Hi, On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:25:32AM +0200, Denis Walker wrote:
It was clear from the discussions at RIPE 64 that we need to change the initial implementation of hiding the hashes for MD5 passwords in MNTNER objects. A suggestion was made to keep the "auth:" attributes in place. If the authentication token is an MD5 password we will remove the hash value. All PGP and X.509 values will remain unchanged.
I like this - for mntners with PGP-only, it means the "classic" edit cycle ("whois, save to file, edit, send back") will work again. For mntners with MD5, the MD5 hash *is* protected - and security is always a trade-off against convenience, so I see this as acceptable compromise. Gert Doering -- no hats -- have you enabled IPv6 on something today...? SpaceNet AG Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Aufsichtsratsvors.: A. Grundner-Culemann D-80807 Muenchen HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen) Tel: +49 (89) 32356-444 USt-IdNr.: DE813185279