[anti-abuse-wg] New on RIPE Labs: How We Will Be Validating abuse-c

Dear Ronald,

Please allow me to provide some clarification.

On 2018-10-11 21:17:03 CET, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
> Maybe you should elaborate and explain.  I would appreciate it if you did.
> 
> I'm sure that will be enlightening and educational, at least for me, as
> I'm still not even sure that I fully grasp or understand the concept of
> "legacy" resources within the RIPE region.  (Up till now I had always
> been told that "legacy" resources only existed as such within the ARIN
> region.)
> 

The RIPE Policy "RIPE NCC Services to Legacy Internet Resource Holders" states in its scope:
"[...] Any existing or future RIPE policy referring to resources shall not apply to legacy resources unless the policy explicitly includes legacy resources in its scope. [...]"
https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-639#1-2-scope

The RIPE Policy  "Abuse Contact Management in the RIPE Database" does not fulfil this requirement.

It would require a successful policy proposal to change that. In 2016 such proposal was made, but the proposer decided to withdraw the proposal due to the inability to find an acceptable agreement which satisfied all parties.
https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2016-01

I hope this clarifies.

Kind regards,

Marco Schmidt
Policy Officer
RIPE NCC

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