[db-wg] proposal: disallow creation of new non-hierarchically named AS-SET objects

I support this proposal.

>It seems Amazon has no recourse to get the AS-AMAZON object removed from
>the RIPE database; because the existence of that object in the RIPE
>database does not violate any policies (as far as I know).

Also ran into this issue and would like to see policy support to
handle this kind of abuse.

On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 3:08 PM denis walker via db-wg <db-wg at ripe.net> wrote:
> Interesting timing. I was about to make the same suggestion but for a
> different reason...accountability. Currently ANYONE can create a set
> object in the RIPE Database. You can be completely anonymous, not a
> member or LIR, hold no resources. All you need to do is create a ROLE,
> MNTNER and set object.

Anyone with an email can make a RIPE account and start creating
objects in RIPE database. In other registries there are usually some
safeguards on user / mntner object creation. Limiting database updates
to only accounts associated with LIR sounds reasonable.


Yang