June 2014 - db-wg - mailman.ripe.net

<auto-dbm@ripe.net> is slow this afternoon.
by RIPE Database Administration 17 May '18

17 May '18

Dear Colleagues, Because of a very high level of use this afternoon, the response time of <auto-dbm(a)ripe.net> is longer than normal. I have made contact with those who are responsible and I expect the situation to improve as the machine works through the queue. Please be patient. Obviously we at the RIPE NCC Database Group are continuously working to make the performance of the database as good as possible. However, we cannot make improvements in zero time. We thank you for your co-operation up to now and we ask for your continued co-operation so that everyone receives the best possible service. If you have anymore questions, please contact <ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Ambrose Magee ____________________________ RIPE Database Administration.

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Draft minutes of RIPE 67 meeting
by Nigel Titley 05 Nov '14

05 Nov '14

Please find draft minutes of the DB-WG meeting held in Athens today. Comments, complaint, misrepresentations etc, to me Nigel

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Proposal to remove "referral-by" attribute in "mntner" object or make it optional
by Martin Tõnusoo 06 Oct '14

06 Oct '14

Hello, "referral-by" attribute(defined in RFC2725) is mandatory in "mntner" object: [martint@ ~/ripe-db]$ whois -BHrh whois.ripe.net -t mntner | grep referral-by referral-by: [mandatory] [single] [ ] [martint@ ~/ripe-db]$ I checked the db-wg mailing-list archive since January 2000 and only discussion I found regarding this attribute was from Engin Gunduz(former RIPE NCC Senior Software Engineer) in June 2004: [martint@ ~/ripe-db]$ for year in {2000..2014}; do for month in January February March April May June July August September October November December; do wget -q --no-check-certificate https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/db-wg/$(printf '%s-%s.txt.gz\n' "$year" "$month"); done; done [martint@ ~/ripe-db]$ zgrep -Hi "referral-by" * 2000-August.txt.gz:-irb (or -ireferral-by) <maintainer name> 2000-August.txt.gz:Returns all objects whose referral-by attribute matches the query 2001-August.txt.gz:referral-by: RIPE-DBM-MNT 2001-May.txt.gz:If you mean referral-by, it points to mntner handle, mandatory in mntner 2003-April.txt.gz:referral-by: RIPE-DBM-MNT 2003-April.txt.gz:referral-by: RIPE-DBM-MNT 2003-August.txt.gz:> referral-by: RIPE-DBM-MNT 2003-December.txt.gz: referral-by: MAINT-RGNET 2003-December.txt.gz: referral-by: MAINT-RGNET 2003-December.txt.gz: referral-by: MAINT-RGNET 2003-December.txt.gz: referral-by: MAINT-RGNET 2003-December.txt.gz: referral-by: MAINT-RGNET 2003-December.txt.gz:> referral-by: MAINT-RGNET 2003-December.txt.gz:> referral-by: MAINT-RGNET 2003-December.txt.gz:> > referral-by: MAINT-RGNET 2003-December.txt.gz:> > referral-by: MAINT-RGNET 2003-July.txt.gz:referral-by: RIPE-DBM-MNT 2004-April.txt.gz:referral-by: RIPE-DBM-MNT 2004-June.txt.gz:referral-by: [mandatory] [single] [inverse key] 2004-June.txt.gz:referral-by: RIPE-DBM-MNT 2004-June.txt.gz:Subject: [db-wg] Proposed Change 2004.2: Removal of "referral-by:" Attribute 2004-June.txt.gz:[2004.2] Removal of "referral-by:" Attribute from the MNTNER Object 2004-June.txt.gz:Remove the "referral-by:" attribute from the MNTNER objects' schema. This 2004-June.txt.gz:The "referral-by:" attribute was introduced into MNTNER objects when the 2004-June.txt.gz:"referral-by:" is defined in RFC2725: 2004-June.txt.gz: referral-by This attribute is required in the maintainer object. It 2004-June.txt.gz: referral-by. An auth-override can only be added to a maintainer 2004-June.txt.gz: those identified by the maintainer in the referral-by have 2004-June.txt.gz: "referral-by" attribute is now mandatory in the "maintainer" object 2004-June.txt.gz: referenced by a "referral-by" attribute elsewhere. 2004-June.txt.gz:The RIPE NCC introduced the "referral-by:" attribute as a place-holder, 2004-May.txt.gz:referral-by: [mandatory] [single] [inverse key] 2005-May.txt.gz:> referral-by: [mandatory] [single] [inverse key] 2005-May.txt.gz:> > referral-by: [mandatory] [single] [inverse key] 2005-November.txt.gz:>referral-by: RIPE-DBM-MNT 2005-November.txt.gz:> >referral-by: RIPE-DBM-MNT 2005-November.txt.gz:> > >referral-by: RIPE-DBM-MNT 2007-July.txt.gz:> referral-by: RIPE-DBM-MNT 2007-July.txt.gz:>> referral-by: RIPE-DBM-MNT 2007-June.txt.gz: referral-by: RIPE-DBM-MNT 2007-June.txt.gz: referral-by: RIPE-DBM-MNT 2007-June.txt.gz:> referral-by: RIPE-DBM-MNT 2007-June.txt.gz:> referral-by: RIPE-DBM-MNT 2012-April.txt.gz:referral-by: DEV-ROOT-MNT 2013-March.txt.gz:referral-by: TRUBNIKOV-MNT 2013-March.txt.gz:> referral-by: TRUBNIKOV-MNT 2013-March.txt.gz:> referral-by: TRUBNIKOV-MNT 2013-March.txt.gz:>> referral-by: TRUBNIKOV-MNT 2013-March.txt.gz:>>> referral-by: TRUBNIKOV-MNT [martint@ ~/ripe-db]$ He also proposed to remove the "referral-by" attribute, but there was no feedback to his e-mail. One can read his e-mail here: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/db-wg/2004-June/002797.html In addition, while RIPE database manual says that "referral-by attribute may never be altered after the addition of the maintainer", one can easily change it at least in current RIPE database version. Is the "referral-by" attribute obsolete? Or is it needed in some specific situation? If not, I propose to remove the "referral-by" attribute in "mntner" object or at least make it optional. WBR, Martin Tonusoo -------------------------- LINXTELECOM www.linxtelecom.com -------------------------- NOC 24/7: +372 622 3300

