Interesting object in the RIPE database

[Niels Bakker <]

Hi,

I noticed the following object in the RIPE database this afternoon:

inetnum:     195.59.213.0 - 213.127.0.255
netname:     WILLIAMBROOKES-TF13-GW
descr:       William Brookes School
country:     GB
admin-c:     PC2598-RIPE
tech-c:      IH22-ORG
rev-srv:     ns0.insnet.net
rev-srv:     ns1.insnet.net
status:      ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by:      AS5378-MNT
changed:     cliveg@localhost 19990706
source:      RIPE

(I stumbled over it while querying the RIPE database for an object within
 the APNIC database while accidentally omitting the -a option.)

Clive Galway (the creator of this object) told me after I contacted him
that he had entered the following information into the template:

195.59.213.0 - 213.127 instead of
195.59.213.0 - 195.59.213.127

He added, "funny that it dont complain though" - I agree wholeheartedly
with him here. :)  A check for the number of dots in the inetnum: line
should be quite easy, and similar to this:

	# fix for people who don't include the first two or three octets
	s/^(\d+\.\d+)\.(\d+\.\d+) - (\d+\.\d+)$/$1.$2 - $1.$3/
	s/^(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\).(\d+) - (\d+)$/$1.$2 - $1.$3/

	if ($_ =~ /^\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+ - \d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/) {
		&complain;
	}

I believe there is a sub to check whether something is a valid IP address
but can't find it offhand in my (by now pretty dated) copy of the RIPE
database software...

With regards,

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