[lir-wg] AS1 in ripe db ?

> Dear Pieterjan d'Hertog,
> 
> D'HERTOG Pieterjan wrote:
> > Look what I discovered in the RIPE DB...
> > 
> > aut-num:      AS1
> > as-name:      NETS-AS
> > descr:        NetServices Autonomous System Number
> > admin-c:      TBNS1-RIPE
> > tech-c:       MK2488-RIPE
> > notify:       hostmaster at switchworld.nl
> > mnt-lower:    NETS-MNT
> > mnt-routes:   NETS-MNT
> > mnt-by:       NETS-MNT
> > changed:      hostmaster at switchworld.nl 20020814
> > source:       RIPE
> > 
> > Should be bbn planet no ?

Well, we're called Genuity now but yes it's our North American ASN. Around 
Europe we're better known as AS7176.

> This ASN space is allocated to ARIN as indicated by the as-block AS1 - 
> AS6. Data in the RIPE Database registered within this block is not 
> authoritative.
> 
> Unfortunately at the moment we cannot protect ASN space allocated to 
> ARIN and APNIC as this will make impossible creation of route objects 
> with originating AS from this space. We are working on implementation of 
> cross-registry authorisation in the RIPE Database, which will allow us 
> to lock this space.

Would it be worth registering AS1 correctly in the RIPE db as well as ARIN 
(and RADB) or will this simply cause confusion?

> This aut-num, AS1, should not be in the RIPE Database. We will contact 
> the owners of this object and ask them to delete it.

Many thanks for this, I'll pop the lawyers back in their cage for the moment 
;-)

Kind regards

Matthew