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Date:     Wed, 11 Nov 92 16:25:11 +0100
From:     Marten Terpstra <Marten.Terpstra at ripe.net>
Sender:   Marten.Terpstra at ripe.net
To:       Havard.Eidnes at runit.sintef.no
cc:       nic at ripe.net
Subject:  Re: Block vs. single RIPE DB entries 


 Havard.Eidnes at runit.sintef.no writes:
  * Hi,
  * 
  * is it possible to both register a block and a single entry as an exception
  * within that block in the RIPE database, eg.
  * 
  * inetnum: 192.51.0.0 - 192.51.15.0
  * 
  * and
  * 
  * inetnum: 192.51.5.0
  * 
  * and the "right thing" will happen upon lookup using whois? Or is this
  * method of registration discouraged?

It is possible, but when the database is queried for this network, both the
block AND the individual entry will appear, causing confusion. The only way
to solve this is by deleting the complete block, and sending in smaller
blocks that have the right information. In your example if 192.51.5 has
different information from all the others, what should happen is to delete
the complete block, and send in updates for 192.51.0 - 192.51.4 and 192.51.5
and 192.51.6 - 192.51.15. 

Not very nice, but the only solution. Maybe in the future we can come up with
a (even) more clever solution.

- -Marten

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