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E-mail Client Testing for S/MIME Compliance
by Denis Walker 09 Jan '04

09 Jan '04

[apologies for duplicate messages] Dear Colleagues, At the RIPE 45 Meeting a proposal was presented to implement an additional form of strong authentication for protecting objects in the RIPE Database and to allow for secure communication by e-mail with the RIPE NCC. This implementation uses the X.509 certificates. A question was raised by some members about how widespread is the compliance of S/MIME within mail clients. The RIPE NCC Software Engineering Department has undertaken a study to evaluate the use of S/MIME by mail clients. The results of this study can be found on our web site at: http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/pub-services/db/mail_client_tests.html Regards, -- Denis Walker Software Engineering Department RIPE NCC

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Domail Clean-up
by RIPE Database Manager 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

Dear Colleagues, As of 6 January, 2004, messages concerning inconsistencies between "nserver:" attributes in DOMAIN objects and delegation NS RRs in our zone files will be sent out. The messages will be mailed to various contact addresses for the relevant DOMAIN objects. In addition to the description of the inconsistencies, an indication of the 'default actions' will also be provided. We kindly request data be updated so that the inconsistencies are corrected before 1 March, 2004. About two weeks before 1 March, 2004 we will send a second set of warnings for the remaining inconsistencies. By 1 March, 2004 all remaining inconsistencies will be cleaned by the RIPE NCC, using the 'default actions'. If you receive a warning about inconsistencies we recommend that you fix the data yourself. It may be that you receive multiple mails for multiple domains with multiple inconsistencies. If you want to configure a dedicated mail filter the messages will contain the subject header "Subject: Reverse DNS inconsistencies in the RIPE Database" and originate "From: <ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net>". If you have further questions please contact <ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net>. Background The cleanup is part of the effort to streamline reverse DNS operations [1] and make it easier for network range users to manipulate related DOMAIN objects. The goal of the cleanup [2] is to streamline the contents of DOMAIN objects and zone configuration files so that we can create zone files from the Whois Database. An explanation of the various possible inconsistencies can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/reverse/rdns-project/Cleanup.html. ----- [1]: Original proposal http://www.ripe.net/reverse/proposal.html. Discussion on this proposal has taken place on the RIPE NCC Services WG mailing list and was summarized in: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail-archives/ncc-services-wg/2003/msg00361.html [2]: Original cleanup proposal http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail-archives/db-wg/2003/msg00738.html. ----- Can Bican Software Engineering Department Olaf Kolkman New Projects Group RIPE NCC

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creating a mntner
by Randy Bush 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

so, i have a clean database, 3.2.0 server running, blah blah blah now i have the old problem of creating a first mntner: i run bin/dbupdate -c conf/rip.config -t -d mntner: MAINT-RGNET descr: RGnet admin-c: RB366 upd-to: rw(a)rg.net auth: NONE override: <cleartext override password> mnt-by: MAINT-RGNET referral-by: MAINT-RGNET changed: randy(a)psg.com 20031217 source: RGNET ^D and it pukes saying Create FAILED: [mntner] MAINT-RGNET ***Info: Syntax check passed mntner: MAINT-RGNET descr: RGnet admin-c: RB366 upd-to: rw(a)rg.net auth: NONE mnt-by: MAINT-RGNET referral-by: MAINT-RGNET changed: randy(a)psg.com 20031217 source: RGNET ***Error: Unknown object referenced and the interesting part of the debug output up_source_commit: entered with operation [UP_CREATE] up_send_object_db: entered, operation [UP_CREATE] up_send_object_db: object to be sent [ mntner: MAINT-RGNET descr: RGnet admin-c: RB366 upd-to: rw(a)rg.net auth: NONE mnt-by: MAINT-RGNET referral-by: MAINT-RGNET changed: randy(a)psg.com 20031217 source: RGNET ] up_get_transaction_id: entered spent 0.00 sec; got 1 rows from [dbrgnet: INSERT INTO tid VALUES(NULL)] up_get_transaction_id: exiting with new id [18] up_send_object_db: transaction ID [18] SK_write = { sockfd=[7], buf=[ADD], count=[3] SK_write = { sockfd=[7], buf=[ ], count=[1] SK_write = { sockfd=[7], buf=[18], count=[2] SK_write = { sockfd=[7], buf=[ ], count=[2] SK_write = { sockfd=[7], buf=[mntner: MAINT-RGNET descr: RGnet admin-c: RB366 upd-to: rw(a)rg.net auth: NONE mnt-by: MAINT-RGNET referral-by: MAINT-RGNET changed: randy(a)psg.com 20031217 source: RGNET ], count=[218] SK_write = { sockfd=[7], buf=[ ], count=[2] SK_write = { sockfd=[7], buf=[ACK ], count=[4] SK_write = { sockfd=[7], buf=[18], count=[2] SK_write = { sockfd=[7], buf=[ ], count=[2] up_send_object_db: send complete up_send_object_db: received from socket [ %ERROR 4 ] up_send_object_db: received from socket [ E[4][1:RB366]:ref integrity: reference cannot be resolved ] up_send_object_db: received from socket [ ] up_send_object_db: received blank line from socket, stop reading Closing socket... 7 up_send_object_db: exiting with value UP_OK up_interpret_ripudb_result: entered, ripupd_result [%ERROR 4 E[4][1:RB366]:ref integrity: reference cannot be resolved clue by four, please randy

