[routing-wg] 'route:' object authorisation

Hi all,

Over on the DB-WG list at the moment there's a discussion that participants
of this WG may be interested in.

George Michaelson of APNIC has said that APNIC's approval process for route
objects currently goes like this:

> 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 withdrawn if there is an objection.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.

The holder of the aut-num is sent an email asking them to contact APNIC if
they would like the route object to be removed.

Alex Band has asked for the RIPE community's opinions on whether this would
be a good thing for RIPE to implement. If you have an opinion about it,
please speak up!

Cheers,
Rob