[ncc-services-wg] New service: ip2asn

Henk Uijterwaal (RIPE-NCC) wrote:
> Why make this a service?
> ========================
>
> Mapping IP to AS can be used in many tools, both that are published
> in the public domain as in tools used inside LIR's only. All these
> tools will benefit from more accurate data.
>
> To use a routing based IP-AS mapping for TTM, we need to develop and
> maintain some amount of code.  Adding an interface to access the same
> data from the outside, requires very little additional work.  In
> fact, I think that we'd be doing the community a dis-service if we
> would not make this
> tool available to everybody.

I *assume* that the development of this service will be funded 100% by the
paying customers of the TTM and that any benefit that RIPE members will gain
will be as a pleasant and cost-free side effect ?

If not, why not ?

Peter