[db-wg] abuse-c

Hi Marco,


> > If some LIRs need some kind of trust in order to avoid this I
> would suggest
> > (as done before) that the abuse mail address is checked when creating a
> > maintainer object. By checked I mean that Ripe NCC sends a mail
> to the mail
> > address and wait for a reply before creating the maintainer
> object, this can
> > actually be done with software so I don't think it will be a
> big burden on
> > Ripe NCC. If this is not enough, if some LIRs fear that the
> LIRs in question
> > would try to do an update and this way insert an invalid email
> address Im
> > sure it wouldn't be a problem repeating the check procedure.
>
> This is useless other then some verification that on the time of creation
> somebody replied to one mail sent to that specific address. Unless you
> design an audit procedure to check the validity and response of the
> address at random intervals it doesn't add anything to check it on
> creation time except for extra time as the system waits for your reply.

Why do you say that its useless? As I understand some LIRs fear that invalid
email addresses might be entered, if so, the above procedure will not
approve willnotwork at domain while a syntax check will.

As I said, the email address can be checked again if its changed - this way
we can make sure that only valid email addresses received by the LIR are
entered. What more do you want?

But this will of course not say anything about general response time or if
all other mails to the address is simply ignored.. But isn't that a
completely different story?

>
> Let's keep it at running a syntax check...

Why? Whats the disadvantage of the above procedure? It might require some
ressources from Ripe NCC but I would say thats reasonable considering you
will this way be sure email addresses entered are all valid. At least I
would prefer this compared to keeping the current system because some might
argue that the system discussed is not trustworthy.



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