[db-wg] mntner object updates by mail

> Mail updates have 2 reasons to exist:
> - massive, bulk updates that would otherwise take too long to execute;
> - fire & forget, just send in the update and it would get processed
> eventually no matter what.
> 
> In the age of REST APIs, neither of the above stands anymore.
> Currently mailupdates is kept as a fallback and/or legacy interface.

IIRC, there is an update limit for the current REST API (something like
2000 updates per day)

> I think what you really want is being able to authenticate via REST
> API, so that you would be able to query and update your own objects
> without any kind of dummification or accounting process. Maybe even be
> able to use an APIKEY over https for a simple way of authentication?

the REST API uses the maintainer password via HTTPS. see also
https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/whois/wiki/WHOIS-REST-API for further
details. there are also some client libraries for the REST API out there.

Best regards,
Alex

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