Re: Events of Tuesday, 27 October 1998
- Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 09:00:22 +0100 (NFT)
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
