Re: [44net] A few more questions Re: BGP portal management after WB6CYT's passing

Hello Quan, I can give you my perspective as an AMPR coordinator on how BGP allocations usually get processed. When I receive a request from a user requesting a BGP prefix, I ask a bunch of questions to ensure the person understands the minimum requirements. My questions include: - Your callsign (is it valid with your government's amateur radio licensing body) - Your current home address (to know if you're in my AMPR coordination territory or not). The use of PO boxes or otherwise greatly complicate this Q&A discussion - I have never requested nor am I aware of Brian Kantor previously requesting copies of a person's photo-id to prove identity. This does NOT mean it's never been requested in the past - Would your use of address space be for primarily Internet-only focus traffic or RF-servicing traffic? - Your intended purpose for the address space (to ensure it meets the guidelines of AMPR's charter) - Your Justification for any requests larger than a /24 as our address space isn't unlimited - Your allocated ARIN ASN number ( associated to your name or to a company you directly control) Once I receive appropriate answers for all of the items above, I would either approve the AMPR subnet in the AMPR Portal or if more Internet-only facing traffic, have the user to close out the current AMPR request and create a new request in the 44.190/16 prefix managed by Jan DG8NGN for an allocation. At that point, Brian Kantor would then review the allocation with all the above Q&A answers. If Brian was satisfied with the details, he would begin the LOA process and ultimately send you an official approval email. At that point, some hosting ISPs would then send Brian Kantor a "consent letter" request that he would need to respond to. This response sometimes would require that it be from the ARDC on ARDC letterhead with Brian's hand signature. With all the paperwork completed, you or your hosting provided would then be able to start announcing your allocated prefix. I know this process can be invasive but you would be surprised how many bogus requests I've received over the years. I have to assume this is because of the scarcity of IPv4 addresses and/or people trying to do bad things over the Internet hoping that AMPR address space would shield them somehow. I would assume that if you followed a similar process for your BGP prefixes and can provide all the previous email exchanges with you, your local AMPR coordinator and Brian Kantor and most importantly his approval email, I would assume that Chris G1FEF would accept all that as a valid allocation. Beyond that, you can consider taking this discussion up with the ARDC board: https://www.ampr.org/about/who-we-are/ -- President/CEO: Phil Karn — KA9Q Treasurer: Bdale Garbee — KB0G John Gilmore — W0GNU K. C. Claffy — KC6KCC Technical Advisory Committee John Hays — K7VE Heikki Hannikainen — OH7LZB Tim Osburn — W7RSZ Tim Pozar — KC6GNJ Hope this helps. --David KI6ZHD Silicon Valley 44.4.x.x/16 AMPR Coordinator On 02/19/2020 09:18 PM, Quan Zhou via 44Net wrote: