ARIN

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Services

ARIN provides services related to the technical coordination and management of Internet number resources. The nature of these services is described in ARIN's mission statement:

These services are grouped in four areas: Registration, Organization, Policy Development and Technical.

Registration Services

Registration Services pertain to the technical coordination and management of Internet number resources. They include:

• IP address space allocation, transfer, and record maintenance
• ASN allocation, transfer, and record maintenance
• Directories
  • Registration transaction information (WHOIS)
  • Routing information (Internet Routing Registry)
• DNS (Reverse)
• WhoWas

Organization Services

Organization Services pertain to interaction between ARIN members and stakeholders and ARIN. They include:

• Elections
• Members Meetings
• Information publication and dissemination
• Education and training

Policy Development Services

Policy Development Services facilitate the development of policy for the technical coordination and management of Internet number resources in the ARIN region. They include:

• Maintaining discussion email lists
• Conducting Public Policy Meetings
• Publishing policy documents

Technical Services

ARIN also develops technical services to support the evolving needs of the Internet community.

• Directory Services
• Resource Management Services
• Routing Registry
• Operational Test and Evaluation environment (OT&E)
• Community Software Repository

General Information

Established in December 1997, the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) is a Regional Internet Registry (RIR) incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA. ARIN is one of five (5) RIRs. Like the other RIRs, ARIN:

• Provides services related to the technical coordination and management of Internet number resources in its respective service region. The ARIN service region includes Canada, many Caribbean and North Atlantic islands, and the United States;
• Participates in the global Internet community;
• Facilitates the development of policy decisions made by its members and the stakeholders in its region;
• Is a nonprofit, membership organization;
• Is governed by an executive board elected by its membership.

View ARIN's organizational structure and staff list.

The ARIN Fact Sheet (PDF) includes an overview of ARIN's services, organizational structure, membership, and resources. In addition, ARIN has developed a Flash-based introduction covering its mission, community interaction and processes.