Re: RIPE "Golden Networks" Document ID - 229/210/178

[Frederico A C Neves <fneves () registro br>]

On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 04:06:12AM +1200, Bill Manning wrote:
> well....
>
> RIPE is the RIR for Europe.  RIPE-229 is, from my viewpoint, arbitrary 
> and capricious.
> the root servers are -ONE- set of interesting servers.   what about the 
> web sites that point
> to these "important" documents?  or the time servers, or my NOC & 
> monitoring machines?
>
> The idea of an Internet Registry stepping into giving routing advice is 
> a leap of faith.
> An RIR can tell you what was delegated - but presuming to give advice 
> on what is important
> for everyone that uses IP protocols is over the top.

No. RIPE != RIPE NCC (RIR). This document is a product of the RIPE
Routing-WG [1]. Read the reference.

Fred

[1] http://www.ripe.net/ripe/about/index.html