Hi, Thursday, August 23, 2001, 3:08:15 PM, you wrote: CZ> Did I understand that correctly? Objects (e.g. persons) referenced only CZ> from .de domains are going to be deleted even if they are maintained CZ> (e.g. by DENIC-P). Yes, I guess you understood correctly. CZ> Imho that would be quite a big problem because CZ> DENIC's database relies on the RIPE database for person objects. Afaik CZ> there's no possibility to create a person object directly in the DENIC CZ> database. At the moment there is not. I have just spoken to DENIC though, and they told me they were migrating those person objects to an own DENIC database. The same was done for domains quite a while ago also by the way, domains were stored in the RIPE database and have been ported to DENIC. Also, most other NICs have - according to my infos - already migrated to own databases, why would not DENIC do also? Cheers, Christoph Kuhles Managing Director Aquatix IT-Services