RIPE Handle document

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>     	The problem of delay in registrations by "regional"
>     	registries could perhaps be overcome by an automated
>     	"handle assignment" service by RIPE, where a handle
>     	could be obtained interactively by authorised persons.
>     Given the turnaround-time with the new DB-software,
>     I really don't see where there is potential for delay
>     in registering objects?
>     But maybe we could (on paper) relax the rules a bit to
>     officially allow the registration of person objects that
>     are not (yet) referenced by other objects. 
>     The software never prohibited this, as much as I know.
> As NL domain registrar I'm used to honouring requests
> for (new) registrations as soon as possible. I don't
> like a registration to become a multi-stage procedure:
> - register the domain and associated person(s) in
>   my NL database;
> - wait till the whole business has been submitted
>   to the RIPE database (weekly, automated);
> - see what handles RIPE has assigned and add them
>   to the entries in my NL database;
> - wait again till the stuff has been sent to RIPE.
> Even if I would make the submission a daily one, it
> would still take several days before the registration
> in my NL database and in the RIPE database have been
> finalised. If RIPE would provide an interactive way
> of obtaining a handle, then there would be no delay.
> 
> 	Piet

Piet,

you've clearly expressed the same worries I actually have: I don't like
the RIPE registration process to become not as fast and easy as it is now!
But I don't see why the solution of distributing Internet handles
assignment (the actual way is not the point: using number ranges, appending
different suffixes, ...) is not taken in serious consideration.

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