Events of Tuesday, 27 October 1998

On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, RIPE Database Administration wrote:

> When a person object is deleted, its nic-handle is available for  
> re-use immediately. Therefore, you may find that a nic-handle now 
> points to a different person or role object.  We recommend that you 
> check the consistency of your data i.e. see if the nic-handles in the 
> admin-c, tech-c, and zone-c lines of your objects refer to the correct 
> person or role objects.

It's true, that nic-handle is available for re-use, but it
could be (re)created only using directly. 
If AUTO-# is used to creat new nic handle, bigest 
value+1 is choosen although "holes" exists.

> Please note
> that it is the users responsibility to restore their own data.
> We would like to stress that the RIPE NCC operates the RIPE Database, 
> however the responsibility for managing user data lies with the users. 

Is it possible implement such feature, that "e-mail" attribute(s) 
should be used as "notify" as well. In that case nic handle holder 
will be always informed about (un)expected changes.

best regards,

        Rimas Janusauskas,
        Taide Net Hostmaster