Dear Wilfried, Putting aside the specific reason for looking up a contact in this case and look at the wider consequence for the RIPE Database. I thought we disallowed self referencing ROLE objects. But we only disallow creation of self referencing ROLEs using 'AUTO-' and circular references with ROLE A -> ROLE B -> ROLE A. The way the rules are now, taken to an extreme, the entire RIPE Database could exist without a single 'real' PERSON listed. All number resources could be anonymised by referencing self referencing ROLE objects. All allocations, mandatory organisations for allocations, ASNs, PI resources, routing data could be set up so that no real person takes any responsibility for any resource, publicly. Of course real people still need to sign contracts to become members and get resources, but from a public perspective everything can be totally anonymised as the rules are now. Regards Denis Walker Business Analyst RIPE NCC Database Group On 28/08/2012 16:14, Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet wrote:
U.Mutlu wrote:
Because of errors in their DNS server I need to contact their tech-c, not their abuse dept.
I was under the impression that the contact for (technical) errors regarding DNS zone configuration is to be found in the zone's SOA record, as an RFC822 (or newer) field.
And/or by way of the name registry and/or registrar.
Where does the numbers registry information come into the picture?
Wilfried