reserved strings in RPSL

[Frank Bohnsack <]

Dear RIPE DB colleagues,

In my understanding of your "Transition to RIPE DB v3.0" draft
and RFC2622, a NIC handle like AS-XXXX is not allowed by RPSL.

But, I could create a handle like this in your TEST DB:

fb@localhost 454> whois -h rpsl.ripe.net -p 4343 as-ripe
% This is the RIPE beta whois server for testing updates.
% Send mail to auto-rip@localhost to update it.

% Rights restricted by copyright.
% See http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/pub-services/db/copyright.html

person:     Frank Bohnsack
...
nic-hdl:    AS-RIPE
notify:     fb@localhost
changed:    fb@localhost 20010124
source:     RIPE
mnt-by:     uunet-mnt

I found AS-RIPE also at "whois:rpsl.ripe.net:43", but this is
only a RPSL mirror of "whois:whois.ripe.net:43" and not complete
RPSL conform (e.g. names as admic/tech-c: value in place 
of NIC handles).


cheers
frank