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draft minutes RIPE-27 DB-WG (apologies for the delay.)
by Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet 16 Sep '97

16 Sep '97

Dear DB-WG ! Enclosed please find the draft minutes for the Dublin DB-WG meeting. I'm very grateful to Joachim and Ambrose for taking notes and for providing me with the transcript! As usual, comments welcome! Apologies for the delay in circulating that stuff. Wilfried. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilfried Woeber : e-mail: Woeber(a)CC.UniVie.ac.at Computer Center - ACOnet : **** new PBX ! new phone/fax # ! **** Vienna University : Tel: +43 1 4277 - 140 33 Universitaetsstrasse 7 : Fax: +43 1 4277 - 9 140 A-1010 Vienna, Austria, Europe : RIPE-DB (&NIC) Handle: WW144 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Minutes Database WG Session RIPE 27 Dublin ------------------------------------------ Chairman: Wilfried Woeber (WW144) Scribe: Joachim Schmitz (JS395-RIPE), Ambrose Magee (AMRM1-RIPE) Attenders: 12 1. Administrativa Joachim Schmitz took minutes, supported by Ambrose Magee who took over during the presentations by Joachim. The number of attenders was relatively low due to the BOF on Toplevel Domains held in parallel. The RIPE 26 minutes from the Database WG are not yet finished. However, a rather detailed summary is available and was already circulated. Earlier actions: Open actions were either completed or the relvant topic was on the agenda (referral mechanism, status: attribute) 2. New Functionality of the RIPE Database, Reports, Proposals 2.1 DB referral mechanism (Carol Orange) Carol Orange repeated the presentation she gave at the DNS WG session. She described a DNS referral mechanism for the RIPE DB. This was one of the open issues regarding the RIPE DB and got a high priority on the DB action list. There was consensus in the DNS WG on adoption of the proposal by the RIPE NCC. Carol's presentation is available on the RIPE ftp server as ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/presentations/ripe-m27-orange-woeber-referral.ps.gz Details of the discussion on the proposal in the DNS wg can be found in the DNS WG minutes. Two points were raised during the disucssion in the DB WG: - Who might access data of an ISP which are probably partly confidential or behind a firewall? This problem is partly solved by mirroring the "public" part at RIPE, only. - It was noted that measures must be taken to prevent loops if the referral mechanism is also implemented at other databases. As in the DNS WG, the DB WG found the proposal of the RIPE NCC all right and asked the NCC to implement it in the RIPE DB. 2.2 RAWhoisd - Whoisd merging (Gerald Winters) In the past development of whois daemons diverged. Namely, the Whoisd by RIPE and RAWhoisd of the RA Project differ in many respects. A team with representatives from the RIPE NCC (Chris Fletcher, Carol Orange, Ambrose Maggee) and the RA team (David Kessens, Gerald Winters) was formed to collect input for a preproposal. One year ago, the RIPE whoisd was integrated by the RA team with the RAWhoisd. The reasons for this were: - the RIPE whoisd has an extended interface compared to simple whoisd - the RAWhoisd again extends the RIPE whoisd - the RAToolSet requires RAWhoisd Currently the transition from RIPE181 to RPSL occurs. This adds new requirements, and an integration of RIPE and RA was agreed upon. The advantages are: - the new integrated daemon is a benefit to European RAToolSet users - DB users see a consistent interface - an extended query interface exists Gerald then presented a suggestion for the interface: - it should be backward compatible with both whoisd - RAWhois commands blend with current RIPE protocol, and no "mode" switching is necessary - RAWhois should appear as a separate function call in the DB code distribution The interface might be implemented by adding a new flag to the current RIPE whois interface like "-E <extended command>" for extended query options. Currently, there are less than 10 different extended commands. The flag blends well with the current RIPE whois protocol. The values of the flag parameter are passed through to the server without preprocessing, while old style queries still work. There was some discussion on this flag and how to use it. From the audience it was suggested that the whois client should be able to check which extended functions are available at a given server. Only then it can be used without additional manual tests by the user. In addition proper documentation of the extended functions is mandatory. For implementation of the interface, Gerald pointed out the following practical considerations: - RAWhois will appear as a function call in the RIPE code distribution - RIPE maintains its own code base and software decisions independently - Merit maintains the RAWhois module The integration of both interfaces was approved by the DB working group. 2.3 DB consistency (Carol Orange) Then Carol Orange presented a project plan on DB consistency. A copy of the presentation is available from the RIPE ftp server at ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/presentations/ripe-m27-orange-woeber-dbcons.ps.gz In the talk she first gave a taxonomy of inconsistencies. They are mostly related to references and person objects. She identified two groups which are relevant to prevent inconsistencies: DB maintainers and DB users. Prevention measures are: - require NIC handles with persons - NIC handles are compulsory for references When deleting objects many more warnings especially regarding references are given. However, the DB software should *not* change objects by its own. The responsibility for changes remains completely with the data "owners". From the audience it was pointed out that, if a person object is deleted and there are still references to the corresponding NIC handle, the DB software must check also for references if looking for free NIC handles. Otherwise wrong references may be introduced. As additional measure users must be taught to use NIC handles, and to use role objects for references instead of persons in the contact attributes because they are more "stable". Besides person objects, role objects, and maintainers, a change for the inetnum objects was described as well: in the future the "status" attribute will be compulsory for inetnum objects. Moreover, a new class of "allocated" objects will be introduced based on already existing syntax elements, and simplifying the structure. These objects will all be managed by the RIPE NCC. However, this new class of objects might break existing tools like prtraceroute which reference inetnum objects. To find out whether problems may occur the RIPE NCC will inquire on the DB mailing list on tools which make use of inetnum objects. Finally, the RIPE NCC will initiate a major cleanup of the DB. This includes detection of inconsistencies, determination of the maintainers, urging them to clean up their objects, and education of the users. In this process several issues arise which were discussed in the DB working group: - How often shall reports be generated? There was no consistent agreement. Running checks too often is demanding, and may lessen awareness on the user's side. Weekly checks seem to be reasonable. - How large should reports be? They