[db-wg] geofeed issue: can't add geofeed attribute to PI /48

On 2022 Jan 04 (Tue) at 10:28:04 +0100 (+0100), denis walker via db-wg wrote:
:Hi all
:
:If people want to add geofeed for smaller sizes this runs the risk of
:maintaining a dual system, "geofeed:" and "remarks: geofeed". We could
:end up with "remarks:" values being parsed as they used to be for
:abuse contacts before we added "abuse-c:".
:
:My understanding was that a "geofeed:" could be added to a smaller
:prefix and in the referenced url add data for any prefix you wish,
:including a /48.
:
:Just for reference, for those of you who use the "geofeed:" attribute,
:how many want to add data for a /48? Is this a wide scale issue or a
:corner case?
:

I have several /48 PI allocations, and would like to add geofeed
attributes to them.  Since they are not children of a larger allocation
I control, I currently cannot add a geofeed attribute to them.

Additionally, a /48 is the smallest acceptable size in the DFZ and I can
easily see people wanting to list geofeeds for those announcements.


:cheers
:denis
:co-chair DB-WG
:
:On Tue, 4 Jan 2022 at 10:00, Edward Shryane via db-wg <db-wg at ripe.net> wrote:
:>
:> Hi Cynthia,
:>
:> > On 3 Jan 2022, at 19:44, Cynthia Revström <me at cynthia.re> wrote:
:> >
:> > This seems weird, I would assume it should be greater than 48, not
:> > greater than or equal to 48.
:> >
:> > Ed, can you confirm if this is intended or not?
:> >
:>
:> We currently only allow "geofeed:" to be added to IPv6 prefixes *smaller* than /48, the message is consistent (i.e. greater than or equal to /48 is *not* allowed).
:>
:> We are following Legal's recommendation not to allow geofeed to be added for assignments that are reasonably assumed to be related to one individual user.
:>
:> The /48 prefix size is the maximum size suggested in the "BCOP for Operators: IPv6 prefix assignment for end-users": https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-690#4-2--prefix-assignment-options
:>
:> Regards
:> Ed
:>
:>
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