From db-news at ripe.net Wed Oct 1 07:00:01 2003 From: db-news at ripe.net (DB Role Account) Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 07:00:01 +0200 Subject: FAQ table of contents Message-ID: <200310010500.h91501xv027904@penguin.ripe.net> FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RIPE DATABASE ================================================== The answer to these questions can be found at the RIPE website: http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/faq/database GENERAL QUESTIONS What is the RIPE Database? Where can I get more information about the RIPE Database? What is acceptable use of the RIPE Database? What is a netname? What is a nic-hdl? What is a tech-c and what is an admin-c? Can I register a domain in the RIPE Database? Can I enter several contacts in one database object? Someone has created a person object with my name, address, telephone number, etc. in the RIPE Database. Why did they do this? My information in the database is not correct, can you please update my object(s)? I received a message with the subject "Notification of RIPE Database changes", but I didn't do anything and don't understand the message. What is it? Why does my phone number appear in the RIPE Database??? Can I download the RIPE Database software? Can I download the RIPE Database? Can I gather e-mail addresses or personal information from the RIPE Database to send spam, or other types of commercial messages? HOW TO FIND OBJECTS IN THE RIPE DATABASE I cannot find any information about a network in the RIPE Database. Can I look somewhere else? Can I gather e-mail addresses or personal information from the RIPE Database to send spam, or other types of commercial messages? When one uses the RIPE NCC whois client, is it necessary to specify"-h whois.ripe.net" or is that pre-set by default? HOW TO PUT OBJECTS IN THE RIPE DATABASE (CREATING, UPDATING AND DELETING OBJECTS) How do I register a person/role object in the RIPE Database? How do I update an object in the RIPE Database? What are the authorisation rules for route object creation? I cannot creat a route object because the origin AS refers to an aut-num object that does not exist in the RIPE Database. What should I do? My update failed. Please explain why it failed. Is the "changed" line updated automatically? Can I use a nic-handle from another Regional Internet Registry in the RIPE Database? How do I delete an object from the RIPE Database ? PROTECTING YOUR OBJECTS IN THE RIPE DB I have objects in the RIPE Database. How can I protect them? How do I create a maintainer (mntner) object in the RIPE Database ? I have only one person object in the RIPE Database. Can I create a mntner object to protect it? We lost the password of our mntner. Can you please change it to xxxx? My mntner password does not work. Why not ? How can I encrypt a password for my mntner using CRYPT-PW? What encryption algorithm should be used for the crypted password in the "auth:" attribute of a mntner object ? How to use the MD5-PW auth scheme in my mntner ? Why is the crypted-password published in the RIPE Database ? Why not keep it secret ? What software do I need to use PGP? How can I use PGP with my mail software? Getting started with PGP in RIPE Database What is a key-cert object, and how can I create it? How should I modify my maintainer to use PGP? How can I sign my update with PGP and send it? How can I put two or more signatures in a message? Can I create a maintainer with only PGP authentication? What is the size of PGP key that can be used in a key-cert object in the RIPE Database? ADVANCED USE OF THE RIPE DATABASE How do I register reverse-delegations in the RIPE Database? I want to have an IP->country conversion table; from where can I get it? I want to peer with an AS. How do I do this? LIR-PARTITIONED: THE NEW "STATUS" ATTRIBUTE VALUE What is "LIR-PARTITIONED"? When would the LIR-PARTITIONED "status:" value be used? How is such an object created in the RIPE Database? How can I protect an LIR-PARTITIONED object? Do I have to seek approval from the RIPE NCC before entering an LIR-PARTITIONED object into the RIPE Database? Can I request reverse delegation for an LIR-PARTITIONED inetnum object? Can I use the LIR-PARTITIONED "status:" value in an inet6num object? SPAM, ABUSE AND THE RIPE DATABASE What is the RIPE NCC Copyright statement? I have evidence that someone is using a