[anti-abuse-wg] Whois database accuracy

Tobias,

>>> I use to report spam to the spam abuse mailboxes which are defined by
>>> the whois database.
>> Which one??
> 
> Good question. We (abusix) are trying to get a new Best Practice done.
> 
> Please have a look at the attachment. That's a first draft to get a
> standardized place for abuse addresses. Once this is done and accepted
> as a best practice we could take the next step and try to get it
> mandatory and lets see what will happen than.

I'm not sure if there is any disagreement amongst the community that the
best practice is to have clearly marked abuse contact information.
However, with this agreement in mind, what do you consider the benchmark
of having your best practice suggestions formally accepted, by your
standards?

>>> Who can I contact in order to ensure the Whois database is tidied up.
>>>
>>> I tried to reach the top registry of the domain (-l whois option).
>>>
>>> However nobody is fixing those reference databases !
>>>
>>> Could we possibly disconnect the network which aren't tidying their
>>> whois records ?
> 
> 
> We had some good effort by doing the global reporting thing. Possibly
> you wanna join us and report your stuff globally. If you need helpor
> some scripts for ARF reporting. Let me know.

I should note at this point that there was no voices raised in support
of abusix's manner of reporting at the WG session in Lisbon.  While
obviously there are those who do support your methodology, I would
contend that this support is not community wide.

Tobias, to be honest, I'm not sure what the victory conditions are for
your feelings on abuse mailboxes/contacts.  I don't think anyone is
arguing (or certainly not here) that they are useful and should be
properly in place, but I'm not at all sure you will receive backing to
make them mandatory.  However, we'll never find that out until a policy
is proposed to the RIPE community.

Regards,

Brian.