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Prefix length for the "pingable" attribute
by Tore Anderson 16 Mar '14

16 Mar '14

Hi WG, The documentation unequivocally states the value of the "pingable" attribute in route[6] objects must include a prefix length: $ whois -h whois.ripe.net -- -v route [...] pingable Allows a network operator to advertise an IP address of a node that should be reachable from outside networks. This node can be used as a destination address for diagnostic tests. The IP address must be within the address range of the prefix containing this attribute. An address prefix is represented as an IPv4 address followed by the character slash "/" followed by an integer in the range from 0 to 32. The following are valid address prefixes: 128.9.128.5/32, 128.9.0.0/16, 0.0.0.0/0; and the following address prefixes are invalid: 0/0, 128.9/16 since 0 or 128.9 are not strings containing four integers. $ whois -h whois.ripe.net -- -v route6 [...] pingable Allows a network operator to advertise an IP address of a node that should be reachable from outside networks. This node can be used as a destination address for diagnostic tests. The IP address must be within the address range of the prefix containing this attribute. <ipv6-address>/<prefix> Therefore I added mine as /32 and /128. That ended up in me getting complaints that I broke some people's scripts, which were assuming that value of this attribute should be a "bare" IP address. (For example: http://ip.v6net.ru/archives/1764) Contradictory to what the documentation says, the e-mail robot happily accepted my update to remove the prefix length. So hopefully people's scripts are unbroken now. This sparked my curiosity, though: - What exactly is the purpose of the prefix length? - How should one interpret a value that has a prefix length other than /32 (in "route" objects) or /128 (in "route6" objects)? - Why does the documentation say it is mandatory when it clearly is not? - And finally, am I really the only LIR hostmaster in the RIPE that actually do RTFM? :-) $ curl -s ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/dbase/split/ripe.db.route{,6}.gz | zgrep -c '^pingable:.*/' 0 Tore

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[training] RIPE NCC Courses in Sofia, Bulgaria 16-17 April 2014
by Training Services 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC Training Services Department invites you to register for our upcoming Training Courses in Sofia, Bulgaria: Course type: RIPE Database Training Course Date: Wednesday, 16 April 2014 Time: 09:00-17:30 Course type: IPv6 for LIRs Training Course Date: Thursday, 17 April 2014 Time: 09:00-17:30 How to register: ---------------- You can register up to two people from your LIR for each course by using the LIR Portal at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses Registration will close when maximum capacity is reached, so please register soon to ensure your attendance. The course is free of charge. We provide lunch and printed training materials. We do not cover any of your travel expenses or accommodation. We give all of our training courses in English. RIPE Database Training Course: ------------------------------ You should attend this training course if you are part of the staff of a Local Internet Registry (LIR) in the RIPE NCC Service Region. You can find more information about the course at: https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/training/courses/rdb IPv6 for LIRs Training Course: ------------------------------ You should attend this training course if you are part of the staff of a Local Internet Registry (LIR) in the RIPE NCC Service Region and if you: * Are thinking about deploying IPv6 in your organisation * Have been told you need to deploy IPv6 * Need to convince your manager that IPv6 needs to be deployed * Looked at an IPv6 address and thought it was too complicated to deploy in your network You can find more information about the course at: http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/training/courses/ipv6 If you have any questions, send an e-mail to <training(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, RIPE NCC Training Services

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Implementation plan for 2012-07, "RIPE NCC Services to Legacy Internet Resource Holders"
by Nikolas Pediaditis 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC has published the proposed implementation plan for ripe-605 "RIPE NCC Services to Legacy Internet Resource Holders" (accepted policy proposal 2012-07): The overall implementation: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/nikolas_pediaditis/policy-proposal-2012-07-ri… The implementation that specifically relates to the RIPE Database: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/xavier/policy-proposal-2012-07-db-proposed-im… We are sending this email to three working groups because the implementation is related to anyone holding AUT-NUM or legacy INETNUM objects in the RIPE Database but we ask that comments be made on the RIPE NCC Services Working Group mailing list only. We aim to begin implementation the week of 25 March. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any comments or questions. Kind regards, Nikolas Pediaditis IP Resource Analyst RIPE NCC

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[training] RIPE NCC Webinars - new dates
by Training Services 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '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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[training] RIPE NCC Webinars - new dates
by Training Services 25 Feb '14

25 Feb '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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[training] RIPE NCC Training Courses April-June 2014
by Training Services 18 Feb '14

18 Feb '14

Dear Colleagues, Our training team travels the RIPE NCC service region to deliver training courses to our members without any additional cost. Over the next few months, we'll be in St. Julian's, Zagreb, Sofia, Brussels, Edinburgh, Tehran, Helsinki, Moscow, Kiel, Almaty, Reykjavik, Geneva. Visit the following page to register and to check which training courses we are giving in your area: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses The RIPE NCC delivers the following training courses: - LIR Training Course - Database Training Course - IPv6 for LIRs Training Course - Routing Security Training Course - 3 day Deploying IPv6 Training Course (New) - DNSSec Training Course (New) For more information visit: https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/training/courses With kind regards, Rumy Spratley-Kanis Training Services Manager

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[training] RIPE NCC Training Courses April-June 2014
by Training Services 17 Feb '14

17 Feb '14

Dear Colleagues, Our training team travels the RIPE NCC service region to deliver training courses to our members without any additional cost. Over the next few months, we'll be in St. Julian's, Zagreb, Sofia, Brussels, Edinburgh, Tehran, Helsinki, Moscow, Kiel, Almaty, Reykjavik, Geneva. Visit the following page to register and to check which training courses we are giving in your area: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses The RIPE NCC delivers the following training courses: - LIR Training Course - Database Training Course - IPv6 for LIRs Training Course - Routing Security Training Course - 3 day Deploying IPv6 Training Course (New) - DNSSec Training Course (New) For more information visit: http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/training/courses With kind regards, Rumy Spratley-Kanis Training Services Manager

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[training] RIPE NCC Webinars - new dates
by Training Services 11 Feb '14

11 Feb '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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Multiple Sources and the REST API?
by Aleksi Suhonen 07 Feb '14

07 Feb '14

Hello, I'm trying to fetch data from the RIPE db and the mirrored databases at the same time: http://rest.db.ripe.net/search?source=ripe&source=apnic&inverse-attribute=o… I get 400 Bad Request even tho it should work according to the documentation I'm reading: https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/whois/wiki/WHOIS-REST-API-search Halp. -- +358 4567 02048 / http://www.trex.fi/ Aleksi Suhonen / TREX Regional Exchanges Oy You say "potato", I say "closest-exit."

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New minor release 1.71.1 to fix REST API JSON issue
by Denis Walker 06 Feb '14

06 Feb '14

Dear colleagues, We have identified the cause of the REST API JSON issues some users have been experiencing. Details can be found on github: https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/whois/issues/114 We deployed a new minor version (1.71.1) of the RIPE Database software today at 17:15 (UTC +1) to fix this issue. Release notes can be found here: https://www.ripe.net/data-tools/db/release-notes Regards, Denis Walker Business Analyst RIPE NCC Database Team

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