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Bulk access
by Andrei Robachevsky 22 Jun '10

22 Jun '10

Hi folks, Axel tells me that some members experience problems with bulk access to the db. I don't have the details with me, but could you pls check? Thanks Andrei

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HELP- 'there is not a Parent object'
by Binoy P. Mathew 28 May '10

28 May '10

Hi, While we are trying to add a domain , 'there is not a Parent object' error is showing: The following object(s) were found to have ERRORS: --- Create FAILED: [domain] secureservices.bh ***Error: Authorisation failed ***Info: Syntax check passed domain: secureservices.bh descr: Secure Services Bahrain admin-c: ST2316-RIPE tech-c: BM1147-RIPE zone-c: BM1147-RIPE mnt-by: MNT-NORTHSTAR changed: binoy(a)northstar.bh 20100522 source: RIPE nserver: DNS1.NETTICA.COM nserver: DNS2.NETTICA.COM password: ******** ***Error: There is no parent object ***Info: Authorisation for [domain] secureservices.bh using mnt-by: authenticated by: MNT-NORTHSTAR Why I am getting this error. What I am doing wrong? Please help. Regards, Binoy.

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Question about RADb
by Eng. Saleh Diab 21 May '10

21 May '10

Dear all; We have AS number from RADb, but due to some issues, we will change our upstream provider to another one in which we will be under his AS So do we need the AS number anymore? Best Regards cid:image001.gif@01C97654.FF11D920 Eng. Saleh Diab SCS-Net ISP Network Operations Dept. Supervisor +963 11 9981 Ext 3344 P.O. Box: 13365 Damascus-Syria

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Change IP range administrative reponsibility
by Eng. Saleh Diab 20 May '10

20 May '10

Dear All; We have a client who have two ranges from our IPs. The client request that his IPs to be under his administrative. I think I should create a "inetnum" for his range and change the "mnt-by:" attribute to be his. Is this correct? Or there is some other issues to consider? Thanks cid:image001.gif@01C97654.FF11D920 Eng. Saleh Diab SCS-Net ISP Network Operations Dept. Supervisor +963 11 9981 Ext 3344 P.O. Box: 13365 Damascus-Syria

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Change IP range administrative reponsibility
by Eng. Saleh Diab 20 May '10

20 May '10

Dear All; We have a client who have two ranges from our IPs. The client request that his IPs to be under his administrative. I think I should create a "inetnum" for his range and change the "mnt-by:" attribute to be his. Is this correct? Or there is some other issues to consider? Thanks cid:image001.gif@01C97654.FF11D920 Eng. Saleh Diab SCS-Net ISP Network Operations Dept. Supervisor +963 11 9981 Ext 3344 P.O. Box: 13365 Damascus-Syria

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certified cheque of $300,000 in our custody
by Fedex 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

I am sorry to encroach into your privacy through this manner; we have a certified cheque of $300,000 in our custody that belongs to you. This cheque was brought to my desk last week by a lady who gave us your e-mail address to contact you on the delivery. We wait your response soonest. FedEx

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How to load data into RIPE database 3.6
by Akmal Shahbaz 08 Apr '10

08 Apr '10

Hi I have downloaded and installed RIPE whois 3.6 on Ubuntu 9.10. I have not able to figure out how to load data into mysql database which has been setup when whoiserver installed itself. I have not found any documentation about whoiseserver as excellent RIPE database documentation is available from RIPE docuemnts.Why the same has not done for the whoisserver? I have accessed the split version/test version /dummy version etc. from ftp. Please guide me how i can load this into mysql. Thank you. Akmal Khan

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Contracting LIR for provider-independent resources
by Florian Weimer 05 Mar '10

05 Mar '10

Hi, is it possible to determine the contracting LIR for provider-independent resources (the one who has submitted the contract to RIPE) from the RIPE database? To clarify, this is about resources which would otherwise fall under Appendix 2 of the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2010. Florian -- Florian Weimer <fweimer(a)bfk.de> BFK edv-consulting GmbH http://www.bfk.de/ Kriegsstraße 100 tel: +49-721-96201-1 D-76133 Karlsruhe fax: +49-721-96201-99

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"country": what to for "strange" locations?
by Christian 'wiwi' Wittenhorst 30 Jan '10

30 Jan '10

Hello... I know there's "EU" for europe, but what to use for: - anycast services without any specific location - blackholes - ... For example, 193.0.14.0/23** (k.root-servers.net) uses "country: NL". Documentation says: "There are no rules defined for this attribute." Is there a best practice? If not, is there a chance to get "ZZ" approved for "unspecified" as ISO 3166-1 specifies "ZZ" (and some more) for "/User-assigned code elements"... Best regards, Christian /

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whois queries with respect to RIPE policies
by chris 28 Jan '10

28 Jan '10

Hi list, During the next days, I'm planning to analyze some suspicious traffic that I collected during an execution of malware. One of my goal is to retrieve additional information for every IP address that is in that traffic. For this, I believe that the whois data is a very valuable source of information. However, I realize that I should not overdo in performing whois queries to RIPE (and RIR databases in general). I expect to query the database ~ 20,000 times per day. Here comes my problem: According to the RIPE policy, I am allowed to query the database even frequently. At the same time, one should avoid querying personal data too often. I am trying now to find a program (e.g., jwhois, the 'usual' UNIX whois client, with some weird parameters) that allow me to comply to the RIPE policies. For my convenicen, if I can somehow avoid it, I'd rather use the online database instead of syncing it and performing requests locally. In addition, I checked the whois usage policies of other RIRs. Admittedly, RIPE has got the far most transparent ones! Others don't give explicit limits in their usage, and I have to hope that I won't be blocked when using whois extensively. Would you please share your experiences, and maybe even give hints about a 'correct' usage of a whois client? Thanks in advance, Chris

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