In message <20200103165918.GL72330@Space.Net>, Gert Doering <gert@space.net> wrote:
On Fri, Jan 03, 2020 at 04:14:07PM +0000, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
So the RIR has absolutely no role in maintaining say IRR data? I agree validating LOAs and such for routing changes would be on providers. Though if the changes were to be made in IRR data who would validate it?
IRR data is authenticated by registry data in RIPE land, if the resource holder chooses so. Short story.
So, nobody can create routes for, say, my address space unless I authorize that.
Yes. Nowadays, the RIPE IRR is better in this respect than any other IRR that I am aware of. Don't even get me started about RADB! They don't check anything, and there are stale entires in there from 10+ years go for routes to bogons. As far as I can tell, there is zero quality control and zero maintenance, the result being that it has become one big playground for routing crooks. Regards, rfg