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Privacy, Broadband, & the Database
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Sam Bradford
sam.bradford at demon.net
Wed Nov 22 16:21:50 CET 2000
Hello all. (Apologies if you got a 'subscribe' message from me earlier. I wasn't thinking about Majordomo for some reason.) I'm writing for your opinions, suggestions, and comments regarding updating the RIPE database with assignments made for broadband (xDSL) customers. As you may or may not be aware, ADSL is now being offered in the UK, which has very strict data protection laws. We offer ADSL services as a NATted service (with one large entry in the RIPE database like for dial-up customers) and a non-NAT service that includes an IP assignment. Our concern is that a large percentage of our non-NAT ADSL customers are either home users or home businesses. Updating the RIPE database with an IP assignment requires an end-user Admin contact, and the person object requires a telephone number. Worst case scenario is that we update the database for a home business or a home user with the customer's telephone number, his teenage daughter enters a chat room, and you can imagine the rest... After brief consultation with the RIPE NCC Hostmasters, we have begun updating the database with our role object as Tech Contact and the customer as Admin contact. For the phone number, we are using our own, noting as much in a 'remarks' field. For example: inetnum: 62.49.8.64 - 62.49.8.79 netname: PYAR-ADSL descr: DEMON ADSL CUSTOMER country: GB admin-c: PY84-RIPE tech-c: DHG5-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA notify: hostmaster at demon.net mnt-by: AS2529-MNT changed: hostmaster at demon.net 20001115 source: RIPE <snip DHG5-RIPE> person: Phil Yarranton address: GB phone: +44-845-272-0444 nic-hdl: PY84-RIPE remarks: Phone is Demon Internet Helpdesk notify: hostmaster at demon.net mnt-by: AS2529-MNT changed: hostmaster at demon.net 20001115 source: RIPE However, I'm not sure that is the best option, and could lead to inconsistency. At what point do we determine (and should we determine?) if an obvoius business customer is home-based or office-based? Should we have one set of rules for the database for leased line & ISDN customers and another for ADSL? Or one set for business customers (regardless of home-based or office-based) and another for home users? Looking forward to your comments. :-) Sam Bradford ----------------------------------------------------------------- sam bradford, senior hostmaster sam.bradford at demon.net Demon Internet / Thus plc . hostmaster at demon.net Tel: +44-845-272-0666 . . http://www.demon.net/ Fax: +44-20-8371-1285 t h u s http://www.thus.net/
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