the global IP address registry was simply a list of IP address ranges, along with details of the organizations to which these had been allocated. Of course as more organizations joined the Internet, this list grew. Before long this important role was formalized as IANA \u2013 the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. Even so, the list of organizations continued to grow. So, following the Internet\u2019s rapid expansion across the world, it became clear that even IANA would be unable to scale to meet the demand for addresses or be able to service the wide range of different regional needs. In 1992, the Internet Engineering Task Force <strong>(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/ietf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IETF<\/a><\/span>)<\/strong> recommended that Internet number resources be managed by subsidiary organizations at a regional level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; color: #000000;\">As a result, the Regional Internet Registries <strong>(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Regional_Internet_registry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RIRs<\/a><\/span>)<\/strong> were established to assume this regional allocation and management role in cooperation with IANA. Today, there are five RIRs \u2013\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apnic.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APNIC<\/a><\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arin.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ARIN<\/a><\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ripe.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">RIPE NCC<\/span><\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lacnic.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LACNIC<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, and\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/afrinic.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AFRINIC<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_761\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-761\" style=\"width: 722px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/What-is-RIR-in-Networking-HostNamaste-1.png\" alt=\"What is RIR in Networking - HostNamaste\" width=\"722\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/What-is-RIR-in-Networking-HostNamaste-1.png 500w, https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/What-is-RIR-in-Networking-HostNamaste-1-300x143.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva; color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/blog\/what-is-rir-in-networking\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">What is RIR in Networking &#8211; HostNamaste.com<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; color: #000000;\">With the active support of their respective communities, the RIRs have the authority within their regions to administer and register IP address space and Autonomous System numbers and to provide related services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; color: #000000;\">RIRs operate as industry self-regulatory bodies. Their open structures encourage direct participation by any interested party through consensus-driven, bottom-up decision-making processes. This ensures that those who directly use these numeric Internet resources define the policies that govern their distribution and use. All RIRs are not-for-profit organizations which are entirely self-funded by their Members and those that use the resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; color: #000000;\">For over a decade now, this framework has provided a number resources management system that is scalable, effective, stable, open, and fair. This has been critical to the successful growth of the Internet in the past and will ensure its stability into the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; color: #000000;\">While RIRs work independently within the regions they serve, they also cooperate and coordinate their activities with each other. 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