On Nov 26, 2007, at 4:10 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:
* Joe Abley:
The trouble with the AS112 project is that there's no actual
connected
customer, and explaining that AS112 is special to transit providers
who haven't already heard of the concept can be a draining and
frequently unfulfilling exercise. I seem to think there's no actual
legal entity that carries the name "Root Server Technical Operations
Assn", and similarly no listed officers, letterhead, etc which makes
any LOA likely to be an exercise in photoshoppery and subterfuge.
Even if there were a blanket LOA letter, the issue still remains if
*everyone* who can technically annoucne a prefix in the global table
is
entitled to run a global AS112 instance if they feel the urge to do
so.
I suppose the answer is "no", and you're back to square one.
Well, currently it seems that *everyone* who can technically announce
a prefix in the global table *and convince their ISP to accept it*
gets to run a global AS112 instance. What do people think about
setting up a legal entity called RSTOA that would then perform some
very simple checks before handing out a LOA?
Those who have providers with clue would probably still manage to
announce 192.175.48.0/24 without talking to anyone, those who need an
LOA would have to contact RSTOA, show that they have configured thongs
in a sane manner and would then get a pretty, signed LOA on "official"
letterhead.
Of course, getting it so that the legal entity was actually allowed to
hand out LOAs would be another matter...
W
(The same issue arises with 6to4 and the 192.88.99.0/24 prefix, BTW.)
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