[db-wg] Adding route objects

Hello,

we would like to ask the db-wg working group to change the behavior of
adding route objects to the ripe database. I had a discussion with
someone from ripe during the routing registry course and he told me
that ripe could change the way how route objects can be created but
this must be decided by the db-wg.

We need route-objects for proper routing via bgp4. As customers may
change their upstream they need for a certain amount of time
more than one route object.
The creating of this new route object failes if the old isp does not
respond.

Let me give you the following example:

inetnum:        192.168.230.0 - 192.168.231.255
netname:        DUMMY-NET
descr:          Customer GmbH
country:        DE
org:            ORG-AAAAA-RIPE
admin-c:        AA1
tech-c:         AA1
status:         ASSIGNED PI
mnt-by:         RIPE-NCC-HM-PI-MNT
mnt-by:         CUSTOMER-MNT
mnt-by:         NEW-ISP-MNT
mnt-lower:      RIPE-NCC-HM-PI-MNT
mnt-routes:     OLD-ISP1-MNT
mnt-routes:     OLD-ISP2-MNT
mnt-routes:     NEW-ISP-MNT
mnt-domains:    OLD-ISP1-MNT
mnt-domains:    OLD-ISP2-MNT
mnt-domains:    NEW-ISP-MNT
source:         RIPE # Filtered

route:        192.168.231.0/24
descr:        Dummy New via old ISP
origin:       AS1234
mnt-by:       OLD-ISP1-MNT
source:       RIPE # Filtered


we want now add this object parallel to the existing one:

route:        192.168.231.0/24
descr:        Dummy New via old ISP
origin:       AS5678
mnt-by:       NEW-ISP-MNT
source:       RIPE # Filtered


but fail because:

not authenticated by: OLD-ISP1-MNT


Thus if OLD-ISP doesnt want for whatever reason help the customer it seems
to be
that he can block new route objects. This is stupid and can as i know only
solved with the help of ripe ncc. It seems to work only if the old isp
changed his route object:

route:        192.168.231.0/24
descr:        Dummy New via old ISP
origin:       AS1234
mnt-by:       OLD-ISP1-MNT
source:       RIPE # Filtered


to

route:        192.168.231.0/24
descr:        Dummy New via old ISP
origin:       AS1234
mnt-by:       OLD-ISP1-MNT
mnt-by:       NEW-ISP-MNT
source:       RIPE # Filtered



I think the owner of the network (inetnum object) should be able to create
route objects for his IPs. This would solve the problem. Currently he cant
do this
because the AS does not have his Maintainer i doubt large ISPs want even for
a short
period customer maintainer in their AS.


To avoid abuse, the db should prevent to alter or create route-objects if
there is
no maintainer in the inetnum object. If the db will accept new route objects
created
by those who are maintainer in the inetnum object, the customer can do this
without
help of the old isp or ripe ncc.

Could we have some input and comments from the working group ?

Winfried Haug

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