At 9:38 -0800 13/3/02, Randy Bush wrote:
And we (RIPE NCC) would be happy to set up such a peering point for RIPE administered IP space and coordinate with other RIRs if they would roll out such a service.
thinking about liability may give you some pause
Good point though there would be a difference between this and an RBL-type list: this list would not be expressing an opinion about whether certain networks are good net-citizens or not, but rather expressing whether a particular block of address space is allocated by an RIR or not, and it would be generated from the authoritative source for such information (which is why I think I would not publish data for which I am not authoritative). Yes, I do understand that making an error in the publication of such data might have implications and that we have to pay attention to security (at least authentication).
I feel adding IANA "not allocated" space would not be as reliable as no RIR has control over that information. This service would then not be authoritative. It might still be valuable.
mark with differing commuinities
Would do. Also, any other ideas anyone might have would be great. Joao
randy
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