July 1996 - db-wg - mailman.ripe.net

Re: Problems with RIPE database
by rensvp＠renater.fr 17 Jul '96

17 Jul '96

Dear David, >> rensvp(a)renater.fr writes : >> >> Do you have any explanations for this problem ? > I have not an explanation (yet). You can use the old server that is > running on port 4400 as a temporary solution. > I am currently investigating what is going wrong. I will inform you when > I have found the solution. > I would like to know one more thing: are the objects new objects that you > have recently put in the RIPE database or are these already older ? > David K. Thanks a lot for your fast answer and your help. The objects have been recently created (7th of July) in the RIPE database. Franck SIMON RENATER

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Problems with RIPE database
by rensvp＠renater.fr 15 Jul '96

15 Jul '96

Hello, One of our program which automatically generates route objects in the RIPE database crashes because of a 'strange' answer of the ripe database. I have recently allocated the following block 194.254.220.0 - 194.254.235.0 for one of our site. So the object generated in the RIPE database is: inetnum: 194.254.220.0 - 194.254.235.0 ... So when I make the following request: whois 194.254.220.0 I get: inetnum: 194.254.220.0 - 194.254.235.0 I get the same answer for the following addresses: 194.254.220,221,222...227 However, If I do: whois 194.254.228.0 I get: inetnum: 194.254.0.0 - 194.254.255.255 I get the same answer for the following addresses: 194.254.228,229...235 while I should get: inetnum: 194.254.220 - 194.254.235.0. (The whole block 194.254.0.0-194.254.255.0 belongs to Renater, and I allocate IP numbers from this block to our sites) So, as one of our program automatically generates route objects, It works fine for the first 8 addresses : route: 194.254.220.0/24 ... route: 194.254.221.0/24 ... route: 194.254.222.0/24 .... but it does not generate any route objects for the other addresses, because instead of generating 194.254.228.0/24 it tries to generate a route object for 194.254.0.0-194.254.255.255 Do you have any explanations for this problem ? Thanks for your help. Franck SIMON RENATER

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Re: Problems with RIPE database
by zsako＠banknet.net 15 Jul '96

15 Jul '96

> From owner-db-wg(a)ripe.net Mon Jul 15 16:41:30 1996 > From: rensvp(a)renater.fr > One of our program which automatically generates route objects > in the RIPE database crashes because of a 'strange' answer of > the ripe database. > > I have recently allocated the following block 194.254.220.0 - 194.254.235.0 > for one of our site. So the object generated in the RIPE database is: > > inetnum: 194.254.220.0 - 194.254.235.0 Are you sure this is what you wanted to assign? Was it not: inetnum: 194.254.220.0 - 194.254.235.255 ^^^ ? > ... > > So when I make the following request: > > whois 194.254.220.0 I get: > > inetnum: 194.254.220.0 - 194.254.235.0 > > I get the same answer for the following addresses: 194.254.220,221,222...227 > > However, If I do: > > whois 194.254.228.0 I get: > > inetnum: 194.254.0.0 - 194.254.255.255 > > I get the same answer for the following addresses: 194.254.228,229...235 > while I should get: inetnum: 194.254.220 - 194.254.235.0. > > (The whole block 194.254.0.0-194.254.255.0 belongs to Renater, and I allocate IP > numbers from this block to our sites) > So, as one of our program automatically generates route objects, It works fine for > the first 8 addresses : > > route: 194.254.220.0/24 > ... > route: 194.254.221.0/24 > ... > route: 194.254.222.0/24 .... > BTW: Why do you add so many /24s, wouldn't aggregation be possible? > but it does not generate any route objects for the other addresses, because instead > of generating 194.254.228.0/24 it tries to generate a route object for > 194.254.0.0-194.254.255.255 > > Do you have any explanations for this problem ? > > Thanks for your help. > > Franck SIMON > RENATER > Best regards, Janos Zsako

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RE: Announcement: new whois server in production+new features
by Christian Panigl, ACOnet/UniVie +43 1 4065822-383 15 Jul '96

