[rpd] New proposal - "AfriNIC Whois Database Update Process" (AFPUB-2014-GEN-001-DRAFT-01)

Sun May 18 14:44:19 UTC 2014

Hello Kofi and all,

Kindly take note that my featuring on this particular thread is as the PDWG
Co-Chair and by such i may not be able to directly respond to your
comments(unless its directly related to PDP processes).

However, I presume the author of this policy has received all the
comments/question and will soon directly respond to them.

Author:Jean Robert Hountomey
jrhountomey at gmail.com

Thanks

Seun Ojedeji
PDWG Co-Chair

On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Kofi ansa akufo <kofi.ansa at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello Seun and All
>
> 1. What are some of the specific challenges facing AfriNIC that this
> policy seeks to address other than the general problem of outdated POC NOT
> responding to correspondences?
>
> Is it challenges to communication of annual membership fees renewal
> invoices?
>
> Is it challenges of no response to ABUSE request information?
>
> I believe the current specifics should be stated to see how best the
> policy can be discussed / debated to tackle the issues.
>
> 2. I will like to see "may" in all the clauses changed to "shall" or
> "will" to leave no room for ambiguity or misinterpretation. In other words
> to be explicit as to action to be taken.
>
> 3. I believe policies when ratified are guidelines we all agree to. Let us
> not leave anything to AfriNIC or staff of AfriNIC be it "at their
> discretion" or "internal process" where these may become subjective to
> flaws and personal interpretation or double standards. What are the current
> methods of communication used to reach members? E-mail? Phone call? SMS?
> Snail mail? Perhaps a policy in this direction to be referenced by all
> other communication processes.
>
> Again I site an example of a "90 day application expiry" as a so called
> "internal process" which is contrary to what is defined in RSA and staff of
> AfriNIC fail to communicate to applicant. This the applicant had to
> threaten with legal address before changes to decision was made recently.
>
> Let's endeavour to make standard Policies (thorough) that will leave
> little decisions disguised as "AfriNIC staff discretion" or "internal
> process" that can make interpretation of the policies biased.
>
> Cheers
>
> Kofi
> On May 18, 2014 3:57 PM, "Seun Ojedeji" <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear members,
>>
>> We have received a new policy - "AfriNIC Whois Database Update Process"
>> (AFPUB-2014-GEN-001-DRAFT-01)
>>
>> While this may not be on the agenda of the next public policy meeting, we
>> encourage the community to discuss this on the list and at the upcoming
>> face to face meeting. Public url to the "draft" policy will soon be made
>> available. However the content is pasted below for comments and discussion
>> from the PDWG/community.
>>
>>
>> ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
>>
>> Draft Policy name: AfriNIC Whois Database Update Process
>> Unique identifier: AFPUB-2014-GEN-001-DRAFT-01
>> Status: New
>> Submission Date 15 MAY 2014
>> Author:Jean Robert Hountomey
>>
>> 1.Summary of the Problem Being Addressed by this Policy Proposal
>>
>> The African network infrastructure is growing with changes and
>> extensions. This growth has brought changes in telecommunication and
>> Internet infrastructure. With the emergence of new operators, mergers and
>> acquisitions, the dynamism brought by the penetration of Internet
>> technology has required organizational changes with job rotation. The need
>> for accurate whois data has been in the news for years all over the world.
>>
>> Inaccurate data is still present in the AfriNIC whois database because
>> changes have occurred in organizations (point of contact, contact
>> information etc.) and object owners have not updated their records. The
>> result is a “No response” from “whois” contacts listed in the AfriNIC
>> Database.
>>
>> The goal of the proposal is setting a process towards ensuring that
>> AfriNIC whois database is updated. A previous policy
>> (AFPUB-2012-GEN-001-DRAFT-02 : AfriNIC Whois Database Clean-up ) was
>> withdrawn by the Author after AfriNIC advised that there was already an
>> internal process to handle the cleanup of whois data and do general contact
>> update. However it has been noticed that objects in AfriNIC database are
>> not accurate.
>>
>> 2. Summary of How this Proposal Addresses the Problem
>>
>> This proposal asks AfriNIC to maintain accuracy through a periodical
>> database clean up. Furthermore, at least
>> once a year or at the renewal of resources, AFRINIC staff should conduct
>> a whois database information validation.
>>
>> 3. The Proposal
>>
>> AfriNIC members are committed through the RSA to maintain their data and
>> keep it accurate.  AfriNIC will then
>> maintain accuracy of whois information through periodical database clean
>> up or update. AfriNIC will periodically ask object
>> owners in the Whois Database to actively check and update the accuracy of
>> data in AfriNIC whois database.
>>
>> 3.1 Cleanup
>>
>> 3.1.1 - General Database Cleanup: At the ratification of this policy,
>> AfriNIC staff will conduct a first cleanup by asking all POC present except
>> those who received their objects in less than a year to confirm their POC
>> information. We leave to AfriNIC staff the discretion to use any
>> communication tool they find useful for this action.
>>
>> 3.1.2 - Annual Clean up: After the first cleanup, AfriNIC will conduct a
>> cleanup once a year. We leave to AfriNIC's staff to define the period.
>>
>> 3.1.3 - At the request of additional resources or services, AfriNIC staff
>> will ask the organization to update its records.
>>
>> 3.2. If a change is requested by another policy.
>>
>> In case another AfriNIC policy made mandatory a change or introduce
>> another object, the object owner is required to make this update.
>>
>> 3.2 Steps
>>
>> 3.2.1 - AfriNIC staff will ask members to confirm accuracy of their
>> records in the Whois database in a month’s
>> timeframe when contacted by email.
>>
>>  3.2.2 - After one month, AfriNIC Staff will use any communication tools
>> at their discretion to contact
>> those who have not answered or those whose email has bounced back.
>>
>>  3.2.3 - After another month of unresponsive response, the record will be
>> marked invalid.
>>
>>  3.2.4 - AfriNIC may publish publicly a report about number resources
>> with invalid POC.
>>
>>  3.2.5 - One year after the first contact initiation, if the data is
>> still not accurate and the organization has failed to respond to the call
>> to resolve the data inconsistency, AfriNIC may
>> claim the number resources back.
>>
>> 4. Situation within other RIRs
>>
>> - ARIN conducts an annual POC (point of contact) validation process:
>>  https://www.arin.net/resources/services/poc_validation.html
>> - At APNIC, there was a similar policy proposed that did not reach
>> consensus and was withdrawn by the author.
>>  http://www.apnic.net/__data/assets/file/0006/22857/prop-084-v002.txt
>> - RIPE NCC
>> http://www.ripe.net/data-tools/support/clean-up-of-unreferenced-data
>> - LACNIC obligates the resources holders contractually throught their RSA
>> and reviews whois data when resources are requested and updates accordingly
>>
>> *History*
>>
>>    - 02 Oct. 2012 - AFPUB-2012-GEN-001-DRAFT-02 was withdrawn by the
>>    Author.
>>
>> *Previous Versions *
>> None
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Seun Ojedeji, Emile Milandou
>> PDWG Co-Chairs
>>
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