[address-policy-wg] Any-cast or uni-cast solutions

Shane,

On May 29, 2012, at 2:12 AM, Shane Kerr wrote:
> I'm pretty sure that the RIPE NCC has said that it can't guarantee
> route-ability, not that it has nothing to do with routing. Because,
> frankly, that would be insane considering the whole point of
> maintaining these databases of who can use which numbers is to allow
> people to connect computers together on the Internet!

I thought the whole point of maintaining the databases was to ensure uniqueness and provide contact information in the event of network-related issues. That is a necessary but not sufficient requirement for connecting computers together or the Internet. The point of the statement "RIRs have nothing to do with routing" is to emphasize that the other requirements for connecting computers to the Internet are outside of the RIRs' control.

Regards,
-drc