Hi Aftab - its not just wave an ID and you can get a gun, there's a background check too :) http://www.ehow.com/way_5958275_do-background-check-firearm-purchase_.html Not very topical here and I think RIPE NCC just might have a heart attack if someone went and mandated background checks to acquire IP space .. but well, there's other ways, including revocation of resources. On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Aftab Siddiqui <aftab.siddiqui@gmail.com> wrote:
If we keep this analogy as benchmark (which many would mind). Gun Shop verified the ID and it was legitimate by the look of the card or document but they has no means to trace back the documents/ID to a real person. No online verification.
So whats the purpose of having such verification. Same is the case with RIR, isn't it? They check the documents but they don't have the means to traceback the legitimacy of all the documents and claims the customer is posing.
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