Re: updating a person object

[Alexander Koch <]

Daniel Karrenberg wrote:
>   > Joao Luis Silva Damas joao@localhost writes:
>   > May be nic handle reuse would be something to talk about in RIPE 32 during 
>   > the db-wg meeting, Wilfried ?
> 
> Definitely seconded.
> My proposal: Do not re-use handles at all. This prevents a lot of problems
> and also makes the references unique *over time*. This makes questions
> of the form: "Who have the administrative contacts of this inetnum since
> 1995?" *much* easier to answer quickly.

Is that wise? See the InterNIC and handles...
A handle should not be reused within a certain period of time (days,
weeks?), but a reuse should most certainly be possible. Otherwise
we may end up with something like ns84986-ripe or something. It is
not that bad yet, of course, but it will come...?

I can only speak for myself, but I do look for ppl already having a
handle and see if it reusable or referenced somewhere else when
transferring a domain to us. As long as some still do that, reusing
is a nice-to-have option.

Or what do you mean by saying "reuse" ?

Regards,
Alexander Koch

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