Has PSI been assigned network 1?

Wed Apr 19 18:58:48 UTC 1995

I assume one of the RA folks will respond to this if they see fit.  However:

At 1:50 PM 4/19/95, Vadim Antonov wrote:
>Well, there is a big _if_:  if things will work w/o RADB (and they
>will, for no sane provider will use RADB as the sole source of
>exterior information at peering points, not for at least before
>it became the proven and stable service) -- people will forget
>to update things, cut the corners, etc.

You appear to be conflating the RADB and the RSes.  The two are separable.
You can use the RADB (or, more generally, the IRR) w/o having to trust the
RSes.

I think this is a really important point, and one which a lot of people
seem to be confused about.

>NACRs were so big headache that our implementation people dance
>around when they hear that there won't be any NACRs.

No comment.

>RADB got to be easy to use to become real.  The e-mail interface
>of NACRs is close to uselessness, and too big headache to deal with.
>Waiting time on processing is simply ridiculous.
>
>There should be a host accepting telnet sessions for on-line
>updates

This has long existed for the NACR process.

>(which have to be installed *immediately*, so whoever
>added a network can test connectivity and go ahead).

Point granted.

>There should be well-defined and useful interface to service
>providers databases.
>
>It should be secure.

Is PGP secure enough for you?

>RADB should be able to implement _existing_ routing policies,
>not the subset which can be defined in RIPE-81  (it currently
                                        ^^^^^^^
RIPE-181; it's different.  Some people have complained that RIPE-181 is
also incapable of expressing their policies; perhaps someone from the RA
team can comment on how they intend to address that.

>can't, there are places which use a lot of _very_ hairy stuff).
>
>Without that i do not see RADB being successful or useful beyond the
>point of filtering updates from particularly obnoxious peers.

Which is already a big win, seeing as how there are a good number of
particularly obnoxious peers out there, some of them quite large.

>--vadim

I have to ask if you have actually looked at the RADB and surrounding
pieces at all.  I think it addresses a number of the gripes you have
raised.

--John