From db-news at ripe.net Sat Jan 1 07:00:01 2005 From: db-news at ripe.net (DB Role Account) Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 07:00:01 +0100 Subject: FAQ table of contents Message-ID: <200501010600.j01601FZ027138@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 faure at wanagain.fr Mon Jan 24 12:13:42 2005 From: faure at wanagain.fr (Francis FAURE) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:13:42 +0100 Subject: please help Message-ID: <065101c50205$c4baddc0$0bc7a8c0@wanagain.fr> fr.bluegix francis faure (faure at wanagain.fr) Hello, concerning the update of the database : For a few months I have not received any more the e-mails of confirmation of update of the data base (messages "SUCCESS" and messages "FAILED" not received) that was not a problem because the updates are done well. Today, we try to delete information on database, without success, and we do not know why : because we do not have the error message in return. can you help us to receive the messages of return of update on the database ? Thank you by advance Best regards Francis From engin at ripe.net Mon Jan 24 15:43:40 2005 From: engin at ripe.net (Engin Gunduz) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:43:40 +0100 Subject: please help In-Reply-To: <065101c50205$c4baddc0$0bc7a8c0@wanagain.fr> References: <065101c50205$c4baddc0$0bc7a8c0@wanagain.fr> Message-ID: <20050124144339.GJ26523@x47.ripe.net> Hi Francis, The robot at auto-dbm at ripe.net has sent you acknowledgement messages today. We will contact you out of the list. Regards, -- Engin Gunduz RIPE NCC Software Engineering Department On 2005-01-24 12:13:42 +0100, Francis FAURE wrote: > fr.bluegix > francis faure (faure at wanagain.fr) > > Hello, > > concerning the update of the database : > > For a few months I have not received any more the e-mails of confirmation of update of the data base > (messages "SUCCESS" and messages "FAILED" not received) > > that was not a problem because the updates are done well. > > Today, we try to delete information on database, > without success, > and we do not know why : because we do not have the error message in return. > > can you help us to receive the messages of return of update on the database ? > > Thank you by advance > > Best regards > Francis From luis.lima at ip.novis.pt Tue Jan 25 16:40:09 2005 From: luis.lima at ip.novis.pt (Luis Lima) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:40:09 +0000 Subject: (no subject) Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.2.20050125152228.02bdfec0@pop.ip.novis.pt> Hi, I would like to delete an admin-c:PAC from the organisation object ORG-NTS3-RIPE, due, the person leaves from our company. How can I accomplish this? I intend to delete respective person object too. Best regards, --- Luis Lima (luis.lima at ip.novis.pt) Novis Telecom - Data & IP Rua Henrique Pous?o, 432 piso 0; 4461-901 Senhora da Hora; Matosinhos; Portugal Tel.: 351-22 0101020 Fax: 351-22 0101120 http://www.novis.pt