Level 3's IRR Database

[nick at foobar.org (Nick Hilliard)]

On 31/01/2011 14:16, Joe Abley wrote:
> On 2011-01-30, at 12:15, Nick Hilliard wrote:
>> Depends on which IRR you use.  The IRRDBs run by RIPE, APNIC and
>> AfriNIC implement hierarchical object ownership, which means that if
>> you're registering their address space, you can only do so if that
>> address space legitimately belongs to you.

> This means that anybody can assert pretty much anything they like, so
> long as the resources are not NCC-assigned.

yes, indeed.   I did mention "which means that if you're registering their 
address space...", although maybe that wasn't clear enough.  Will use 
capital letters next time :-)

Nick