Dear Colleagues, As global ISP we need to mirror all important IRRs like RIPE, ARIN and APNIC. Many object are registerd in more than one IRRs. Currently we decide which object is valid based on the last 'changed' flag (Ok we could compare the complete object but it is possible to have different version on each IRR). But it seems that this flag isn't really in use ;-( Could it be an option to check this flag on each update ? cheers frank here one example ... old version:

aut-num: AS12437 as-name: UNSPECIFIED descr: ICSmedia GmbH descr: Full Service Internet Provider descr: Muenster (Germany) import: from AS6754 action pref=100; accept ANY import: from AS8638 action pref=100; accept AS8638 import: from AS1270 action pref=100; accept ANY export: to AS6754 announce AS12437 export: to AS8638 announce AS12437 export: to AS1270 announce AS12437 default: to AS6754 action pref=100; networks ANY admin-c: HR29-RIPE tech-c: HR29-RIPE mnt-by: ICSMEDIA-MNT changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 19990520 source: RIPE

last version:

aut-num: AS12437 as-name: ICSMEDIA-DE descr: ICSmedia GmbH descr: Full Service Internet Provider descr: Muenster (Germany) import: from AS6754 action pref=100; accept ANY import: from AS8638 action pref=100; accept AS8638 import: from AS1270 action pref=100; accept ANY import: from AS702 action pref=100; accept ANY export: to AS6754 announce AS12437 export: to AS8638 announce AS12437 export: to AS1270 announce AS12437 export: to AS702 announce AS12437 default: to AS6754 action pref=100; networks ANY admin-c: HI638-RIPE tech-c: HI638-RIPE mnt-by: ICSMEDIA-MNT changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 19990520 source: RIPE