All Colleagues, I for one along with many of our members are glad to see that RIPE has decided to address this long standing and increasingly irritating issue. It is a shame that ICANN could not have addressed this some 3 years ago... Now if ARIN and other RIR's can start addressing this issue... RIPE NCC WebMaster wrote:

(Apologies for duplicate mails)

Dear Colleagues,

The RIPE NCC has prepared a draft document titled "De-Bogonising New Address Blocks":

<http://www.ripe.net/ripe/draft-documents/deboganising-draft.html>

Abstract "This document describes an improvement in the notification process about new blocks of address space being distributed by the RIRs. It is a draft at this stage and your comments are solicited. However to gain experience before finalising the procedures, the RIPE NCC will shortly start announcing the routes from 84/8 described in the document under "pilot"."

This document is published as a draft document in order to give RIPE NCC members time to read it and provide feedback.

This draft document can be discussed on the RIPE NCC Services Working Group mailing list at <ncc-services-wg@ripe.net>.

Regards,

Webmaster RIPE NCC

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