On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 07:10:29PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
* Martin Stanislav:
Though, there is a possibility a particular maintainer object has been introduced into whois DB be a non-LIR entity.
But then there would be a suitable changed: line, wouldn't it?
Well, changed attribute is manadatory so there should be at least one for every maintainer object returned. Nowadays, one has to use '-B' whois switch to get back the changed atribute: # whois -h whois.ripe.net '-h' ... % -B Disables the filtering of "notify:", "changed:" and "e-mail:" % attributes. ... AFAIK it's technically possible to replace the original changed atribute provided you are able to pass one of the objects' mnt-by maintainer check (password/signature). This is something one shouldn't do - original changed atribute value should be kept.
Does RIPE NCC provide the data upon formal request from the relevant authorities?
Don't have any experience so can't comment on this. I expect archive whould contain at least the original submission requesting the maintainer object creation and also the subsequent modifications. Martin