[members-discuss] [ncc-announce] [news] The Future of the RIPE Database Proxy Service

> not entirely sure what a 'ripe database proxy service' would be... but
> it
> sounds like one of those 'too much fucking info' things that once were
> in fashion when the internet was a bunch of dusty nerds... and the only
> threat was a bunch of scriptkiddies in poland. and now, its a
> hostile environment and any 'database' should be closed access only.
> 
> as seriously, if people wanna harras your clients, or even worse (and
> wrongly: you) at least they should take the time and effort to get
> proper
> court orders... not just do a 'whois' on some database which should not
> even exist anymore due to the fact that its not compliant with ANY
> applicable privacy laws.

I might have phrased it a little less politely, but wholeheartedly agree
with the sentiment.

It's already bad enough with a-n-other-supplier going down your ripe AS
membership list trying to flog cr at p to your clients, when said supplier is
an LIR, having every nut on the planet doing so is going to get very  very
very tiresome and simply lead to people not putting anything in the RIPE-DB
in the first place (as most have already decided)

Time to drop something which is only used by 4 people - some of whom aren't
even members

Rob