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Re: [db-wg] 3.2.0 make_db getvar cores
by Randy Bush 19 Dec '03

19 Dec '03

> Everything seems OK in your config files you've sent. I could not > replicate your problem. My best bet is that, in rip.config > SOURCEFILE /usr/home/whois/conf/sources.config > points to a file which is _not_ the one you've sent. sigh. with that gdb output? puhleeze! (gdb) back #0 0x805087d in ca_parseSrcLine (lineStr=0xbfbff74c "database:\tdbrgnet", srcStructPtr=0x80c8400) at ca_sourceLoader.c:792 #1 0x8050147 in ca_readSources ( sourcesDefFile=0x80c2840 "/usr/home/whois/conf/sources.config", confVars=0x80b1840) at ca_sourceLoader.c:464 #2 0x804faa2 in ca_init (configFile=0xbfbff9b1 "../conf/rip.config") at ca_initFn.c:87 #3 0x804bc2f in main (argc=7, argv=0xbfbff858) at getvar.c:84 let me try to debug by turning on debugging in ca_sourceLoader.c # /usr/home/whois/utils/getvar -s SAMPLE -c /usr/home/whois/conf/rip.config -p dbhost Inside ca_readSources() function. Sources file is: /usr/home/whois/conf/sources.config We are reading a comment or an empty line ..... line:DATABASE SAMPLEDB:End of line Length of line: 17 LINE >>>DATABASE SAMPLEDBEND_OF_LINE Beginning of a database defintion ..... Database name is: SAMPLEDB line:host: localhost:End of line Length of line: 16 LINE >>>host: localhostEND_OF_LINE tokens[0] = host tokens[1] = localhost VarName: host; dbComp: localhost line:port: 3306:End of line Length of line: 11 LINE >>>port: 3306END_OF_LINE tokens[0] = port tokens[1] = 3306 VarName: port; dbComp: 3306 line:trx_support: n:End of line Length of line: 14 LINE >>>trx_support: nEND_OF_LINE tokens[0] = trx_support tokens[1] = n VarName: trx_support; dbComp: n line:user: rip:End of line Length of line: 10 LINE >>>user: ripEND_OF_LINE tokens[0] = user tokens[1] = rip VarName: user; dbComp: rip line:password: secret:End of line Length of line: 19 LINE >>>password: secretEND_OF_LINE tokens[0] = password tokens[1] = secret VarName: password; dbComp: secret line:/DATABASE:End of line Length of line: 9 LINE >>>/DATABASEEND_OF_LINE We have reached the end of a DATABASE definition Testing the population of the db structure: localhost::3306::n::rip::secret:: ^ wowie zowie! no database name ^ the very problem we sought guess what happens when the password is nine characters! .../ripe-dbase-3.2.0# grep -c strcpy ./modules/ca/ca_sourceLoader.c 16 oh wonderful and thanks a million for the debugging help randy

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3.2.0 make_db getvar cores
by Randy Bush 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

