18 Jul
2002
18 Jul
'02
1:54 p.m.
The IP address block 194.78.245.172/30 has a WHOIS contact, RD3539-RIPE, which lacks an email address.
wripe -t person % This is the RIPE Whois server. % The objects are in RPSL format. % Please visit http://www.ripe.net/rpsl for more information.
person: [mandatory] [single] [lookup key] [ ... ] e-mail: [optional] [multiple] [lookup key] [ ... ] ^^^^^^^^ And if we would make it required (I would not object, btw!) - how about registering the.pope@holy.see.vt ;-) When and how would we check the usefulness of the eMail entry? And how to deal with race conditions for new sites/networks? Puzzled. Wilfried.