[apnic-talk] Status field for inet6num objects
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Dear all,
the inet6num, like the inetnum object, has a field named "status"
which stores some information about the nature or position of a block
of addresses in the delegation chain, from the RIR through to the end
user.
Currently, the status field for inet6num object is generated by the
Database software based on the size of the address block and its
possible values are:
o TLA
o SubTLA
o NLA
o SLA
This notation has been deprecated and it is time to adapt the database.
Discussions on this matter have identified the usefulness of having
the capability to distinguish between allocations made by the RIR,
allocations made by an LIR or their customers and assignments to end
users.
As such, we propose to modify the "status" attribute of the inet6num
object to be:
a) not-generated. This means users must assign a value to the status
attribute when creating the object, just as in the inetnum object
b) have the following possible values:
RIR-allocated
LIR-allocated
Assigned
to be used according to the following set of rules:
The RIR-allocated status can only be used in objects representing
allocations created directly by the RIR.
The LIR-allocated status can be used by LIRs and their customers to
represent blocks of addresses that are not assigned to specific end
users. There can be several levels of objects with this status.
The Assigned status must be used in objects representing
assignments to end users (households, companies, enterprises, etc)
We hope that with this modification the information in the Database
will more accurately describe the registration of IPv6 address space.
A possible transition to the new values could be:
1) RIRs modify status fields for allocations
2) Any new objects and modifications to existing ones must have a
value for the status field corresponding to the ones described above.
Otherwise the update will fail.
3) RIRs contact LIRs to have the status of assignments and
sub-allocations updated.
Best
regards,
Joao Damas
RIPE NCC
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