> > We need to take some action on these old NWIs. Either we move forward
> with them or we cancel them. It is difficult to draw a consensus on 2
> comments. Can you please give us a couple of minutes of your time and
> let us know if this NWI-1 is needed, useful or a waste of time.
>
> I share the view already expressed. If we need a tool, maybe the problem
> is somewhere else.
I support any proposal, that comes to the same result as the ripe whois
database tool.
It's not really hard to do correctly.
#! /bin/sh
getripe="whois -h whois.ripe.net --"
$getripe -rL -T inetnum,inet6num "$1" | egrep '^org:' | while read ot ov; do
$getripe -r -T organisation $ov | egrep '^abuse-c:' | while read at av; do
$getripe -r $av | fgrep abuse-mailbox
done
done | tail -1
In order to fix the issue on the database side, it's necessary to prevent any
occurrence of "abuse-mailbox" in all objects beside an newly created
"abuse-contact" type, which is only allowed to referenced in the "abuse-c".
See here for a corner case:
https://lutz.donnerhacke.de/eng/Blog/Antispammers-and-Abuse-C
