[db-wg] Foreign ROUTE objects in RIPE Database - final decision?

On Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 07:43:13PM +0200, Gert Doering via db-wg wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 03:48:43PM +0200, denis walker via db-wg wrote:
> > Question - Should the RIPE Database allow creation of ROUTE objects for non RIPE resources?
> 
> I wonder if this is the right question to ask, or we should step back
> and ask the question
> 
>    what can we do to provide a secure routing registry where people
>    can document "this prefix will be announced by that AS" in a way
>    that is a) strongly authenticated (= only the current holder of the
>    address space can create such a route: object), and b) easy to use
>    for people building filters (= not having to walk 5 different IRRDBs
>    to find the set of prefixes announced by a possible customer)?
> 
> instead?  A, B or C may be a consequence of this.
> 
> 
> In any case, given that we have no proper global registry, and we have
> lots of cross-region routes ("addresses from RIR A, AS number from RIR B"),
> we need to find a way to document these properly.
> 
> From a user perspective, I like to have all route: objects for my customers
> in a single place (RIPE BD, that is), so for me, "A" would be most convenient
> - but we need to add some sort of cross-RIR authentication layer.

+1

Piotr

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Piotr Strzyżewski
Silesian University of Technology, Computer Centre
Gliwice, Poland