[rpd] [Last Call] Draft Policy Proposal - Hierarchical Names for New AS-SETs (AFPUB-2026-ASN-001-DRAFT02)

[Hendrik Visage]

On 30 Jul 2026, at 9:08, NP Petronella wrote:

> Hi Hendrik,
>
> I do not believe Tshepo’s position is contradictory, and I support 
> his objection.

Which parts of the objections that he hasn’t conceded too?

> Nor is the choice simply between DRAFT02 and “zero protection.”

Hmmm… did Tshepo himself showed WHY this protection is needed?

> The broader objection therefore remains valid: the proposal creates a 
> mandatory naming restriction

YEs, which the rest of the RIRs also agrees too.

> and then relies on discretionary exceptions to address the operational 
> problems caused by that restriction.

What Operational problems?
Please be terse and concise in showing all those you claim but haven’t 
yet show as per my Q7 that’s unanswered.

> That is not predictability.

The CURRENT STATE is UNpredictability (As Tshepo himself showed!), you 
now, on a predictable naming proposal claim UNpredictability as part of 
your object? That same Predictability that Tshepo in lots of many words 
gave the same conclusion after I re-read his emails this morning?

Please be again terse and concise in showing the two differences, given 
Tshepo’s concessions showing the current state’s problems himself 
that you are proposing predictable and not to stay with unpredictable 
given your own super-predictability requirements that wasn’t 
completely agreed on in other previous discussions nor other RIRs that 
have much beter predictability using the exact same mechanism, than 
AfriNIC has today given your opposition to predictability just to stay 
in a UNpredictable current state in your objection to the much more 
predictable DRAFT02? (I don’t expect humans to understand this 
paragraph)

> It is administrative control presented as flexibility.

I’ll call that what it is AGAINST Claude and ChatGPT’s advice and 
after I fired my lawyer given his response to reading my email:

Nonhlanhla: I’ll state that, unless you can beyond ANY DOUBT *prove* 
the contrary, that is so far from the truth I smell it’s badness from 
the other side of the city with the storm strength down winds.

Firstly: it is NOT flexibility as you might claim, that is the first 
part of the lie, as it’s making things LESS-flexible, ie. you MUST 
include an ASN in the AS-SETs

Next: Administrative control??? But you and your fellow objecters WANT a 
full blown-no-exceptions-god-like-no-errors-everything-guaranteed atomic 
operations type administrative control??

I’ll state it plainly for the humans reading: That sentence is 
contradictory to the rest of the emails by the objecters.

But, since you are going to propose an properly written rewording of the 
proposal you are objecting too, *PLEASE* SHOW using operational examples 
and terms in excruciatingly terse details how you dream up that 
contradictory line given the rest of your email that sorta object to the 
counter points?

> For these reasons, I support Tshepo and continue to object to the 
> proposal as written.

Just a clarification again, which parts of his objections that he has 
NOT conceded to others nor shown in his own words the case FOR the 
proposal again, I’m confused now by the swapping of arguments.

Yours operationally needing the hierarchical AS-SETs
Hendrik
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