Privacy of info in IP requests [was: Re: Draft internic ip allocation doc]

  Dear Local-IR folks!
  
  I don't know how many of us are following the PI vs. PA address
  discussion on CIDRD and other lists, probably quite a few
  - apologies to those who now get just another copy - 
  but the message as appended below strung a cord inside me.

  More so after talking to people from the DE-NIC a while ago, who as I
  understood worried about security and privacy of the information stored
  at their premises.
  
  I'd be really interested in the point of view of others. 
  I recognize that we, being a SP registry for an R&D community might
  have have less stringent requirements, but even then the delimiting
  criteria become more and more blurred these days...
  
  Wilfried.
  
PS: Mike, apologies for not asking you before hitting the LOCAL-IR list, 
    but I think it's really something to think about...
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From: Mark Kosters <markk at internic.net>
Subject: Re: Draft internic ip allocation doc
To: peter at agis.net (Peter Kline)
Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 13:40:46 -0400 (EDT)
CC: markk at internic.net, nanog at merit.edu, cidrd at iepg.org, kimh at internic.net

>
> What's being asked for here is what a lot of businesses might consider
> proprietary or trade secret type information.  There are few secrets on the
> Internet, we all know, once the network is in place, but plans for expansion
> and new business ought to be confidential until the day the circuit is
> turned on.
>
> To an extent this problem can be mitigated by private IP numbering, etc.,
> but more and more I believe people will resist submitting this kind of
> information.

We are very sensitive to the privacy of this information - to the
point that the we are considered within the company to be fanatical on
not letting anyone who is not a part of this project be able to touch our 
net(s) or operations area in any way.

I've requested our lawyer to have a non-disclosure agreement ready
for those who would like to sign up to one before submitting confidential
information.

Mark

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Mark Kosters              markk at internic.net        +1 703 742 4795
Software Engineer   InterNIC Registration Services
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