> > Wouldn't a well-operated network of IRRs used by 95% of > > network operators be able to meet all three of your > > requirements? > > Maybe I missed something, but didn't Verio say the prefix was in > their internal registry, and that's why it was accepted. > > IOW: It didn't solve this problem. So I guess we're discussing the > other 5%?
You missed the words "well-operated". Today there is no well-operated network of IRRs so there is bad data in the databases. In addition, there is the question of how to use the IRR data. Should you build filters from it? Should you use it to validate your own internal database with human beings chasing up the differences and fixing whichever database is wrong? --Michael Dillon