[db-wg] RIPE Bulk WHOIS change anonymization

I support this change, also to the FTP snapshots where they have
annoyed me in the past.

Of course, it doesn't necessarily bear any resemblance to the actual
date of the last change, but there is no purpose I can see in
redacting it.

Regards,

David

On 17 June 2014 15:22, Micha <michael_oelke at freenet.de> wrote:
> Hi Ripe Team,
>
> I asked your DB Managers and they suggested to forward my question to you.
> I hope that I don't unnecessarily spam you, but I couldn't find this in your
> db-wg archive with a quick look.
>
> Question:
> Is it possible to keep the actual "date" of the "changed:" line
> unanonymized?
> By now it's always:         changed:        unread at ripe.net 20000101
> I get that you want to protect personal data like the mail adresses in this
> field, but I can't see how this date could harm anyone.
>
> I would like to use this date field for research purpose and I am happy
> about your answers!
>
> Michael Oelke
>
> Institute of Information Systems
> Humboldt-University Berlin
>
>



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