[sig-db]APNIC-15 DB-SIG Report

[Xing Li <xing@cernet.edu.cn>]

Dear All,

Thank you ver much for participating in the DB-SIG.  Please see the
following
reports.

Best regards,

Xing Li
DB-SIG Chair

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APNIC DB SIG Report
Taipei 2003
Xing Li
2003-02-28
Goal
	This SIG examines developments in the operation of APNIC's Whois 
database and discuss related policy issues affecting registration
practices 
and database security.

The meeting
 	There are about 36 attendees 
 	Introduce of the Vice Chairman Hakikur Rahman (he could not 
        participate in this time)

Presentations
 	Proposal 1:
        Requirements for running a local 'Whois'
 	Speaker:George Michaelson, APNIC

        Proposal 2:
 	Proposal for data clean up in APNIC Whois
 	Speaker:Sanjaya, APNIC

 	Operational Status report on whois DB
 	Speaker: Sanjaya, APNIC

 	RIPE DB Developments
 	Speaker: Olaf Kolkman, RIPE NCC

 	Rwhois technical Overview/ ARIN design initiative
 	Speaker:Tim Christensen, ARIN

Proposal 1
 	Clarify operational and policy issues to permit more widespread 
        use of mirrored WHOIS services
 	Enhance member services
 	Improve information held on behalf of wider Internet community
Result: Will be discuss in the mailing-list, next meeting's action

Proposal 2
 	Remove whois records that are not related to actual resource
information
 	Remove resources information that are not in APNIC range
 	Modify records that are not RPSL compliant
 	Notes:
 	Removals/modification will be made after 60 days notice to the record
holders
 	Activities reported regularly in DB-SIG and AMM
Result: Agree, consensus: 12 vs 0

Discussions in the DB-SIG
 	Database usage analysis
 	Network abuse and spam
 	RIR vs. IETF process

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Open action items from last meeting
 	db14-001
 	Delete MAIL-FROM
Result:	done

 	db14-002
 	Create sample hierarchical inetnum objects with associated maintainer
objects 
Result:	Consensus Agreed to process

 	db14-003
 	Mandatory maintainers for inetnum objects
Result: next meeting's action

 	db14-004
 	Create a new AS object
Result: next meeting's action