<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_38734"><span>HI</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_40486"><br><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_40488"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_40487">Shane is correct. This functionality already exists and allows resource holders of resources allocated or assigned by the RIPE NCC to delete any operational object within their address space. Note that this functionality does not apply to any objects containing personal or contact details. Also it only applies to resource objects where the RIPE NCC has a contractual relationship with the resource holder (or their sponsoring organisation) for that resource.<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_40569"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_40487"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_40502"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_40487">Just to add a caveat regarding orphaned objects, just because an object has not been updated in a very long time does not make it orphaned, even if the original maintainers are unresponsive.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_40540"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_40487"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_40570"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_40487">cheers</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_40571"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_40487">denis</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_40576"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_40487">independent netizen</span></div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_38737" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_38736" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_38739" class="y_msg_container"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_40697" size="1"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_38738" face="Arial" size="2"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_38752"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_38751" style="font-weight:bold;"></span></b></font><br><br>Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 09:02:23 +0000<br>From: Shane Kerr <<a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_38810" ymailto="mailto:shane@time-travellers.org" href="mailto:shane@time-travellers.org">shane@time-travellers.org</a>><br>To: William Sylvester <<a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_38833" ymailto="mailto:william.sylvester@addrex.net" href="mailto:william.sylvester@addrex.net">william.sylvester@addrex.net</a>><br>Cc: <a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_38804" ymailto="mailto:db-wg@ripe.net" href="mailto:db-wg@ripe.net">db-wg@ripe.net</a><br>Subject: Re: [db-wg] Proposal regarding Orphaned Objects<br>Message-ID: <<a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_38805" ymailto="mailto:20150501090223.0427845f@vulcan.home.time-travellers.org" href="mailto:20150501090223.0427845f@vulcan.home.time-travellers.org">20150501090223.0427845f@vulcan.home.time-travellers.org</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII<br><br>William,<br><br>On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:32:33 -0400<br>William Sylvester <<a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430452486483_38760" ymailto="mailto:william.sylvester@addrex.net" href="mailto:william.sylvester@addrex.net">william.sylvester@addrex.net</a>> wrote:<br><br>> Currently, when a number block holder wishes to update their number<br>> block they are unable to do so directly. They must contact the<br>> maintainer of the old object. Many of the older maintainers do not<br>> have current contact or have been acquired by another company and<br>> left in an unknown orphaned status. These maintainers can be<br>> difficult or impossible to contact. RIPE NCC then must be engaged to<br>> make the change to an object the number block holder should have had<br>> online access to manage directly in the first place.<br><br>As I understand it, the database allows the maintainer of<br>less-specific ("parent") inetnum or inet6num objects to delete<br>more-specific ("child") objects.<br><br>So, the recipient of either an allocation or assignment from the RIPE<br>NCC already has the power to clean up their space.<br><br>I believe this sort of delete functionality also applies to route and<br>related domain (meaning reverse DNS) objects. <br><br><a href="https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/support/documentation/ripe-database-documentation-1.79/10-authorisation/10-13-reclaim-functionality-1/10-13-2-authorisation-to-reclaim" target="_blank">https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/support/documentation/ripe-database-documentation-1.79/10-authorisation/10-13-reclaim-functionality-1/10-13-2-authorisation-to-reclaim</a><br><br>As I understand it, your proposal has already been implemented, with<br>the difference that maintainers can only delete, not modify objects<br>that they do not directly maintain but are in their space.<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>--<br>Shane<br><br><br><br>End of db-wg Digest, Vol 45, Issue 1<br>************************************<br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>