[cooperation-wg] publication of data about legacy resources

Please see below.

Thanks and best,
Richard

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Reid [mailto:jim at rfc1035.com]
> Sent: jeudi, 18. septembre 2014 11:41
> To: rhill at hill-a.ch
> Cc: Chris Buckridge; RIPE Cooperation Working Group
> Subject: publication of data about legacy resources
>
>
> On 18 Sep 2014, at 09:44, Richard Hill <rhill at hill-a.ch> wrote:
>
SNIP
>
> > So I wonder whether it wouldn't be more efficient for the NRO to publish
> > directly this sort of information, since the RIRs are actually
> the authoritative sources.
>
> I'm confused Richard. ARIN's whois -- and presumably all the
> other data ARIN publishes -- correctly shows who is the current
> holder of 16/8. Could you please explain why someone else should
> take responsibility for this task and how that would be more
> efficient? And for whom?

Good point. So maybe all that is needed is for the RIRs to publish the
blocks that are assigned to them, so that it is easy to find out which WHOIS
to query.

Or maybe it would suffice to have an aggregated WHOIS.

>If the NRO is to take on that role, it
> will need extra funding and infrastructure. Which will presumably
> have to come from the RIRs who are already providing the funds
> and infrastructure which currently supports this function.

True.  But the RIRs at present do make a financial contribution to ICANN,
presumably in part to fund the IANA function for the IP addresses.

SNIP