[db-wg] running in whios-circles...?

On 16/09/2021 09:06, Gert Doering via db-wg wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 02:59:04AM +0200, denis walker wrote:
>> The RIPE NCC effectively already provides
>> this referral service with RIPE GRS. It solves this problem 100% for
>> all RIR administered address space. Why do we need the NRO to start
>> discussions with IANA on how to fix a problem that already has a fully
>> implemented and working solution?
> 
> The NCC is not the root of the address distribution tree.  IANA is.
> 
> So pointing people from all over the world to the RIPE NCC "because IANA
> can't get their part right" is conceptually the wrong approach.
> 
> In practice, it might provide a fast and convenient approach today, but
> why can't IANA just do that?  Mirror the RIR stats files, point people
> asking *at the root of the tree* to the right branch.
> 
> Gert Doering
>         -- NetMaster

thanks Gert for putting it much better than I did/could.

Frank
(OP)