From db-news at ripe.net Sun Feb 1 07:00:01 2004 From: db-news at ripe.net (DB Role Account) Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 07:00:01 +0100 Subject: FAQ table of contents Message-ID: <200402010600.i11601g6020370@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 saliui at 21ctl.com Wed Feb 11 16:01:06 2004 From: saliui at 21ctl.com (Idris Saliu) Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 16:01:06 +0100 Subject: Help with domain object creation Message-ID: <1E06BEE5-5CA3-11D8-A4F0-000A95EBA3C4@21ctl.com> Hello All, I'm a newbie working at and ISP, trying to get reverse lookup working for some of the domains hosted on my company's dns server. A lot of our customers have been unable to send emails to some domain notably aol. I learnt today that i need to get RIPE delegate the affected IP address space to me. I've been through some of the documentation I found online on how to go about this using marvin, but I'm still unable to get things working. The particular error messages I get is: *** No RIPE Database objects found in your request *** I would be very grateful if someone can please provide me the necessary information i need to create a working domain object. A sample domain object will also be very much appreciated or where to find information to create one. Thanks in advance. -- idris + (234) 8033768151 A core dump is your computer's way of saying "Here's what's on my mind, what's on yours?" From engin at ripe.net Wed Feb 11 17:30:28 2004 From: engin at ripe.net (Engin Gunduz) Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 17:30:28 +0100 Subject: Help with domain object creation In-Reply-To: <1E06BEE5-5CA3-11D8-A4F0-000A95EBA3C4@21ctl.com> References: <1E06BEE5-5CA3-11D8-A4F0-000A95EBA3C4@21ctl.com> Message-ID: <20040211163028.GA28676@x47.ripe.net> Dear Idris, Please check http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/mem-services/registration/reverse/index.html for reverse delegation from the RIPE NCC. If you still have problems, please send the full error report to . Best regards, -- Engin Gunduz RIPE NCC Software Engineering Department On 2004-02-11 16:01:06 +0100, Idris Saliu wrote: > > Hello All, > > I'm a newbie working at and ISP, trying to get reverse lookup working > for some of the domains hosted on my company's dns server. A lot of our > customers have been unable to send emails to some domain notably aol. I > learnt today that i need to get RIPE delegate the affected IP address > space to me. I've been through some of the documentation I found online > on how to go about this using marvin, but I'm still unable to get > things working. The particular error messages I get is: > > *** No RIPE Database objects found in your request *** > > I would be very grateful if someone can please provide me the necessary > information i need to create a working domain object. A sample domain > object will also be very much appreciated or where to find information > to create one. > > Thanks in advance. > > -- idris + (234) 8033768151 From jorn at isp-services.nl Thu Feb 12 15:20:25 2004 From: jorn at isp-services.nl (ISP Services / Jorn Ekkelenkamp) Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 15:20:25 +0100 Subject: adding a route object Message-ID: <235401c3f173$5b6a92f0$0119000a@jorn> Hi, I'm trying to add the following object, as we are soon aggregating our two /20 prefixes to one /19. route: 212.79.224.0/19 descr: ISP Services BV origin: AS24875 notify: ripe at isp-services.nl mnt-by: ISPSERVICES-MNT changed: jorn at isp-services.nl 20040212 source: RIPE password: our-password This fails with the following reason (I did use the right password ;-): The following object(s) were found to have ERRORS: --- Create FAILED: [route] 212.79.224.0/19AS24875 ***Error: Authorisation failed ***Info: Syntax check passed route: 212.79.224.0/19 descr: ISP Services BV origin: AS24875 notify: ripe at isp-services.nl mnt-by: ISPSERVICES-MNT changed: jorn at isp-services.nl 20040212 source: RIPE ***Info: Authorisation for exact match [inetnum] 212.79.224.0 - 212.79.255.255 using mnt-by: not authenticated by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT ***Info: Authorisation for origin [aut-num] AS24875 using mnt-routes: authenticated by: ISPSERVICES-MNT ***Info: Authorisation for [route] 212.79.224.0/19AS24875 using mnt-by: authenticated by: ISPSERVICES-MNT Could you please give me some hints as to what I'm doing wrong? Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards, Jorn Ekkelenkamp ISP Services BV http://www.isp-services.nl/contact From dzazo at infobolsa.es Thu Feb 12 17:36:09 2004 From: dzazo at infobolsa.es (Damian Zazo) Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 17:36:09 +0100 Subject: Update in the RIPE Database Message-ID: <4D2B945948BD1A4EA593863B538B65F68EDB4F@ifbexchange01.infobolsa.es> Hello, My name is Damian Zazo and I work at the Information Technology Department of Infobolsa S.A. We want update some information in the RIPE Database. Luis Lechuga (LL3095-RIPE), a former employee of Infobolsa S.A., still appears as maintainer for Infobolsa and as administrative and technical contact for our Autonomous System (AS16085). What should we do to update this information? Regards, Dami?n Zazo Delgado ? Responsable Comunicaciones ? Telf.: 91 701 63 30 | Fax.: 91 701 63 63 dzazo at infobolsa.es -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, ISP Services / Jorn Ekkelenkamp wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to add the following object, as we are soon aggregating our two > /20 prefixes to one /19. > > route: 212.79.224.0/19 > descr: ISP Services BV > origin: AS24875 > notify: ripe at isp-services.nl > mnt-by: ISPSERVICES-MNT > changed: jorn at isp-services.nl 20040212 > source: RIPE > password: our-password > > This fails with the following reason (I did use the right password ;-): > > The following object(s) were found to have ERRORS: > > --- > Create FAILED: [route] 212.79.224.0/19AS24875 > ***Error: Authorisation failed > ***Info: Syntax check passed > > route: 212.79.224.0/19 > descr: ISP Services BV > origin: AS24875 > notify: ripe at isp-services.nl > mnt-by: ISPSERVICES-MNT > changed: jorn at isp-services.nl 20040212 > source: RIPE > ***Info: Authorisation for exact match [inetnum] 212.79.224.0 - > 212.79.255.255 > using mnt-by: > not authenticated by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT > ***Info: Authorisation for origin [aut-num] AS24875 > using mnt-routes: > authenticated by: ISPSERVICES-MNT > ***Info: Authorisation for [route] 212.79.224.0/19AS24875 > using mnt-by: > authenticated by: ISPSERVICES-MNT > > Could you please give me some hints as to what I'm doing wrong? > > Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards, > Jorn Ekkelenkamp > > ISP Services BV > http://www.isp-services.nl/contact > From ripe-dbm at ripe.net Fri Feb 13 11:59:03 2004 From: ripe-dbm at ripe.net (RIPE Database Manager) Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:59:03 +0100 Subject: NCC#2004021680 [sed] Update in the RIPE Database In-Reply-To: <4D2B945948BD1A4EA593863B538B65F68EDB4F@ifbexchange01.infobolsa.es>; from Damian Zazo on Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:21:25 +0100 References: <4D2B945948BD1A4EA593863B538B65F68EDB4F@ifbexchange01.infobolsa.es> Message-ID: <200402131059.i1DAx4AH018589@x19.ripe.net> Hi Damian Zazo, please read the following FAQ. http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/faq/database/index.html thanks Kevin Baker On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:21:25 +0100, Damian Zazo wrote: * Hello, * * My name is Damian Zazo and I work at the Information Technology Department of Infobolsa S.A. We want update some information in the RIPE Database. Luis Lechuga (LL3095-RIPE), a former employee of Infobolsa S.A., still appears as maintainer for Infobolsa and as administrative and technical contact for our Autonomous System (AS16085). What should we do to update this information? * * Regards, * * * Dami?n Zazo Delgado * * ? Responsable Comunicaciones ? * Telf.: 91 701 63 30 | Fax.: 91 701 63 63 * dzazo at infobolsa.es * *