[db-wg] Temporary origins

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 05:28:29PM +0100, Sascha Luck [ml] wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 09:15:46AM +0200, Job Snijders wrote:
> >Already today the RIPE database supports this, you can create
> >multiple route-objects covering the same prefix but with
> >different "origin:" values.
> 
> I didn't know this. IMO, the saner way to go about that would be to
> have one route: object with a multiple (allowed) origin: values.
> Should be easier to evaluate programmatically, too.

I disagree. Especially since I already today have software that can deal
with multiple route-objects covering the same prefix, I don't feel
inclined to break the current practise. :-)

> Of course, this wouldn't be practical if it required authorisation
> from the inetnum: owner and every ASN owner on the list.

Correct.

Kind regards,

Job