Re: Advantages and disadvantages of legacy assets

[Mike Lyon <mike.lyon () gmail com>]

I’ve been using AltDB for years. Works great and is indeed, free.

The fine folks at FCIX have taken over the project and manage it now.

Lots of good documentstion out there for it as well.

-Mike

> On Nov 22, 2023, at 12:15, William Herrin <bill () herrin us> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 11:22 AM owen () Delong com <owen () delong com> wrote:
> > > > On Nov 21, 2023, at 01:38, William Herrin <bill () herrin us> wrote:
> > > Disadvantages: Expensive IRR. No RPKI. No vote in ARIN elections. No
> > > legal clarity regarding the status of your resources.
> >
> > Expensive IRR? ALTDB is free?
>
> I don't know anything about ALTDB. RADB is pricey.
>
>
> > On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 11:16 AM owen--- via NANOG <nanog () nanog org> wrote:
> > Apparently, Tata is rejecting routes that have neither RPKI nor an RIR-based IRR record created after 1993.
>
> Are you sure? The way I read it, that policy applies to -customer-
> announced routes, not broad Internet routes received from peers and
> transit.
>
> It still seems unwise, but not entirely insane.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
>
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