Max Emig via address-policy-wg wrote on 30/10/2025 15:17:
a large Tier 1 carrier in the ARIN region did not update the ARIN Whois in 20 years and did not offer RPKI ROA until very recently over legal concerns and maintained their own whois along with the non-authoritative RADB.
Max, ARIN declined to provide services to legacy holders unless they signed the LRSA, which many organisations objected to. The RIPE NCC is not in the same situation.
I would like to avoid any situations where organisations would have to choose between RIPE DB accuracy and routing security using RPKI ROA and legal-risks regarding out-of-region use among other concerns.
In relation to RPKI, it is not possible to legally attest to the registration of a number resource unless the number resource holder has formally identified themselves to the RIPE NCC, i.e. unless there's a legal agreement in place. In other words, if the Legacy holder doesn't have a contractual relationship with the RIPE NCC, then they don't have RPKI. Can you explain why this would impact transfers? I don't follow your argument. Nick