Shane Kerr <shane@ripe.net> writes:
Although the document has not been (and will not be) moved to "real" RIPE document, the following currently applies:
"inetnum objects with a ``status:" value of ``EARLY-REGISTRATION" may only be created by RIPE Database administrators. More-specific inetnum objects added may only have a ``status:" value of ``ASSIGNED"."
Some day, you might want to check for violations of the latter rule. There are probably quite a few of them.
As to what it means... these are objects that are imported during the ERX.
Reality is slightly different. EARLY-REGISTRATION is also assigned to preexisting objects after the ARIN object has been replaced by a reference to RIPE. This is not documented in the ERX proposal, and that's why asked for more documentation.
They do not count against the 80% utilisation requirements for LIRs,
Ah, lucky LIRs. Good to hear. So the EARLY-REGISTRATION status actually a *very* good thing. 8-) Is this formalized somewhere?
and the RIPE NCC may not have ever had a relationship with the holders of the addresses. As such, in many ways they fall outside the ALLOCATED/ASSIGNED scheme that the rest of networks are in.
I see, thanks.