RE: admin-c in inetnum
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 10:16:58 +0200
Hi,
In our experience with admin-c, we always assigned it to
the contact person of the customer.
We also do not bother to explain what the role of the admin-c
is. Some even suggested us to talk to their company's lawyer!
So I never bothered asking again.
I agree that the admin-c field may not be physically located
at the site of the network and also would allow the tech-c and
admin-c to be the same person.
Regards,
Duncan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-local-ir@localhost [
Behalf
> Of Paula Caslav
> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 10:35 AM
> Cc: local-ir@localhost
> Subject: admin-c in inetnum
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
