[anti-abuse-wg] Allocation of number resources

On Thu, 7 Feb 2013, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:

Or, you can just get the file

ftp://ftp.ripe.net/pub/stats/ripencc/membership/alloclist.txt

and look for the lir and see their resources.


>
> In message <5648A8908CCB564EBF46E2BC904A75B15EFE3B4F17 at EXVPMBX100-1.exc.icann.o
> rg>, Leo Vegoda <leo.vegoda at icann.org> wrote:
>
>> Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
>>> Question:  How may an independent researcher, such as myself, determine
>>> the entire set of address (IPv4 or IPv6) allocations that have been
>>> issued, by RIPE NCC, to a given LIR?
>>
>> Do an inverse lookup based on the LIR's Organisation object. Here's an
>> example for the RIPE NCC:
>>
>> https://apps.db.ripe.net/search/query.html?searchtext=ORG-NCC1-RIPE&flags=&s
>> ources=RIPE_NCC&grssources=&inverse=ORG&types=#resultsAnchor
>
> Ummmm... I went to the exact URL you gave above and all I get is:
>
>  Error:  No results were found for your search. Your search details may be too selective.
>
> Well, it doesn't matter anyway.  What I would really like is a solution
> that I can use with the good-old-fashioned WHOIS server... _not_ via
> the web interface.
>
> How can I find all IPv{4,6} allocations assigned to a given LIR using
> the actual WHOIS server?  (An actual example would be most helpful.)
>
>>> Question:  Given some pre-existing record for an IP{4,6} address block
>>> that exists, right now, within the RIPE WHOIS server, how may one
>>> determine which LIR, specifically, was responsible for assignment of
>>> that address block to the registered end user?  If this information is
>>> not presently available within the RIPE WHOIS records, there is there
>>> any human being within RIPE NCC who can/will, upon request, supply this
>>> information?
>>
>> Use the -L or -l flags to look up the allocation hierarchy.
>
> OK!  Duh! I should have known that.  thanks.
>
>>> Question:  Given some specific "admin-c" or "tech-c" contact handle,
>>> how may one determine the entire set of number resources that are,
>>> at present, associated with that given handle?
>>
>> Another inverse query. There's a handy web interface with clicky boxes if
>> you prefer that to a command line client.
>
> No, I greatly prefer what you are calling the "command line interface",
> which is, I assme, what I am calling the good-old-fashioned WHOIS service
> (TCP port 43).
>
>>> Question:
>>
>> Have you considered looking at the extensive documentation and training
>> materials on the RIPE NCC's web site?
>
> I did, actually.  It is not the most clear piece of technical documentation
> I have ever encountered.  But I will give it another try.
>
>
> Regards,
> rfg
>
>

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