Unique NIC/RIPE/xxx-Handles

Tue Jul 27 05:49:31 CEST 1993

>So it makes sense to have a single handle: field and have
>the assigning agency identified by a prefix on the handle ?

I think it is better than creating new tags for each NIC.  But instead
of a prefix, how about:

handle:  XXXXYYY at ncc.ripe.net
handle:  CCDDD at internic.net
handle:  CCDDDDJP at nic.ad.jp

etc.?  Or, if that might confuse NIC handles with email addresses,
replacing the @ with another character?

-drc