[23172] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Definition for "unattended operation"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven J. Sobol)
Sun Feb 28 16:22:03 1999
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 16:19:16 -0500
From: "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@nacs.net>
To: Sean Donelan <SEAN@SDG.DRA.COM>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <990228063125.2d517@SDG.DRA.COM>; from Sean Donelan on Sun, Feb 28, 1999 at 06:31:25AM -0600
On Sun, Feb 28, 1999 at 06:31:25AM -0600, Sean Donelan wrote:
> As far as listing additional contact information in the WHOIS database.
> I encourage providers to exchange contact information for the person(s)
> who is knowledgeable about the process and emergency shutdown
> procedures. However, I am beginning to think the WHOIS database
> operated by NSI no longer best serves the network operation community.
> I see little purpose in adding additional fields to a database which
> is so full of useless information already. Listing good contact
> information just results in those contacts becoming overwhelmed by
> spammers, vigilantes and UUNET telemarketing. The occasional
> appropriate message is likely to be lost, or not acted upon because
> of contact fatigue.
So, what do you suggest as an alternative?
--
Steve Sobol sjsobol@nacs.net (AKA support@nacs.net and abuse@nacs.net)
"The world is headed for mutiny/When all we want is unity"
--Creed, "One"