should be concise hitting on the spot. - How should they be presented? General consensus was that they should be presented on the web. - How public should the reports be displayed? The general feeling was that nobody should be offended by being displayed as bad netizen. Therefore, the reports shall not be actively distributed. However, to put a certain pressure on the lazy guys, data will be publicly available but must be actively fetched. - What if no maintainer can be found? A suggestion is to age corresponding objects. The open question is how to timestamp the objects to delete them after a certain time - the "changed" attribute is not relevant enough. Consensus was that the objects should not be left alone. However, a final decision is still pending. Special advice to the users will include: - checking their objects in general - replace names by NIC handles in references - replace the "notify" attribute by "mnt-by" attributes - this is done to avoid spurious mail addresses not linked to any object (mail addresses are the only value the notify attribute can take) All of the above is comprised in a project plan. In Q3/97 changes in the DB software will be implemented accordingly, and user advice shall be given on the web server. In Q4/97 the focus is on gathering of statistics and reports on the state of the DB. Further evaluation and extended plans will be prepared at the end of the year. 2.4 Security and Authentication (Joachim Schmitz) Joachim Schmitz gave a presentation on the topic of the RIPE DB and its security. It is available from the RIPE ftp server at ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/presentations/ripe-m27-jschmitz-dbsec.html This presentation was originally planned for the previous RIPE meeting but dropped due to time constraints. However, it covers a topic which comes up again and again: registry databases and security. Some of the concerns were already taken account of in the past, e.g. by introducing maintainers. A current item also is hierarchical authorisation. In addition to these active measures also passive elements like the AUP for the DB, or restricted read access were introduced. However, this is not enough. The awareness of all possible incidents must be raised, and the overall security be improved. Some issues are a strong authentication (an inventory should be made), or arising from the distributed form of the DB. To get started on this important topic and to ensure progress, the chairmen of Routing WG and DB WG decided to initiate a task force. This task force shall collect information and define projects. Anybody who feels he/she may contribute is invited to participate in this task force. Currently, the idea is to try something informally around the IETF in Munich, and to have first results by RIPE 28. From the audience the question was posed whether certain attributes may be hidden in objects, e.g. phone numbers in a person object. However, this is also an important contact information. A solution might be to make such attributes optional, yet this is only possible to a certain extent. Another suggestion was to limit distribution of the information (especially to avoid spams or address dealers). There was no consensus on this question. However, it is considered as a topic which should be dealt with in the security task force. 3. Input from other WGs There was some input from the DNS WG, detailed in the presentation by Carol Orange on the DB referral mechanism earlier in the meeting. In addition, Joachim Schmitz had some input from the Routing WG where new elements for authorisation with aut-num and route objects were introduced. Details are shown in http://www.ripe.net/wg/routing/r27-minutes.html The most important elements are: - Authorisation of route objects in aut-num objects An additional "mnt-route" attribute may be added to the aut-num objects. The value of this attribute is a valid maintainer. The function is to define who is allowed to add/change/delete route objects for the origin of the aut-num object. - Notification on overlapping route objects Notifications will be done on creation *and* deletion. Submitters are *always* notified in the success message (by a warning), others are only notified if requested. The request is defined by an additional "x-notify" ("cross notify") attribute which points to the maintainer of a route object. A cross checking within the IRR is proposed. The original idea was to put the "x-notify" attribute in the aut-num object allowing a consistent description of an AS. However, discussion in the audience revealed that it also makes sense to put it in the route object. A final decision could not be reached. The open issues will be discussed on the DB and Routing WG mailing lists. 4. AOB Carol Orange gave a presentation on the RIPE DB survey by the NCC. In this survey initiated by the DB WG on the previous RIPE meeting, the RIPE community was asked to set priorities for open issues with the DB software. Carol's presentation is available from the RIPE ftp server at: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/presentations/ripe-m27-dbmaint.ps.gz There were 18 participants in the survey. The priority list resulting from this survey was circulated on the DB wg mailing list. Highest priorities were on DB consistency, and communication of the DB software to the user (email update feedback, notifications). A project plan of the RIPE NCC for consistency was already presented in this meeting. Moreover, the RIPE NCC implements more verbosity to the whois interface (options "-v", "-t", and "help"), improves contents of email feedback from updates, and supplies an "online" help for updates (mail to "auto-dbm(a)ripe.net" with subject "help") The presentation was continued with the DB software status report available at ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/presentations/ripe-m27-orange-dbupdate.ps.gz Some of the items were already dealt with in the action review at the beginning of the session. The sequence of items is determined from the DB survey. The presentation was closed with some statistics. Wilfried Woeber pointed out that thanks to Ambrose Magee who did a great job, a new version of the RIPE DB documentation is available as RIPE document RIPE-157. Agenda ------ A. Administrative stuff (W.Woeber, chair) 10min - volunteering of the scribe - WG-agenda bashing - handling of minutes and actions B. New functionality, proposals, reports 30min - Database Referral mechanism (Carol Orange) - rwhois compatibility (Gerald Winters) - Database consistency (Carol Orange) - Security and Authentication (Joachim Schmitz) C. DB-SW status report by the RIPE NCC (DB-SW maintainers, RIPE-NCC) 10min - operational changes (handles mandatory) - new functionality implemented and bugs fixed - documentation (current status, progress) - feedback from the users (DB WS usefulness?) G. General input from other WGs 10min - Hier. Authorisation and Notification in the RR (Routing WG) Z. AOB - RIPE database survey Actions ------- RIPE-NCC: To implement the referral mechanism for domain objects. RIPE-NCC: To make DB consistency information publicly available (for information, no active distribution initially). RIPE-NCC: To implement the cross notification as soon as the technical details have been discussed and agreed. WW, 16-Sep-1997 17:00 # - # - #