computer with the IP address x.x.x.x to send Unsollicited Commercial E-mail (UCE, so-called "spam") or is otherwise acting in an iresponsible manner. Can you stop him? (or how can I stop him?) Can I gather e-mail addresses or personal information from the RIPE Database to send spam, or other types of commercial messages? From engin at ripe.net Wed Oct 1 10:04:37 2003 From: engin at ripe.net (Engin Gunduz) Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 10:04:37 +0200 Subject: forgot/lost password for RU01RU-MNT-RIPE In-Reply-To: <3C35DB814CD3DB468F0BBBAC13B72E4DE8123D@phoenix.moscow.digillect.com> References: <3C35DB814CD3DB468F0BBBAC13B72E4DE8123D@phoenix.moscow.digillect.com> Message-ID: <20031001080437.GC12990@x47.ripe.net> Dear Innocentiy, These must be discussed with the RIPE DB Administrator at . Yesterday you have already send a message to and the issue was resolved. Please contact if you have any more questions. Best regards, Engin Gunduz RIPE NCC Database Group On 2003-09-30 19:04:17 +0400, Innocentiy Trubachev wrote: > > Dear Sir or Madam: > > > We have a problem. We have forgot/lost the password to RU01RU-MNT-RIPE > , because the person who managed database before (Vitaly > > Veselko ) do not work for us anymore. > > > mntner: RU01RU-MNT-RIPE > descr: 01.ru service provider, Moscow > admin-c: [1]VVV-RIPE > tech-c: [2]VVV-RIPE > upd-to: noc at actis.ru > auth: MD5-PW $1$J.YisM.w$6UJIA20HO9M7AD0xQZ7wv0 > notify: noc at actis.ru > mnt-by: [3]RU01RU-MNT-RIPE > referral-by: [4]RIPE-DBM-MNT > changed: vitalyv at actis.ru 20020516 > source: RIPE > person: Vitaly Veselko > address: Actis Systems Internet > address: 84/32, Profsoyuznaya st. > address: Moscow, Russia > phone: +7 095 2340009 > fax-no: +7 095 3344660 > e-mail: vitalyv at actis.ru > nic-hdl: VVV-RIPE > notify: vitalyv at actis.ru > mnt-by: [5]RU01RU-MNT-RIPE > changed: baron at baron.act.ru 20000818 > source: RIPE > > > > Can you please advise me on steps that we should take in order to > restore our ability to manage RIPE DB? > > > > Thank you again, > > > Innocentiy Trubachev > > Senior Systems Administrator From engin at ripe.net Wed Oct 1 10:14:26 2003 From: engin at ripe.net (Engin Gunduz) Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 10:14:26 +0200 Subject: (no subject) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20031001081426.GD12990@x47.ripe.net> Dear Niels, What you need to do to delete an object is to add a single "delete:" line: inetnum: 193.149.142.0 - 193.149.142.127 netname: DANISCO descr: Danisco enterprise router network descr: Danisco Sugar [...] status: ASSIGNED PI mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-NONE-MNT changed: dsleo at danisco.dk 19990505 source: RIPE delete: ReasonForDeletion You have to quote the whole object, without any change. More information on creating, updating and deleting objects in the RIPE Network Management Database is available from: http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/faq/database/qa4.html A tutorial is in the RIPE Database User Manual: Getting Started guide, available from: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/db-start.html The full RIPE Database Reference Manual is available here: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/databaseref-manual.html Please contact for any other questions. Best regards, Engin Gunduz RIPE NCC Database Group On 2003-09-30 10:39:36 +0200, Niels Larsen wrote: > > X-NCC-RegID: dk.danisco > > Hi > > Im trying to delete an inetnum from the database. (It is a part of > 193.149.128.0 255.255.192.0 within Danisco) > > These 127 addresses is now a part of a greater net, so I would like to > delete this inetnum. > > I have inserted "delete" in front, but so far no luck. Can you tell me what > is wrong ? > > Regards > Niels Larsen > > > ----- Forwarded by Niels Larsen/Danisco IT/Staff/Danisco on 30-09-2003 > 10:32 ----- > > Niels Larsen > To: auto-dbm at ripe.net > 30-09-2003 10:15 cc: > Subject: > > > > > > > X-NCC-RegID: dk.danisco > > > > delete: inetnum: 193.149.142.0 - 193.149.142.127 > delete: netname: DANISCO > delete: descr: Danisco enterprise router network > delete: descr: Danisco Sugar > delete: descr: Denmark Goerlev > delete: country: DK > delete: admin-c: PL44-RIPE > delete: tech-c: LO371-RIPE > delete: rev-srv: dns01.danisco.dk > delete: rev-srv: dns02.danisco.dk > delete: status: ASSIGNED PI > delete: mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-NONE-MNT > delete: changed: dsleo at danisco.dk 19990505 > delete: source: RIPE > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > This is an e-mail from Danisco and may contain confidential information. If > you are not the intended recipient and you > receive this e-mail by mistake, you are not allowed to use the information, > to copy it or distribute it further. Please notify > us and return it to Danisco by e-mail and delete all attachments. Thank you > for your assistance. > ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ From vitas at ti.ru Fri Oct 10 15:08:43 2003 From: vitas at ti.ru (vitas at ti.ru) Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 17:08:43 +0400 Subject: mnt password Message-ID: <57369941007.20031010170843@ti.ru> Hello, db-help. How can I retrieve or change my MNT password, if I lost it? Awayting your reply, _____ Kind Regards, mailto:vitas at ti.ru Vitaliy Goncharov From ripe-dbm at ripe.net Mon Oct 13 11:28:22 2003 From: ripe-dbm at ripe.net (RIPE Database Manager) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 11:28:22 +0200 Subject: NCC#2003102750 mnt password Message-ID: <200310130928.h9D9SMxP030701@x9.ripe.net> Dear Vitaliy, Changing the authorisation of a maintainer object means changing sensitive user data. In cases when our manual intervention is necessary we require written hardcopy confirmation from the maintainer's admin-c which serves as a form of authentication and authorisation for the change. So before we can change your maintainer for you please send us a fax on company headed paper with the content generated by using the web interface at: http://www.ripe.net/cgi-bin/fax.pl If you have any more questions, please contact . Regards, Katie Petrusha ____________________________ RIPE Database Administration. Original message follows: ------------------------ Hello, db-help. How can I retrieve or change my MNT password, if I lost it? Awayting your reply, _____ Kind Regards, mailto:vitas at ti.ru Vitaliy Goncharov From ucs at gmx.net Thu Oct 16 13:26:42 2003 From: ucs at gmx.net (ucs) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:26:42 +0400 Subject: inetnum object change Message-ID: <3285938468.20031016152642@gmx.net> Hello, I am SSI7-RIPE, AS-8797 mnt-by, wish to change inetnum: 212.28.64.0 - 212.28.95.255 fields. Problem is that previous admins admin-c: RAR4-RIPE tech-c: OVM5-RIPE are retired and I have no contacts with them. This inetnum mnt-by RIPE NCC. Please change mnt-by to AS8797-MNT, so I can update inetnum fields to correct ones. Please send responce to this address or lg at qt.ru, as stated in AS8797 contacts. Thanks. Sergei S. Istomin, INTERSATCOM lead engineer From denis at ripe.net Fri Oct 17 16:08:57 2003 From: denis at ripe.net (Denis Walker) Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 16:08:57 +0200 Subject: inetnum object change In-Reply-To: Message from ucs of "Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:26:42 +0400." <3285938468.20031016152642@gmx.net> Message-ID: <200310171408.h9HE8vVZ009355@birch.ripe.net> Dear Sergei S. Istomin, Please contact the hostmasters on hostmaster at ripe.net and they will make these changes for you. If you are the contact for an LIR they can also advise you on how to set up an account on the LIR-portal so that you will be able to make such changes yourself in the future. Regards, Denis Walker -------------------------------- RIPE NCC Database Administration ucs writes: * Hello, * I am * SSI7-RIPE, AS-8797 mnt-by, wish to change inetnum: 212.28.64.0 * - 212.28.95.255 fields. * Problem is that previous admins * admin-c: RAR4-RIPE * tech-c: OVM5-RIPE * are retired and I have no contacts with them. * This inetnum mnt-by RIPE NCC. * Please change mnt-by to AS8797-MNT, so I can update inetnum fields to * correct ones. * Please send responce to this address or lg at qt.ru, as stated in AS8797 * contacts. * Thanks. * * Sergei S. Istomin, * INTERSATCOM lead engineer * From CHallam at sdl.com Tue Oct 28 08:14:14 2003 From: CHallam at sdl.com (Chris Hallam) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 07:14:14 -0000 Subject: No Domain Object Message-ID: <058E4C246CF26940A5D5EE0E3AE847555E6293@tokyomail1.sdlintl.com> I have just realised that I have never created a domain object for our LIR in the database. Everything else is pretty up to date and working