In message <5648A8908CCB564EBF46E2BC904A75B15EFE3B4F17@EXVPMBX100-1.exc.icann.o rg>, Leo Vegoda <leo.vegoda@icann.org> wrote:
Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
Question: How may an independent researcher, such as myself, determine the entire set of address (IPv4 or IPv6) allocations that have been issued, by RIPE NCC, to a given LIR?
Do an inverse lookup based on the LIR's Organisation object. Here's an example for the RIPE NCC:
https://apps.db.ripe.net/search/query.html?searchtext=ORG-NCC1-RIPE&flags=&s ources=RIPE_NCC&grssources=&inverse=ORG&types=#resultsAnchor
Ummmm... I went to the exact URL you gave above and all I get is: Error: No results were found for your search. Your search details may be too selective. Well, it doesn't matter anyway. What I would really like is a solution that I can use with the good-old-fashioned WHOIS server... _not_ via the web interface. How can I find all IPv{4,6} allocations assigned to a given LIR using the actual WHOIS server? (An actual example would be most helpful.)
Question: Given some pre-existing record for an IP{4,6} address block that exists, right now, within the RIPE WHOIS server, how may one determine which LIR, specifically, was responsible for assignment of that address block to the registered end user? If this information is not presently available within the RIPE WHOIS records, there is there any human being within RIPE NCC who can/will, upon request, supply this information?
Use the -L or -l flags to look up the allocation hierarchy.
OK! Duh! I should have known that. thanks.
Question: Given some specific "admin-c" or "tech-c" contact handle, how may one determine the entire set of number resources that are, at present, associated with that given handle?
Another inverse query. There's a handy web interface with clicky boxes if you prefer that to a command line client.
No, I greatly prefer what you are calling the "command line interface", which is, I assme, what I am calling the good-old-fashioned WHOIS service (TCP port 43).
Question:
Have you considered looking at the extensive documentation and training materials on the RIPE NCC's web site?
I did, actually. It is not the most clear piece of technical documentation I have ever encountered. But I will give it another try. Regards, rfg