On Thu, 29 Jun 100, Sebastian Willing wrote:
....and what if a handle is deleted from one DB but not from the other? Once the handle # is re-assigned, the owner of a domain depends on the server you ask.
And how should this happen?
I think, the best thing is to restore the deleted records from RIPE backups and to remove the referer to the DeNic-whois-server until either the DeNic is paying or is running a workable service (maybe with references to the RIPE-whois-server for persons).
Why? The .de objects are only in the denic db at this point, so no inconsistencies can arise. Besides, where's the problem? I can set up my own whois db and put myself in as the owner of microsoft.de or whatever, but no-one will care because everybody knows that the authoritive db is whois.denic.de - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - n@work Internet Informationssysteme GmbH Tel +49 40 23880900 Spaldingstrasse 160d Fax +49 40 23880929 20097 Hamburg, Germany http://www.work.de/