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Re: results on Ripe Database
by Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet 08 Sep '97

08 Sep '97

Did you ever look into http://www.ripe.net/db/dbwais.html ? I just did a search on the string "tele2", and it definitely finds objects with that string in the address field. (Apologies to Tele 2 if this was not appropriate :-) Of course, in the context of the RIPE DB-WG, we're always open to discuss and propose additional (reverse) lookup keys for the database software itself, but I wonder if more complex searching isn't better taken care of using external tools. Comments welcome! Wilfried. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilfried Woeber : e-mail: Woeber(a)CC.UniVie.ac.at Computer Center - ACOnet : **** new PBX ! new phone/fax # ! **** Vienna University : Tel: +43 1 4277 - 140 33 Universitaetsstrasse 7 : Fax: +43 1 4277 - 9 140 A-1010 Vienna, Austria, Europe : RIPE-DB (&NIC) Handle: WW144 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Helen Dagerus wrote: > Ripe4s Database for searching IPaddresses goes fine, but if you (like a > LIR) wants to find out if the customer (that requests for address space) > already have a range of addresses it4s very difficult to find out. My > wish is that you can search for "company name". You can sometimes get a > hit on "company name", but it is not often. A reverse lookup would seem ideal for this, and I believe many would benefit from it (well - *I* would) :-) A substring search would be nicest. Other opinions? -- Robert Martin-Leghne (RM59), Network Manager (AS2109) main(){int a[2],b[2];pipe(a);pipe(b);if(fork()){dup2(a[0],0);dup2(b[1],1) ;}else{dup2(b[0],0);dup2(a[1],1);write(1,"R",1);}execlp("cat","cat",0);} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return-Path: <owner-db-wg(a)ripe.net> Received: from email.univie.ac.at by access.cc.univie.ac.at (MX V4.1 VAX) with SMTP; Mon, 08 Sep 1997 15:47:16 MET-DST Received: from postman.ripe.net by email.univie.ac.at with SMTP (PP); Mon, 8 Sep 1997 15:46:53 +0200 Received: (qmail 8545 invoked by alias); 8 Sep 1997 13:46:44 -0000 Delivered-To: lists-db-wg-out(a)lists.ripe.net Received: (qmail 8542 invoked by uid 66); 8 Sep 1997 13:46:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 8537 invoked from network); 8 Sep 1997 13:46:41 -0000 Received: from ncc.ripe.net (193.0.0.129) by postman.ripe.net with SMTP; 8 Sep 1997 13:46:41 -0000 Received: from ns.dknet.dk by ncc.ripe.net with SMTP id AA29429 (5.65a/NCC-2.41); Mon, 8 Sep 1997 15:46:39 +0200 Received: from ns.dknet.dk (robert(a)ns.dknet.dk [193.88.44.42]) by ns.dknet.dk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA08442; Mon, 8 Sep 1997 15:46:22 +0200 (MET DST) X-Sender: robert(a)ns.dknet.dk Reply-To: db-wg(a)ripe.net In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970908145825.19141R-100000@nix> Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970908154132.5037D-100000(a)ns.dknet.dk> X-Ncc-Regid: dk.dknet MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: BINARY X-Mime-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by ns.dknet.dk id PAA08442 Sender: owner-db-wg(a)ripe.net Precedence: bulk X-MX-Comment: QUOTED-PRINTABLE message automatically decoded

