RIPE-CLNS: Alternate approache

Victor:


I'd like to suggest a departure from your current
structure of the current RIPE for clnp.
I think the CLNP information should mirror the
IP functions.  IP keeps the following information:

	1) Registration of IP addresses
		and AS information
	2) Registration of Routing policy
	3) Registration of Aggregation policy

CLNP ought to have as close as a format to
IP as possible.

Therefore:

I would suggest use use two different denotations:

i-prefix - for the nlri prefix
RD-prefix - for the domain's RDI which is
		the AS equivalent.

I find your use in the SURFNET prefixes to confuse
between RDI - which is the AS equivalent and the nlri
prefix.

So I propose an alternate structure:

ISO-prefix - for nlri
I-NET: for BISs
RDI: for RDI and policy at RDI level
I-AGGR: for iso aggregation

This follows the IP format.  Then tools might get shared
if the only thing you change is 
	ping -> clnpping
	traceroute -> iso traceroute

What do you think? 

Below the example of the entries.  The next message will
have your SURFNET stuff with the entries.


Susan Hares

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Here's an example given your 39, 39.528F etc

ISO-prefix: iso prefixes

i-prefix: iso-prefix/length
prefix-name: character
descr:
country:
admin-c:
tech-c:
connect:
RDI:
community:
rev-srv:
changed:
source:

I-NET: iso hosts (including hosts, routers, bis-s)
type: <bis> <is> <host>
host-name: character
descr:
country:
admin-c:
tech-c:
connect:
RDI: 
applications:
rev-srv:
changed:
source:

RDI: (ASxxxx or RDXXXX)
	The IDRP for IP specification gives as
	translation between AS numbers and an RDI.
	I'd like to recommend using it if IP AS
	and RDI are the same thing.  The RDxxxxx
	is to use the 39.528f format.  But
	again, I think this confuses between
	reachable address and the AS number
	which are different.  I wished we'd gotten
	the AS equivalent space earlier.

	By the way, anyone who has an AS can
	use the IDRP for IP RDI.
	Just use 47:00:05:c0:01:aa:aa
	
	Where aa:aa is the AS number.
	
descr:
RDI-in:
RD-out:
default: (points to what RDI)
bis: (NETs or names from above list)
tech-c:
admin-c:
guardian:
source:
changed:

I-AGGR: iso-prefix/length
descr:
i-aggr-prefix: (prefix contained in aggregates)
i-aggr-type: <proxy> <originator>
country:
admin-c:
tech-c:
connect:
i-aggr-RDI: (reference to RDI above)
rev-srv:
changed:
source: