[ncc-services-wg] Re: [db-wg] Clean up of unreferenced person/role objects
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Leo Vegoda
leo.vegoda at icann.org
Thu Apr 19 19:11:25 CEST 2007
On Apr 19, 2007, at 5:22 PM, Shane Kerr wrote: [...] > (*) For example, a worse problem would be referencing the wrong > person/role object. This can happen like so: > > - Person object X created > - Months pass... > - Person object X deleted by this process > - Person object Y created with same "nic-hdl:" as object X > - User who created person object X decides to use it, but actually > refers to object Y (since it has the same "nic-hdl:") > > The user who created person object X assumes it is still fine, because > the usual notification was not received, and in any case it was > probably protected by "mnt-by:". > > Of course, this is an unlikely corner case. :) This case could also be avoided by making it impossible to re-use a nic-hdl. I believe that is already the case for organisation objects. Putting it in place for person and role objects would probably be a good thing. But I doubt it's an urgent requirement and I wouldn't want to delay this cleanup. Regards, -- Leo Vegoda IANA Numbers Liaison
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