So anyway, has it ever been considered to add date/time stamps to RIPE whois records, at least for record _creation_ if not also for last modification time?
Uh, just because I myself often have problems to make foreign whois servers tell me what I need: We are not perhaps just missing the '-B' option the RIPE whois server requires to show "changed:" attributes? I don't know how much they can be maliciously set/removed, I never try to. Leo certainly does. Does know, I mean. :-) Sorry if I missed the point and stated something obvious. Martin ~ 7 > whois -h whois.ripe.net ' -B -r 195.80.148.0' % This is the RIPE Database query service. % The objects are in RPSL format. % % The RIPE Database is subject to Terms and Conditions. % See http://www.ripe.net/db/support/db-terms-conditions.pdf % Information related to '195.80.148.0 - 195.80.151.255' inetnum: 195.80.148.0 - 195.80.151.255 netname: INSTANTEXCHANGER-NET descr: InstantExchanger Ltd. country: EU org: ORG-IL196-RIPE admin-c: IL167-RIPE tech-c: IL167-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PI mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-END-MNT mnt-by: INSTANTEXCHANGER-MNT mnt-lower: RIPE-NCC-END-MNT mnt-routes: INSTANTEXCHANGER-MNT mnt-domains: INSTANTEXCHANGER-MNT changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 20100414 source: RIPE % Information related to '195.80.148.0/22AS50877' route: 195.80.148.0/22 descr: InstantExchanger Ltd. origin: AS50877 mnt-by: INSTANTEXCHANGER-MNT org: ORG-IL196-RIPE changed: sp@instant-exchanger.com 20100414 source: RIPE (Or check out 194.45.135.0 for a nice long changed: history.)