[db-wg] abuse-c

> > On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Rev Adrian Kennard wrote:
> > > It seems there is a pretty clear need for an extra field in
> > > inetnum and inet6num records, specifically something like an
> > > abuse-c field referencing a person record.
> > >
> > > A lot of inetnum records I have seen have a remarks field
> > > identifying the abuse ocntact, but this is in an inconsistent
> > > format making it difficult to automate in any way. It also
> > > seems that a lot of network administrators (admin-c) do not
> > > feel they should administer their network to remove viruses,
> > > etc, and get quite annoyed when contacted regarding abuse.
> > >
> > > What would be the procedure for proposing such a new field?

On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 03:47:36PM +0100, Christian Rasmussen wrote:
> Realistically I think the majority of inetnum objects needs to have
> such a record before anything will change. Therefore I believe it
> has to be mandatory for all new inetnum objects to reference an
> abuse address.

I suggest to make this mandatory for _all_ (new and existing) that
have a tech-c entry, by copying the tech-c entries.

Afterwards everyone can change his abuse-c, and I think most tools
will stop spamming all other email addresses shortly if enough people
ignore those reports that are sent multiple times.