[anti-abuse-wg] RIPE WHOIS blocked

In message <20141117224139.GA91687 at cilantro.c4inet.net>, 
"Sascha Luck [ml]" <aawg at c4inet.net> wrote:

>On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 01:55:10PM -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
>>% Queries from your IP address have passed the daily limit of controlled obje
>cts.
>>% Access from your host has been temporarily denied.
>>% For more information, see
>>%
>>http://www.ripe.net/data-tools/db/faq/faq-db/why-did-you-receive-the-error-20
>1-access-denied
>
>This is a limit on "person:" objects, NCC's idea of data
>protection. 

Apparently.

>Don't think you'd like my solution for this though, I wouldn't
>allow anyone who isn't a) identifiable and b) contracted access
>to personally identifying data. 

I would be perfectly OK with (a).  In fact, accessing this service only
via individual password-protected accounts seems to me to be the only
rational way to _actually_ protect the data from mass harvesting.

Regarding (b) I would be OK with that too, as long as the contract in
question required me to pay only zero dollars... er... I mean zero euros.


Regards,
rfg