From: Claudio Jeker Subject: Re: rpki-client: remove Ghostbusters Record (RFC 6493) support To: Theo Buehler Cc: Job Snijders , tech@openbsd.org Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:23:39 +0100 On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 03:20:21PM +0100, Theo Buehler wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 01:14:45PM +0000, Job Snijders wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > This patchset removes support for validating and decoding Ghostbusters > > Records (GBRs) in rpki-client. GBRs are specified in RFC 6493. > > > > Support for GBRs in rpki-client was introduced roughly 5 years ago. > > Since then, nobody published any GBRs except for myself and the author > > of the GBR specification (with the latter entity's own vCard > > publications never confirming to profile specified in RFC 6493). > > > > GBRs were intended to enable RPKI CAs to convey contact information > > through the RPKI itself. At first glance that might seem useful, but > > operators already have a myriad of methods to exchange contact details: > > RDAP, Whois, IRR, PeeringDB, IXP member portals, etc, etc. > > > > I suspect that the name choosen for this technology didn't do its > > deployment any favors: had it had been named "vCards in the RPKI", > > everyone would've immediately understood what it is and what it is for, > > but this silly cute name just isn't descriptive at all. > > > > RFC 6493 probably should be assigned Historic status. > > > > OK? > > Yes, let's kill it. I came up with the exact same diff. > > ok tb I agree. -- :wq Claudio