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Antonio_Blasco Bonito
bonito at nis.garr.it
Mon Dec 20 15:54:01 CET 1993
Daniel Karrenberg writes: > > Friends, > > after all the useful input from you and some more thought we have > concluded that introducing the RIPE handles this year is too ambitious. > > So it will be January. > > I see two alternatives: > > 1) We wait until the RIPE meeting in order to discuss all the > possibilities and make a firm decision. This delays introduction well > into February. Database exchange with the InterNIC is also delayed > until then. > > 2) We introduce like planned in the first week(s) of January. In order > to address concerns quick and easy assignment we will operate a server > for real-time assignments. If this does not solve the expected problems > we can decide about local assignements at the RIPE meeting. > > In order not to delay database exchange with the NIC we favour option 2. > > About the real-time server: It will run on a special TCP port accessible > only to local IRs. The server will accept a person object with > "nic-hdl: assign" and immediately echo back the person object with the > NIC handle or an error message. We will provide a filter "assignhandle" > to go with it so you can integrate it into your own software (we will > often run it in vi/emacs). > > We will also provide the filter mentioned in the paper which adds > handles to an existing database without handles. > > Does anyone have real problems with option 2? > > Daniel > With the above proposed server and tools I see option 2 as a feasible approach. Thank you Daniel! ---------- ---------- Antonio_Blasco Bonito E-Mail: bonito at nis.garr.it GARR - Network Information Service c=it;a=garr;p=garr;o=nis;s=bonito c/o CNUCE - Istituto del CNR Tel: +39 (50) 593246 Via S. Maria, 36 Telex: 500371 CNUCE I 56126 PISA Italy Fax: +39 (50) 904052 ---------- ----------
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