Should ris IGNORE default routes?

Randy Bush wrote:
>>I would like to create "simple" tool for IP->AS mapping based on riswhois 
>>data.
> 
> i do not believe whois data have anything about as numbers
>  
>>Would you suggest some "safe to ignore" margin for number of rispeers?
> 
> so, you're looking at routing data (!=whois).  the problem is that 
> some of the ris peers
>   o send all routes they know: internal, customer, peers, upstreams
>   o send all internal and customer
>   o send all customer
>   o ...
> 
> so you're in for a complex and fun game on the path you're suggesting

The problems with WHOIS is that *some* WHOIS servers provide incomplete, 
obsolete or missleading IPWHOIS info e.g. by happilly accepting untrue 
information.

RISWWHOIS provides data that can not be safely "simplified" in *EVERY* case 
but it is possible for (great?) majority of internet address space.

By example for 66.178.40.12
riswhois routes:
   0.0.0.0/0      AS9009  1
   66.178.0.0/17  AS16422 57
   66.178.0.0/18  AS16422 57
   66.178.40.0/24 AS16422 56

The best visible route from uninterrupted series of the most specific routes 
with AS16422 is reported by 57 rispeers. All routes with less specific 
prefixes are reported by lower number of rispeers.

Thank in advance for *REAL* examples in which the above rule produces 
missleading results.

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