[db-wg] restrict usage of RIPE-NCC-RPSL-MNT

On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 12:33:05PM +0100, Job Snijders wrote:
> Dear working group,
> 
> The RIPE databse provides a mntner object which can be used to create
> route objects for IP ranges which are not allocated or assigned through
> the RIPE NCC.
> 
> http://www.ripe.net/data-tools/db/faq/faq-db/how-to-create-a-route-object-when-the-matching-ip-range-is-not-allocated-or-assigned-from-the-ripe-ncc
> 
> I did some digging to understand how the RIPE-NCC-RPSL-MNT mntner object
> is used in practise. You can fetch the dataset through this command:
>     
>     $ whois -h whois.ripe.net -- '-K -i mnt-by RIPE-NCC-RPSL-MNT'
> 
> Usage exceeded my expectations:
> 
>     (object type: occurances)
> 
>     route: 12195
>     route6: 77
> 
> And much to my suprise I found that there are all kinds of objects which
> reference RIPE-NCC-RPSL-MNT with an "mnt-by:" attribute:
> 
>     aut-num: 341
>     mntner: 51
>     as-set: 37
>     person: 40
>     route-set: 33
>     organisation: 5
>     rtr-set: 1
>     inet-rtr: 1
>     key-cert: 1
> 
> Would it be an idea to prevent objects from being updated/created when
> they carry a "mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-RPSL-MNT" attribute? 
> 
> Secondly, should RIPE NCC proactively remove all "mnt-by:
> RIPE-NCC-RPSL-MNT" references from the database? 

Note: Once this AFRINIC effort [1] is well underway or finished, the
amount of route objects should be greatly reduced.

[1]: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00847.html