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

Hi Peter

Just out of interest, in terms of privacy and identifying individuals,
is a /48 PI any different to a /48 PA assignment? Is PI used more for
business than by individuals perhaps?

cheers
denis
co-chair DB-WG

On Tue, 4 Jan 2022 at 10:39, Peter Hessler via db-wg <db-wg at ripe.net> wrote:
>
> 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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