[DBWG] Followup on the DBWG session

Mon Jun 27 05:43:03 UTC 2022

Good morning,

I would like to apologise if ever there has been any confusion about the virtual room for the last DBWG session. 

Mr. Baya, kindly share with me privately in which virtual room you were waiting and how you landed there. We would like to avoid such a situation in the future. Seeing your contribution on the mailing list, it is very unfortunate that we could not have you during the DBWG session itself. Thank you very much for your contributions. We have taken good note of them.

I would like to invite other people on this mailing list to give your feedback on the ideas shared, and share any new ideas you may have.

Best regards,

Yogesh Chadee

From: Sylvain Baya <abscoco at gmail.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, 22 June 2022 10:04
To: Yogesh Chadee <yogesh at afrinic.net>; AfriNIC's DBWG <dbwg at afrinic.net>
Subject: [DBWG] Followup on the DBWG session

Dear DBWG,

Hope this email finds you in good health!

Please see my comments below, inline...

Le vendredi 27 mai 2022, Yogesh Chadee <yogesh at afrinic.net <mailto:yogesh at afrinic.net> > a écrit :

Dear DBWG members,

 Hi Yogesh,

Thanks for your email, brother!

We have had a very fruitful DBWG session on 26 May 2022 and I would like to thank all those who attended.

Good!

But i missed it, while waiting in the wrong place :'-(

As promised, the slide deck for the presentations and the recording of the session may be consulted online from this webpage:

https://ais22.sched.com/event/12zVt

Thanks for the URI!

As per the video recording [1], i see that the working

 items are the same old ones...i hope the meeting

 report shall come soon.

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[1]: <https://youtu.be/PhxvlQuto9A>

While watching the recording...i heard some good

 ideas, which i try to list below, adding few of mine:

Idea#1: Open Collaborative Development of the features of the DB service

i1.1| install a gitlab instance (git|lab•afrinic.net <http://afrinic.net> )

i1.2| create a git repository (db•gitlab•afrinic.net <http://afrinic.net> ) to 

collaboratively handle (free/opensource|FLOSS) 

the development of features of the DB service (whois/IRR/RPKI/...);

i1.3| start with a collaborative editing of the AfriNIC's Whois DB manual, still in progress;

i1.4| ...

Idea#2: Document & Automate the Process of Mirroring the AfriNIC's IRR registry data

i2.1| document the Process;

i2.2| automate the process;

i2.3| publish a call for mirroring;

i2.4| ...

Idea#3: Update the Whois [2] DB core package

i3.1| find the latest update of the core Whois package;

i3.2| upgrade the current version to the latest release;

i3.3| launch the service on the OT&E environment;

i3.4| collect beta testers' observations;

i3.5| adjust and push in production;

i3.6| plan to maintain the curve;

i3.7| ...

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[2]: <https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/weirds/documents/>

Idea#4: Move forward the current working items

i4.1| clearly formulate the problem statement of each one;

i4.2| provide IAR (Impact Analysis Report) for each one;

i4.3| submit to DBWG, for adoption consideration;

i4.4| for each one approved by the BDWG, propose an implementation plan;

i4.5| do follow-up by regularly organise 30 to 45 

mins appointments with volunteers of the DBWG;

i4.6| ...

Idea#5: Create an OT&E (Operational Testing & Evaluation) [3] environment

i5.1| prepare the infrastructure in collaboration with ARIN (OT&E exists out there);

i5.2| duplicate the actual DB service;

i5.3| finalise the DB Testing environment;

i5.4| document the sercice collaboratively;

i5.5| start the service;

i5.6| activate a vibrant community (beta-tester 

volunteers) around the service;

i5.7| ...

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[3]: <https://www.arin.net/reference/tools/testing/ <https://www.arin.net/reference/tools/testing/#:~:text=OT%26E%20is%20an%20environment%20that%20contains%20data;main%20ARIN%20services%3A> >

Idea#6: Regular AfriNIC's Whois DB consistency check.

i6.1| start with the RIPE ARC [4];

i6.2| adapt to AfriNIC's environment;

i6.3| ..

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[4]: The Assisted Registry Check - Let Us Help You! 

<https://labs.ripe.net/author/matt_parker/the-assisted-registry-check-let-us-help-you/>

Idea#7: Supporting RPKI Ghostbusters Records (GbR) [5]

i7.1| follow-up IETF's activities;

i7.2| implement RFC6493 in adding the GbR record

 within the RPKI infrastructure, like other RIRs;

i7.3| launch the service on the OT&E environment;

i7.4| collect beta-tester volunteers' observations;

i7.5| adjust & push into production;

i7.6| plan to maintain the curve;

i7.7| ...

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[5]: The Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI)

 Ghostbusters Record (RFC 6493) <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6493>

Idea#8: Supporting BGP Security Research Activities

i8.1| follow-up IETF's activities and contribute actively;

i8.2| work to become one of the early implementers;

i8.3| join the other developpers [6] actually working

 in implementing the RFCs [7,8,9] about BGPsec;

i8.4| write a *floss* working code to allow more

type of objects into RPKI repository;

i8.5| deploy the code into the OT&E environment;

i8.6| allow beta-tester volunteers to start creating, 

at least, also their certificates;

i8.7| adjust & push into production environnement;

i8.8| ...

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[6]:<https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/bgp-secure-routing-extension-bgp-srx-software-suite>

<https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/white-paper/2021/09/15/bgp-secure-routing-extension-bgp-srx/final>

[7]: <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8205/>

[8]: <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8207/>

[9]: <https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/sidr/documents/>

Idea#9: AfriNIC's Compliance Dashboard

i9.1| develop a tool to help resource holders to check their compliance with the CPM & RSA;

i9.2| deploy the code into the OT&E environment;

i9.3| allow beta-tester volunteers to play; 

i9.4| adjust & push into production environnement;

i9.5| document the service collaboratively;

i9.6| ...

Idea#10: Any other.

i10.1| ...

I would also like to seize the opportunity to invite everyone to participate in the Internet Summit Africa 2022. More details can be found on its website:

https://2022.internetsummit.africa/

...maybe late, but someone should have explained

 well how (with which URI) to join a given session.

Thanks.

Shalom,

--sb.

Best regards,

Yogesh Chadee

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