Please reply to the list, not me and the list! Sven Olaf Kamphuis wrote:
thing is that it's illegal to maintain a database with "personal details" which ip addresses according to various german courts are (don't ask.. mmk? ;) ofcourse we all know ip addresses identify nodes on a network, not persons, but the germans seem to mainain a different view on this, despite us isps being the owners of the internet and not the german government ;).
therefore we are not even -allowed- to cooperate with trend micro *grin*
sometimes laws really come in handy you know ;)
Based on what you say there, then the RIPE whois database cannot contain the information either because it to would be maintaining a database of "personal details"... Love to hear the legal battle on that one! <grin> Michelle