Re: Obtaining the address of a LIR for an object

[Martin Stanislav ms@localhost]

On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 07:10:29PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Martin Stanislav:
> 
> > Though, there is a possibility a particular maintainer object 
> > has been introduced into whois DB be a non-LIR entity. 
> 
> But then there would be a suitable changed: line, wouldn't it?

Well, changed attribute is manadatory so there should be at least 
one for every maintainer object returned.  Nowadays, one has to 
use '-B' whois switch to get back the changed atribute: 

# whois -h whois.ripe.net '-h'
...
% -B               Disables the filtering of "notify:", "changed:" and "e-mail:"
%                  attributes.
...

AFAIK it's technically possible to replace the original changed 
atribute provided you are able to pass one of the objects' mnt-by 
maintainer check (password/signature).  This is something one 
shouldn't do - original changed atribute value should be kept. 

> 
> Does RIPE NCC provide the data upon formal request from the relevant
> authorities?
> 

Don't have any experience so can't comment on this.  I expect archive 
whould contain at least the original submission requesting the 
maintainer object creation and also the subsequent modifications.

Martin