Re: [enum-wg] Name "ripe" in the e164.arpa zone

[John C Klensin john+ietf@localhost]

--On Thursday, 17 January, 2008 15:55 +0000 Jim Reid
jim@localhost wrote:

> 
> Hmmm. This smells like a bug. Why are the DNS provisioning
> tools for e164.arpa generating data that isn't needed and
> inserting that data into the DNS? I wonder what will happen if
> the ITU one day decides that "ripe.e164.arpa" should be
> delegated to someone....

If they did, I trust RIPE NCC would reject the request/ decision
and do so loudly because (i) the authorizing documents only
authorize RIPE NCC to install delegations for numeric zones
associated with E.164 codes and (ii) since requests for
delegations are not permitted to originate with the ITU but only
with parties who want to operate such zones, such a "decision"
on the part of the ITU would be invalid on its face.

So "what would happen" is nothing, plus or minus a small dust-up
on the way to "nothing".

    john