[sig-db] Changes to authentication of Whois maintainer objects

["APNIC Secretariat" <secretariat@apnic.net>]

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Changes to authentication of Whois maintainer objects:
  - MAIL-FROM authentication no longer available
    after 17 December 2002
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APNIC is implementing a decision made at the 14th APNIC Open Policy
Meeting to deprecate MAIL-FROM authentication of maintainer objects.

The deprecation of MAIL-FROM will strengthen security measures for
maintainers and the objects they protect. For information on the
proposal and the discussion, see:

    http://www.apnic.net/meetings/14/sigs/db/minutes.html

The implementation has commenced and MAIL-FROM authentication of
maintainer objects will not be possible after 17 December 2002.

APNIC is contacting all users of MAIL-FROM authentication to explain the
procedure for changing authentication methods, details of which are
available at:

    http://www.apnic.net/db/ref/attributes/mntner/auth-mntner.html

If you are using MAIL-FROM authentication you can change to CRYPT-PW at:

    http://www.apnic.net/apnic-bin/maintainer.pl

For further assistance, please contact the APNIC Member Services
Helpdesk at:

    Phone:  +61-7-3858-3188
    Fax:    +61-7-3858-3199
    E-mail: helpdesk@apnic.net

Regards,
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APNIC Secretariat                              <secretariat@apnic.net>
Asia Pacific Network Information Centre           Tel: +61-7-3858-3100
PO Box 2131 Milton, QLD 4064 Australia            Fax: +61-7-3858-3199
Level 1, 33 Park Road, Milton, QLD                http://www.apnic.net
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