[db-wg] Whois changes

On Wed, 11 May 2005, Shane Kerr wrote:

> Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 13:50:36 +0200
> From: Shane Kerr <shane at ripe.net>
> To: Mark Prior <mrp at mrp.net>
> Cc: Rimas Janusauskas <Rimas.Janusauskas at sc.vu.lt>, db-wg at ripe.net
> Subject: Re: [db-wg] Whois changes
>
> Mark Prior wrote:
>
> > Rimas Janusauskas wrote:
> >
> >> IMHO preferable solution  is to modify "changed:"  attribute format:
> >> changed: <e-mail address>
> >> with automatically  generated timestamp.
> >
> >
> > The software, at least IRRd, does this. I never add timestamps. I also
> > use nobody at aarnet.edu.au as the email address to avoid SPAM reports
> > sent to the poor DB updater.
> >
> The RIPE Whois software also works like this.
>
> changed: shane at ripe.net
>
> Will become:
>
> changed: shane at ripe.net 20050511
>
> If added today.

If...

The key idea of my suggestion was do not allow "pour updater"
((C)Mark Prior :) set timestamps or ignore them
(your previous message proves)

Shane>  A user can put almost any "changed:" value that they want. I could
Shane>  update  my person object today to have this value:
Shane>
Shane>  changed: ripe-dbm at ripe.net 19901215


Best regards,

        Rimas Janusauskas