I received the enclosed note, apparently from RIPE (and the headers check out). Why are you sending messages with clickable objects that I'm supposed to use to change my password? ------- From: RIPE_DBannounce@ripe.net Subject: Advisory notice on passwords in the RIPE Database Date: February 9, 2012 1:16:15 PM EST To: XXXXXXXX [Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, We are contacting you with some advice on the passwords used in the RIPE Database. There is no immediate concern and this notice is only advisory. At the request of the RIPE community, the RIPE NCC recently deployed an MD5 password hash change. Before this change was implemented, there was a lot of discussion on the Database Working Group mailing list about the vulnerabilities of MD5 passwords with public hashes. The hashes can now only be seen by the user of the MNTNER object. As a precaution, now that the hashes are hidden, we strongly recommend that you change all MD5 passwords used by your MNTNER objects in the RIPE Database at your earliest convenience. When choosing new passwords, make them as strong as possible. To make it easier for you to change your password(s) we have improved Webupdates. On the modify page there is an extra button after the "auth:" attribute field. Click this button for a pop up window that will encrypt a password and enter it directly into the "auth:" field. Webupdates: https://apps.db.ripe.net/webupdates/search.html There is a RIPE Labs article explaining details of the security changes and the new process to modify a MNTNER object in the RIPE Database: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/denis/securing-md5-hashes-in-the-ripe-database We are sending you this email because this address is referenced in the MNTNER objects in the RIPE Database listed below. If you have any concerns about your passwords or need further advice please contact our Customer Services team at ripe-dbm@ripe.net. (You cannot reply to this email.) Regards, Denis Walker Business Analyst RIPE NCC Database Group Referencing MNTNER objects in the RIPE Database: maint-rgnet