From db-news at ripe.net Tue Feb 1 07:00:02 2005 From: db-news at ripe.net (DB Role Account) Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 07:00:02 +0100 Subject: FAQ table of contents Message-ID: <200502010600.j11602QN025691@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/info/faq/db/main.html http://www.ripe.net/info/faq/db/security.html http://www.ripe.net/info/faq/db/lir-partitioned.html http://www.ripe.net/info/faq/db/abuse.html RIPE Whois Database FAQ http://www.ripe.net/info/faq/db/main.html 1. What is the RIPE Database? 2. What is acceptable use of the RIPE Database? 3. What is a netname? 4. What is a nic-hdl? 5. Can I use a nic-handle from another Regional Internet Registry in the RIPE Database? 6. What is a tech-c and what is an admin-c? 7. Can I register a domain in the RIPE Database? 8. How do I register a person/role object in the RIPE Database ? 9. Someone has created a person object with my name, address, telephone number, etc. in the RIPE Database. Why did they do this? 10. My information in the database is not correct, can you please update my object(s)? 11. How do I delete an object from the RIPE Database? 12. My update failed. Please explain why it failed. 13. What are the authorisation rules for route object creation? 14. Which date should be used as "changed-date" in a whois database-object? 15. 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? 16. Why does my phone number appear in the RIPE Database? 17. Can I download the RIPE Database software? 18. Can I download the RIPE Database? 19. I cannot find any information about a network in the RIPE Database. Can I look somewhere else? 20. When one uses the RIPE NCC whois client, is it necessary to specify"-h whois.ripe.net" or is that pre-set by default? 21. How do I register reverse-delegations in the RIPE Database? 22. I want to have an IP->country conversion table; from where can I get it? 23. I want to peer with an AS. How do I do this? 24. Can I enter several contacts in one Database object? 25. How do I update an object in the RIPE Whois Database? 26. I cannot create a route object because the origin AS refers to an aut-num object that does not exist 27. Is the "changed" line updated automtically? 28. Can I use a nic-handle from another database? 29. Where can I find more information about the RIPE Whois Database? RIPE Whois Database Security FAQ http://www.ripe.net/info/faq/db/security.html 1. I have objects in the RIPE Whois Database. How can I protect them ? 2. How do I create a maintainer (mntner) object in the RIPE Whois Database ? 3. I have only one person object in the RIPE Whois Database. Can I create a mntner object to protect it? 4. We lost the password of our mntner. Can you please change it to xxxx? 5. My mntner password does not work. Why not ? 6. How can I encrypt a password for my mntner using CRYPT-PW? 7. What encryption algorithm should be used for the crypted password in the "auth:" attribute of a mntner object ? 8. How to use the MD5-PW auth scheme in my mntner ? 9. Why is the crypted-password published in the RIPE Whois Database ? Why not keep it secret ? 10. What software do I need to use PGP? 11. How can I use PGP with my mail software? 12. Getting started with PGP in RIPE Whois Database 13. What is a key-cert object, and how can I create it? 14. How should I modify my maintainer to use PGP? 15. How can I sign my update with PGP and send it? 16. How can I put two or more signatures in a message? 17. Can I create a maintainer with only PGP authentication? 18. What is the size of PGP key that can be used in a key-cert object in the RIPE Whois Database? LIR-PARTITIONED: The New "Status:" Attribute Value FAQ http://www.ripe.net/info/faq/db/lir-partitioned.html 1. What is "LIR-PARTITIONED"? 2. When would the LIR-PARTITIONED "status:" value be used? 3. How is such an object created in the RIPE Whois Database? 4. How can I protect an LIR-PARTITIONED object? 5. Do I have to seek approval from the RIPE NCC before entering an LIR-PARTITIONED object into the RIPE Whois Database? 6. Can I request reverse delegation for an LIR-PARTITIONED inetnum object? 7. Can I use the LIR-PARTITIONED "status:" value in an inet6num object? From vasily at csc.com.ua Sun Feb 6 15:41:31 2005 From: vasily at csc.com.ua (Bokov Vasiliy) Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 14:41:31 -0000 Subject: (no subject) Message-ID: <001101c50c59$f2eae470$6565a8c0@user1> Hello, >From www.ripe.net I receive such information: ----------------------- inetnum: 82.198.0.0 - 82.198.7.255 netname: SATGATE-NET-NL (SatGate Network, Netherlands) country: RU # AM AZ BY BA BG GE KZ KG LV LT MK MD PL RO TJ TM UA UZ YU IR LB TR ------------------ What is a counry for this IP range? What mean such range? Can you explain me? Or maybe you can give URL to the place where I can investigate this question? Thank you. Best regards, Vasily Bokov From shane at ripe.net Mon Feb 7 10:32:25 2005 From: shane at ripe.net (Shane Kerr) Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 10:32:25 +0100 Subject: [sed] (no subject) In-Reply-To: <001101c50c59$f2eae470$6565a8c0@user1> References: <001101c50c59$f2eae470$6565a8c0@user1> Message-ID: <420735A9.7050402@ripe.net> Bokov Vasiliy wrote: > Hello, >>From www.ripe.net I receive such information: > ----------------------- > inetnum: 82.198.0.0 - 82.198.7.255 > netname: SATGATE-NET-NL (SatGate Network, Netherlands) > country: RU # AM AZ BY BA BG GE KZ KG LV LT MK MD PL RO TJ TM UA UZ YU IR LB > TR > ------------------ > What is a counry for this IP range? What mean such