[lir-wg] Re: NCC#2002069654 NCC#2002069654 HMQUESTION

No! Please leave everything for the moment...

My question was a general one. Once I have the answer - which seems to be
the one below - then I will forward requests to be removed as separate
requests to hostmaster at ripe.net. It is that simply this situation is not
covered in existing RIPE documents - or at least that I have read.

Peter


----- Original Message -----
From: "RIPE Database Manager" <ripe-dbm at ripe.net>
To: "Knowtion Hostmaster Role Account" <hostmaster at knowtion.net>
Cc: <lir-wg at ripe.net>; "RIPE NCC" <ncc at ripe.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 10:07 AM
Subject: [lir-wg] Re: NCC#2002069654 NCC#2002069654 HMQUESTION


> Dear Peter,
>
> The maintainer AS9179-MNT maintains quite a lot of objects in the
database.
> Do you want it removed from all of these or just some of them? Can you let
> us know which objects you no longer wish to be associated with.
>
> Regards
> Denis Walker
> RIPE NCC Database Administration
>
>
> On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 10:00:03 +0100, Knowtion Hostmaster Role Account
wrote:
> * > You could consider contacting the relevant contacts related to the
objects
> * > in question.  They may have their own maintainer they want to place on
the
> * > objects, in which case you could send an update with the new
maintainer as
> * the
> * > mnt-by: attribute.
> *
> * They do not respond. Let us assume that the actual contacts are either
> * 'stupid' or 'hostile'. What then ?
> *
> * Peter
> *
> * > If need be the following URL provides information on the creation of a
new
> * > maintainer:
> * >
> * > <Maintainer Creation Procedure>
> * >
> *
http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/pub-services/db/Maintainer_Creation_Procedure.ht
> * ml
> * >
> * > Please contact me if you require further assistance.
> * >
> * >
> * > Kind regards,
> * >
> * > Winston Schenkers
> * > RIPE NCC
> * >
> * > On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 17:03:16 +0100, Knowtion Hostmaster Role Account
> * wrote:
> * > * > You are correct to say that you can not remove a maintainer from a
> * > * <aut-num>
> * > * > object without adding a new one.
> * > * >
> * > * > The attribute <mnt-by> in the <aut-num> object is mandatory, the
AS
> * number
> * > * > AS9179 is part of the <as-block> from the RIPE NCC, and if correct
the
> * > * > maintainer <AS9179-MNT> is being maintained by yourselves.
> * > *
> * > * How can I phrase this better ?
> * > *
> * > * AS9179-MNT (me / my company) is the current but out-of-date
maintainer
> * on an
> * > * object. Without deleting the object (as it is not relly mine) how
can I
> * > * cease being associated with it ?
> * > *
> * > * I (AS9179-MNT) no longer am the maintainer of various objects that
> * really
> * > * belong to the company X in the UK. My company has not been
associated
> * with
> * > * them or provided services to them for sometime.
> * > *
> * > * Is it good and recommended practice therefore for me to just delete
the
> * > * objects - this may affect someones service ?
> * > *
> * > * cc'ed to lir-wg in case anyone has a better idea...
> * > *
> * > * Petr
> * > *
> * >
> *
>