[db-wg] blocking '23456' as value for the origin attribubte in route/route6 objects?

Hi Job,

I just replied to the previous thread regarding this so I have reposted it
below (summary: +1/LGTM)

I think that AS23456 should be excluded as I can't think of any good reason
for having such a route object and seemingly no one else either as there
are none currently.

https://apps.db.ripe.net/db-web-ui/query?bflag=false&dflag=false&inverse=origin&rflag=true&searchtext=AS23456&source=RIPE

So assuming that I didn't mess up the query and that there are in fact none
currently, I think it is completely reasonable to exclude AS23456 as while
not listed as "reserved" it is reserved for a specific internal (unlike
AS112) use case.

-Cynthia


On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 3:24 PM Job Snijders via db-wg <db-wg at ripe.net>
wrote:

> Good news everyone, most of the work was already done! :-)
>
> On Wed, Jul 07, 2021 at 01:08:18PM +0000, Job Snijders via db-wg wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 06, 2021 at 06:57:20PM -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette via db-wg
> wrote:
> > > Who is insisting that the RIPE data base should be effectively
> endorsing
> > > the *public* use of ASNs that are reserved, and that have been
> reserved,
> > > by various RFC(s), since time immemorial (e.g. 65535)?
> >
> > Preventing object creation where the origin AS is any of the following
> >
> >     0                       # RFC 7607
> >     23456                   # RFC 4893 AS_TRANS
> >     64496..64511            # RFC 5398 and documentation/example ASNs
> >     64512..65534            # RFC 6996 Private ASNs
> >     65535                   # RFC 7300 Last 16 bit ASN
> >     65536..65551            # RFC 5398 and documentation/example ASNs
> >     65552..131071           # RFC IANA reserved ASNs
> >     4200000000..4294967294  # RFC 6996 Private ASNs
> >     4294967295              # RFC 7300 Last 32 bit ASN
> >
> > seems reasonable to me, I believe that in the Hosted RPKI environment
> similar
> > restrictions apply.
>
> The RIPE database already blocks creation of route/route6 objects for
> almost all private ASNs, see source code here:
>
> https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/whois/blob/9e40c79dfb3b00f63471126e17d9a70c76ea3046/whois-commons/src/test/resources/whois.properties#L70
>
> Which results in simple error message:
> http://chloe.sobornost.net/~job/cant_create_private.png
>
> The only ASN missing from the 'whois.reserved.as.numbers' list, compared
> to the list I provided is '23456'.
>
> I suspect that adding '23456' to the list indeed is not controversial.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Job
>
>
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