range? Can you explain > me? Or maybe you can > give URL to the place where I can investigate this question? > Thank you. This looks like a satellite network. I am guessing that the countries listed are all within the range of the network. Engin Gunduz of the RIPE NCC did a presentation about the "country:" attribute in the RIPE Database, and some of the problems with it, at RIPE 48: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-48/presentations/ripe48-db-country.pdf -- Shane Kerr RIPE NCC From christian.bertoldi at ch.abnamro.com Fri Feb 11 08:32:47 2005 From: christian.bertoldi at ch.abnamro.com (christian.bertoldi at ch.abnamro.com) Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:32:47 +0100 Subject: whois-db variations / authentication info Message-ID: Good morning, we became an Autonomous System and now we're trying to update some informations on our whois records without success. Modify FAILED: [person] GVAG1-RIPE Gabriele V. A. Gianolli ***Error: Authorisation failed ***Info: Syntax check passed ....... ***Info: Authorisation for [person] GVAG1-RIPE using mnt-by: not authenticated by: AS1836-MNT, CH-ZZ-MNT it seems that we need to be authenticated by our two previous mantainer. If there is need to insert a password for these objects, then there is a problem: we don't know these passwords! How could we solve this problem? Thanks in advance. Christian Bertoldi ABN-AMRO Bank Switzerland +41 091 695 4955 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message (including any attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Please note that e-mails are susceptible to change. ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (including its group companies) shall not be liable for the improper or incomplete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt or damage to your system. ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (or its group companies) does not guarantee that the integrity of this communication has been maintained nor that this communication is free of viruses, interceptions or interference. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From ripe-dbm at ripe.net Fri Feb 11 14:44:38 2005 From: ripe-dbm at ripe.net (RIPE Database Manager) Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:44:38 +0100 Subject: NCC#2005022013 whois-db variations / authentication info In-Reply-To: ; from Christian Bertoldi on Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:32:47 +0100 References: Message-ID: <200502111344.j1BDidMp018023@x47.ripe.net> Dear Christian, On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:32:47 +0100, Christian Bertoldi wrote: > Good morning, > > we became an Autonomous System and now we're trying to update some > informations on our whois records without success. > > Modify FAILED: [person] GVAG1-RIPE Gabriele V. A. Gianolli > ***Error: Authorisation failed > ***Info: Syntax check passed > > ....... > > > ***Info: Authorisation for [person] GVAG1-RIPE > > using mnt-by: > not authenticated by: AS1836-MNT, CH-ZZ-MNT You will need to contact the owners of these maintainers to get you object modified. We will send another mail to you off the list. If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate to contact . Regards, Engin Gunduz ____________________________ RIPE Database Administration. > > it seems that we need to be authenticated by our two previous mantainer. > If there is need to insert a password for these objects, then there is a > problem: > we don't know these passwords! > > How could we solve this problem? > > Thanks in advance. > > Christian Bertoldi > ABN-AMRO Bank Switzerland > +41 091 695 4955 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message (including any attachments) is confidential and may be > privileged. 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(or its group companies) does not guarantee that > the integrity of this communication has been maintained nor that this > communication is free of viruses, interceptions or interference. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From fpalacio at iasoft.es Fri Feb 11 15:06:21 2005 From: fpalacio at iasoft.es (Fernando Palacio) Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:06:21 +0100 Subject: help Message-ID: <002201c51042$dd79f350$0b01a8c0@local.iasoft.es> help From Don.Krapf at gd-ais.com Tue Feb 15 20:22:50 2005 From: Don.Krapf at gd-ais.com (Krapf, Don E.) Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:22:50 -0500 Subject: (no subject) Message-ID: <0FE2E2C18BA7A14F992C5C16144D4AB9890ADF@vaff01-mail01.ad.gd-ais.com> About 2 months ago, I downloaded and installed the RIPE WHOIS server software and set up NRTM to whois.ripe.net. It seems to be running okay. The last line of my ripupdlog says: "forwarded to serial:5901142" I have noticed that queries directed at whois.ripe.net get different results than queries directed at my local server: # ripewhois -h 193.0.0.135 85.0.0.0 inetnum: 85.0.0.0 - 85.7.255.255 ... # ripewhois -h 127.0.0.1 -p 43001 85.0.0.0 inetnum: 80.0.0.0 - 88.255.255.255 ... I'm wondering why they are different. I've tried using -m with the local server to get a more specific result but it reports: %ERROR:101: no entries found I've noticed that the "changed" attribute for the inetnum returned from whois.ripe.net indicates "20050125". My local server was down during that time. Would it not have caught up when I brought it up again? If not, how do I get a new mysqldump to bring my server up to date? Thanks Don Krapf NCS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: