Dear Local-IR folks! I don't know how many of us are following the PI vs. PA address discussion on CIDRD and other lists, probably quite a few - apologies to those who now get just another copy - but the message as appended below strung a cord inside me. More so after talking to people from the DE-NIC a while ago, who as I understood worried about security and privacy of the information stored at their premises. I'd be really interested in the point of view of others. I recognize that we, being a SP registry for an R&D community might have have less stringent requirements, but even then the delimiting criteria become more and more blurred these days... Wilfried. PS: Mike, apologies for not asking you before hitting the LOCAL-IR list, but I think it's really something to think about... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilfried Woeber : e-mail: Woeber@CC.UniVie.ac.at Computer Center - ACOnet : Vienna University : Tel: +43 1 4065822 355 Universitaetsstrasse 7 : Fax: +43 1 4065822 170 A-1010 Vienna, Austria, Europe : NIC: WW144 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Kosters <markk@internic.net> Subject: Re: Draft internic ip allocation doc To: peter@agis.net (Peter Kline) Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 13:40:46 -0400 (EDT) CC: markk@internic.net, nanog@merit.edu, cidrd@iepg.org, kimh@internic.net
What's being asked for here is what a lot of businesses might consider proprietary or trade secret type information. There are few secrets on the Internet, we all know, once the network is in place, but plans for expansion and new business ought to be confidential until the day the circuit is turned on.
To an extent this problem can be mitigated by private IP numbering, etc., but more and more I believe people will resist submitting this kind of information.
We are very sensitive to the privacy of this information - to the point that the we are considered within the company to be fanatical on not letting anyone who is not a part of this project be able to touch our net(s) or operations area in any way. I've requested our lawyer to have a non-disclosure agreement ready for those who would like to sign up to one before submitting confidential information. Mark -- Mark Kosters markk@internic.net +1 703 742 4795 Software Engineer InterNIC Registration Services --------------------------------------------------------------------------------