admin-c in inetnum
- Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 10:35:22 +0200
Dear Registries,
Please note that this message is send to both the lir-wg and the
local-ir mailing lists. We would like all discussion to take place on
the lir-wg mailing list only.
We are re-evaluating the usage of the admin-c field in the inetnum
database object.
This is what ripe-185 currently says about the admin-c field:
The administrative person specified in the admin-c field must be
physically located at the site of the network. The person does not have
to have technical knowledge of the network. The technical person
specified in the tech-c field may be a network support person located
on site, but could also be a consultant that maintains the network for
the organisation. In both cases, more than one person can be specified.
We are wondering how the admin-c field is used in practice, and whether
it is really necessary for the administrative contact to be on-site.
Usually when something goes wrong with a network, people are meant to
try the technical contact to get things fixed. If that person cannot be
reached, however, the administrative contact should be somebody
responsible for the network who can in an emergency find someone who
can take care of the problems. The administrative person does not have
to have technical knowledge of the network, but should know who to
contact in case of problems. For this purpose it is not strictly
necessary for the administrative contact to be on-site. We therefore
propose a change to the policy- that the administrative contact should
be somebody who is responsible for the network, but does not
necessarily need to be on-site.
Please let us know your thoughts on this, we would especially like to
hear how these fields are used in real-life. Have you ever had the need
to contact the admin-c? Is it usefull for that person to be on-site or
not?
Kind regards,
Paula Caslav
RIPE NCC
