Daniel Karrenberg wrote:
Joao Luis Silva Damas <joao@ripe.net> writes: May be nic handle reuse would be something to talk about in RIPE 32 during the db-wg meeting, Wilfried ?
Definitely seconded. My proposal: Do not re-use handles at all. This prevents a lot of problems and also makes the references unique *over time*. This makes questions of the form: "Who have the administrative contacts of this inetnum since 1995?" *much* easier to answer quickly.
Is that wise? See the InterNIC and handles... A handle should not be reused within a certain period of time (days, weeks?), but a reuse should most certainly be possible. Otherwise we may end up with something like ns84986-ripe or something. It is not that bad yet, of course, but it will come...? I can only speak for myself, but I do look for ppl already having a handle and see if it reusable or referenced somewhere else when transferring a domain to us. As long as some still do that, reusing is a nice-to-have option. Or what do you mean by saying "reuse" ? Regards, Alexander Koch -- SGH Internet Division, Alexander Koch, Systems Administration Hannover, Germany, Phone +49 511 909198 0, Fax +49 511 391307