From db-news at ripe.net Thu Mar 1 07:00:02 2007 From: db-news at ripe.net (DB Role Account) Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 07:00:02 +0100 Subject: FAQ table of contents Message-ID: <200703010600.l21602sc012931@cat.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 roberto.matteotti at trivenet.it Thu Mar 1 12:09:15 2007 From: roberto.matteotti at trivenet.it (Roberto Matteotti) Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 12:09:15 +0100 Subject: my first person/inetnum creation Message-ID: <013b01c75bf2$0ce1db10$a001a8c0@trivenetspa.lan> Hi, this is my first message :-) I should create person and inetnum objects for my customers. Are these forms correct? person: John Doe address: via Street, 11/A address: City (TV) I-31030 Italy phone: +39 0423000007 fax-no: +39 0423000001 e-mail: johndoe at domain.com nic-hdl: AUTO-1JD (<= it will be JD3-RIPE) notify: role-mailbox at xyz.com abuse-mailbox: abuse -mailbox at xyz.com changed: role-mailbox at domain.com source: RIPE and then: inetnum: 200.100.100.100 - 200.100.100.104 netname: Acme descr: Acme Co. descr: via Street, 11/A City (TV) I-31030 Italy descr: phone: +39 0423000007 fax : +39 0423000001 country: IT admin-c: JD3-RIPE tech-c: ROLENH-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA mnt-by: XYZ-MNT changed: role-mailbox at domain.com source: RIPE Where should I set the password of the maintainer? In the "Authorisation" tab? Thanks!! Roberto Matteotti -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ms at uakom.sk Thu Mar 1 13:18:33 2007 From: ms at uakom.sk (Martin Stanislav) Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 13:18:33 +0100 Subject: my first person/inetnum creation In-Reply-To: <013b01c75bf2$0ce1db10$a001a8c0@trivenetspa.lan> References: <013b01c75bf2$0ce1db10$a001a8c0@trivenetspa.lan> Message-ID: <20070301121833.GJ1910@moon.uakom.sk> Hi Roberto, I assume your maintainer has an auth attribute with MD5 hashed password since you ask where to place the password in an email to auto-dbm at ripe.net. Please, place a line password:your_maintainer_cleartext_password within your email. Please don't forget to separate this line by an extra line (whitespace) from any other objects within your messages body and replace "your_maintainer_cleartext_password" with an appropriate string. Cheers, Martin On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 12:09:15PM +0100, Roberto Matteotti wrote: > Hi, > > this is my first message :-) > > I should create person and inetnum objects for my customers. > > Are these forms correct? > > person: John Doe > address: via Street, 11/A > address: City (TV) I-31030 Italy > phone: +39 0423000007 > fax-no: +39 0423000001 > e-mail: johndoe at domain.com > nic-hdl: AUTO-1JD (<= it will be JD3-RIPE) > notify: role-mailbox at xyz.com > abuse-mailbox: abuse -mailbox at xyz.com > changed: role-mailbox at domain.com > source: RIPE > > and then: > > inetnum: 200.100.100.100 - 200.100.100.104 > netname: Acme > descr: Acme Co. > descr: via Street, 11/A > City (TV) > I-31030 Italy > descr: phone: +39 0423000007 > fax : +39 0423000001 > country: IT > admin-c: JD3-RIPE > tech-c: ROLENH-RIPE > status: ASSIGNED PA > mnt-by: XYZ-MNT > changed: role-mailbox at domain.com > source: RIPE > > Where should I set the password of the maintainer? In the "Authorisation" > tab? > Thanks!! > Roberto Matteotti From denis at ripe.net Thu Mar 1 13:50:28 2007 From: denis at ripe.net (Denis Walker) Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:50:28 +0100 Subject: my first person/inetnum creation In-Reply-To: <20070301121833.GJ1910@moon.uakom.sk> References: <013b01c75bf2$0ce1db10$a001a8c0@trivenetspa.lan> <20070301121833.GJ1910@moon.uakom.sk> Message-ID: <45E6CC14.4010405@ripe.net> Hi Please take a look at this manual http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/db-start.html It covers exactly this situation - a new user wanting to create their first objects in the RIPE Database. regards Denis Database Group RIPE NCC Martin Stanislav wrote: > Hi Roberto, > > I assume your maintainer has an auth attribute with MD5 hashed > password since you ask where to place the password in an email > to auto-dbm at ripe.net. > > Please, place a line > > password:your_maintainer_cleartext_password > > within your email. Please don't forget to separate this line > by an extra line (whitespace) from any other objects within > your messages body and replace "your_maintainer_cleartext_password" > with an appropriate string. > > Cheers, > > Martin > > On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 12:09:15PM +0100, Roberto Matteotti wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> this is my first message :-) >> >> I should create person and inetnum objects for my customers. >> >> Are these forms correct? >> >> person: John Doe >> address: via Street, 11/A >> address: City (TV) I-31030 Italy >> phone: +39 0423000007 >> fax-no: +39 0423000001 >> e-mail: johndoe at domain.com >> nic-hdl: AUTO-1JD (<= it will be JD3-RIPE) >> notify: role-mailbox at xyz.com >> abuse-mailbox: abuse -mailbox at xyz.com >> changed: role-mailbox at domain.com >> source: RIPE >> >> and then: >> >> inetnum: 200.100.100.100 - 200.100.100.104 >> netname: Acme >> descr: Acme Co. >> descr: via Street, 11/A >> City (TV) >> I-31030 Italy >> descr: phone: +39 0423000007 >> fax : +39 0423000001 >> country: IT >> admin-c: JD3-RIPE >> tech-c: ROLENH-RIPE >> status: ASSIGNED PA >> mnt-by: XYZ-MNT >> changed: role-mailbox at domain.com >> source: RIPE >> >> Where should I set the password of the maintainer? In the "Authorisation" >> tab? >> Thanks!! >> Roberto Matteotti >> > >