Database proposal

On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, TOB wrote:

> At present the RIPE database is quite open, which means that it
> potentially can be used as a marketing database. My proposal is that
> only allocations are shown to everyone e.g the 195.41.0.0 /16 below.
> There is sufficient information to contact the provider in e.g hacker
> cases. 

I use the RIPE DB a LOT to look up who people are. And that's most
definately not for marketing purposes, but to solve problems of my
customers, or remote ones.

It's a far better idea to use DNS for marketing issues than the RIPE DB. 

> The idea is that only the provider and RIPE(and of course the customer
> itself) knows the individual assignments. It should be implemented by
> hiding individual assignments in the RIPE database for everyone. If a
> provider does not take a proper action in e.g hacker cases RIPE should
> have the right to identify who the exact user of e.g a /24 is. 

I think the turn around time would be too long and it also makes it a lot
more difficult tracking someone down if you want to block all connections
from a specific allocation.

It's most definately not all ISP's who replies to, even urgent, mail
within a week.. if at all.

-- Robert Martin-Legène (RM59), Network Manager (AS2109)

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