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results on Ripe Database
by Helen Dagerus 08 Sep '97

08 Sep '97

Greetings, This matter may already have been discussed here in the Ripe Database groupe, but I am a new arrival. Ripe´s Database for searching IPaddresses goes fine, but if you (like a LIR) wants to find out if the customer (that requests for address space) already have a range of addresses it´s very difficult to find out. My wish is that you can search for "company name". You can sometimes get a hit on "company name", but it is not often. What we do now is that we save down the database and there we can search for more details, like ompany name, administrative contact and so on. Have you some suggestion about what you can do about this? Kind Regards Helen Dagerus ---------------------------------------------------------- Tele2/SWIPnet NetCom Systems Tel: +46 8 5626 4000 Box 62 Fax: +46 8 5626 4210 S-164 94 Kista Email: dagerus(a)swip.net Sweden http://www.tele2.se/ ----------------------------------------------------------

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Database proposal
by TOB 08 Sep '97

08 Sep '97

Dear Database group At present the RIPE database is quite open, which means that it potentially can be used as a marketing database. My proposal is that only allocations are shown to everyone e.g the 195.41.0.0 /16 below. There is sufficient information to contact the provider in e.g hacker cases. The idea is that only the provider and RIPE(and of course the customer itself) knows the individual assignments. It should be implemented by hiding individual assignments in the RIPE database for everyone. If a provider does not take a proper action in e.g hacker cases RIPE should have the right to identify who the exact user of e.g a /24 is. Best Regards Torben Bajlum Tele Danmark inetnum: 195.41.0.0 - 195.41.255.255 netname: DK-TELEDANMARK-961204 descr: Provider Local Registry descr: Tele Danmark Datacom country: DK admin-c: KBO1-RIPE tech-c: TB15-RIPE tech-c: CIN1-RIPE status: ALLOCATED PA mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT changed: hostmaster(a)ripe.net 961204 source: RIPE route: 195.41.0.0/16 descr: Tele Danmark origin: AS3292 mnt-by: AS3292-MNT changed: Torben.Bajlum(a)datacom.dk400.dk 961204 source: RIPE According to my proposal the information below should NOT be available to everyone: inetnum: 195.41.47.0 - 195.41.47.255 netname: AARHUS-STIFTSTIDENDE-NET descr: Aarhus Stiftstidende descr: Olof Palmesalle 39 descr: 8200 Aarhus N country: DK admin-c: BR286-RIPE tech-c: BR286-RIPE changed: pha(a)datacom.dk400.dk 970418 source: RIPE

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Unsubscribing
by Ruth Guthrie 26 Aug '97

26 Aug '97

I wonder if you can help me unsubscribe my late husband, Dave Guthrie, from the Ripe mailing list. Dave died in March of this year, and in May I sold our shares of Technocom plc to the Easynet Group. Dave's e-mail address was dave(a)technocom.co.uk. Since his death, incoming messages have been routed to me at ruth(a)technocom.co.uk (until the sale of Technocom) and at the.guthries(a)worldnet.att.net (since May). There have also been occasional uses of @technocom.com and @technocom.net, just to confuse the issue further. If you are able to unsubscribe him, I would appreciate it. If not, have you any advice about how I would do so? Many thanks for your help... Ruth Guthrie

