[db-wg] source: field for non RIPE address space

On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 10:10:58AM -1000, Kaveh Ranjbar wrote:
> > If we implement such a RIPE-NONAUTH source, I'd expect a query
> > structered like this:
> > 
> >    $ whois -h whois.ripe.net -- "-K -s RIPE -Troute 210.57.192.0/20"
> > 
> > to return "%ERROR:101: no entries found".
> > 
> > Maybe another way of phrasing the feature request: anything created due
> > to authorisation against the RIPE-NCC-RPSL-MNT object will have "source:
> > RIPE-NONAUTH" set, instead "source: RIPE”.?
> 
> Job, the query you have outlined is very similar to the queries that
> IRRToolset sends. Doing that will basically result in a much smaller
> filter list which some providers might not even notice (depending on
> filtering strategy). This eventually might result in a less “secure”
> (for a lack of better word) routing table.

I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean with less "secure" routing
table in this context. Can you elaborate? Or maybe give an
(hypothetical) example?

Kind regards,

Job