On 22 Sep 2014, at 16:07, Nick Hilliard <[email protected]> wrote: > as far as I was aware, this is the entire point of a RIR - to ensure accurate > registration details of address holders. Did I miss something?
Well the discussion seems to be about a handful of legacy /8s where IANA holds the registration details, not an RIR. Unless I'm more confused than usual, the accuracy of the registration details for 51/8 (say) are not a matter for RIPE or the NCC. Maybe they should be. But that's another discussion altogether. Probably. BTW, that /8 has never been routed on the Internet (bogus announcements excepted) and probably never will be. That's why I'm so doubtful if it matters operationally what the name of the organisation holding that space happens to be this week. After all, it's not as if one of the biggest departments of Her Majesty's Government is well hidden. YMMV.
