Re: 3rd draft agenda for DB-WG in Lisbon

[Victor Reijs <]

==> From: Marcel Wiget

> 
> Hi Wilfried,

> But, at least spoken for SWITCH, we would like to see a possiblity to
> store routing and authority information not only for IPv4 but also for 
> other network protocols. In January I suggested already on the db-wg list 
> something like a network protocol address prefix. I don't see a need anymore 
> for a special CLNS proposal but I see a need for a more general view of 
> network entries in the RIPE database. 
> For sure we will need an enhancement to support IP6. All the features 
> implemented in the new whois server related to CIDR simplifies the usage
> for any routing objects based on a longest prefix match ..., and yes,
> CLNS falls in this area as well.
> 

I agree, spoken for SURFnet, with Marcel. 

All the best,

Victor