July 2008 - db-wg - mailman.ripe.net

<auto-dbm@ripe.net> is slow this afternoon.
by RIPE Database Administration 17 May '18

17 May '18

Dear Colleagues, Because of a very high level of use this afternoon, the response time of <auto-dbm(a)ripe.net> is longer than normal. I have made contact with those who are responsible and I expect the situation to improve as the machine works through the queue. Please be patient. Obviously we at the RIPE NCC Database Group are continuously working to make the performance of the database as good as possible. However, we cannot make improvements in zero time. We thank you for your co-operation up to now and we ask for your continued co-operation so that everyone receives the best possible service. If you have anymore questions, please contact <ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Ambrose Magee ____________________________ RIPE Database Administration.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: RIPE NCC Training Courses
by Training 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC invites you to register for one of our upcoming training courses: - The LIR Training Course This course teaches LIRs how to request Internet number resources and interact with the RIPE NCC. A course outline is available at: http://www.ripe.net/training/lir/outline.html - The Routing Registry Training Course This course teaches LIRs how to use the RIPE Database for routing. A course outline is available at: http://www.ripe.net/training/rr/outline.html - The DNS for LIRs Training Course This course teaches LIRs about the RIPE NCC's DNS-related services. A course outline is available at: http://www.ripe.net/training/dns/outline.html To see the location of upcoming courses and to register, please use the LIR Portal or complete the registration form on our website at: http://www.ripe.net/cgi-bin/trainingform.pl.cgi If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us at <training(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Rumy Kanis Training Services Manager RIPE NCC

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Adequate contact information in the RIPE database must be enforced (was: NCC#2008090071 Unreachable Italian Host)
by Thor Kottelin 03 Sep '08

03 Sep '08

Anonymized extracts from a correspondence between a phish takedown operator and the RIPE NCC: PIRT: "There's a phish on 192.0.2.227. The server is rooted. The address a(a)a.example.net in the IP whois comes back 'host not found'. The ASN address we have, b(a)b.example.net, comes back 'connect timeout'. c(a)c.example.net comes back 'Address rejected'. The webform on the allocee's website (such as it is) doesn't actually do anything.--RIPE can you contact the IP owner and get them to update your database please." RIPE NCC: "Please try contact the Network owners/maintainers. Phone number registered for the maintainer is correct and working." PIRT: "I'm a volunteer and don't have the resources to make international phone calls. Plus I don't speak Italian (I don't write Italian either but there are websites for translation, which is why email is preferable). Doesn't RIPE have the resources to do this? And isn't it in your interest to keep the database accurate? Otherwise what's the point? I have already emailed the d(a)d.example.net address. I have had no reply and the phish is still active." RIPE NCC: "There may be options we could pursue to check the validity of the contact data in the objects in the RIPE Database. Where we have a direct relationship with the owners of these objects we could request that they update this information. But we do not have a mandate from the RIPE community to allocate any resources to this activity." (End of correspondence extracts.) The issue of false or otherwise inadequate RIPE database entries has been discussed before in various RIPE working groups. It is bizarre that the problems nevertheless continue, year in and year out. Publishing sufficient and up-to-date contact information in the RIPE database should be an absolute prerequisite for holding any kind of RIR-allocated resource. Whenever a deficiency is discovered and reported, the RIPE NCC should efficiently and urgently contact the allocee, requiring a full and immediate correction. If one is not made, the resources should be deregistered. I realize that IP connectivity is not directly contingent on registration, but I also believe that allocees would still want to avoid having their resources bogonized. Should this pressure nevertheless prove insufficient, further sanctions, such as elevated fees, should be available. It is intolerable that important and urgent security-related communications repeatedly fail due to a lack of adequate contact information. -- Thor Kottelin CISM, CISSP fax +358 102 961 064 thor(a)anta.net, PGP 0x327B7345 http://www.anta.net/

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RIPE Database legal documents
by Denis Walker 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

Apologies for duplicates] Dear Colleagues, The RIPE Data Protection Task Force (DP TF), working with the RIPE NCC and the company lawyers, has finalised a set of legal documents for the RIPE Database. These documents are: - RIPE Database Terms and Conditions - RIPE Database Acceptable Use Policy - Procedure for the Removal of Personal Contact Details from the RIPE Database They can be seen on the RIPE DP TF web page at this address: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/tf/dp/index.html The documents have been subjected to a final review by the DP TF but they are not yet legally effective. They are now available for review and comments by the wider community. Please let us know if you have any considerations or issues. Please bear in mind that with any documents such as these, the wording can always be changed. However, we would prefer not to make any subjective changes at this stage but only amend anything that is inaccurate. The documents will become legally effective from 1 September 2008 and they will then be available on a new Legal Documents page on the RIPE NCC website. Regards, Denis Walker (on behalf of the RIPE DP TF)

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Subject: White Pages Implementation
by Denis Walker 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

[Apologies for duplicates] Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC Database Group has now implemented the White Pages functionality discussed in the Database Working Group session at RIPE 56. For those not familiar with the discussions surrounding White Pages, please refer to the document outlining all the details of the implementation in the RIPE Database Document Library: http://www.ripe.net/db/docs.html This document also explains how to have yourself listed in the White Pages. We plan to re-start a clean-up project to remove unreferenced PERSON objects early in September. This will start to delete objects from the database late in September. Anyone who wishes to be listed in the White Pages to avoid deletion should submit an application as soon as possible. Regards Denis Walker Business Analyst RIPE NCC Database Group

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