[ncc-services-wg] IP geolocation services

Vegard Svanberg wrote:
> While I would probably agree that the RIRs databases would be the wrong
> place to maintain the data, and that the RIRs probably shouldn't provide
> this service directly, I do think it's important that the RIRs try to
> establish some standards regarding notifications and updates. 

This is something which could be applied to any third party service that
classifies IP addresses in some way - including, say, abuse blacklists. I
assume that the problem will also ramp up in intensity after IPv4 depletion, if
the address space does indeed fragment due to transfers.

Acknowledging that the RIRs can't solve the problem and we need to stimulate
third parties to take action, I think that if we can make this work then you
have a very strong incentive to use RIR-approved transfer procedures instead of
the black market. (In fact, it's a great example of the usefulness of RIRs as
the authoritative source of this information.)

If we really believe that the tools to do this already exist, perhaps we have a
need for a BCP document on detecting updates?

All the best,
Dave

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