Deletion of German domains

Randy Bush wrote:
> 
> > You are right, we are moving only domain objects. The person objects
> > will remain in the RIPE Database for several months.
> 
> and how will person:s work?  in general, i am confused about this.  e.g.
> 
>    whois -h whois.ripe.net dom.ain
> 
> causes a referral to a domain: object with a tech-c: of <handle>-RIPE, or is
> it <handle>-DENIC?

<handle>-RIPE. This is a transition state which will last for several
months.

> 
> if the former, <handle>-RIPE then it would seem that either
>   o all the person:s stay at ripe database, or

All person objects will stay in the RIPE Database until moved to DENIC
one (with different suffix).

>   o the person:s are mirrored from denic database to ripe database
> 
> if the latter, <handle>-DENIC, then it would seem that either
>   o all the person:s are mirrored in the ripe database, or
>   o the above whois query will not be able to show the requestor the
>     person:s
> 
> in general there is a problem of duplication (or lack thereof as ripe seems
> uninclined to mirror any data except radb and apnic) as oposed to referral
> for handles.  i am trying to understand the best practice we can muster now
> and what we might do in the future.
> 

Current setup of the RIPE database requires that the database (source)
should be self consistent - that is no external references are allowed.
Referral mechanism for domains is different.

I agree, duplication of handles is a problem, but so far it cannot be
solved without violating referential integrity.

> for the curious, i run the RGNET database at whois.rg.net.  the purpose is
> twofold, referree for some cctlds and my routing data.  radb mirrors these
> data but ripe does not.  i am confused whether i am rb366 or rb366-arin, and
> in how many databases i need to maintain the person:s.
> 
> randy

Reagrds,
 
Andrei Robachevsky
DB Group Manager
RIPE NCC