[db-wg] Proposal: key-cert update procedure change

On 2002-12-11 15:00:47 +0300, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> changing today our key-cert objects, I'd encounter a bit of
> inconvenience: one can't cut'n'paste key-cert object from whois
> request: [s]he should manually delete method/owner/fingerpr
> attributes.
> 
> My suggestion is:
> 
> if one of r/o attributes exists in the object processed, DB should
> check whether auto-computed value of the attribute matches supplied
> value;
> - if yes, no error/warning should be produced
> - if no -- it should of course be reported; I think, it's up to the
>   community to decide whether this condition should be treated as
>   error or simply as warning.

I think this is a great idea for all generated attributes.

> I think, the same procedure should be also applied to other de-facto
> read-only attributes, such as person name in person object.

What is the suggestion exactly?  To produce a warning on changing of
person/role names?

-- 
Shane Kerr
RIPE NCC