[sig-db]Policy for mirroring on IRR

["Matsumoto, Junichi" <matsumoto@gw.odn.ad.jp>]

Dear all,

This is Junichi Matsumoto, JPNIC IRR-Plan Team.
I would like to discuss our proposal in 16th APOPM SIG-db on this
mailing list.

The presentation sides is available at:
<URL>  http://www.apnic.net/meetings/16/programme/sigs/db.html
Sorry for late posting.

At the last APNIC OPM, JPNIC IRR-plan team has suggested the policy 
for distributing IRR database under the topology of hierarchical 
mirroring on IRR. The discussion of this proposal extended to ML.  
It was the reason, We thought, that the reason we propose this 
policy did not be understood among the attendees.  Thus, I try to
explain the background of this proposal in the following.

We believe that this policy of limited distributing IRR database 
is for the hierarchical mirroring topology of IRR. The hierarchical 
topology is the proposal that JPNIC announced a couple of times, and has 
reached consensus at APNIC OPM.
<URL> http://www.apnic.net/meetings/13/sigs/routing/index.html

We believe this policy have several effectiveness as follows:

1. The suggested hierarchical topology limits spreading of IRR database.
2. The limitation of mirroring step prevents IRR database from 
   unlimited replicating.
3. IRR database includes personal information. The personal information 
   in IRR database would be premised to be opened, but does not premise
   to be replicated unlimitedly.

That is why a rule is needed to limit distributing IRR database, 
so we propose the policy at APNIC OPM.

We want any comments about this proposal and our opinion. 
Please feel free to ask any question.


After my presentation, we got some comments.
I could not answer the comments at APNIC OPM. Therefore I answer 
them in this ML.

Q. How the system of announcing each IRR operator's policy to other 
   IRRs is prepared?
A. We think the system requirement should come after reaching
   the consensus of this proposal.  

Q. The implementation date is too early
A. After the discussion in ML, we will postpone the implementation date.
   The proposal could not be reached consensus.  Moreover, we should 
   need to announce this to ARIN and RIPE community, too.



Junichi Matsumoto
JPNIC IRR-planning team