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last-modified:, a succesor to changed:
by Job Snijders 16 Sep '14

16 Sep '14

Dear DB Working Group, Assessing the "freshness" of database objects can be a useful component in many business processes, but as it stands today the "changed:" attribute is severely crippled: Eleanor:~ job$ whois -h whois.ripe.net AS15562 | grep changed Eleanor:~ job$ whois -h whois.radb.net AS15562 | grep changed changed: unread(a)ripe.net 20000101 Eleanor:~ job$ Fantastic! Now we are absolutely none the wiser. :-) I propose that we introduce a new attribute called "last-modified" as a replacement for functionality offered by past implementations of "changed:". The "last-modified" attribute is set by the whois server software and represents the date and time at which the last succesful modification was received by the server. When a user submits an update for an object in which the attribute is present, the server software will ignore the attribute, insert its own attribute with the current time, and present a warning to the user that the user's version of "last-modified" was ignored. The "last-modified" attribute should be presented by the server software in all types of objects (autnums, poems, etc) for which the server is responsible (e.g. do not touch foreign or mirrored objects). The date and time are represented following the ISO 8601 [1] profile for complete date plus hours, minutes and seconds, always expressed in UTC, including the special UTC designator 'Z'. The "last-modified" attribute should be presented above, but close to the "source:" attribute. The advantage is that the date and time are both human readable and computer parsable! A valid example "last-modified" attribute would be: last-modified: 2014-04-15T13:15:30Z I look forward to the group's feedback! Also, I'm interested in how people would use this attribute in their workflows or automation. Kind regards, Job [1] - https://xkcd.com/1179/

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[training] RIPE NCC Webinars - new dates
by Training Services 24 Jun '14

24 Jun '14

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the launch of new dates for our Webinars. The RIPE NCC Webinars are live and take only one hour. You can interact with our trainers without leaving your desk. We focus on the topics and issues most important for LIRs. Register now at https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/training/e-learning/webinars Participation is limited to 20 people, so don't hesitate if you want to take part! If you have questions, please email <training(a)ripe.net>. We look forward to seeing you online. Kind regards, RIPE NCC Training Services

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RIPE Bulk WHOIS change anonymization
by Micha 17 Jun '14

17 Jun '14

Hi Ripe Team, I asked your DB Managers and they suggested to forward my question to you. I hope that I don't unnecessarily spam you, but I couldn't find this in your db-wg archive with a quick look. Question: Is it possible to keep the actual "date" of the "changed:" line unanonymized? By now it's always: changed: unread(a)ripe.net 20000101 I get that you want to protect personal data like the mail adresses in this field, but I can't see how this date could harm anyone. I would like to use this date field for research purpose and I am happy about your answers! Michael Oelke Institute of Information Systems Humboldt-University Berlin

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RIPE Database Release 1.73.1 Available in the Release Candidate Environment
by Johan Åhlén 13 Jun '14

13 Jun '14

Dear colleagues, Based on feedback from users testing RIPE Database release 1.73 in the Release Candidate (RC) environment, the RIPE NCC Database Group have made some software improvements that we’ve decided to incorporate into the next deployment. We will not deploy version 1.73 to production. Instead, we will deploy the improved version, 1.73.1, to the RC environment today, 19 May, and to production on 27 May 2014. The main concern with RIPE Database release 1.73 was related to user-automated assignment generation in the RIPE Database for legacy address space. With release 1.73, if a legacy object was updated with an incorrect "status:" attribute value, then the update would fail. With version 1.73.1, the database software will accept the update, regardless of any value supplied by the user, but will show a warning if the “status:” attribute value is incorrect. For more information about this release and how it might affect your operations, please see the release notes: https://www.ripe.net/data-tools/db/release-notes/ripe-database-release-1.73… We look forward to any questions or comments you might have. Kind regards, Johan Åhlén Assistant Manager Database RIPE NCC

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