From db-news at ripe.net Wed Feb 1 07:00:01 2006 From: db-news at ripe.net (DB Role Account) Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 07:00:01 +0100 Subject: FAQ table of contents Message-ID: <200602010600.k11601bN002285@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 gert-jan at dataweb.nl Tue Feb 21 11:51:44 2006 From: gert-jan at dataweb.nl (Gert-Jan van der Lee) Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:51:44 +0100 Subject: FW: FAILED: Message-ID: Hi, I cannot delete an inetnum object. As far as I can see the object matched the database. What is wrong? Best regards, Gert-Jan van der Lee DataWeb Internetdiensten B.V. ------------------------------------------------- -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: RIPE Database Administration [mailto:ripe-dbm at ripe.net] Verzonden: dinsdag 21 februari 2006 11:35 Aan: Gert-Jan van der Lee Onderwerp: FAILED: > From: "Gert-Jan van der Lee" > Subject: > Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:34:57 +0100 > Reply-To: gert-jan at dataweb.nl > Message-ID: 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: 0 Delete: 1 Syntax Errors: 0 DETAILED EXPLANATION: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following object(s) were found to have ERRORS: --- Delete FAILED: [inetnum] 87.236.2.48 - 87.236.2.63 ***Info: Syntax check passed inetnum: 87.236.2.48 - 87.236.2.63 netname: DATAWEB-CUST-DSL2-RI descr: DataWeb DSL Customer RI network 2 country: NL admin-c: DATA1-RIPE tech-c: DATA1-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA mnt-by: DATAWEB-MNT changed: hostmaster at dataweb.nl delete: test source: RIPE ***Error: This does not exactly match the object stored in the database. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For assistance or clarification please contact: RIPE Database Administration From ms at uakom.sk Wed Feb 22 10:17:02 2006 From: ms at uakom.sk (Martin Stanislav) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 10:17:02 +0100 Subject: FW: FAILED: In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20060222091702.GA11067@moon.uakom.sk> Hi Gert-Jan, while querying the RIPE DB to get an object in response try using -B switch, e.g.: whois -h whois.ripe.net '-B 87.236.2.48' if -B switch is missing, "changed:" attributes won't be included in response. AFAIK this behaviour was introduced as to somewhat prevent maintanance contact info misuse for SPAM devlivery and similar. Best regards, Martin Stanislav On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 11:51:44AM +0100, Gert-Jan van der Lee wrote: > Hi, > > I cannot delete an inetnum object. As far as I can see the object > matched the database. What is wrong? > > Best regards, > > Gert-Jan van der Lee > DataWeb Internetdiensten B.V. > ------------------------------------------------- > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: RIPE Database Administration [mailto:ripe-dbm at ripe.net] > Verzonden: dinsdag 21 februari 2006 11:35 > Aan: Gert-Jan van der Lee > Onderwerp: FAILED: > > > > > From: "Gert-Jan van der Lee" > > Subject: > > Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:34:57 +0100 > > Reply-To: gert-jan at dataweb.nl > > Message-ID: > > > > > 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: 0 > Delete: 1 > Syntax Errors: 0 > > > DETAILED EXPLANATION: > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The following object(s) were found to have ERRORS: > > > --- > Delete FAILED: [inetnum] 87.236.2.48 - 87.236.2.63 > ***Info: Syntax check passed > > inetnum: 87.236.2.48 - 87.236.2.63 > netname: DATAWEB-CUST-DSL2-RI > descr: DataWeb DSL Customer RI network 2 > country: NL > admin-c: DATA1-RIPE > tech-c: DATA1-RIPE > status: ASSIGNED PA > mnt-by: DATAWEB-MNT > changed: hostmaster at dataweb.nl > delete: test > source: RIPE > ***Error: This does not exactly match the object stored in the database. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > For assistance or clarification please contact: > RIPE Database Administration > > > > From eln at simsiz.net Thu Feb 23 11:01:11 2006 From: eln at simsiz.net (Elnour Mammadov) Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 14:01:11 +0400 Subject: reclaim:??? Message-ID: <20060223100119.772E73F456@mx1.simsiz.az> Hi all, So there is no reclaim: or reclaim alike functionality in the DB, correct? Regards, Elnour -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: