[db-wg] missing data

On 05/11/2020 14:12, Ronald F. Guilmette via db-wg wrote:

Hi Ronald,

> Can someone (anyone) please explain to me why the following file does not
> exist?
> 
> ftp://ftp.ripe.net/pub/zones/185.in-addr.arpa-RIPE
> 
> Who is responsible for generating the files in this directory?  What is the
> process by which they are generated?  What went wrong and who is going to
> fix it?

The files in https://ftp.ripe.net/pub/zones/ are generated by the RIPE
NCC's reverse DNS provisioning system. The files published there are
"zonelet" files. They are meant to contain reverse DNS delegation
information for address space registered in the RIPE Database, but whose
parent zone operator is another RIR. For example, 192.in-addr.arpa is
operated by ARIN, but there are various address ranges in 192/8
registered in the RIPE Database. So we publish the DNS information in
the "192.in-addr.arpa-RIPE" file. ARIN fetches this file periodically to
import the data in it into 192.in-addr.arpa.

In contrast, 185/8 has been assigned to RIPE NCC by the IANA. So RIPE
NCC operates 185.in-addr.arpa. We have no reason to publish a zone file
for it on our FTP/HTTPS server. You can query this zone's name servers
directly if you want to see delegation information.

There is nothing wrong, and nothing to fix.

> And more to the point, where may I find the real, actual, and complete set
> of zone files?  Are they hidden away behind some curtain, or in some secret
> room?  Who do I have to know in order to be invited to view the real zonefiles
> that are actually being used for delegation?

dig 185.in-addr.arpa axfr @pri.authdns.ripe.net > 185.in-addr.arpa.zone

Regards,
Anand Buddhdev
RIPE NCC