fine. Reverse DNS is referenced on our inetnum object. Is the domain object essential? If so, can someone send me an example of a domain object please? In addition, if I create a domain object, do I have to shift reverse DNS to that instead of inetnum? Thanks, Chris ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. ********************************************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From engin at ripe.net Tue Oct 28 14:16:24 2003 From: engin at ripe.net (Engin Gunduz) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 14:16:24 +0100 Subject: No Domain Object In-Reply-To: <058E4C246CF26940A5D5EE0E3AE847555E6293@tokyomail1.sdlintl.com> References: <058E4C246CF26940A5D5EE0E3AE847555E6293@tokyomail1.sdlintl.com> Message-ID: <20031028131624.GA32029@x47.ripe.net> Dear Chris, On 2003-10-28 07:14:14 -0000, Chris Hallam wrote: > I have just realised that I have never created a domain object for our > LIR in the database. Everything else is pretty up to date and working > fine. Reverse DNS is referenced on our inetnum object. Is the domain > object essential? Yes, it is essential. The 'rev-srv:' attribute in inetnums can only be used a reference-- they do not have any effect on operations. Please have a look into http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/mem-services/registration/reverse/index.html for the procedure to set up reverse delegation. > If so, can someone send me an example of a domain > object please? A hypothetical example could be domain: 16.172.in-addr.arpa descr: Example reverse domain object admin-c: EG792-RIPE tech-c: EG792-RIPE zone-c: EG792-RIPE nserver: ns1.example1.net nserver: ns.example1.net changed: engin at ripe.net 20031028 source: RIPE > In addition, if I create a domain object, do I have to > shift reverse DNS to that instead of inetnum? You can keep anything in 'rev-srv:' attributes of the inetnums, but that will not have any operational effect, and might cause confusion if your reverse domain object and your inetnum get out of sync. So it might be an idea to delete any 'rev-srv:' attributes from your inetnum, just to prevent future confusion. > > Thanks, > > Chris Please do not hesitate to contact for any issues regarding reverse delegation. Regards, -- Engin Gunduz RIPE NCC Database Group From firas at nour.net.sa Wed Oct 29 11:19:39 2003 From: firas at nour.net.sa (firas hammad) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 13:19:39 +0300 Subject: Help Message-ID: <008b01c39e06$2b7ab400$ce00a8c0@technical.com> Dear Sir or Madam, Nour.net is One of the ISPs in Saudia Arabia. One of our customers facing problem with reverse lookup for its subnet (which is 212.12.165.128/28). To solve that, I create a reveres pointer in our name server, beside that, i create 165.12.212.in-addr.arpa object that related to that customer in RIPE site, but still the problem present. I tried to do reverse lookup from www.dnsstuff.com, it gives no PTR for that subnet. So please guide us to solve this problem. Thank You. Firas A. Hammad Network Eng. CCNA, MCSE ================ NourNet. Saudi Arabia Tel. 966-1-4728900 x 235 Fax 966-1-4727727 ================ firas at nour.net.sa -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie at ripe.net Wed Oct 29 13:56:56 2003 From: katie at ripe.net (Katie Petrusha) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 13:56:56 +0100 Subject: [Fwd: Help] Message-ID: <20031029125656.GB28177@ripe.net> Resent to inaddr at . ----- Forwarded message from firas hammad ----- Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 13:19:39 +0300 From: "firas hammad" Subject: Help To: X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Dear Sir or Madam, Nour.net is One of the ISPs in Saudia Arabia. One of our customers facing problem with reverse lookup for its subnet (which is 212.12.165.128/28). To solve that, I create a reveres pointer in our name server, beside that, i create 165.12.212.in-addr.arpa object that related to that customer in RIPE site, but still the problem present. I tried to do reverse lookup from www.dnsstuff.com, it gives no PTR for that subnet. So please guide us to solve this problem. Thank You. Firas A. Hammad Network Eng. CCNA, MCSE ================ NourNet. Saudi Arabia Tel. 966-1-4728900 x 235 Fax 966-1-4727727 ================ firas at nour.net.sa ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Kind regards, Katje