Florian Weimer wrote:
* Denis Walker:
Just to clarify this point, the RIPE NCC has no plans to shut down bulk access to operational data. The only restrictions are regarding personal and security data. There will be no bulk access to PERSON, ROLE, ORGANISATION or MNTNER objects. In other objects types NIC Handle references will also be removed from the bulk access data.
NIC handles are operational data for many of us who need to contact operators to address issues we encounter and make the Internet a better place for everyone.
I'm disappointed that RIPE NCC plans to take things into that direction. Was this project prompted by requests from the membership?
At the very least, you could introduce an opt-in flag so that we can agree to have our data published in bulk form, so that we can benefit from others willing to help us to keep our networks clean.
Hi, we are voting for abuse data in bulk form too. We need nothing else but a simple dump from RIPEs abuse finder tool containing the netblock and the abuse email address. I personally dont think that this data could be declared as personal data, that needs to be protected by law. The netblock owner already decided explicitly to publish this (usually in remark fields or the optional abuse-email-field. If this is "too redical" I also recommend a simply flag in the LIR portal anybody could select. [x] publish abuse data in bulk form Kind regards, Frank -- PHADE Software - PowerWeb http://www.powerweb.de Inh. Dipl.-Inform. Frank Gadegast mailto:frank@powerweb.de Schinkelstrasse 17 fon: +49 33200 52920 14558 Nuthetal OT Rehbruecke, Germany fax: +49 33200 52921 ====================================================================== Public PGP Key available for frank@powerweb.de