RE: [ipv6-wg] 2001:4200::/32, 2001:4308::/32, 2001:4310::/32 AFRINIC, ARIN or RIPE?

["leo vegoda" <]

Hi Jeroen,

You wrote:

> According to IANA:
> http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-unicast-address-assignments
> 
> They are ARIN space. According to ARIN(*1) it is RIPE space.
> According to RIPE, it is AFRINIC.
> 
> What needs to be fixed here? The IANA allocs or something else?
> Also it would be nice of course if ARIN directly pointed to AFRINIC
> instead of making AFRINIC the little sister of RIPE.

ARIN, APNIC and RIPE NCC all made IPv6 allocations to networks operating
from Africa from 2001:4200::/23. This was to minimise the fragmentation
of the authoritative registration data, when AfriNIC was started. I
think a couple of records need to be updated.  

> 2001:970::/32 and ::/32 are also AFRINIC now, before 
> they where
> from the RIPE region, but the IANA file doesn't reflect this.
> The delegated-afrinic-latest indicates AFRINIC now, which is 
> a bit odd.

In 2002, we allocated 2001:970::/32 to a network operating out of
Tunisia. At that time, the RIPE NCC provided registration services in
African countries north of the equator. The registration for this
network was transferred to AfriNIC earlier this year, when AfriNIC
started operations. 

Rather than ask network operators to update information in two
databases, we transferred the registration data to the AfriNIC Whois
Database. The record in the RIPE Whois Database reflects this change.

inet6num:     2001:0970::/32
org:          ORG-AFNC1-RIPE
netname:      AFRINIC-NET-TRANSFERRED-20050223
descr:        This network has been transferred to AFRINIC
remarks:      These IP addresses are assigned in the AFRINIC region.
remarks:      Authoritative registration information for this network
remarks:      is available for query and modification in
remarks:      the AFRINIC whois database: whois.afrinic.net or
remarks:      web site: http://www.afrinic.net
remarks:      The routing registry information (route(6) objects)
remarks:      may be published in any Routing Registry, including
remarks:      RIPE Whois Database
country:      EU # country is somewhere in African Region
admin-c:      AFRI-RIPE
tech-c:       AFRI-RIPE
status:       ALLOCATED-BY-RIR
mnt-by:       RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-routes:   RIPE-NCC-RPSL-MNT
changed:      hostmaster@localhost 20050223
source:       RIPE

I hope this explains the situation.

Regards,

-- 
leo vegoda
RIPE NCC
Registration Services Manager