WARNING: RA whois tool problems

Until the RA can find and fix these problems, please try to use netmasks
when specifying routes..  

Unfortunately, aggchk is already out of date for some information, and
can no longer be trusted as a definitive source.

I believe other people have seen things even more strange that the
examples I have included.  If you know of any other symptoms of illness, 
please forward them along to me and rrgroup at merit.edu.  Since I have heard
nothing back from my earlier report to them, it seems safest to assume that 
the RA does not yet know what the problem is and could use as much data as 
possible to isolate it. Don't cc: the full distribution. We'll notify 
the full list as some sort of resolution is reached.

RA folk, if there is another list which is more appropriate to send
trouble reports to, let me know.

Thanks,

Selina

In this example, the RADB object for 194.128/15 does not show unless 
the netmask is specified - only the RIPE object shows.
========================================================================
bugsy-sfp:/u/sfp: whois -h whois.ra.net 194.128
route:       194.128.0.0/15
descr:       PIPEX-BLOCK3
origin:      AS1849
advisory:    AS690 1:1849 2:701(147) 3:701(134) 4:1800
remarks:     Holes to come!
mnt-by:      AS1849-MNT
changed:     tim at pipex.net 950428
source:      RIPE

bugsy-sfp:/u/sfp: !!/15
whois -h whois.ra.net 194.128/15
route:       194.128.0.0/15
descr:       PIPEX Ltd
descr:       216 Cambridge Science Park
descr:       Milton Road
descr:       Cambridge
descr:       England
descr:       CB4 4WA
descr:       UNITED KINGDOM
origin:      AS1849
comm-list:   COMM_NSFNET
advisory:    AS690 1:1849 2:701(147) 4:1800
mnt-by:      MAINT-AS1849
changed:     support at pipex.net 950511
source:      RADB

route:       194.128.0.0/15
descr:       PIPEX-BLOCK3
origin:      AS1849
advisory:    AS690 1:1849 2:701(147) 3:701(134) 4:1800
remarks:     Holes to come!
mnt-by:      AS1849-MNT
changed:     tim at pipex.net 950428
source:      RIPE

wawa-selina:/u/selina: whois -h whois.ra.net 194.128.1.1
route:       194.128.0.0/15
descr:       PIPEX-BLOCK3
origin:      AS1849
advisory:    AS690 1:1849 2:701(147) 3:701(134) 4:1800
remarks:     Holes to come!
mnt-by:      AS1849-MNT
changed:     tim at pipex.net 950428
source:      RIPE
========================================================================


Here, there are two routes for 192.5.4/23 (both of which show with a
queriy to 192.5.4), yet only the RADB object shows when 192.5.5 is queried.
========================================================================
bugsy-sfp:/u/sfp: shownet 192.5.4
route:       192.5.4.0/23
descr:       Vixie Enterprises
descr:       116 Stanley Street
descr:       Redwood City
descr:       CA 94062, USA
origin:      AS3557
comm-list:   COMM_NSFNET
advisory:    AS690 1:3561(11) 2:3561(218) 4:200(144) 5:701(147)
mnt-by:      MAINT-AS3557
changed:     nsfnet-admin at merit.edu 950118
source:      RADB

route:       192.5.4.0/23
descr:       NET-VIX2
origin:      AS3557
advisory:    AS690   1:3561(11)  2:3561(218)  3:200(128)  4:200(144)  5:701(147) )
mnt-by:      BARRNET
changed:     vaf at valinor.barrnet.net 950111
source:      MCI

bugsy-sfp:/u/sfp: shownet 192.5.5
route:       192.5.5.0/24
descr:       Vixie Enterprises
descr:       116 Stanley Street
descr:       Redwood City
descr:       CA 94062, USA
origin:      AS3557
comm-list:   COMM_NSFNET
advisory:    AS690 2:200(144) 3:701(147)
mnt-by:      MAINT-AS3557
changed:     nsfnet-admin at merit.edu 940729
source:      RADB

route:       192.5.4.0/23
descr:       NET-VIX2
origin:      AS3557
advisory:    AS690   1:3561(11)  2:3561(218)  3:200(128)  4:200(144)  5:701(147) )
mnt-by:      BARRNET
changed:     vaf at valinor.barrnet.net 950111
source:      MCI




-------- Logged at  Thu May 11 23:38:53 MET DST 1995  ---------