On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 03:25:57PM +0000, Richard Cox wrote:
The bottom line is that the real responsibility is at the start of the food chain ... the LIR that validated and submitted the original data. Which is why I think our first policy proposal should be that the name of the LIR (if any) that validated the original data, with a link to their contact details, must be included in the WHOIS response on every WHOIS lookup (port 43 or website, -b or no -b).
I was testing the waters about that during RIPE 59 Meeting (RIPE NCC Services Working Group session). You can find my short presentation here: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-59/presentations/strzyzewski-inet6num... According to my memory and to the minutes from the session there were mixed feelings about that. I was supposed to bring this topic back to the mailing list. Unfortunately (shame to me) I was extremally busy after meeting and totally forgot about that. Maybe this is the right time to make this a formal proposal and start a discussion? Regards, Piotr Strzyżewski -- gucio -> Piotr Strzyżewski E-mail: Piotr.Strzyzewski@polsl.pl