[db-wg] rpsl to arin format conversion

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Tim Streater wrote:

> At 15:50 17/02/2004, Terry Ridder wrote:
> >On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Wilfried Woeber wrote:
> >
> >> >are there any software utilities available for converting from rpsl to
> >> >'arin' format?
> >> 
> >>   Sorry, I don't have an answer, but rather a question:
> >> 
> >>   why don"t you try to do it "the other way 'round",
> >>   as RPSL is properly described in an RFC?
> >> 
> >>   Wilfried.
> >> 
> >
> >arin's db contains the most records.
> >
> >logically, it makes sense to convert the other rir dbs to arin format.
> >
> >also converting from arin to rpsl would lose information which exists in
> >arin's db.
> 
> Examples please, both syntax and semantics.
> 
i will use my own data for example:

arin format:                                 rpsl format:

OrgName:    Blue Danube Software             n/a [1]
OrgID:      BDS-6                            n/a [2]
Address:    <munged>                         n/a [1]
Address:    <munged>                         n/a [1]
City:       <munged>                         n/a [1]
StateProv:  <munged>                         n/a [1]
PostalCode: <munged>                         n/a [1]
Country:    US                               country:      US

NetRange:   204.238.34.0 - 204.238.34.255    inetnum:  204.238.34.0 - 204.238.34.255
CIDR:       204.238.34.0/24                  n/a [3]
NetName:    BDS2                             netname:  BDS2
NetHandle:  NET-204-238-34-0-1               n/a [2]
Parent:     NET-204-0-0-0-0                  n/a [2]
NetType:    Direct Assignment                status:
NameServer: EDGAR.BLAUEDONAU.COM             rev-srv:
NameServer: STRAUSS.BLAUEDONAU.COM           rev-srv:
NameServer: NEPTUNE.NIBCOMP.COM              rev-srv:
Comment:                                     remarks:
RegDate:    1995-03-04                       n/a [4]
Updated:    2003-09-03                       changed: [5]

[1] - parts contained in rpsl descr: lines. not easily parsed.
[2] - does not exist in rpsl
[3] - easily calculated
[4] - the first rpsl changed: line could be taken as the arin regdate:
[5] - the  last rpsl changed: line could be taken as the arin updated:

whois -h whois.ripe.net -s ARIN 204.238.34.200

netname:      BDS2
descr:        Blue Danube Software
country:      US
admin-c:      ARIN1-RIPE
tech-c:       ARIN1-RIPE
remarks:      *****************************************************
remarks:      *    This IPv4 network is assigned by the ARIN.     *
remarks:      * Please query WHOIS.ARIN.NET for more information. *
remarks:      *****************************************************
mnt-by:       ARIN-MNT
changed:      hostmaster at arin.net 19950304
changed:      ripe-dbm at ripe.net 20030904
source:       ARIN

for my research purposes, nethandle and parent are important.
orgid, is a nice to have.

> 
> >those helping with the research have a better understanding of arin
> >format than rpsl.
> >

-- 
terry l. ridder ><>