Following on from the comment bt Shane Kerr

Also, what various contact information means is not clear. What administration does the "admin-c:" do exactly? Only update the RIPE Database? Coordinate with the RIPE NCC? Is it the CEO of a company? The manager of the IT department? Or an independent contractor who handles all the details of connectivity?

I have to agree that "what is the responsibility" or perhaps just "the role" of the admin-c and tech-c. From what I have read on RIPE documents the role is not at all clear. I believe it said the admin contact has to be at the same address as the network? So what of unattended sites? There are many questions, and perhaps there should be some attempt to define more accurately what admin-c and tech-c are meant to be used for. As internet usage is becoming more of an issue (spam, child porn, etc) I can't help feeling that there should be some formal "responsibility" associated with an inetnum (like we have a "keeper of a vehicle" in the UK who has some responsibilities). I suspect to go this far would request some legal framework in countries affected, but RIPE could at least indicate, say, "The admin contact is intended to take responsibility for the IP addresses" or some such, which would be a good basis. Of course, if there was an abuse-c, then this could be a document explaining the detailed role of admin-c, tech-c, and abuse-c. Also, the "trouble" field is a good thought - maybe we should add "trouble" to inetnum, as there is already a field name defined for the purpose essentially. Just an idea. -- Rev Adrian Kennard Andrews & Arnold Ltd / AAISP www.aaisp.net.uk