[db-wg] Temporary origins

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 09:33:44PM +0200, George Michaelson wrote:
> For your information, APNIC Hostmasters have moved to a mode of
> operation where for inetnum owners where the AS holder is not the same
> person, and a request is lodged with helpdesk for assistance,  the
> hostmasters manually override and create the object for the inetnum
> holder, only removing it if an AS holder objects. The inetnum holder
> needs to be recognised in our systems.
> 
> Its a hand-mediated inetnum-only route object. Previous practice was
> to wait for explicit approval from the AS holder. Now, its created
> first, and withdrawn if there is an objection.
> 
> There have been no complaints. APNIC HM are considering portal changes
> and other process work to automate this.

What is the benefit of the hand-mediation? Or is that just an artifact
of the software implementation? Does APNIC send a notification to the AS
holder that an object was created in which they were referenced?

Kind regards,

Job