On Thu, 12 Jul 2018 at 11:24, Aftab Siddiqui via db-wg <db-wg@ripe.net> wrote:
I would like to understand the difference between these 2 results for the same prefix.
Source: GRS https://apps.db.ripe.net/db-web-ui/#/query?bflag=true&source=GRS&searchtext=188.64.224.0%2F21#resultsSection
~ > whois --host whois.ripe.net -rB --resource 188.64.224.0/21 | grep -ve '^[[:space:]]*$' | grep -ve '^[% ]' | grep -v 'remarks:' route: 188.64.224.0/21 descr: Twitter Route origin: AS13414 notify: noc@twitter.com mnt-by: MAINT-AS13414 source: RADB-GRS Note the "--resource" parameter being present. Which will include results from other(!) databases apart from the RIPE NCC database. In this case the RADB-GRS database. The 'source:' also denote this fact. Nb: You can see http://www.irr.net/docs/list.html#RIPE which other RIR databases the RIPE NCC mirrors.
Source: RIPE https://apps.db.ripe.net/db-web-ui/#/query?bflag&searchtext=188.64.224.0%2F21&source=RIPE#resultsSection
~ > whois -h whois.ripe.net -rB 188.64.224.0/21 | grep -ve '^[[:space:]]*$' | grep -ve '^[% ]' | grep -v 'remarks:' inetnum: 188.0.0.0 - 188.255.255.255 netname: EU-ZZ-188 descr: To determine the registration information for a more descr: specific range, please try a more specific query. descr: If you see this object as a result of a single IP query, descr: it means the IP address is currently in the free pool of descr: address space managed by the RIPE NCC. country: EU # Country is in fact world wide admin-c: IANA1-RIPE tech-c: IANA1-RIPE status: ALLOCATED UNSPECIFIED mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT created: 2002-04-08T12:41:20Z last-modified: 2015-09-23T13:18:27Z source: RIPE By default only results from the RIPE NCC database is included.