[db-wg] Route objects for space administered by other RIRs

Hi Frank,

> On 13 May 2021, at 07:45, Frank Habicht via db-wg <db-wg at ripe.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On 13/05/2021 03:19, denis walker via db-wg wrote:
>> As for when this resource was transferred, IANA shows that 62/8 was
>> allocated to the RIPE NCC. According to the RIPE NCC web page listing
>> all 'valid' transfers, there have not been any transfers from RIPE to
>> AFRINIC.
>> 
>> https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/resource-transfers-and-mergers/transfer-statistics/inter-rir/inter-rir-ipv4-transfer-statistics
> 
> Well, RIPE whois also says there was an INETNUM once ....
> [ was it really deleted only 12 minutes *before* it was created?  ;-) ]
> 

The RIPE database contains placeholder objects for out-of-region space, and these placeholders were re-created from a common template in January 2019.

The prefix 62.61.192.0 - 62.61.255.255 was transferred from the RIPE database to AFRINIC in 2005 when the AFRINIC region was created.

Regards
Ed Shryane
RIPE NCC