[ncc-services-wg] LIR association with number resources

* Alex Band

> Could you give us some context how you would want to use this data,
> and what you currently are not capable of doing using for example the
> RIPE Database?

Hi,

Take a look at proposal 2012-05 in apwg. One of its goals is to ensure
that the origin and recipient of allocation transfers are public
information. I agree with this goal, and will likely find it very
interesting to follow transfers happening in the coming months.

Much of this information is already easily available on the FTP,
however. The name and reg-id of the holding LIR are available in
alloclist.txt, while the prefix and date of allocation is available in
both alloclist.txt and delegated-ripencc-extended-latest. The only thing
I cannot easily find, is the historic information of which LIR held an
allocation previously. (If I have simply missed it, please point me to
it and stop reading.)

It occurs to me that by adding a LIR/reg-id column in
delegated-ripencc-extended-latest, and/or to publish historic versions
of alloclist.txt, the information sought by 2012-05 (and as an added
bonus, information about the origin of returned resources) would be
easily obtainable from the FTP. To avoid any privacy issues, the
LIR/reg-id column in the delegated file could be left empty for assigned
resources - I believe that would mean that no previously unpublished
information would need to be made public. Is this doable, you think?

Best regards,
-- 
Tore Anderson
Redpill Linpro AS - http://www.redpill-linpro.com