9 Dec
2002
9 Dec
'02
4:05 p.m.
I'd like to see RIPE, APNIC and LACNIC also set up authoritative LDAP directories for unallocated IP space at the largest aggregate level. I'd also like to see them all dump the quirky and antiquated whois protocol and move to LDAP as the standard way of querying their directories. The
Insisting on LDAP is likely to kill your proposal before it gets off the ground. RPSL works fine. If you want LDAP, you can certainly mirror via the IRRD mirroring protocol, and store however is most useful to you.