@misc{rfc7682, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 7682, howpublished = {RFC 7682}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC7682}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7682}, author = {Danny R. McPherson and Shane Amante and Eric Osterweil and Larry Blunk and Dave Mitchell}, title = {{Considerations for Internet Routing Registries (IRRs) and Routing Policy Configuration}}, pagetotal = 18, year = 2015, month = dec, abstract = {The purpose of this document is to catalog issues that influenced the efficacy of Internet Routing Registries (IRRs) for inter-domain routing policy specification and application in the global routing system over the past two decades. Additionally, it provides a discussion regarding which of these issues are still problematic in practice, and which are simply artifacts that are no longer applicable but continue to stifle inter-provider policy-based filtering adoption and IRR utility to this day.}, }