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Bug in database software.
by RIPE Database Administration 22 Aug '97

22 Aug '97

Dear Colleagues, This message is to report a bug in the database software. If you send in an update of a route object in the classful net notation (e.g. 193.0.0.0) instead of the classless representation, you will get a warning message indicating that the route was rewritten to 127.255.255.255/24. You should find that you can lookup the original route object in the database. You should also find that you cannot lookup the new spurious route object, 127.255.255.255\24. You should do the following: (1) update your original route object using the classless notation; (2) delete the 127.255.255.255\24 object; you will find it in the acknowledgement you received from the first update. We will fix this problem as soon as possible. If you have anymore questions, please contact <ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Ambrose Magee ____________________________ RIPE Database Administration.

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07 Aug '97

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Power Tool For Webmasters
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29 Jul '97

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RIPE Database: New format for reply messages
by Chris Fletcher 21 Jul '97

21 Jul '97

As announced last week the RIPE database mail interface is now using a new format for replies. Please let ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net know of any problems or suggestions. Regards, Chris Fletcher - RIPE NCC

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18 Jul '97

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New format for notifications from RIPE Database.
by RIPE Database Administration 14 Jul '97

14 Jul '97

Dear Colleagues, To give more time to users who wish to modify scripts, the new format for notification messages from the RIPE Database will be implemented on Monday, 21 July. If you have anymore questions, please contact <ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Ambrose Magee ____________________________ RIPE Database Administration.

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Cross Notification in the Routing Registry
by Carol Orange 12 Jul '97

