[anti-abuse-wg] [db-wg] objection to RIPE policy proposal 2016-01

Hi Randy

On 03/03/2016 00:10, Randy Bush wrote:
> [ i may be totally misunderstanding things here, but i never bought
>    mandatory abuse-c in the first place ]
>
>
> so the idea is we mandate that there be an abuse-c: so that there is an
> email address where we can send mail to which there will be no response?

The RIPE Database is full of email addresses. If I don't know which one 
is intended to receive abuse complaints by responsible network managers 
would you prefer I spam every email address I can find? That was the 
previous behaviour before we introduced abuse-c.

>
> i am hesitant to mandate behavior beyond that necessary for the ncc to
> maintain accurate records of resource 'ownership'.  beyond that is me
> telling someone else how to run their network.

No it is telling someone to manage their networks in a responsible manner.

cheers
denis

  i suspect they will
> listen to their management before they listen to me, and rightly so.
>
> randy
>