If common and consistent tools and rules were used to build filters from a SINGLE public database, and if the database site listed contact information and test addresses for each network using the database, I think folks could live with that.
Well if they could agree on a routing policy language, that would be a fine start. Btw, RADB and RIPE problem is the fact this data bases was not designed to build such lists. Try to extract PREFIX list for AS-DEMOS macro from RIPE - it take you about 30 - 40 minutes and you should doing all recursions yourself. Then try to build complex filter.
RADB abd RIPE are doing good work, but they should be improved to make this _LIST EXTRACTION_ be easy operation (whois -h whois.ripe.net PREFIX-LIST:AS-RELCOM+AS-DEMOS-AS2555 -> 1.2.3.4 255.255.255.0 ... EOF - fast answer). And more and more people use this data bases. And it's bad idea to have SINGLE data base. You have a chance to get new INTERNIC -:).
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