Changes in the "changed" field

Dear all,

There have been concerns lately about e-mail addresses in the "changed" fields 
being used to send unsolicited e-mail messages. Please review this discussions 
in the mailing archives. Archives for the RIPE mailing lists are available at 
http://www/info/maillists.html

After deliberations in the db-wg mailing list, the RIPE NCC suggests the 
implementation of the following changes:

- By default changed fields won't be shown in queries.
- These fields can be retrieved using a query option (whois -c).
- These fields will not be compared against incoming data when deleting the 
object.

The RIPE NCC would appreciate comments on the mentioned changes before 
implementation begins.
The comment period will be a week since the posting of this message. Please 
direct your comments directly to the RIPE NCC using the ripe-dbm at ripe.net 
mailbox.

The changes will be implemented in the next release of the RIPE DB code, due 
July 15th, 1998.

Best regards,
Joao Damas
RIPE DB group
RIPE NCC