15 Jul '96

Hi David, congratulations, nice new features !!! However, I guess this is rather a bug, isn't it ;-) Querying for "christian unknown" seems to bring a list of all Christians instead of "No entries found", or how should I formulate an explicit "givenname surname" query ? Regards, Christian

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Announcement: new version of prtraceroute
by David.Kessens＠ripe.net 11 Jul '96

11 Jul '96

Dear all, A new version of prtraceroute is available from: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/pride/tools/prtraceroute-2.0beta6.tar.gz This version fixes a problem that caused the program to show a [?] instead of an [ERROR] line in certain cases. It also has support for the new RIPE whois server that is installed today (and is backwards compatible with previous versions). It is highly recommended to upgrade to this version since the previous versions are not compatible with the new server. Kind regards, David K. ---

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Announcement: new whois server in production+new features
by David.Kessens＠ripe.net 11 Jul '96

11 Jul '96

Dear all, First of all, it is recommended for everybody to read the *whole* announcement. I have just put the new RIPE database whois server in production. The new server has a couple of new features (and bug fixes): - twice the speed for any classless lookups - the lookup algoritm is changed such that: Matyas Matyas can finally be found and also Daniel David hasn't problems anymore with finding himself in the database - email addresses in the person objects are now also indexed and can thus be used as a search key from now on. - unlimited number of matches allowed. You can now find all Davids in the RIPE database And then the *BONUS* feature (made in France during my vacation!): - Inverse lookup has been implemented, that is: $ whois -h whois.ripe.net -T limerick -i author MN131 will give you all limericks written by Mike Norris (as long as his NIC handle is used, else try the same search with 'Mike Norris' as the key) $ whois -h whois.ripe.net -T route -i origin AS3333 will give you all routes with origin AS AS3333 (this makes the ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/as/db directories obsolete, and they will thus be removed) Also a comma separated list can be used as in: $ whois -h whois.ripe.net -i admin-c,tech-c,zone-c DK13-RIPE which will give you all objects that reference myself as an admin-c, tech-c or zone-c. You can use the following attributes for inverse lookups: admin-c as-exclude author as-in as-list as-out comm-list default interas-in interas-out localas mnt-by mnt-lower mnt-nfy nserver notify origin peer rev-srv tech-c zone-c Furthermore, the RIPE whois client program has been updated to support the new options (I finally got the chance to do some C coding ;-)). The program is now packaged with some other small C programs for use in conjunction with the RIPE database: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/tools/ripe-whois-tools-2.0.tar.gz (perl versions will be packaged together with the new release of the database software, when the updating code is also ready) You will also need to upgrade the prtraceroute in case you use this program (ftp://ftp.ripe.net/pride/tools/prtraceroute-2.0beta6.tar.gz) (see also separate announcement). Finally an important note to software developers: The whois server now returns objects always in the following sequence: newline object/message newline object/message newline newline (The newline at the start is new) This change allowed for more consistency and faster code. However, I am willing to make an ugly fix in case too many tools cannot handle this corectly and need updates. Please let me know if this is indeed needed. As always: please send bug reports directly to me and I will fix the problem. Kind regards, David Kessens RIPE NCC ---- RIPE whois tools 2.0 This is a set of C programs (perl versions of the same programs are available in the RIPE database distribution) to be used in conjunction with the RIPE database. It contains the following programs: - whois The RIPE version of the whois client program. This is intended for European users as it will query a RIPE whois server with extended whois capabilities rather than a standard whois protocol server. The whois program is fully compatible with the standard whois protocol and can thus replace your default whois program. This program is aware of quite some extra flags that the standard whois doesn't support. Just try 'whois' without arguments to see an explanation of these. Please note that most of these flags are NOT supported by non RIPE whois servers. In cases where you use this client to query non RIPE whois servers, you should not use any of these flags. - networkupdate A program that allows updating the RIPE database with the whois protocol instead of the usual E-mail interface. This program can usually only be used by the administrators of the whois server itself. The updating mechanism is too powerfull (for now) to allow the general public to use this mechanism. The server is protected by means of an accesslist. - cryptpw Calculate a crypted password with given password and salt. This password can then be used in the 'auth:' field of maintainer objects. -----

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