Geolocation data management practices?

Thu Apr 21 13:14:02 UTC 2022

Besides geofeed, there are also geoidx records in IRRs but whether
geolocation services actually use geofeed or geoidx remains to be
seen. You can see some geoidx: at this IRR entry in TC:
https://bgp.net.br/whois/?q=-s%20TC%20-i%20mnt-by%20MAINT-AS271761

Regarding LACNIC, what LACNIC, NIC.mx and NIC.br do is to select which
RIR or NIR services requests depending on the organisation's country.

Rubens

On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 9:53 AM Shawn <mailman.nanog.org at kleinart.net> wrote:
>
> Aloha NANOG,
>
> What is the best practice (or peoples preferred methods) to
> update/correct/maintain geolocation data?
> Do most people start with description field info in route/route6 objects?
>
>
> Also, thoughts and considerations on using IPv4 space from one RIR in
> countries belonging to another RIR?
>
> With IPv4 exhaustion and inter-RIR IPv4 transfers, and geolocation data, it
> seems less applicable than it had been (a decade ago).  The IP's will be
> used for CDN, not by end-users/subscribers.
> Context: trying to work through an administrative "challenge" with LACNIC
> regarding an IPv4 transfer, considering transferring to ARIN and then using
> in LACNIC (then once resolved, transfer from ARIN to LACNIC).  Or just using
> existing ARIN space in Brazil.
> LACNIC is making things more difficult than they need to be.  I know this is
> NANOG... but seeking advice, working on a global network, US HQ, currently
> no active "registration" in LACNIC (except Brazil), but we operate in 5
> countries in the region (data center/colo).  We would use Brazil, but very
> hesitant to use their NIC (nic.br); LACNIC is saying we cannot maintain our
> relationship with them using our Brazil organization (our only formal
> subsidiary in the region).  LACNIC does not really define the "entity"
> operating in their region well. We use our US entity with RIPE and APNIC,
> simply showing documentation (contracts) that we operate in their region.
> Maybe I am not using the magic word?
>
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