Hi Ronald, less than a week ago, on this same list there was the conclusion that these route objects would be removed. real-soon-now, is my understanding. That should resolve *this* issue. But I think the holders could then create a similar route object in AfriNIC... Another thing that confuses me: [I see the inetnum object in AfriNIC, but:] $ whois -h whois.iana.org 62.61.192.0 says one should look at RIPE whois for the whole /8 and $ whois -h whois.ripe.net 62.61.192.0 says "nothing here - look at IANA" shouldn't IANA point to AfriNIC?? Regards, Frank On 12/05/2021 03:06, Ronald F. Guilmette via db-wg wrote:
Can anyone please explain to me, preferably using small words that I can understand, why route objects such as the following still exist in the data base at the present time?
route: 62.61.192.0/18 descr: SRR origin: AS49902 mnt-by: CEGETEL_LA_REUNION created: 2014-09-30T15:01:51Z last-modified: 2018-09-04T18:00:38Z source: RIPE-NONAUTH
(Please note that the whole of 62.61.192.0/18 currently appears to be under the administration of AFRINIC.)
I understand that pre-existing route objects within the RIPE data base that relate to IP space which is under the administration of other (non-RIPE) RIRs was set to "RIPE-NONAUTH" awhile back, which is certainly a Good Thing, but I wonder if there is a date certain by which even these route objects will be sunsetted and removed from the RIPE db.
Regards, rfg