[anti-abuse-wg] anti-abuse-wg Digest, Vol 8, Issue 19

Hello!

> The different pieces of contact information are all potential ways to
> get in touch with the Internet number resource holder. If you have
> difficulties reaching them via any of those details, you can report this
> to us. I would recommend making a reasonable attempt to contact them
> first though, for example by giving them a phone call if you find that
> their email addresses are no longer working.

My experience: I've used the form because the email contacts from a
provider in Romania were invalid. The phone contact given in the RIPE
database was only a mobile phone number in Romania. I searched for this
number in the web and only get a few results which all directed to the
entry in the RIPE database. So it seems that this (prepaid?) phone was
only used to register this IP space with RIPE.

My claim was denied because I didn't made an attempt to contact the
provider on mobile phone in Romania. I didn't contact them because I
don't speak Romanian and I feared retaliation from possible criminals in
Romania. So for an individual it may be very difficult to fulfill all
the external requirements which are made by RIPE NCC. And, of course,
RIPE may be in a better position to repel retaliations.

RIPE NCC wrote back that they don't have the staff to check if the
entries in the database are correct. So if RIPE will guarantee the
validity of the database today they seem not to have the personal
capacity for research.

Best regards,

- Karl-Josef Ziegler