12 Jul '97

Dear all, The following describes a mechanism for "Cross Notification in the Routing Registry" to be implemented shortly at the RIPE NCC. The mechanism has been modified to incorporate the feedback received during RIPE 27. Appended is a short history explaining how the proposal reached its current form. If this mechanism is of interest to you, please review the document and send any comments or questions you may have to myself. Unless we hear show stoppers, we will start the implementation in the week of July 21, 1997. Greetings, Carol Orange, RIPE NCC -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cross Notification in the Routing Registry Carol Orange, July 1997 Suppose you register the announcement of a route covering some /24. When you make the announcement, it may be useful to know that the /24 has already been registered as being announced in another AS. Alternatively, if a user of a /24 which is announced by you decides to become multi-homed, it may be of interest to you. Overlapping routes are often unintentionally announced in a single AS, and a mechanism for detecting such errors would certainly be handy. In the following, we propose a simple cross notification mechanism which will allow routing registry users to be notified of overlapping route announcements in the Routing Registry (RR). Consider the route object: route: [mandatory] [single] [primary/look-up key] descr: [mandatory] [multiple] [ ] origin: [mandatory] [single] [primary key] hole: [optional] [multiple] [ ] withdrawn: [optional] [single] [ ] comm-list: [optional] [multiple] [ ] advisory: [optional] [multiple] [ ] remarks: [optional] [multiple] [ ] notify: [optional] [multiple] [inverse key] mnt-by: [mandatory] [multiple] [inverse key] changed: [mandatory] [multiple] [ ] source: [mandatory] [single] [ ] To address the considerations above, we propose the following notification mechanism be implemented in the Routing Registry: 1. Whenever a route object is added to the routing registry, a check is done to see if the address space overlaps with that in any other route object in the RR. If so, a notification will be sent to the submitter of the route object. This will always happen and is not dependent on any notification attributes described below. 2. A new field called "cross-nfy:" will be added to the route and aut-num objects. This field: a) contains a contact reference, specified as either + a NIC-handle pointing to a person or role object, the email address of which will get the notification; or + a mntner ID referencing the maintainer to be notified; b) is optional; and c) is multiple (so that more than one contact can be notified). This attribute is used to request notifications of the addition or removal of route objects which overlap the address space of the already registered route objects in which this attribute is specified. If the "cross-nfy:" attribute is used in: + a route object, then a notification will be sent for any overlaps with the address space specified in the route object; + an aut-num object, then a notification will be sent for overlaps with the address space specified in each route object in which the given AS number is specified in the "origin:" attribute. The contact in "cross-nfy:" will receive an e-mail whenever: + a route is registered which overlaps this address space; or + a route is removed which overlapped this address space. If all is well, the former will indicate the introduction of multi-homing, and the latter will indicate the cancellation of the multi-homing. It is expected, however, that the former will often indicate an error, and the latter its removal. Either way, it will be useful to know about the registration and elimination of overlapping announcements. Some Important Notes -------------------- 1. At the time of implementation, the notification may take up to 24 hours, due to the current mirroring scheme employed in the RR. This time will be reduced when the mirroring scheme is improved. 2. Exact address space matches will be distinguished from non-exact overlaps in the notification messages. 3. After the implementation of RPSL, it will be useful to allow one or more route-sets to be specified in the "cross-nfy:" attribute in addition to the contact reference. For example, using: cross-nfy: <ContactA> <route-set1> <route-set3> cross-nfy: <ContactB> <route-set2> in an aut-num object would allow ContactA to be notified upon registration and deletion of routes overlapping the address space covered in <route-set1> and <route-set3> and ContactB to be notified with regards to route registrations with address space overlapping that covered in <route-set2>. In this way, a more selective notification scheme can be specified without adding "cross-nfy:" to every route object. Acknowledgements ---------------- Thanks to the RIPE Routing and Database working groups for lively discussions resulting in constructive input on this notification mechanism. Daniel Karrenberg was the first to mention the need for a notification mechanism in the RR. Chris Fletcher, Joachim Schmitz and Wilfried Woeber have all made essential contributions. ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------ ------------- Appendix - Some History At the January meeting of the Routing WG in Amsterdam, various possible hierarchies for authorization in the Routing Registry (RR) were considered. During the discussion, a suggestion was made that "hierarchical notification" would be useful even in cases where authority is not well defined. This suggestion enjoyed strong support of both the Routing WG and the Database WG. At the start of May 1997, a proposal was submitted to the mailing lists of the RIPE Routing and Database WG's describing a notification mechanism designed to meet the stated requirements. During the RIPE meeting in Dublin, it was agreed to that the notification mechanism should be implemented, with the following modifications: 1. Whenever a route object is submitted in the RR, a notification should be generated to the submitter if the address space overlaps with any other route object in the RR. [RIPE27 - Routing WG meeting] 2. The attribute should be named "cross-nfy:" rather than "x-notify:" to avoid any misunderstandings with respect to other conventions. In particular, mailers often interpret "X-field:" to mean "ignore this field". [private discussion Chris Fletcher] 3. If the address space covered in the route object matched the address space in another route object, be sure this is clear in the notification message. [RIPE27 - Routing WG meeting] 4. - Notifications should be sent to the appropriate contact not only if an overlap is introduce, but also when an overlap is eliminated. [RIPE27 - Routing WG meeting] 5. The "cross-nfy:" field should be available for the "aut-num:" object as well as for the routing object. If "cross-nfy:" is in the "aut-num:" object, it applies to all routes with that aut-num as origin. [RIPE27 - Database WG meeting] It has since been suggested that it would be useful if the mechanism would be extensible for the "route-set:" objects defined in RPSL (see draft-ietf-rps-rpsl-02). To make use of the route grouping functionality supplied by the "route-set:" object, we suggest the following extension be considered: 6. In the "aut-num:" object, allow "cross-nfy:" to be a multiple attribute, and in addition to specifying who should be notified, specify for which route-sets. If no route-sets are specified, then the notification will take place for all route objects with the given "aut-num:" as origin. [private discussion Joachim Schmitz]

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RIPE Database: New format for reply messages
by Chris Fletcher 09 Jul '97

09 Jul '97

As announced at the RIPE 27 database working group in Dublin we have a new format for the automatic replies to RIPE database udpates. The new format is more consise and clearly states in the body and the subject line of the reply whether the update was completely sucessful or whether part of it failed. The new code is running on the test database for you to try out. Please forward comments to ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net. Updates to the test database should be sent to <test-dbm(a)ripe.net>. You should use a source of 'TEST' rather than the usual 'RIPE'. eg person: Test Person address: TEST phone: +31 20 535 4444 fax-no: +31 20 535 4445 e-mail: bit-bucket(a)ripe.net nic-hdl: AUTO-1 changed: chris(a)ripe.net 970704 source: TEST To query the test database invoke whois with the -h argument ... % whois -h test-whois.ripe.net TP1-RIPE person: Test Person address: TEST phone: +31 20 535 4444 fax-no: +31 20 535 4445 e-mail: bit-bucket(a)ripe.net nic-hdl: TP1-RIPE changed: chris(a)ripe.net 970704 source: TEST We would like to put this software into service on the RIPE database in a week's time on Monday 14th July. If you have automatic scripts that parse the old format and you can't update them in time please let us know (ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net). Regards, Chris Fletcher RIPE NCC

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slow indexdb
by Gabor Kiss 26 Jun '97

