Dear colleagues,
At RIPE 91, I presented the idea that the RIPE NCC would contact the
roughly 1,600 legacy resource holders who currently have no contractual
relationship with either the RIPE NCC or a sponsoring LIR. [1]
While the policy “RIPE NCC Services to Legacy Internet Resource Holders”
[2] does not require a contractual relationship to be in place, this
creates challenges in terms of data accuracy. For many of these
resources, the holdership and contact details are outdated, unclear, or
missing. This makes it difficult to contact the resource holder and
process updates, and increases the risk of disputes or misuse.
To address this, we will soon begin contacting legacy resource holders
based on the available registration information. Once we have verified
their status, we will add a co-maintained organisation object to their
resources in the RIPE Database. This will clearly identify the resource
holder and ensure that any future updates involve the RIPE NCC and are
similarly verified.
This step will improve registration accuracy, reduce the risk of misuse,
and bring these resources closer in line with how other resources are
maintained in the RIPE Database.
We aim to complete this activity by October 2026. In cases where we are
unable to verify holdership , we will add an organisation object with an
anonymised name to indicate that this is currently unverified. This can
be updated later at any time once verification becomes possible.
Legacy resource holders without a contract who would like to prioritise
verification can contact us at [email protected].
We will update you on the progress of this work in the coming months.
Kind regards,
Marco Schmidt
Manager Registration Services
RIPE NCC
[1] https://ripe91.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/sessions/40/FJ7YSH/
[2] https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-639/
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