Re: in-addr.arpa zone data in RIPE database

> 
>     What remains open is the question on whether in-addr.arpa zone
>     registrations should be effected automatically by registering the
>     'rev-srv' field in the RIPE database. I have had quite a few
>     comments from people who want this and I personally agree it would
>     be a nice feature.
>     I do not see Piet's argument that this would mean a loss of authority
>     of the network contacts.
> This form of "indirect registration" would indeed not mean
> loss of authority. The problem remains though that separate
> functions - DB and DNS - become intermixed here. And then
> whom do you contact/tell/flame if the root servers contain
> wrong information? An indirect way of correcting things via
> submissions to the RIPE DB in my view is far from ideal, as
> it may well introduce unnecessary delays. And once you start
> doing such things for the reverse servers, the next step may
> well be doing the same for "forward servers"; then how can
> e.g. a top level domain registrar determine whether a given
> change is valid, e.g. comes from an authoritative person?
There no need to do that for forward servers because they are
structured as a distributed three and the authority is delegated
at each level.
In practice today the US NIC does not check at all if a rev-srv change comes
from an "authoritative person" because they do not check where the
mail request comes from and it is practically impossible for them
to pick a phone an call someone in Europe.
So this is not the point.
 

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