Rene,
RIS has a lot of information, but we aren't very good in pushing the info out,making network operators aware. MyASN 1.0 was a good start, but has gone into zombie state after the restructuring (less and less people in SED to do more and more work).
Actually, Trudy is about to contact the 500 or so myASN users to see what they like about it, what they don't and how it can be improved. This is part of the CMM effort (documenting all technical services, what they are and what people can expect), but it might help to improve the service in the future.
However, I have a feeling we are loosing touch with the NOC community, the RIPE NCC members. From Geoff's talk it's clear some folk don't have a clue what effects their poking with BGP traffic engineering has on the global routing system. Maybe the training department should expand the Routing course with a long section on "how to use the RIS"? Without continued education, RIS DB and related services will only be used by small subset of technically inclined, curious individuals.
I think that'd be useful. The tools are there and if you are clueful enough, you can check what you are doing. However, people don't use them, so they either don't know that they exist or how they work. I'll suggest this to Rumy. Henk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Henk Uijterwaal Email: henk.uijterwaal(at)ripe.net RIPE Network Coordination Centre http://www.amsterdamned.org/~henk P.O.Box 10096 Singel 258 Phone: +31.20.5354414 1001 EB Amsterdam 1016 AB Amsterdam Fax: +31.20.5354445 The Netherlands The Netherlands Mobile: +31.6.55861746 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1160438400. Watch this space...