Re: [db-wg] how to ensure the whois records have valid email addresses ?

[Jérôme Bouat <jerome.bouat@localhost]

> But where there are multiple conflicting methods for a
> provider and some messages bounce
> you can be fairly sure that they aren't
> interested in acting on reports.
> If that's the case then you can adjust your
> effort and actions accordingly.

Then why not stopping to host the whois databases on the Internet since 
they aren't maintained ?
Leo Vegoda a écrit :
> On 09/06/2009 2:24, "Jérôme Bouat" <jerome.bouat@localhost wrote:
>
> > Hello Leo,
> >
> > The issue is that the IRT objects returns wrong information.
> >
> > For example, the below command:
> > "whois -h whois.ripe.net 87.14.213.17"
> > returns the below result:
> > "e-mail:         ripe-staff@localhost"
> It's not that they have an IRT object with bad contact information but that
> they don't have one. That's why I wrote:
>
> > > I thought networks who wanted to be contacted about security and abuse
> > > problems registered an IRT object:
> Not having an IRT object does not mean that you won't get an answer when you
> mail the right address, which seem to be the the abuse-mailbox attribute in
> their role object. But where there are multiple conflicting methods for a
> provider and some messages bounce you can be fairly sure that they aren't
> interested in acting on reports. If that's the case then you can adjust your
> effort and actions accordingly.
>
> Regards,
>
> Leo