[db-wg] Should the "e-mail" attribute be mandatory for the "person" object?

>> But I strongly believe that every inetnum _needs_ an email address,
>> one which reaches a human with authority to deal with abuse issues
>> relating to that netblock.
> Please be aware that there is an object that is available for
> documenting Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT).  This
> is the irt object, [...]

Well, I-the-abuse-victim (usually but not necessarily spam recipient)
don't much care whether it's done with an irt object or with a person
object, as long as I can locate somewhere useful to write to. :-)

> It is not currently a requirement to have a way to deal with abuse
> issues to be allocated or assigned IP space in the RIPE NCC service
> region.

That needs to be fixed, then.  (Actually, I believe that the RIPE
should have all its address space taken away from it by the IANA until
it gets fixed; nobody should have address space without being
contactable about abuse issues.  And yes, I recognize that this isn't
going to happen.)

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