------- Original Message ------- On Thursday, October 12th, 2023 at 18:59, Niels Bakker <niels=na...@bakker.net> wrote:
> RIPE have a policy that states Which is exactly what I said Neils. When I asked about it, they pointed me at a policy. Well hell, theoretically my company has a policy that describes zero-tolerance to spam. And yet if I published such a policy on the website, do you think spammers would adhere to it ? As for you implying it is impossible for a RIR to validate such information, just ask anyone who is a Nominet (.uk registry) member. Every year, Nominet do an audit of every member. They pull a random-sample of domains from each member and attempt to perform an automated check of end-user name and address details. If Nominet are unable to perform the automated check, then you receive an email from the Nominet compliance department asking for your assistance with a manual check (this happens rarely, Nominet's automated checks normally work). Nominet do not expect 100% perfection, there is a tolerance percentage. RIPE could do the same. And some might argue that it is easier for RIPE because all we are asking is for a valid abuse contact, so its not like Nominet who have to verify e.g. registrant company ID numbers.
