[ncc-services-wg] @EXT: 2018-05 New Policy Proposal (Publication of Legal Address of Internet Number Resource Holder) - updating the proposal?

Il 08/10/18 17:46, Marcolla, Sara Veronica ha scritto:

> After all, the reasoning here is that if a resource holder is registered with a national company registry, they have a legal address which can be published.

Maybe the key to make everyone happy is the word "can" instead of 
"must". Why not make it optional?

If companies are in good faith or they like the idea then they will use 
it, and they will also be happy to maintain the data.
Otherwise it will be just a waste of time on another 
wrong/outdated/malicious dataset.
How fun it is to check the validity of a validated address?
Life is too short, right?

> This legal address is usually publicly available anyhow and can be then validated by the RIPE NCC.

Duplicating data instead of referencing it breaks the first database 
design rule.
Companies are forced by law to keep their chamber of commerce data up to 
date. THAT is the best source of information and it is readily 
available. Don't reinvent the wheel.

This proposal is can of worms:
- same data in many places is difficult to maintain and prone to errors
- doesn't stop bad actors
- quickly provides massive information to data harvesters and scammers

In my opinion this proposal is not the right way to identify a resource 
holder the way you dreamt.
It's not a elegant solution and in general I have a bad feeling about 
it, imagine a blunt tool that not only will make a poor job but also 
will bring a lot of frustration.

Ok for me if it is optional, otherwise I'm against.
Regards,

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