ALLOCATED UNSPECIFIED ???

Hi Marcus,

inetnum:      193.96.0.0 - 193.103.255.255
netname:      DE-EUNET-193-96-193-103
admin-c:      HE15-RIPE
tech-c:       HE15-RIPE
status:       ALLOCATED UNSPECIFIED
mnt-by:       RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-lower:    UUNETDE-I

role:         Hostmaster UUNET Deutschland
e-mail:       hostmaster at de.uu.net
nic-hdl:      HE15-RIPE

  Please contact hostmaster at de.uu.net if they have not yet contacted
you directly.

  ALLOCATED means that the block has been given to a LIR for further
assignment. UNSPECIFIED means that the LIR may either do PI or PA
assignments from this block (or is a legacy allocation).

  All INETNUM objects that do not have a status: line should be treated
as ASSIGNED PI.  

  From ripe-238:

<quote>

3.6.5  Protection of route object space

The route object creation must satisfy several authentication
criteria. It must match the authentication specified in the aut-num
and the authentication specified in either a route object or, if no
applicable route object is found, then an inetnum. Finally the
creation must be authorised by the maintainer of the route object
itself referenced by the "mnt-by:" attribute of the object.

When checking for prefix authorisation, an exact route object prefix
match is checked for first.  If there is no exact match, then a
longest prefix match that is less specific than the prefix is searched
for.  If the route prefix search fails, then a search is performed for
an inetnum object that exactly matches the prefix or for the most
specific inetnum object that is less specific than the route object
submission. The aut-num object used for authentication checks is
referenced by the "origin:" attribute of the route object.

A route object must pass authorisation from both the referenced
aut-num object and the route or inetnum object.  Authorisation shall
be tested using the maintainer(s) referenced in the "mnt-routes:"
attribute(s) first.  If that check fails, the "mnt-lower:" attributes
are checked.  If that check fails, the "mnt-by:" attributes are used
for the authorisation check.

</quote>

Regards,

- marcel

In message <B7D4A6AD0130014A8710EF0B160C6FC703AB9794 at franoa01.de.eu.colt>, Marc
us.Ruchti at colt.de writes:

> Hello,
> 
> we've problems with creating a route object for
> the network 193.102.74.0/24.
> Sony Europe is our customer and told us,
> this network is their PI space, but the status for the whole
> IP block is ALLOCATED UNSPECIFIED !
> What does this mean an how can I create (or who)
> a route object for this network ?

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