[anti-abuse-wg] 2011-06 New Policy Proposal (Abuse Contact Management in the RIPE NCC Database)

On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 02:30:49PM +0100, Tobias Knecht wrote:

hi,

> You are quite right. At the moment, but few years ago, the IRT object
> was not intended for abuse departments handling outbound abuse. IRT was
> originally intended for certs exchange information about security
> issues. 

Yet, a _single_ point of contact (mail, fax, phone, you name it) should is provided. The way abuse-related information is processed internally (outbound abuse communication vs. information sharing between teams) in institutions cannot (and won't) be solved in whois.

> And that is exactly what the IRT should be again, with all the
> security measures, that were mandatory at the very beginning and got
> canceled over time.

I am surprised, you have any examples for IRT objects were these measures were dropped?

Cheers, Adrian