Dear colleagues,

The APNIC Secretariat will implement a policy on 14 December 2004 to protect historical records in the APNIC database from unverified transfers, abuse, and unauthorised use.

The proposal document, presentation, minutes, and discussion are available at:

http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/proposals/prop-018-v001.html

Please note, after 14 December 2004, the maintainer of all historical resource registrations will be changed to "APNIC-HM". To ensure the integrity of information in the APNIC Whois Database, APNIC will not update historical information in the APNIC Whois Database unless the resource holder can establish its right to the resources and enters a formal agreement with APNIC, either as a member or as a non-member account holder.

Further details and all supporting documentation will be available on 14 December.

If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact the APNIC helpdesk at:

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

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