Dear RIPE Routing WG Please forgive me if this is a topic that has been closed by the WG. I was advised by a mentor to write to you. I am AL7-AFRINIC the technical and general contact for AS Number 37199 and IPV4 LIR for • 41.76.128.0/21 • 197.155.0.0/19 When I search the RIPE database (all) my details come up correctly (pasted below). This morning we experienced downtime but we managed to recover within a few hours due to a last minute warning issued to our upstream provider Cybersmart (original message pasted below bottom). From what I can gather I can hypothesise that our previous upstream provider Frogfoot, had created a route object in your database without our knowledge or authority. Subsequently they relinquished control of this object to their new upstream (AfricaINX in the email below) without our knowledge or authority. And subsequently AfricaINX deleted this object from your database without our authority or knowledge. And finally our new upstream created a route object in your database without our knowledge or authority. Yeah I am sorry it's a bit naive of me. :( I live to learn, please advise if it's a dumb question to request a policy consideration that you send LIR organisation and contacts some kind of notifications to general and billing contacts, even if only as notification if not the ability to suspend such actions as a delete request. Sincerely and humbly Alan inetnum: 41.76.128.0 - 41.76.135.255 netname: VANILLA descr: Future Perfect Corporation cc T/A Vanilla country: ZA admin-c: DUMY-RIPE tech-c: DUMY-RIPE org: ORG-FPCc1-AFRINIC status: ALLOCATED PA mnt-by: AFRINIC-HM-MNT mnt-lower: VANILLA-MNT notify: alan@vanilla.co.za notify: accounts@vanilla.co.za changed: unread@ripe.net 20000101 source: AFRINIC-GRS remarks: **************************** remarks: * THIS OBJECT IS MODIFIED remarks: * Please note that all data that is generally regarded as personal remarks: * data has been removed from this object. remarks: * To view the original object, please query the RIPE Database at: remarks: * http://www.ripe.net/whois remarks: **************************** organisation: ORG-FPCc1-AFRINIC org-name: Future Perfect Corporation cc T/A Vanilla org-type: LIR address: 125 Buitengracht St, #611 address: Cape Town 8018 e-mail: alan@vanilla.co.za e-mail: accounts@vanilla.co.za phone: +27214097997 fax-no: +27214097050 admin-c: AL7-AFRINIC tech-c: AL7-AFRINIC mnt-ref: AFRINIC-HM-MNT mnt-by: AFRINIC-HM-MNT notify: hostmaster@afrinic.net changed: hostmaster@afrinic.net 20100412 source: AFRINIC-GRS -----Original Message----- From: RIPE Database Administration local [mailto:unread@ripe.net] Sent: 11 June 2013 10:34 To: ripe Subject: Notification of RIPE Database changes This is to notify you of changes in RIPE Database or object authorisation failures. This message is auto-generated. Please DO NOT reply to this message. If you do not understand why we sent you this message, or for assistance or clarification please contact: RIPE Database Administration <ripe-dbm@ripe.net> Change requested from: - From-Host: 41.66.168.1 - Date/Time: Tue Jun 11 10:33:47 2013 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some object(s) in RIPE Database that you either maintain or you are listed in as to-be-notified have been added, deleted or changed. --- OBJECT BELOW DELETED: route: 41.76.128.0/21 descr: Borwood via AS29606 origin: AS29606 mnt-by: BORWOOD-MNT mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-RPSL-MNT changed: paulo@borwood.net 20120508 source: RIPE ***Info: Customer request INC-36148 The RIPE Database is subject to Terms and Conditions: http://www.ripe.net/db/support/db-terms-conditions.pdf For assistance or clarification please contact: RIPE Database Administration <ripe-dbm@ripe.net> Generated by RIPE WHOIS Update version 1.66.3 on WHOIS2 Handled sync update (RIPE, 2013-06-11 10:33:47) % Information related to '41.66.128.0 - 41.66.191.255' inetnum: 41.66.128.0 - 41.66.191.255 netname: AFRICAINX-NET descr: AfricaINX country: ZA admin-c: EP1-AFRINIC tech-c: EP1-AFRINIC org: ORG-AINE1-AFRINIC status: ALLOCATED PA mnt-by: AFRINIC-HM-MNT mnt-lower: AFRINIC-HM-MNT source: AFRINIC # Filtered parent: 41.0.0.0 - 41.255.255.255 organisation: ORG-AINE1-AFRINIC org-name: Africa Independent Network Exchange (Pty) LTD (AfricaINX) org-type: LIR country: ZA address: PO Box 6458 address: Halfway House address: Midrand 1685 e-mail: erik@africainx.net e-mail: noc@africainx.net phone: +27 11 243 3000 fax-no: +27 11 507 5057 admin-c: EP1-AFRINIC tech-c: EP1-AFRINIC mnt-ref: AFRINIC-HM-MNT mnt-by: AFRINIC-HM-MNT source: AFRINIC # Filtered person: Erik Pretorius nic-hdl: EP1-AFRINIC address: Ground Floor, Bates House, Corner Howick address: & Treur Close, Waterfall Office Park address: Midrand 1685 address: South Africa e-mail: erik@africainx.net phone: +27112664000 org: ORG-EBS1-AFRINIC remarks: Network Engineer source: AFRINIC # Filtered