What is SWIP - Shared WHOIS Project

Shared WHOIS Project (SWIP): Updating Internet Protocol (IP) Address Space Information in the WHOIS Database

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Available via anonymous ftp from: DS.INTERNIC.NET (198.49.45.10)

Hubbard, K., Kosters, M., Conrad, D., Karrenberg, D., Postel, J.
Internet Registry IP Allocation Guidelines; November 1996.
BCP 12 RFC 2050. 13 p.
<URL: ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc2050.txt>

T. Pummill, B. Manning.
Variable Length Subnet Table For IPv4", December 26, 1995.
RFC 1878 (Obsoletes RFC1860). 8 p.
<URL: ftp://rs.internic.net/policy/rfc1878.txt>