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.