RE: [db-wg] rpsl to arin format conversion
are there any software utilities available for converting from rpsl to 'arin' format?
Sorry, I don't have an answer, but rather a question: why don"t you try to do it "the other way 'round", as RPSL is properly described in an RFC? Wilfried. _________________________________:_____________________________________ Wilfried Woeber : e-mail: Woeber@CC.UniVie.ac.at UniVie Computer Center - ACOnet : Tel: +43 1 4277 - 140 33 Universitaetsstrasse 7 : Fax: +43 1 4277 - 9 140 A-1010 Vienna, Austria, Europe : RIPE-DB: WW144, PGP keyID 0xF0ACB369 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet wrote:
are there any software utilities available for converting from rpsl to 'arin' format?
Sorry, I don't have an answer, but rather a question:
why don"t you try to do it "the other way 'round", as RPSL is properly described in an RFC?
Wilfried.
arin's db contains the most records. logically, it makes sense to convert the other rir dbs to arin format. also converting from arin to rpsl would lose information which exists in arin's db. those helping with the research have a better understanding of arin format than rpsl. -- terry l. ridder ><>
On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet wrote:
are there any software utilities available for converting from rpsl to 'arin' format?
Sorry, I don't have an answer, but rather a question:
why don"t you try to do it "the other way 'round", as RPSL is properly described in an RFC?
In fact I can tell you that I'm doing it "the other way around". For the completewhois historic whois ip registry project I'm working on, I've chosen to use modified RPSL database and have written C program that converts ARIN dump into that format (it is however not as much use for direct arin whois as its different format as well). When done, I'll also write a backward compability program that can retrieve results from database and present it back in ARIN format (for both ARIN and RIPE and APNIC blocks). The project will probably be ready for public access by Fall as I plan to work larger parts of it during the summer. I also have to point that ARIN is now the only ip registry not using RPSL format - APNIC and RIPE use it with ripe whois server and LACNIC has modified version that includes ORG information (my modified RPSL also does that) and as far as I know AFRINIC will use RIPE whois server and RPSL format as well. Considering that RIPE is working on adding ORG objects as well it'd really be good if RIPE, LACNIC and ARIN were to work together to come up with one general RPSL format that will encompass what is used by all these registrars while leaving certain fields optional and to be decided by registries. -- William Leibzon Elan Networks william@elan.net
Hi, On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 12:10:52PM -0800, william(at)elan.net wrote:
format as well. Considering that RIPE is working on adding ORG objects as well it'd really be good if RIPE, LACNIC and ARIN were to work together to come up with one general RPSL format that will encompass what is used by all these registrars while leaving certain fields optional and to be decided by registries.
This isn't going to affect ARIN. "They're different". After all, they introduced the *new* ARIN response format long *after* everybody else went to RPSL... Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 58081 (57882) SpaceNet AG Mail: netmaster@Space.Net Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Tel : +49-89-32356-0 80807 Muenchen Fax : +49-89-32356-299
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