is the database of rfc authors declared under the Data Protection Act
in the UK, with the reasons and uses?
if not, i am afraid this is illegal. if you visit the IETF in london,
you might be in for a surprise
otherwise, fine and good luck and it seems like a sensible service...
In message <0c5901c1113b$c32d8ed0$6601a8c0@CHIMERA>, Steve Conner typed:
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>>Hi folks,
>>
>>I guess it is time to come out of the shadows. As many of you know, =
>>Network Sorcery maintains a mirror site with the RFCs. Three years ago =
>>we started maintaining home pages for RFC authors so we could collect a =
>>listing of contact info, publications they have written and whatever bio =
>>info they want to reveal. The contact info gets stale over time.
>>
>>Yes it is true, we actually try to contact authors using the contact =
>>info in their latest RFC. It is also true that I send out a form letter =
>>requesting the info. Why would I want to compose the same letter over =
>>and over again? If we wanted to spam the largest number of authors this =
>>would be the group to send it to. I have tried to be descrete but I =
>>guess someone took offence at actually trying to contact him.
>>
>>It would certainly make my life easier if the IETF would provide a =
>>directory that the authors could update themselves. I have volunteered =
>>in the past to share this info with the IETF.
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cheers
jon
