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Not yet NWIs: Support for IDNs
by Leo Vegoda 24 May '20

24 May '20

Hi, At RIPE 80, Denis asked for feedback on some items that are not yet NWIs, including internationalized domain names. My feedback is that the RIPE Database should support internationalized e-mail addresses. The RIPE region includes a number of countries that use a non-Latin script. Most of these countries have an IDN version of their ccTLD and there are also a number of IDN gTLDs serving these language communities. People who register in those domains will want to use them for e-mail. If an organization using an IDN is required to set up a secondary e-mail address to register information in the RIPE Database there is a greater risk that the published contact information will go stale as it is not the organization's primary domain. That would undermine the utility of the RIPE Database. Kind regards, Leo Vegoda

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Fw: Regarding NWI-8 phase 2 - user defined auth groups
by ripedenis＠yahoo.co.uk 14 May '20

14 May '20

Hi Tore Sorry if you misunderstood what I meant. I didn't say that 'you' proposed this. I said only 'the proposer' of having user defined groups wanted it. I couldn't remember who it was who suggested it. It may have even been myself who first suggested that this 'could' be extended to user groups and then picked up by someone else :) cheersdenis co-chair DB-WG On Thursday, 14 May 2020, 16:24:47 CEST, Tore Anderson via db-wg <db-wg(a)ripe.net> wrote: The following was stated in the db-wg session just now (https://ripe80.ripe.net/archives/video/377/ @ 1:03): «Phase 2 was user defined authentication groups. Nobody objected to this, but really only the proposer actually said it was a good idea.» This is categorically false. I did not propose this, nor did I think it was a particularly useful feature (at least not to myself). For the record, the thread where I proposed this feature starts here: https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum/db-wg/PGExMTJhNDAyLWUxYTAtZDhlN… I believe it was Nick Hilliard who initially came up with the group idea: https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum/db-wg/PGExMTJhNDAyLWUxYTAtZDhlN… While I did not have any objections per se to this feature being implemented as well, I did voice a concern that it would constitute feature creep that would potentially complicate the implementation of the core of my proposal (which in the end was implemented as phase 1, fortunately): https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum/db-wg/PGExMTJhNDAyLWUxYTAtZDhlN… So let me for the record categorically state that I do not care about the user defined authentication groups phase of NWI-8. I am perfectly happy with the already implemented phase 1, as that covers everything I ever wanted from the «magic maintainer» proposal of mine that eventually became NWI-8. Tore

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Regarding NWI-8 phase 2 - user defined auth groups
by Tore Anderson 14 May '20

14 May '20

The following was stated in the db-wg session just now (https://ripe80.ripe.net/archives/video/377/ @ 1:03): «Phase 2 was user defined authentication groups. Nobody objected to this, but really only the proposer actually said it was a good idea.» This is categorically false. I did not propose this, nor did I think it was a particularly useful feature (at least not to myself). For the record, the thread where I proposed this feature starts here: https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum/db-wg/PGExMTJhNDAyLWUxYTAtZDhlN… I believe it was Nick Hilliard who initially came up with the group idea: https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum/db-wg/PGExMTJhNDAyLWUxYTAtZDhlN… While I did not have any objections per se to this feature being implemented as well, I did voice a concern that it would constitute feature creep that would potentially complicate the implementation of the core of my proposal (which in the end was implemented as phase 1, fortunately): https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum/db-wg/PGExMTJhNDAyLWUxYTAtZDhlN… So let me for the record categorically state that I do not care about the user defined authentication groups phase of NWI-8. I am perfectly happy with the already implemented phase 1, as that covers everything I ever wanted from the «magic maintainer» proposal of mine that eventually became NWI-8. Tore

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Agenda RIPE80 - Database Working Group
by William Sylvester 10 May '20

