Re: Level 3's IRR Database

[Carlos Martinez-Cagnazzo <carlosm3011 () gmail com>]

The solution to this problem (theoretical at least) already exist in
the form of RPKI.

On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 6:23 AM, Andrew Alston <aa () tenet ac za> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've just noticed that Level 3 is allowing people to register space in its IRR database that A.) is not assigned to 
> the people registering it and B.) is not assigned via/to Level 3.
>
> So, I have two queries
>
> A.) Are only customers of Level 3 allowed to use this database
> B.) Can someone from Level 3 please clarify if there are any plans to lock this down slightly
>
> At this point, it would seem that if you are a customer of level 3's, you can register any space you feel like in 
> there, and announce anything you feel like once the filters propagate, which in my opinion completely nullifies the 
> point of IRR in the first place.
>
> Though I think this also raises the question about IRR databases in general.  Would it not be far more sane to have 
> each RIR run a single instance each which talk to each other, which can be verified against IP address assignments, 
> and scrap the distributed IRR systems that allow for issues like this to occur?
>
> (In the mean time I've emailed the relevant people to try and get the entries falsely registered in that database 
> removed, and will wait and see if I get a response).
>
>
> Andrew Alston
> TENET - Chief Technology Officer
> Phone: +27 21 763 7181



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