[anti-abuse-wg] New on RIPE Labs: How We Will Be Validating abuse-c

In message <E1gArD9-0007Bj-FW at www-apps-1.ripe.net>, 
Marco Schmidt <mschmidt at ripe.net> wrote:

>Please allow me to provide some clarification.
>...
>The RIPE Policy "RIPE NCC Services to Legacy Internet Resource Holders"
>states in its scope:
>"[...] Any existing or future RIPE policy referring to resources shall not
>apply to legacy resources unless the policy explicitly includes legacy
>resources in its scope. [...]"
>https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-639#1-2-scope
>
>The RIPE Policy  "Abuse Contact Management in the RIPE Database" does not
>fulfil this requirement.
>
>It would require a successful policy proposal to change that. In 2016 such
>proposal was made, but the proposer decided to withdraw the proposal due to
>the inability to find an acceptable agreement which satisfied all parties.

That's sooooo dumb.

>I hope this clarifies.

It does and I thank you for the clarification.


Regards,
rfg