10 May '20

All, Db-wg members, Here’s the database working group agenda for our meeting this week. Best regards, DB-WG Chairs A. Introduction - 1 min * Welcome * Scribe * Jabber * Agenda B. Operational Update RIPE Database – 10 mins Edward Shryane, RIPE NCC C. Cloud Migration – 15 mins Edward Shryane, RIPE NCC D. NWI - Open Proposals – 20 mins Z. AOB (open discussion)

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Whois Release 1.97.1
by Edward Shryane 06 May '20

06 May '20

Dear Working Group, RIPE Database release 1.97.1 has been deployed to the Release Candidate environment. We plan to deploy to production on Wednesday 6th May. This is a bugfix release, with no new functionality. The release notes are on the website: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/release-notes/ripe-database-rel… More information on the Release Candidate environment can be found on our website: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/release-notes/rc-release-candid… Please let us know if you find any issues with this release in the RC environment. Regards Ed Shryane RIPE NCC

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RIPE Database Requirements Task Force BoF
by Bijal Sanghani 06 May '20

06 May '20

Dear colleagues, The RIPE Database Requirements Task Force (DBTF) will organise its BoF on Wednesday, 6 May from 14h00-15h00 CEST via Zoom. During this BoF, the DBTF will present its latest work and invite participants to discuss what functionality the RIPE Database should provide in the future. The presentation will include quick polls and will be followed by a moderated Q&A. You can register for the BoF at (no Zoom account required): https://ripe.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkd-yhrz4uHNDuOIBm8hGvcj8DSDK1Ybog <https://ripe.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkd-yhrz4uHNDuOIBm8hGvcj8DSDK1Ybog> We look forward to discussing the future of the RIPE Database with you! Kind regards, Bijal Sanghani on behalf of the DBTF

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New on RIPE Labs: Cleaning Up Locked Person Objects in the RIPE Database
by Mirjam Kuehne 30 Apr '20

30 Apr '20

Dear colleagues, Unmaintained person objects in the RIPE Database were locked by the RIPE NCC so they could not be used to hijack resources. Now we plan to set the correct user maintainer on those person objects. Please find more details in this RIPE Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/ed_shryane/cleaning-up-locked-person-objects-… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC Executive Board election
by Ronald F. Guilmette 17 Apr '20

17 Apr '20

Greetings all, I know that all is not right with the world right now, and that most of you, like me, have much more pressing things on your minds right now, but someone just sent me the following link and I cannot exactly ignore it: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2020/confirmed-ca… I would like to call everyone's attention to the last of the three candidates who have, it seems, "qualified" as candidates for open seats of the RIPE NCC Executive Board. As I have already said, I know that things are bad in the world right now, but I must ask this question: Is there really no one other than these three candidates who is willing and/or able to stand for the three open seats on the RIPE NCC Executive board... three open seats that will be voted on at the next general meeting, 13-15 May 2020 ? If not, then it seems that RIPE NCC will soon be following in the new tradition, established first by AFRINIC only last year, of placing well and widely known crooks on it board. I desperately hope it won't come to that, but that is not for me to decide. The decision is in your hands dear friends. Regards, rfg

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poetic-form mnt-by/creation
by Cynthia Revström 14 Apr '20

14 Apr '20

Hello DB-WG, I would just like to make the working group aware of the fact that currently anyone can create a new poetic-form and it doesn't require the LIM-MNT to be used. I am not sure if this is intended or not, but I thought it was worth posting about if anyone has input on it. Considering the poem objects require the LIM-MNT as mnt-by I don't think this was really the intended situation. - Cynthia

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Whois Release 1.97
by Edward Shryane 01 Apr '20

01 Apr '20

Dear Working Group, RIPE Database release 1.97 has been deployed to the Release Candidate environment. We plan to deploy to production on Wednesday 1st April. The major change in this release is to open the NRTM service (regardless of membership status). The release notes are on the website: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/release-notes/ripe-database-rel… More information on the Release Candidate environment can be found on our website: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/release-notes/rc-release-candid… Please let us know if you find any issues with this release in the RC environment. Regards Ed Shryane RIPE NCC

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