On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Jimmy Hess <mysi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/27/13, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu <valdis.kletni...@vt.edu> wrote: > > On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 20:18:52 -0500, Jimmy Hess said: > > I have to admit that this is the biggest can-o-worms suggestion > I've > seen all week. > > (Hint: our org chart says I work in our Network Storage and Backup > > group - the lurker in the next cubicle does our abuse@ handling but > > My implication was not that ORG charts or person's actual job should > be looked at. By vetted; I meant the person was subject to a > background check, and also proved that they have technical knowledge. > > That's about "reducing noise" by providing contacts that can only be > accessed by people who proved they knew well enough what they were > doing, to avoid submitting "false outage reports"; for example, > so they wouldn't be the people complaining to the hosting > provider's IP technical contact about some random customer web > server spitting out 404 pages.. > > In other words --- they would have passed a knowledge proof, showing > they deserve the right to bypass "Level 1 call center drones". > > > E.g. to gain enhanced access in a world with 'an additional level of > whois access' > Step 1... > 1. Submit an application with a nominal fee, explain to the RIR > your periodic use of WHOIS, and how you would benefit from seeing > 'special contacts' data; also including signed NDA regarding > 'enhanced' extra contact information. > > 2. Pay ongoing fees for criminal/spammer background checks, with > results forwarded to the RIR. > > 3. Show up at a RIR meeting, and sign the guest list -- or > otherwise, get other members of the community to vouch for your > character and technical capability, or, as an alternative show > technical credentials in the form of an earned professional level > networking industry certification requiring a performance-based lab > assessment with advanced network troubleshooting of Layer 1 through 4 > on real equipment. > If you're going to *that* level of validation, just join INOC-DBA and be done with it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INOC-DBA Matt > Those were some examples. > > I didn't mean to imply "Ask to see companies' org charts, try to > untangle the mess for every AS, and examine job descriptions" > > > -- > -JH > >
