[db-wg] [anti-abuse-wg] RIPE NCC's proposed implementation of Abuse Contact Management in the RIPE Database

Hello Shane,

>> ...
>> https://labs.ripe.net/Members/kranjbar/implementation-details-of-policy-2011-06
> 
> I can't get to that article as the site is currently down, but basically
> I think you're describing something like this:

I am sorry to hear that, I have reported the issue to our Webmaster. It seems to be all fine at the moment.

> 
> 
> +----------+  org:  +--------------+
> | resource +------->| ORGANISATION |
> +----------+        +--------+-----+
>                             |
>                             | abuse-c:
>                             v
> --------                  +------+
> ( e-mail )<----------------+ ROLE |
> --------   abuse-mailbox: +------+

In the article, it is exactly like that :)

> 
> While it seems a bit complicated, the layers of indirection make sense,
> and if the Whois server follows the chains automatically then it should
> be workable.

Yes. That's exactly what we have proposed to implement (and again detailed in the article). The query server will automatically follow the path and shows the contacts when answering relevant queries.

> 
> Cool. Looking forward to having this implemented so we can move on to
> the much scarier phase of abuse contact management. :)
> 

Thank you very much for your feedback.

All the best,
Kaveh.

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Kaveh Ranjbar,
RIPE NCC Database Group Manager