26 Jun '97

'indexdb -s RIPE' runs 8 hours on a 4 processor SparCenter 2000. Is this normal? What are your experiences? Gabor

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questions
by HJ Hwang 20 Jun '97

20 Jun '97

Hi, I am trying to use ripe-dbase-2.0.3. Document says that db.1.85.tar.gz is used for this database software. So I got this software and compile and then perl4.036 version. I installed db.1.85 successfully and as the result I copied dbm.h and ndbm.h to /usr/include. And then, I tried to compile perl4.036 but, "dbm_clearerr ld symbol not found " error occured. After looking at dbm.h, I found there wasn't dbm_clearerr there. How do I do ? So I am in deadlock status. Please Help me !! Isn't any other method to run ripe database software using perl5.004 ? Thanks in advance ! -- * _ _ ||_|| ||_| Hwang, Hyojung / jung(a)jean.kotel.co.kr / 82-2-526-5235 |_| _|_ Internet Team / Multimedia Laboratory / KT R&D Group |_| 137-792, 17 Umyun-Dong, Seocho-Gu, Seoul, Korea

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None
by Remy Longueve 20 Jun '97

20 Jun '97

help

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Some problem !!
by HJ Hwang 20 Jun '97

20 Jun '97

Hi, My name is Hwang, HyoJung. I am working for Korea Telecom. I am trying to install ripe-dbase software on Solaris 2.5. I did install perl5.004 and I did install db.1.85. But when I did make of ripe-dbase software, "version missmatch" error occured. So I did try to install perl4.036 on Solaris 2.5. This time, I also ran into the problem. there are no dbm_clearerr function in db.1.85. How do I you install perl4.036 and ripe-dbase software ? Please if you know why this occurs and how to do to solve the problem, let me know it. Thanks in advance !! -- * _ _ ||_|| ||_| Hwang, Hyojung / jung(a)jean.kotel.co.kr / 82-2-526-5235 |_| _|_ Internet Team / Multimedia Laboratory / KT R&D Group |_| 137-792, 17 Umyun-Dong, Seocho-Gu, Seoul, Korea

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(no subject)
by N Gnanamurugan 07 Jun '97

07 Jun '97

subscribe db-wg. __________________________________________________ N Gnanamurugan, Engineer, Gulfsat Communications Company, P.O Box 2400, | email:murugan@gulfsat.com Safat, | Ph:+965-328-0770 Kuwait. | Fax:+965-328-1311 _________________________________________________

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New Document available: RIPE-157
by RIPE NCC Document Annoucement Service 30 May '97

30 May '97

New/Revised RIPE Document Announcement -------------------------------------- A new document is available from the RIPE document store. Ref: ripe-157 Title: RIPE NCC Database Documentation Author: A. M. R. Magee Date: 29 May 1997 Format: PS=1145210 TXT=187252 Obsoletes: ripe-153 Ref: ripe-153 Title: RIPE NCC Database Documentation Author: A. M. R. Magee Date: 28 Jan 1997 Format: PS=788674 TXT=137793 Obsoletes: Version 1.2 of the document. Obsoleted by: ripe-157 Short content description ------------------------- This is an updated version of ripe-153. It includes information on the new whois -v feature, the new output from whois -t, hierarchical authorisation of the creation of inetnum objects, mirroring the RIPE Database, appendixes containing descriptions of the attributes and the objects. Comments to <ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net>. Accessing the RIPE document store --------------------------------- You can access the RIPE document store via the World Wide Web; RIPE-157 is available from the WWW at the following URL: http://www.ripe.net/docs/ripe-157.html The RIPE document store is also available via anonymous FTP to ftp.ripe.net, in the directory ripe/docs. The full filenames of the new documents on the FTP-server are: ripe/docs/ripe-157.ps for the PostScript version ripe/docs/ripe-157.txt for the plain text version Documents can also be retrieved from the RIPE document store using a mail server program. For more information on how to use the program, send email to <mail-server(a)ripe.net> with "send HELP" in the body text. If you have anymore questions, please contact <ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Ambrose Magee ____________________________ RIPE Database Administration.

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RIPE 27 Database Workshop Slides.
by RIPE Database Administration 29 May '97

29 May '97

Dear Colleagues, The slides of the Database Workshop which was run at RIPE 27 are available at: <http://www.ripe.net/meetings/ripe/ripe-27/pres/db> <ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/presentations/ripe-m27-orange-magee-db-workshop.ps.…> If you have anymore questions, please contact <ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Ambrose Magee ____________________________ RIPE Database Administration.

