Hi Denis, On Fri, 2023-12-15 at 11:45 +0100, denis walker wrote:
On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 at 16:34, Tore Anderson <tore@fud.no> wrote:
Did this consultation take the information in the Impact Analysis into account – in particular the clarification made by the RIPE NCC that 2023-04 does *not* change the current policies and procedures when it comes to the registration requirements for End User contact information?
This is NOT clarified at all in the Impact Analysis. Why are you still saying this when I know, you know and by now probably every one knows, it is simply NOT true.
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As clarified by the RIPE NCC in the Impact Analysis, the current policies and procedures are already allowing assignments to be “somewhat anonymised”. This is not a change that 2023-04 will bring about.
Again this is simply not true. That line you propose to remove does not currently permit anonymised assignments as they MUST include contact details of the End User. So this IS a change that 2023-04 WILL bring about.
Will you please finally acknowledge that 2023-04 will allow totally anonymised, individual assignment objects that the current policy does not allow? (This is without even using the aggregated feature you are proposing to introduce.)
As we mentioned in our message on Wednesday, Jeroen and I simply defer to the RIPE NCC’s interpretation of what current policy allows and does not allow. We will be happy to acknowledge that 2023-04 changes something the moment the RIPE NCC acknowledges the same. Let me remind you of the example assignment made by «SuperLIR GmbH» to «CarFactory GmbH», registered in the RIPE database as follows: inetnum: 192.0.2.0 - 192.0.2.128 netname: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ country: DE admin-c: SUPERLIR-NOC-RIPE tech-c: SUPERLIR-NOC-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA mnt-by: SUPERLIR-MNT source: RIPE We assume that you agree that the above is a «totally anonymised, individual assignment object»? We asked the RIPE NCC whether or not the above object was compliant with *current* IPv4 address policy or not. The RIPE NCC Policy Officer answered as follows: «The above registration compliant with current IPv4 address policy. …» (For the full answer, see https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/address-policy-wg/2023-September/013... ). This sentiment is echoed in the 2023-04 Impact Analysis (section A, paragraph 3). In light of this, we remain convinced that we accurately and truthfully represent the RIPE NCC’s interpretation of the current policy in our messages to the working group, and also that we accurately and truthfully represent the RIPE NCC’s view that 2023-04 will not change the contact registration requirements. (While admin-c and tech-c will remain mandatory, they can be delegated as in the example object above.) We are well aware that you strongly disagree with the RIPE NCC – and by extension, Jeroen and I – in this interpretation. That is of course totally fine. However, if you would like to see the actual implementation of the policy brought in line with your interpretation of it, you would need to persuade the RIPE NCC to change their mind – not Jeroen or I. Jeroen or I cannot change the RIPE NCC’s procedures. To that end, you might want to submit a policy proposal that would clarify for the RIPE NCC what the correct implementation should be, so that their procedures are brought in line with your expectations. If you do that, we can put 2023-04 on hold pending the outcome of your proposal. Best regards, Tore and Jeroen