[DBWG] Routing registry - remove out-of-region autnum authentication

[Yogesh Chadee]

Dear all,
AFRINIC will release a new version of its Routing Registry service on 27 
September 2018. This will remove the need for the ASN holder to authorise 
route or route6 objects.
Previously, route and route6 objects had to be authorised by both the 
holder of the IPv4 or IPv6 address space, and the holder of the ASN. In the 
case that the ASN and the address space were held by different 
organisations, then there was a process for semi-authorised objects to be 
held for 7 days pending complete authorisation. In the case that the ASN 
was not issued by AFRINIC, then hostmaster staff had to authorise the route 
or route6 objects.
After discussion in AFRINIC's database working group 
<https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/dbwg>, and checking the 
practices of other Internet Routing Registry services, AFRINIC has decided 
to remove the need for the ASN holder to authorise any route or route6 
objects in the AFRINIC IRR. The route or route6 objects still need to be 
authorised by the address space holder, using the password associated with 
the mnt-routes, mnt-lower, or mnt-by fields in the associated inetnum or 
inet6num object.
Best regards, AFRINIC Applications Unit
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