Dear colleagues, NWI-14 was implemented in Whois 1.107 which was deployed to production today.
Accordingly I've marked NWI-14 as finished on the Numbered Work Items page: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/numbered-work-items Regards Ed Shryane RIPE NCC > On 11 May 2023, at 14:37, Edward Shryane via db-wg <db-wg@ripe.net> wrote: > > Dear Colleagues, > > Following is an update for NWI-14, to protect references to objects in the > RIPE database. > > Problem Definition > ------------------ > > Ref. https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/db-wg/2022-March/007320.html > > Solution Definition > ------------------- > > To protect references to person, role, mntner, irt objects, I propose adding > an optional, multiple, "mnt-ref:" attribute to those object types. > > This attribute will work the same for these object types as on the existing > organisation type. > > Impact Analysis > --------------- > > Low impact on Whois. The "mnt-ref:" attribute already exists on the > organisation object as a mandatory attribute. Usage of this attribute will be > the same for the new object types. > > The main impact to adding this attribute is that Whois updates referencing > one of these objects may require authorisation from *multiple* maintainers > (i.e. the object maintainer and the reference maintainer, if they are > different). This is the same as for the organisation object, however most > references to an organisation use the same maintainer. If multiple > maintainers are necessary, each can be added as a separate "mnt-ref:" > attribute on the referenced object. > > This attribute is optional. If any adverse impact is observed, the attribute > can be removed again from the referenced object. > > Please reply with any feedback. If there are no objections, the DB team will > implement this change in the next Whois release. > > Regards > Ed Shryane > RIPE NCC > > > >> On 9 May 2022, at 15:00, denis walker <ripede...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Colleagues >> >> The chairs propose creating NWI-14 for expanding the optional use of >> the "mnt-ref:" attribute to protect objects from accidental or >> intentional mis-representation of responsibility. >> >> See slide 14 of this presentation for the problem definition: >> https://ripe78.ripe.net/presentations/129-RIPE78-Operational-Update.pdf >> >> We ask the RIPE NCC to add NWI-14 to the list. >> >> cheers >> denis >> co-chair DB-WG > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, get a password reminder, or change > your subscription options, please visit: > https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/db-wg -- To unsubscribe from this mailing list, get a password reminder, or change your subscription options, please visit: https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/db-wg
