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        Suggestion 2015.3. The suggestion and response text are provided
        below. This suggestion remains open and is available at: </span><span
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          Suggestion: </span></b><span
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    The ability to tie route objects in the ARIN's IRR to netblocks of
    the RIR database. This would allow for IRR objects to be marked as
    authorized against a known trusted source.<br>
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    Value to Community: There has been an issue with the validity off
    IRR information in the ARIN region. In other regions the RIR's have
    provided coupled IRR and RIR data to provide strong provenance.<br>
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    Within the operator community there is increasing demand for
    trustworthy IRR data to improve the integrity of the routing system.<br>
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    The ARIN community would benefit from Operators being able to
    protect themselves in a more meaningful way.<span
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    Thank you for submitting your suggestion, numbered 2015.3, on the
    topic of tying route objects in ARIN's IRR to netblocks of the RIR
    database. We have a community consultation planned for Q1 2015 to
    discuss this and other IRR related suggestions recently submitted.
    We will ensure the language of your suggestion is included in the
    consultation that will open in March.<span
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