[ncc-services-wg] Requirement for fax numbers in LIR Portal

It does seem high time this be modernized. 

    
                -Bill


On Aug 29, 2013, at 7:00, "Erik Bais" <ebais at a2b-internet.com> wrote:

> Hi Nick, 
> 
> I believe that a valid fax nr is required in the procedure to reset the maintainer object authorization. 
> 
> If my recollection of that specific procedure is correct, it is one of the ways the RIPE NCC communicates during part of that procedure. 
> Although we don't use a fax for normal business anymore these days, we have a dedicated fax number (pointing to a mailbox) specific for companies that are still in the 80's. 
> 
> Regards,
> Erik Bais 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ncc-services-wg-bounces at ripe.net [mailto:ncc-services-wg-bounces at ripe.net] On Behalf Of Nick Hilliard
> Sent: donderdag 29 augustus 2013 12:23
> To: ncc-services-wg at ripe.net
> Subject: [ncc-services-wg] Requirement for fax numbers in LIR Portal
> 
> The LIR Portal requires a fax-no: in several places, including initial LIR
> setup and ipv4/ipv6 allocation forms.
> 
> Can this attribute be made optional instead of mandatory?  Most
> organisations respond with surprise verging on mild panic when you tell
> them that they need a fax to be a RIPE NCC member.
> 
> Does this require a policy change, or is it an operational thing in the
> NCC?  I can't see any policy which makes fax-no: mandatory, but I haven't
> looked very closely either.
> 
> Nick
> 
> 
>