On Apr 19, 2007, at 5:22 PM, Shane Kerr wrote: [...]
(*) For example, a worse problem would be referencing the wrong person/role object. This can happen like so:
- Person object X created - Months pass... - Person object X deleted by this process - Person object Y created with same "nic-hdl:" as object X - User who created person object X decides to use it, but actually refers to object Y (since it has the same "nic-hdl:")
The user who created person object X assumes it is still fine, because the usual notification was not received, and in any case it was probably protected by "mnt-by:".
Of course, this is an unlikely corner case. :)
This case could also be avoided by making it impossible to re-use a nic-hdl. I believe that is already the case for organisation objects. Putting it in place for person and role objects would probably be a good thing. But I doubt it's an urgent requirement and I wouldn't want to delay this cleanup. Regards, -- Leo Vegoda IANA Numbers Liaison