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RE: DB consistancy checking tools
by Matthew Robinson 20 Jan '00

20 Jan '00

I have been wondering recently whether a separate group should be set up for the sole purpose of creating tools/advise/methods/hints 'n' tips for LIR's to keep on top of their entries and make management easier. A sort of RIPE users working group not concerned with designing objects for the database but how to put existing objects in it, remove them, manage them, etc. My 2c Matthew -----Original Message----- From: Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet [mailto:woeber@cc.univie.ac.at] Sent: 20 January 2000 13:07 To: stephenb(a)uk.uu.net Cc: lir-wg(a)ripe.net; woeber(a)cc.univie.ac.at; db-wg(a)ripe.net Subject: RE: DB consistancy checking tools

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Top 100 Maintainers List 20000119
by RIPE Database Administration 20 Jan '00

20 Jan '00

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Top 100 Maintainers List 20000103
by RIPE Database Administration 04 Jan '00

04 Jan '00

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Problems with the RIPE Database.
by RIPE Database Administration 29 Dec '99

29 Dec '99

Dear Colleagues, This morning, the primary server for the RIPE Database had a serious hardware failure. Since that time, no updates of the RIPE Database have been possible. Queries are possible, but using the backup service. We are currently restoring the data. We must do this from backup tapes; thus, we do not expect to resume normal service until sometime between 2000 and 2200 GMT tonight. If you have sent updates, there is no need to send them again; they are being queued on another machine. We realise that this situation may cause you some inconvenience, but we are making every effort to fix it as quickly as possible. We are also investigating the subtle hardware failure that caused the original problem. If you have anymore questions, please contact <ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net>. Regards, A. M. R. Magee _______________________ RIPE NCC Database Group

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Problems with the RIPE Database.
by RIPE Database Administration 29 Dec '99

29 Dec '99

Dear Colleagues, This morning, the primary server for the RIPE Database had a serious hardware failure. Since that time, no updates of the RIPE Database have been possible. Queries are possible, but using the backup service. We are currently restoring the data. We must do this from backup tapes; thus, we do not expect to resume normal service until sometime between 2000 and 2200 GMT tonight. If you have sent updates, there is no need to send them again; they are being queued on another machine. We realise that this situation may cause you some inconvenience, but we are making every effort to fix it as quickly as possible. We are also investigating the subtle hardware failure that caused the original problem. If you have anymore questions, please contact <ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net>. Regards, A. M. R. Magee _______________________ RIPE NCC Database Group

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Top 100 Maintainers List 19991221
by RIPE Database Administration 22 Dec '99

22 Dec '99

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Report: whois DB problems
by Joao Luis Silva Damas 14 Dec '99

14 Dec '99

Dear all, as you may be aware yesterday afternoon there was a power outage at about 14:30 in the machine room which hosts our servers at the AMS-IX. As a result of this, when power was recovered, we found that the main filesystem where the RIPE DB is located was corrupted beyond hope. Whois query service was promptly moved to a backup mirror machine located elsewhere. This machine has an up to date copy of the RIPE DB and is able to serve queries, although at a slower pace than the main server. Updates where queued until a full restore was completed and general sanity checking performed to ensure a complete restore of all pieces was in place, at about 1:00 am on Dec 14th 1999. Unfortunately, earlier today, the main server has unexplainably stopped operations and required a reboot, resulting in a service outage of about 15 minutes (time for the DNS to propagate data about the backup server). We are extremely sorry for all the inconvenience and are carrying a thorough analysis if the events in order to shorten outages should this kind if events happen again. Best regards, Joao Damas ===================================================== | Joao Luis Silva Damas http://www.ripe.net | | RIPE DB Group Manager email: joao(a)ripe.net | | RIPE NCC | | Amsterdam | =====================================================

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Top 100 Maintainers List 19991208
by RIPE Database Administration 09 Dec '99

09 Dec '99

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Top 100 Maintainers List 19991123
by RIPE Database Administration 24 Nov '99

24 Nov '99

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Re: abusive changes of person handles (protect your maintainer!)
by Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet 19 Nov '99

19 Nov '99

Hi Joao! >There are two issues here: >- The use of very weak protection methods (NONE and MAIL-FROM) (see *). wrt the "see *": I think they do have a point in principle. In reality (for many individuals, I suppose :-) it's still more staright-forward to fake a mail-from header than reverse-engineer a crypted password string in itself. However, given the fact that many operatinal environments these days require mail to be shipped multi-hop, the risk of disclosing the (clear text) password is greater than we might want to believe... >Would the community see this change in behaviour as a good thing? Definitely! Wilfried.

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