[anti-abuse-wg] WHOIS (AS204224)

On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 11:30:50AM -0500, Jeffrey Race wrote:
>From an engineering standpoint you absolutely must have
>at least one redundant channel,  with an acknowledgement
>mechanism (e.g. registered mail).   But fax is also possible for this
>because the receipt is stamped with date/time of reception.   This
>is easily monitored for continuing validity using the kind of automated
>checks I mentioned recently; no human involvement required at
>sending end, only at the receiving end to return the token (manually,
>ensuring that someone is actually managing the public resource
>in his care).

As Denis explained in his mail, this channel exists as far as the
NCC is concerned (at least for members). It's the Billing Contact
which is contacted at least annually and the token returned is
"money". If it isn't returned, 120 days later the LIR becomes an
ex-LIR.

rgds,
Sascha Luck