On Wed, 2011-02-09 at 14:21 +0000, James Blessing wrote:
On 9 February 2011 14:13, Gert Doering <gert@space.net> wrote:
As epic as this is, my problem with that document is that it contains things like
"Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) certificates over their Provider Aggregatable"
which I think I understand, but feels like I might be reading it wrong (I think over is the wrong word)
Well, we have to decide where we stop with explanations. I have to admit that we assumed that members would be aware of what an RKPI certificate was (at least in general terms) and also that they knew what Provider Aggregatable space was. We did expand the acronyms, at least.
"RIPE NCC members in good standing"
Not seen 'in good standing' defined anywhere
True, although this form of words is pretty universally understood to mean "having paid their bill and not having been suspended for any reason". The full rules on membership are defined in the Articles of Association, (ripe-514)
"Certificates will be issued with a validity period of up to 18 months or as otherwise stated in the RIPE NCC Certificate Practice Statement."
which is silly and should loose the whole 18 months bit (or the practice statement bit)
This derives from the fact that when this version of the policy was written, the CPS had still not been finalised. The intent of the statement is "the CPS takes precedent if it exists, otherwise 18 months" which seems a sensible way of putting in a default. Nigel