From db-news at ripe.net Sat Oct 1 07:00:01 2005 From: db-news at ripe.net (DB Role Account) Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 07:00:01 +0200 Subject: FAQ table of contents Message-ID: <200510010500.j91501ZE025203@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 neuron at corbina.ru Mon Oct 24 10:43:37 2005 From: neuron at corbina.ru (Moskovkin Sergey) Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:43:37 +0400 Subject: help Message-ID: <20051024084337.GE31902@neuron.corbina.ru> . -- Best regards, Moskovkin Sergey Network Engineer Corbina Telecom _______________________________________________________________________ e-mail: neuron at corbina.ru tel: +7 095 7284000 (ext. 2515) From Roger.Goy at thomson.com Mon Oct 24 13:39:16 2005 From: Roger.Goy at thomson.com (Roger.Goy at thomson.com) Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:39:16 +0200 Subject: FW: FAILED: Message-ID: <8D8D5C193740B04894FA6AA9F767A4E5F8B23B@tlrchbermbx01.ERF.THOMSON.COM> Hi, I'm the maintainer "mnt-by: RG1214-RIPE-MNT". How can I modify the bellow object, respectively how can I authenticate it ? Thanks Roger Source sent: domain: 124.82.192.in-addr.arpa descr: Thomson Corporation Switzerland AG descr: Laupenstrasse 18a descr: Bern descr: state/prov: Bern descr: 3008 admin-c: RG2568-RIPE tech-c: RG2568-RIPE zone-c: RG2568-RIPE nserver: GRAPE.KRINFO.CH nserver: NS1.IP-PLUS.NET mnt-by: RG1214-RIPE-MNT changed: roger.goy at thomson.com 20051024 changed: er-transfer at ripe.net 20050218 source: RIPE password: MD5-PW $1$JwPHwovD$L4pdf3gc75LkSfXQHXgts/ -----Original Message----- From: RIPE Database Administration [mailto:ripe-dbm at ripe.net] Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 1:02 PM To: Goy, Roger (DIA EMEA/A) Subject: FAILED: > From: > Subject: > Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:03:39 +0200 > Reply-To: Roger.Goy at thomson.com > Message-ID: <8D8D5C193740B04894FA6AA9F767A4E5F8B22C at tlrchbermbx01.ERF.THOMSON.COM> SUMMARY OF UPDATE: Number of objects found: 1 Number of objects processed successfully: 0 Create: 0 Modify: 0 Delete: 0 No Operation: 0 Number of objects processed with errors: 1 Create: 0 Modify: 1 Delete: 0 Syntax Errors: 0 DETAILED EXPLANATION: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following object(s) were found to have ERRORS: --- Modify FAILED: [domain] 124.82.192.in-addr.arpa ***Error: Authorisation failed ***Info: Syntax check passed domain: 124.82.192.in-addr.arpa descr: Thomson Corporation Switzerland AG descr: Laupenstrasse 18a descr: Bern descr: state/prov: Bern descr: 3008 admin-c: RG2568-RIPE tech-c: RG2568-RIPE zone-c: RG2568-RIPE nserver: GRAPE.KRINFO.CH nserver: NS1.IP-PLUS.NET mnt-by: RG1214-RIPE-MNT changed: er-transfer at ripe.net 20050218 changed: roger.goy at thomson.com 20051024 source: RIPE ***Info: Authorisation for existing [domain] 124.82.192.in-addr.arpa using mnt-by: not authenticated by: RG1214-RIPE-MNT ***Error: RDNS Authorisation failed ***Info: Authorisation for [domain] 124.82.192.in-addr.arpa using mnt-by: not authenticated by: RG1214-RIPE-MNT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following paragraph(s) do not look like objects and were NOT PROCESSED: Thomson Corporation Switzerland AG Dialog / DatatStar Laupenstrasse 18a 3008 Berne, Switzerland From shane at ripe.net Tue Oct 25 15:01:21 2005 From: shane at ripe.net (Shane Kerr) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:01:21 +0200 Subject: FW: FAILED: In-Reply-To: <8D8D5C193740B04894FA6AA9F767A4E5F8B23B@tlrchbermbx01.ERF.THOMSON.COM> References: <8D8D5C193740B04894FA6AA9F767A4E5F8B23B@tlrchbermbx01.ERF.THOMSON.COM> Message-ID: <435E2CA1.1050904@ripe.net> Roger, If you are using e-mail, you need to include a line that looks like: password: your passphrase In the message. If you are using webupdates, you need to click on the "Authorization" link near the top of the page, and enter you passphrase. Then