[db-wg] country codes in the RIPE Database (was: ORGANISATION country code)

26-01-2023 17:46 +0100, Sylvain Baya wrote:
> Le mardi 24 janvier 2023, denis walker via db-wg <db-wg at ripe.net> a
> écrit :
> > Colleagues
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > Most people seem to assume it can be reliably used for geolocation
> > purposes. That would be the most obvious use case for this
> > attribute.
> > Entering an optional value would signify that all the addresses in
> > this block are used within the geographical boundary of the country
> > defined by the code. Where the addresses are used in multiple
> > countries, it may be possible to show this at the assignment object
> > level. Otherwise the optional country: attribute could be omitted
> > and
> > the geolocation information would be determined by the geofeed:
> > attribute.
> > 
> > 
> 
>  
> Hi Denis,
> Thanks for your email, brother!
> 
> 
> imho:
> ...no need to ommit it; if it's possible to (i) interpret 
> country: attribute values as default, when it exist, 
> for INET(6)NUM objects without geofeed: attribute 
> values; and (ii) give priority to geofeed: attribute 
> values against country: ones.
> 
> 
> Shalom,
> --sb.

I understand the proposal as already doing this: geofeed
would have priority over country.

The point is: If the country attribute means 'all the addresses in
this block are used within the geographical boundary
of the country', what else could you do when that's not the case?

You have to modify the value to allow something else than ISO
country codes (e.g. allow an optional trailing asterisk to the country
code to mean not all really fall in that country)

The only case I can think were you could use a ISO 3166-1 with the
above
meaning of "all the addresses in this block are used within the
geographical boundary of the country defined by the code" (loosening it
somewhat), but still being on different countries would be when using
the
exceptional reservation of EU to mean that all those addresses are
within
the borders of the European Union, but not on a single country.

Regards


-- 
INCIBE-CERT - Spanish National CSIRT
https://www.incibe-cert.es/

PGP keys: https://www.incibe-cert.es/en/what-is-incibe-cert/pgp-public-keys

====================================================================

INCIBE-CERT is the Spanish National CSIRT designated for citizens,
private law entities, other entities not included in the subjective
scope of application of the "Ley 40/2015, de 1 de octubre, de Régimen
Jurídico del Sector Público", as well as digital service providers,
operators of essential services and critical operators under the terms
of the "Real Decreto-ley 12/2018, de 7 de septiembre, de seguridad de
las redes y sistemas de información" that transposes the Directive (EU)
2016/1148 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2016
concerning measures for a high common level of security of network and
information systems across the Union.

====================================================================

In compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation of the EU
(Regulation EU 2016/679, of 27 April 2016) we inform you that your
personal and corporate data (as well as those included in attached
documents); and e-mail address, may be included in our records 
for the purpose derived from legal, contractual or pre-contractual
obligations or in order to respond to your queries. You may exercise
your rights of access, correction, cancellation, portability,
limitationof processing and opposition under the terms established by
current legislation and free of charge by sending an e-mail to
dpd at incibe.es. The Data Controller is S.M.E. Instituto Nacional de
Ciberseguridad de España, M.P., S.A. More information is available
on our website: https://www.incibe.es/proteccion-datos-personales
and https://www.incibe.es/registro-actividad.

====================================================================