It seems there is some misinformation, or at least incorrect assumptions, about how the level of trust works on the new portal. Hands up, we have not communicated a lot of specific information about it, so it’s probably not a surprise that folks have come to their own conclusions, allow me to clarify the question over address verifications and Level of trust points: The LoT points system is just a number, the number doesn’t currently relate directly to any specific “number of IPs allowed” or any other level of access on the portal. As such it is a flexible system that can be applied to specific levels of access, it just hasn’t yet been decided exactly what number maps to what access. The TAC have been working on this and have recently recommended that, at least for now, we adopt a simplified system: When you first register you must verify your email address before you can do anything except access your own profile and delete your account; If you want access to request IP addresses or the DNS management functions you need to verify your call sign; Anyone can place a request for address space of any type and any size once your call sign has been verified; If you are requesting up to a /25 your request will be approved if you have provided your given name, family name on your profile and have verified your email & call sign; If you are requesting a /24 or larger (including BGP) then you must have also verified your postal address. So the last point above is why we have decided to remove the several hundred address verification requests that are not related directly to larger / BGP address requests. As always, I am happy to answer any questions on this, but please, let’s keep it professional and respectful, the TAC and ARDC staff have been working very hard over the past few weeks under difficult circumstances, please respect this. 73, Chris - G1FEF

Thank you Philip. We are fully intending to update/complete the documentation, unfortunately recent events have overtaken us and we are a bit behind. As some folks have offered help - this is one thing that anyone interested in helping can do: It is clear that the new portal is not as “self intuitive” as it could be, so if you identify a page that you feel needs more information adding to make it clearer, please do send in your suggestions - it can be as simple as “page xxx needs more explanation about item yyy” or you can send in a ready made full text description of what needs adding to the page. Please email to newportal(a)ardc.net "Many hands make light work” 73, Chris - G1FEF

On 16/5/24 2:22 pm, Philip Paeps via 44net wrote: I was thinking the same thing, but decided to wait until the dust settled a bit before raising this issue. -- 73 de Tony VK3JED/VK3IRL http://vkradio.com