Re: Events of Tuesday, 27 October 1998
- Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 16:58:29 +0100
Dear Rimas Janusauskas,
We wish to correct this statement. When AUTO-# is used to
create a nic-handle, it uses the lowest available number
that is consistent with the initials of the name in the
"person" line of the object. "Holes" can and do exist,
but no-one should depend on this.
Rimas Janusauskas rimas@localhost writes:
* 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.
*
That is an interesting suggestion. Perhaps you should send it to the
mailing list of the Database Working Group, db-wg@localhost.
* best regards,
*
* Rimas Janusauskas,
* Taide Net Hostmaster
*
*
If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate
to contact ripe-dbm@localhost.
Regards,
Roman Karpiuk
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RIPE Database Administration.
