> The current postal address information in the RIPE Database is in most > cases the location where network engineers are based.
yes. whois was originally intended to allow engineers to contact each other. this is a feature not a bug. > This proposal fixes an issue where, for multiple reasons such as tax, > costs or regulations, a company might be legally registered at one > location while its engineers are in another (or even in a different > country). this does not fix an issue, it breaks the intent of the whois data; repurposing it from operational utility to a tool for law enforcement. no thanks. randy
