Hi Ed, That sounds like a much better timeline. :)
Thanks for the update, I understand you don't want to delay it even further. -Cynthia On Thu, 4 Dec 2025, 15:35 Edward Shryane, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Cynthia, > > > On 3 Dec 2025, at 16:12, Cynthia Revström <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Ed, > > > > I think this is a good idea however I would advocate for pushing it back > another 2-4 weeks, maybe February instead of January? > > > > This is because the first step in your plan (on 2026-01-05) takes place > as a fair number of people might still be on holiday (at least here in > Sweden many are). > > Even if they aren't still on holiday that might be their first day back > so they might not have had time to prepare. > > > > Thanks for letting me know. We need to balance removing password support > in a timely fashion with not causing operational problems for our users. > > How about moving the first step to Wednesday 14th January at midday? This > gives operators more time, and mid-week rather than the beginning of a week. > > To ensure the community is notified properly, in addition to notifying the > DB-WG, we will also notify all maintainers with passwords beforehand, using > all values in : > * mntner {notify, mnt-nfy, upd-to, e-mail} attribute values > * {notify, e-mail} attribute values in all tech-c references in all mntners > > We can also start to send notifications earlier, i.e. before the break for > Christmas and New Year. > > Then also move the Whois release which removes password support into > February. I don't want to delay this too long. > > Regards > Ed Shryane > RIPE NCC > > >
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