Re: status: EARLY-REGISTRATION

[Florian Weimer <]

Shane Kerr shane@localhost writes:

> Although the document has not been (and will not be) moved to "real"
> RIPE document, the following currently applies:
>
> "inetnum objects with a ``status:" value of
> ``EARLY-REGISTRATION" may only be created by RIPE Database
> administrators. More-specific inetnum objects added may only have a
> ``status:" value of ``ASSIGNED"."

Some day, you might want to check for violations of the latter rule.
There are probably quite a few of them.

> As to what it means... these are objects that are imported during the
> ERX.

Reality is slightly different.  EARLY-REGISTRATION is also assigned to
preexisting objects after the ARIN object has been replaced by a
reference to RIPE.  This is not documented in the ERX proposal, and
that's why asked for more documentation.

> They do not count against the 80% utilisation requirements for LIRs,

Ah, lucky LIRs. Good to hear. So the EARLY-REGISTRATION status
actually a *very* good thing. 8-)

Is this formalized somewhere?  

> and the RIPE NCC may not have ever had a relationship with the
> holders of the addresses.  As such, in many ways they fall outside the
> ALLOCATED/ASSIGNED scheme that the rest of networks are in.

I see, thanks.