Hi, APNIC have announced a change in the default behaviour of their Whois server. The change will be made on 30 September. People using their Whois service from this region may be interested in the announcement. Kind regards, -- leo vegoda Registration Services Manager RIPE NCC Begin forwarded message:

From: APNIC Secretariat <secretariat@apnic.net> Date: September 23, 2004 2:02:27 am BST To: apnic-announce@apnic.net Cc: Subject: [Apnic-announce] Privacy of customer assignment records - implementation update Reply-To: apnic-talk@apnic.net, secretariat@apnic.net

Dear colleagues,

This is an important announcement on the implementation of APNIC approved proposal prop-007-v001 regarding privacy of customer assignment records. The proposal document, presentation, minutes, and discussion are available at:

http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/proposals/prop-007-v001.html

The APNIC Secretariat will be implementing this proposal on 30 September 2004.

Please note that after this date, customer assignment objects will no longer be visible in the APNIC Whois Database, unless the APNIC account holder chooses to make public the customer records for their allocated address range.

A set of Frequently Asked Questions about this project is now available at:

http://www.apnic.net/info/faq/privacy-faq.html

If you have any concerns or questions regarding this policy, please contact the APNIC helpdesk at:

E-mail: helpdesk@apnic.net Phone: +617 3858 3188 Fax: +617 3858 3199

Regards

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