[routing-wg] Notification/authorisation of references to aut-num from other RPSL objects

On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 06:20:51PM +0300, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
> At 14:42 11/06/2014 +0000, Job Snijders wrote:
> >On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 05:15:54PM +0300, Sander Steffann wrote:
> >> >> I think stripping/changing the notify-on-ref mail might hinder this. It
> >> >> would be materially useful to preserve it, should exported IRR state be
> >> >> used at another site aggregating data, to contact the prime information
> >> >> manager.
> >> >
> >> > To contact the owner of a resource there are other mechanisms (abuse-c,
> >> > admin-c, contact-c, etc). I would deem the notify-on-ref email address
> >> > only relevant for communication between the registry and the email
> >> > address being notified. It should not concern others who is notified
> >> > when a resource is referenced.
> >>
> >> So how about notifying an ASN holder in the RIPE region about a policy
> >> reference bring changed in the APNIC database?
> >
> >Today that would not be trivial.. It would not be aligned with current
> >behaviour that RIPE mirrors or monitors other registries and their
> >objects.
> 
> Let's start someplace.  Once the other RIRs see how great and wonderful
> notify-on-ref is inside the RIPE region in 2015, they will implement it as
> well  (2016-2018), and then by 2019, the other RIRs will have to get
> together and decide how to mirror and monitor the references between each
> other.
> 
> Rome wasn't built in a day.

*Reviving old thread*

Is there a volunteer who wants to write up a specification/requirements
text for discussion on db-wg at ripe.net, and after consensus we can ask
RIPE NCC to implement this feature?

Kind regards,

Job