[db-wg] Deprecation of whitepages
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Janos Zsako
zsako at iszt.hu
Thu Jan 28 12:04:58 CET 2021
Dear Working Group, I agree with the deprecation of the "white pages" in the RIPE DB. In fact, I think they never worked as planned/anticipated. The GDPR related considerations make their use even more difficult. Best regards, Janos 2021. 01. 28. 11:53 keltezéssel, denis walker via db-wg írta: > Colleagues > > Way back in 2008 it was suggested that the RIPE Database could be used > for linking people well known within the network operating industry. > The concept of 'whitepages' was introduced. This was an ORGANISATION > object (ORG-PAGE1-RIPE) with 'org-type: WHITEPAGES' that could be > referenced by PERSON objects to override the automatic deletion of > PERSON objects not referenced by any resource object. In today's > privacy world, it is a bad idea to use the RIPE Database as a phone > book. Currently there are only 4 people whose PERSON object references > this ORGANISATION object. (There are also 5 moderators referenced in > the ORGANISATION object who have probably long since forgotten they > had anything to do with it :) ) > > I think we should now deprecate this concept. LinkedIn is much more > suited to keeping in touch with networking people. Comments > appreciated... > > cheers > denis > co-chair DB-WG >
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