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New Database Document
by RIPE Database Administration 22 May '97

22 May '97

Dear Colleagues, The Database Document, ripe-153, is obsolete. It is superceded by ripe-157, available at: <http://www.ripe.net/db/doc.html> <ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-157.ps> <ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-157.txt> Help on using whois is available by doing whois HELP Help on creating, updating and deleting objects is available by sending mail to <auto-dbm(a)ripe.net> with HELP in the Subject line. If you have anymore questions, please contact <ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Ambrose Magee ____________________________ RIPE Database Administration.

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subscribe db-wg
by Dieterle 21 May '97

21 May '97

subscribe db-wg

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(rough) draft agenda for DB-WG mtg. during RIPE 27
by Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet 18 May '97

18 May '97

Dear all! This is the initial, and still very rough, draft of a proposed agenda for the RIPE DB-WG Meeting, currently scheduled for Tue, May 22. Due to the fact that the workload here at home is extremely high at the moment, and that we only got a 60min slot assigned, I have to be considerably less ambitious this time. Please bear with me. Here you go... See you in Dublin, Wilfried. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Proposed Agenda for the Database Working Group Meeting RIPE-27, May 1997, Dublin 1st Draft, May. 17, 1997 A. Administrative stuff (W.Woeber, chair) 10min - volunteering of the scribe - WG-agenda bashing - handling of minutes and actions B. New functionality, proposals, reports 30min - Database Referral mechanism (Q: rhois compatibility ?) - Database consistency - Security and Authentication (if time permits) B. DB-SW status report by the RIPE NCC (DB-SW maintainers, RIPE-NCC) 10min - operational changes (handles mandatory) - new functionality implemented and bugs fixed - documentation (current status, progress) - feedback from the users (DB WS usefulness?) G. General input from other WGs 10min - Hier. Authorisation and Notification in the RR (Routing WG) Z. AOB WW, 17-MAY-1997 21:22:05 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilfried Woeber : e-mail: Woeber(a)CC.UniVie.ac.at Computer Center - ACOnet : Vienna University : Tel: +43 1 4065822 355 Universitaetsstrasse 7 : Fax: +43 1 4065822 170 A-1010 Vienna, Austria, Europe : NIC: WW144 --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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whois -v option.
by RIPE Database Administration 16 May '97

16 May '97

Dear Colleagues, A new feature is available in the RIPE Database; "whois -v". This option displays detailed information of any type of object that is accepted by the RIPE database. Each attribute of the object is briefly described, as is the object itself. A more detailed template of the object is also given. A full list of objects is available by typing "all" after the "-v" option. The new, detailed template only is available using "whois -t". A full list of objects may be obtained by typing "all" after the "-t" option. The new template lists each of the attributes of an object together with a list of flags. Flags are enclosed in square brackets and separated within the list by white space. The flags are ... [mandatory] - An object MUST NOT contain zero instances of this attribute. [optional] - An object MAY contain zero instances of this attribute. [single] - An object MUST NOT contain more than one instance of this attribute. [multiple] - An object MAY contain more than one instance of this attribute. [look-up key] - Attribute is indexed. [inverse key] - Attribute is in the 'reverse' index. (use -i) [primary key] - Attribute is (part of) the primary key. [primary/look-up key] - Attribute is both indexed and is (part of) the primary key. The "-t" option does not display a list of obsolete attributes, as before. The "-v" option must be used. Example: [an-lar]$ whois -h whois.ripe.net -t person person: [mandatory] [single] [primary/look-up key] address: [mandatory] [multiple] [ ] phone: [mandatory] [multiple] [ ] fax-no: [optional] [multiple] [ ] e-mail: [optional] [multiple] [look-up key] nic-hdl: [mandatory] [single] [primary/look-up key] remarks: [optional] [multiple] [ ] notify: [optional] [multiple] [inverse key] mnt-by: [optional] [multiple] [inverse key] changed: [mandatory] [multiple] [ ] source: [mandatory] [single] [ ] To use "whois -v", you will need a new whois client. The new version of the whois client is available at <ftp://ftp.ripe.net/tools/ripe-whois-tools-2.1.tar.gz> If you have anymore questions, please contact <ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Ambrose Magee ____________________________ RIPE Database Administration.

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whois -v option.
by RIPE Database Administration 16 May '97

16 May '97

Dear Colleagues, A new version of the C client for whois is available at ftp://ftp.ripe.net/tools/ripe-whois-tools-2.2.tar.gz Thanks to Steven Bakker for the patch. However, the problem appears to be system dependent as I never had a core dump with "whois -t xyz" or "whois -v abc". If you have any questions, please contact <ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Ambrose Magee ____________________________ RIPE Database Administration.

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