[connect-wg] BCOP for the use of IRR DBs in IXP RS - Last call

On Thu, Jun 06, 2024 at 05:52:50AM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> BTW, the proposal has also been discussed with the managers of the NTT
> IRR database. I will not speak for them, but I believe that I can say
> that they broadly agreed with our goals.

Yes, I'm sure that NTT, and myself, and you, all agree we want improve
Internet routing security. However working towards this common goal is
very different from RIPE as a community recommending a specific set of
IRRDBs to be used or not to be used.

NTT arguably has invested lots of resources to improve the status quo:
deployment of RPKI ROV, kickstarting the IRRd v4 project, harmonizing
RPKI filtering for IRR, ability to priotize one IRRDB over another, and
always very conservative about which new IRRDBs to mirror.

I'm trust most people would agree that each IXP operator has to make a
conscious decision which IRRDBs to use or not to use, at the very least
as a matter of local policy.

Support for reduction of poorly managed IRRDBs (either by deploying more
IRRd v4 or turning them off) and support for hygiene in the global
routing system, probably do not equate support for this specific
proposal in its current form.

Kind regards,

Job