you can click the "Edit" link and update the domain object. If you have lost or forgotten your passphrase, then please e-mail , and we will help you reset this. You can see more documentation at the FAQ page: http://www.ripe.net/info/faq/db/security.html Cheers, -- Shane Kerr RIPE NCC Roger.Goy at thomson.com wrote: >Hi, > >I'm the maintainer "mnt-by: RG1214-RIPE-MNT". >How can I modify the bellow object, respectively how can I authenticate >it ? > >Thanks >Roger > > >Source sent: > >domain: 124.82.192.in-addr.arpa >descr: Thomson Corporation Switzerland AG >descr: Laupenstrasse 18a >descr: Bern >descr: state/prov: Bern >descr: 3008 >admin-c: RG2568-RIPE >tech-c: RG2568-RIPE >zone-c: RG2568-RIPE >nserver: GRAPE.KRINFO.CH >nserver: NS1.IP-PLUS.NET >mnt-by: RG1214-RIPE-MNT >changed: roger.goy at thomson.com 20051024 >changed: er-transfer at ripe.net 20050218 >source: RIPE >password: MD5-PW $1$JwPHwovD$L4pdf3gc75LkSfXQHXgts/ > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: RIPE Database Administration [mailto:ripe-dbm at ripe.net] >Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 1:02 PM >To: Goy, Roger (DIA EMEA/A) >Subject: FAILED: > > > > > >> From: >> Subject: >> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:03:39 +0200 >> Reply-To: Roger.Goy at thomson.com >> Message-ID: >> >> ><8D8D5C193740B04894FA6AA9F767A4E5F8B22C at tlrchbermbx01.ERF.THOMSON.COM> > > > >SUMMARY OF UPDATE: > >Number of objects found: 1 >Number of objects processed successfully: 0 > Create: 0 > Modify: 0 > Delete: 0 > No Operation: 0 >Number of objects processed with errors: 1 > Create: 0 > Modify: 1 > Delete: 0 > Syntax Errors: 0 > > >DETAILED EXPLANATION: > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >The following object(s) were found to have ERRORS: > > >--- >Modify FAILED: [domain] 124.82.192.in-addr.arpa >***Error: Authorisation failed >***Info: Syntax check passed > >domain: 124.82.192.in-addr.arpa >descr: Thomson Corporation Switzerland AG >descr: Laupenstrasse 18a >descr: Bern >descr: state/prov: Bern >descr: 3008 >admin-c: RG2568-RIPE >tech-c: RG2568-RIPE >zone-c: RG2568-RIPE >nserver: GRAPE.KRINFO.CH >nserver: NS1.IP-PLUS.NET >mnt-by: RG1214-RIPE-MNT >changed: er-transfer at ripe.net 20050218 >changed: roger.goy at thomson.com 20051024 >source: RIPE > >***Info: Authorisation for existing [domain] 124.82.192.in-addr.arpa > using mnt-by: > not authenticated by: RG1214-RIPE-MNT > >***Error: RDNS Authorisation failed > >***Info: Authorisation for [domain] 124.82.192.in-addr.arpa > using mnt-by: > not authenticated by: RG1214-RIPE-MNT > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >The following paragraph(s) do not look like objects >and were NOT PROCESSED: > >Thomson Corporation Switzerland AG >Dialog / DatatStar >Laupenstrasse 18a >3008 Berne, Switzerland > > > From hendrik.volker at deu.mci.com Tue Oct 25 10:07:46 2005 From: hendrik.volker at deu.mci.com (Hendrik T Voelker) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:07:46 +0200 Subject: FW: FAILED: In-Reply-To: <8D8D5C193740B04894FA6AA9F767A4E5F8B23B@tlrchbermbx01.ERF.THOMSON.COM> References: <8D8D5C193740B04894FA6AA9F767A4E5F8B23B@tlrchbermbx01.ERF.THOMSON.COM> Message-ID: <20051025080746.GB25070@ripe.net> On 24.10.2005 at 13:39, Roger.Goy at thomson.com wrote: > How can I modify the bellow object, respectively how can I authenticate > it ? > [...] > password: MD5-PW $1$JwPHwovD$L4pdf3gc75LkSfXQHXgts/ Give the password in cleartext Cheers Hendrik -- Hendrik T. Voelker HTV5-RIPE MCI EMEA Registrar Team MCI Deutschland GmbH Sebrathweg 20 44149 Dortmund, GERMANY http://www.mci.com/de/ tel+49-231-972-1565 fax+49-231-972-1180 From Roger.Goy at thomson.com Tue Oct 25 10:23:33 2005 From: Roger.Goy at thomson.com (Roger.Goy at thomson.com) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:23:33 +0200 Subject: FW: FAILED: Message-ID: <8D8D5C193740B04894FA6AA9F767A4E5F8B2CE@tlrchbermbx01.ERF.THOMSON.COM> Hi