The ultimate discussion should be, and will be, is it RIPE net or internet?

I am saying the current situation will break network by forbidding change it, and it is network we break, really doesn’t matter where it is which registry it from.

We are victims of massive hijacking, many of my space get registered without our knowledge as well, we spend time and money monitoring ripe dB for none authorised registration as well, I wish I don’t have to do it, I wish Afrinic IRR can function properly tomorrow, but until then, now ripe dB is our most visiable solution.

I hope we can make effect together to get Afrinic fix their IRR, it is internet, it’s not just “Afrinic people business”, it is all of us’s business, internet is one.

On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 19:11 Job Snijders <job@instituut.net> wrote:

On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 10:56 AM, Lu Heng <h.lu@anytimechinese.com> wrote:
> Internet is one, and this is a general problem of all Afrinic space, just
> don’t make it personal please.

I didn't intend to make anything personal, so phrased differently:
What you highlight is ultimately a problem between AfriNIC members and
the AfriNIC organisation.

> I hope Afrinic fix it rather soon that way every thing works, until then,
> prevent network change is one way of breaking it.

I am sympathetic, but RIPE has no obligation to keep a glaring
security hole open to accommodate another RIR's lack of expedience.

As I mentioned at the microphone at the last DB-WG session, right now
I can simply register ALL not-yet-registered IP space in the RIPE NCC
database and in doing so lock out anyone else from making any
registrations for non-RIPE-managed space. There is nothing in place to
stop anyone from doing so, this would immediately fix the security
problem. I hope this both illustrates the size of the security hole
and the problem of any business process relying on the existence of
the hole.

Kind regards,

Job