Gert, > On 8/1/2026, at 18:45, Gert Doering <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 7/31/2026, at 16:41, Nick Hilliard <[email protected]> wrote: >>> The issue we have in the RIPE security wg, and before that, abuse-wg and >>> anti-spam-wg, is that the solutions being proposed involves changing the >>> nature of the RIPE NCC from a registry into an quasi-judicial and >>> enforcement body. Essentially the arguments are of the form which could >>> waspily be described as "politicians' logic": >> >> Technically, we crossed this line when we introduced not just the company >> names, but also their registration numbers into the RIPE Database. NWI-21. > > This very much sounds like a thing a registry would do, like, register > numbers and document who has them, in an unambiguous way? So which line > exactly was crossed by publishing more unambiguous holder info, for > legal entities?
Not all of the data collected by the registry should be published. Publishing an "official" identifier is a significant step to future steps towards technical and/or political restrictions based on the registry data. -- Best, Sergey ----- To unsubscribe from this mailing list or change your subscription options, please visit: https://mailman.ripe.net/mailman3/lists/security-wg.ripe.net/ As we have migrated to Mailman 3, you will need to create an account with the email matching your subscription before you can change your settings. More details at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/mail/mailman-3-migration/