Thanks but I still cann't modify the domain object Best regards Roger > From: > Subject: > Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:16:35 +0200 > Reply-To: Roger.Goy at thomson.com > Message-ID: > <8D8D5C193740B04894FA6AA9F767A4E5F8B2CC at tlrchbermbx01.ERF.THOMSON.COM> SUMMARY OF UPDATE: Number of objects found: 0 Number of objects processed successfully: 0 Create: 0 Modify: 0 Delete: 0 No Operation: 0 Number of objects processed with errors: 0 Create: 0 Modify: 0 Delete: 0 Syntax Errors: 0 DETAILED EXPLANATION: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following paragraph(s) do not look like objects and were NOT PROCESSED: passsword: adjklhdf%jkj12 domain: 124.82.192.in-addr.arpa descr: Thomson Corporation Switzerland AG descr: Laupenstrasse 18a descr: Bern descr: state/prov: Bern descr: 3008 admin-c: RG2568-RIPE tech-c: RG2568-RIPE zone-c: RG2568-RIPE nserver: ns0.ext.dialog.com nserver: ns1.ext.dialog.com mnt-by: RG1214-RIPE-MNT changed: roger.goy at thomson.com 20051025 source: RIPE -----Original Message----- From: Hendrik T. Voelker [mailto:hendrik.volker at deu.mci.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 10:08 AM To: Goy, Roger (DIA EMEA/A) Cc: db-help at ripe.net Subject: Re: FW: FAILED: On 24.10.2005 at 13:39, Roger.Goy at thomson.com wrote: > How can I modify the bellow object, respectively how can I authenticate > it ? > [...] > password: MD5-PW $1$JwPHwovD$L4pdf3gc75LkSfXQHXgts/ Give the password in cleartext Cheers Hendrik -- Hendrik T. Voelker HTV5-RIPE MCI EMEA Registrar Team MCI Deutschland GmbH Sebrathweg 20 44149 Dortmund, GERMANY http://www.mci.com/de/ tel+49-231-972-1565 fax+49-231-972-1180 From hendrik.volker at deu.mci.com Tue Oct 25 10:28:31 2005 From: hendrik.volker at deu.mci.com (Hendrik T Voelker) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:28:31 +0200 Subject: FW: FAILED: In-Reply-To: <8D8D5C193740B04894FA6AA9F767A4E5F8B2CE@tlrchbermbx01.ERF.THOMSON.COM> References: <8D8D5C193740B04894FA6AA9F767A4E5F8B2CE@tlrchbermbx01.ERF.THOMSON.COM> Message-ID: <20051025082831.GC25070@ripe.net> On 25.10.2005 at 10:23, Roger.Goy at thomson.com wrote: > Thanks but I still cann't modify the domain object > [...] > passsword: adjklhdf%jkj12 ^^^ No small wonder :) There is a typo in "password:", there is one "s" too much, and beside that, the first field has to be the name of the object type, in this case "domain:". It is common practice, to add the password line at the end of the object. And it is no a good idea, to post the passord openly ;) so you should change it very fast. And then maybe have a look into using gpg/pgp or X.509 certificates for authentication, instead of the very unsecure password mechanism. Cheers Hendrik -- Hendrik T. Voelker HTV5-RIPE MCI EMEA Registrar Team MCI Deutschland GmbH Sebrathweg 20 44149 Dortmund, GERMANY http://www.mci.com/de/ tel+49-231-972-1565 fax+49-231-972-1180 From Roger.Goy at thomson.com Tue Oct 25 11:27:07 2005 From: Roger.Goy at thomson.com (Roger.Goy at thomson.com) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 11:27:07 +0200 Subject: FW: FAILED: Message-ID: <8D8D5C193740B04894FA6AA9F767A4E5F8B2E7@tlrchbermbx01.ERF.THOMSON.COM> Thanks for your help Reagrds Roger -----Original Message----- From: Hendrik T. Voelker [mailto:hendrik.volker at deu.mci.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 10:29 AM To: Goy, Roger (DIA EMEA/A) Cc: db-help at ripe.net Subject: Re: FW: FAILED: On 25.10.2005 at 10:23, Roger.Goy at thomson.com wrote: > Thanks but I still cann't modify the domain object > [...] > passsword: adjklhdf%jkj12 ^^^ No small wonder :) There is a typo in "password:", there is one "s" too much, and beside that, the first field has to be the name of the object type, in this case "domain:". It is common practice, to add the password line at the end of the object. And it is no a good idea, to post the passord openly ;) so you should change it very