On Wed, 11 May 2005, Shane Kerr wrote:
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 13:50:36 +0200 From: Shane Kerr <shane@ripe.net> To: Mark Prior <mrp@mrp.net> Cc: Rimas Janusauskas <Rimas.Janusauskas@sc.vu.lt>, db-wg@ripe.net Subject: Re: [db-wg] Whois changes
Mark Prior wrote:
Rimas Janusauskas wrote:
IMHO preferable solution is to modify "changed:" attribute format: changed: <e-mail address> with automatically generated timestamp.
The software, at least IRRd, does this. I never add timestamps. I also use nobody@aarnet.edu.au as the email address to avoid SPAM reports sent to the poor DB updater.
The RIPE Whois software also works like this.
changed: shane@ripe.net
Will become:
changed: shane@ripe.net 20050511
If added today.
If... The key idea of my suggestion was do not allow "pour updater" ((C)Mark Prior :) set timestamps or ignore them (your previous message proves) Shane> A user can put almost any "changed:" value that they want. I could Shane> update my person object today to have this value: Shane> Shane> changed: ripe-dbm@ripe.net 19901215 Best regards, Rimas Janusauskas