On 20 Oct 2010, at 20:29, Daniel Roesen wrote:
I will definately NOT send a plain copy of my passport around.
+1.
Nowhere else is such a drastic measure ever required, except buying ammunition and firearms via mailorder.
Clearly you've never tried buying beer at a US stadium.... Or opened a bank account recently. :-(
Asking for that to get a few numbers assigned is plain over the top.
I sort of agree. But there are trade-offs here. If you don't like the current policy, you are welcome to suggest changes. The policy making machinery is open to everyone.
[and RIPE NCC wouldn't be able to verify the validity of that ID copy anyway, so this is bogus in the first place]
Not quite. Demanding passports may well be unreasonable. [I wonder how this policy can be applied to people who don't have passports or driving licences and live in enlightened countries that don't have ID cards?] However, the NCC does need to have some way of verifying the identity the other party to the agreement. A government-issued identity document is the easiest way to do that. Perhaps there could be (electronic?) alternatives: eg PGP signatures signed by someone already known to the NCC.