[address-policy-wg] 2008-08 New Version and Draft Document Published (Initial Certification Policy for Provider Aggregatable Address Space Holders)

On 9 Feb 2011, at 16:51, Jac Kloots wrote:

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> Alex,
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> On Wed, 9 Feb 2011, Alex Band wrote:
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>>> One question; what happens after the validity period of the certificate expires?
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>> The validity set on a certificate is 18 months, but it is automatically renewed every 12 months for as long as you have resources registered. Like it says in the Policy proposal:
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> This is exactly what I was looking for, the 12 month automatically renewal mechanisme. As this is a policy, shouldn't this be stated in this policy?

This is described in the Certification Practice Statement:
http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/resource-management/certification/cps/view

See section 4.2.2. Approval of certificate applications

The validity and renewal of certificates is operational (this is why it in described as such in the CPS), because it needs to match with other RIPE NCC business processes. You'll notice that the six months grace period is exactly matching to the different billing phases an LIR enters when their membership is not renewed. These phases last six months in total, after which the RIPE NCC will starts the process of closing the LIR and de-register their resources. The result being that their certificate is revoked (because no resources = no resource certificate). 

-Alex

Reference: http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/member-support/info/billing/billing-fees-lir

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