[anti-abuse-wg] personal data in the RIPE Database

In message <CAKvLzuGDaye7RTgCbS=Y29aDpNViTaZs+9Xpe72yo-
jGZDA5xw at mail.gmail.com>, denis walker <ripedenis at gmail.com> writes

>On Mon, 6 Jun 2022 at 17:57, Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Always a useful thing to do if you want to block all resources held by a 
>single actor or set of actors.
>
>So are you saying that you DO use the ORGANISATION object address to
>match resources held by different members at the same location? If so
>there are technical ways to offer that functionality within the
>database without exposing the full address of natural person members.

you're about to suggest hashing ... that doesn't provide what is needed
because it is far too fragile to be useful given that WHOIS entries are
not canonicalised and also contain minor errors

you can find countless examples of typos, old addresses etc within the
RIPE data. For a contemporary example check for inconsistent use of
Kiev/Kyiv for resources held by exactly the same person/organistion.

-- 
richard                                                   Richard Clayton

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary 
Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. Benjamin Franklin 11 Nov 1755
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