fast. And then maybe have a look into using gpg/pgp or X.509 certificates for authentication, instead of the very unsecure password mechanism. Cheers Hendrik -- Hendrik T. Voelker HTV5-RIPE MCI EMEA Registrar Team MCI Deutschland GmbH Sebrathweg 20 44149 Dortmund, GERMANY http://www.mci.com/de/ tel+49-231-972-1565 fax+49-231-972-1180 From Roger.Goy at thomson.com Tue Oct 25 15:11:38 2005 From: Roger.Goy at thomson.com (Roger.Goy at thomson.com) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:11:38 +0200 Subject: FW: FAILED: Message-ID: <8D8D5C193740B04894FA6AA9F767A4E5F8B320@tlrchbermbx01.ERF.THOMSON.COM> Shane, Thanks for your answer. Cheers Roger -----Original Message----- From: Shane Kerr [mailto:shane at ripe.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 3:01 PM To: Goy, Roger (DIA EMEA/A) Cc: db-help at ripe.net Subject: Re: FW: FAILED: Roger, If you are using e-mail, you need to include a line that looks like: password: your passphrase In the message. If you are using webupdates, you need to click on the "Authorization" link near the top of the page, and enter you passphrase. Then you can click the "Edit" link and update the domain object. If you have lost or forgotten your passphrase, then please e-mail , and we will help you reset this. You can see more documentation at the FAQ page: http://www.ripe.net/info/faq/db/security.html Cheers, -- Shane Kerr RIPE NCC Roger.Goy at thomson.com wrote: >Hi, > >I'm the maintainer "mnt-by: RG1214-RIPE-MNT". >How can I modify the bellow object, respectively how can I authenticate >it ? > >Thanks >Roger > > >Source sent: > >domain: 124.82.192.in-addr.arpa >descr: Thomson Corporation Switzerland AG >descr: Laupenstrasse 18a >descr: Bern >descr: state/prov: Bern >descr: 3008 >admin-c: RG2568-RIPE >tech-c: RG2568-RIPE >zone-c: RG2568-RIPE >nserver: GRAPE.KRINFO.CH >nserver: NS1.IP-PLUS.NET >mnt-by: RG1214-RIPE-MNT >changed: roger.goy at thomson.com 20051024 >changed: er-transfer at ripe.net 20050218 >source: RIPE >password: MD5-PW $1$JwPHwovD$L4pdf3gc75LkSfXQHXgts/ > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: RIPE Database Administration [mailto:ripe-dbm at ripe.net] >Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 1:02 PM >To: Goy, Roger (DIA EMEA/A) >Subject: FAILED: > > > > > >> From: >> Subject: >> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:03:39 +0200 >> Reply-To: Roger.Goy at thomson.com >> Message-ID: >> >> ><8D8D5C193740B04894FA6AA9F767A4E5F8B22C at tlrchbermbx01.ERF.THOMSON.COM> > > > >SUMMARY OF UPDATE: > >Number of objects found: 1 >Number of objects processed successfully: 0 > Create: 0 > Modify: 0 > Delete: 0 > No Operation: 0 >Number of objects processed with errors: 1 > Create: 0 > Modify: 1 > Delete: 0 > Syntax Errors: 0 > > >DETAILED EXPLANATION: > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >The following object(s) were found to have ERRORS: > > >--- >Modify FAILED: [domain] 124.82.192.in-addr.arpa >***Error: Authorisation failed >***Info: Syntax check passed > >domain: 124.82.192.in-addr.arpa >descr: Thomson Corporation Switzerland AG >descr: Laupenstrasse 18a >descr: Bern >descr: state/prov: Bern >descr: 3008 >admin-c: RG2568-RIPE >tech-c: RG2568-RIPE >zone-c: RG2568-RIPE >nserver: GRAPE.KRINFO.CH >nserver: NS1.IP-PLUS.NET >mnt-by: RG1214-RIPE-MNT >changed: er-transfer at ripe.net 20050218 >changed: roger.goy at thomson.com 20051024 >source: RIPE > >***Info: Authorisation for existing [domain] 124.82.192.in-addr.arpa > using mnt-by: > not authenticated by: RG1214-RIPE-MNT > >***Error: RDNS Authorisation failed > >***Info: Authorisation for [domain] 124.82.192.in-addr.arpa > using mnt-by: > not authenticated by: RG1214-RIPE-MNT > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >The following paragraph(s) do not look like objects >and were NOT PROCESSED: > >Thomson Corporation Switzerland AG >Dialog / DatatStar >Laupenstrasse 18a >3008 Berne, Switzerland > > >