o freebsd 4.9-stable, quite recent o all ports just rebuilt o wanted to do a clean fresh install of whois 3.2.0, as i could not successfully convert o successful build o successful install conf/rip.config same as used for 3.1.1 excpt did emacs diff merge to get the syntax changes conf/sources.rip same as used for 3.1.1 except added trx_support: n in mysql, i deleted both databases, RIPADMIN and dbrgnet /scripts# ./make_db -c ../conf/rip.config -s RGNET -0 Error: Non-existent database "dbrgnet" referenced !!! died: +792 ca_sourceLoader.c Segmentation fault (core dumped) ************** ERROR *************** *** 05:19:01 unknown source RGNET ************************************ # gdb /usr/local/src/net/ripe-dbase-3.2.0/utils/getvar/getvar getvar.core GNU gdb 4.18 (FreeBSD) Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i386-unknown-freebsd"...Deprecated bfd_read called at /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb/../../../../contrib/gdb/gdb/dbxread.c line 2627 in elfstab_build_psymtabs Deprecated bfd_read called at /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb/../../../../contrib/gdb/gdb/dbxread.c line 933 in fill_symbuf Core was generated by `getvar'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libgthread12.so.3...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libglib12.so.3...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient_r.so.10...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libm.so.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libcrypt.so.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libpam.so.1...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libcipher.so.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libxml2.so.5...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libxslt.so.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libc_r.so.4...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libz.so.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1...done. #0 0x805087d in ca_parseSrcLine (lineStr=0xbfbff74c "database:\tdbrgnet", srcStructPtr=0x80c8400) at ca_sourceLoader.c:792 792 die; (gdb) back #0 0x805087d in ca_parseSrcLine (lineStr=0xbfbff74c "database:\tdbrgnet", srcStructPtr=0x80c8400) at ca_sourceLoader.c:792 #1 0x8050147 in ca_readSources ( sourcesDefFile=0x80c2840 "/usr/home/whois/conf/sources.config", confVars=0x80b1840) at ca_sourceLoader.c:464 #2 0x804faa2 in ca_init (configFile=0xbfbff9b1 "../conf/rip.config") at ca_initFn.c:87 #3 0x804bc2f in main (argc=7, argv=0xbfbff858) at getvar.c:84 randy

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Re: [sed] problem updating database to 3.2.0
by Randy Bush 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

engin pointed out my stupid, using the admin db as opposed to the whois db. but now i fail on the last set # mysql -ufoo -pbar -Ddbrgnet -e'ALTER TABLE acl ADD COLUMN threshold tinyint(3) unsigned Default '4' NOT NULL after trustpass' $SOURCE ERROR 1146 at line 1: Table 'dbrgnet.acl' doesn't exist # mysql -ufoo -pbar -Ddbrgnet -e'ALTER TABLE acl ADD COLUMN maxconn tinyint(3) unsigned Default '6' NOT NULL after threshold' $SOURCE ERROR 1146 at line 1: Table 'dbrgnet.acl' doesn't exist another clue by four please randy

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problem updating database to 3.2.0
by Randy Bush 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

running 3.1.1 and trying to get to 3.2.0 first line of UPDATING fails # mysql -ufoo -pbar -DRIPADMIN -e'ALTER TABLE names DROP PRIMARY KEY' ERROR 1146 at line 1: Table 'RIPADMIN.names' doesn't exist clue-by-four please randy

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Announcement Routing Registry Training Courses
by RIPE NCC Training 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

------- Dear Colleagues, [apologies for duplicate postings] As a service to its members the RIPE NCC offers the "Routing Registry Training Course". The main objective of the "Routing Registry Training Course" is to familiarise the LIRs with the features of the Routing Registry, while introducing the relevant tools and services of the RIPE NCC. The course also offers practical exercises. OVERVIEW OF TOPICS COVERED IN THE COURSE: - Routing Registry as a part of the RIPE Whois Database and the Internet Routing Registry (IRR) - Specifying routing policies using (RPSL) Routing Policy Specification Language and the RtConfig tool - IRRToolSet - Routing Information Service (RIS) - Routing Registry Consistency Check Project Please note that this is an advanced course. It will: - NOT teach the basics of routing - NOT teach the basics of RIPE Database operations, - NOT describe how to receive Internet resources from the RIPE NCC - NOT describe how to operate a Local Internet Registry (LIR) The target audience of the course are technical staff of LIRs: e.g. network operators, engineers etc. This course is not intended for administrative or management staff (e.g. Hostmasters) . It is assumed that all attendees will be familiar with Border Gateway Protocol routing and with the RIPE Database (i.e. creating/modifying objects). This course is based on interactive exercises in a local network set-up. Please bring your laptops equipped with the following: - A working Ethernet card, - Three meters of Ethernet cable, - A secure connection client, - A web browser. Please be prepared to share your laptop (or at least allow another attendee to "look over your shoulder") if necessary. The Routing Registry Training Course is conducted in the English language and is free of charge, since it is covered by the membership fee. More information about the Routing Registry Training Course can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/training/rr/ REGISTRATION: You can register for a Routing Registry Training Course at the following URL: http://www.ripe.net/cgi-bin/trainingform.pl.cgi Or by completing the registration form at the end of this e-mail and replying to <training(a)ripe.net> . In order to register for a Routing Registry Training Course you must be an employee of an LIR and either: - be an LIR contact - be confirmed by an LIR contact LIR contacts are those employees of an LIR who are registered with RIPE NCC as authoritative contact persons. It is expected that most of those interested in the Routing Registry Training Course will not be an authoritative contact person for their LIR, and therefore will be, refused by the course registration "robot". In order to be admitted to the course, a confirmation e-mail must be sent to <training(a)ripe.net>. Please approach the LIR contacts from your organisation personally, since the identity of LIR contacts is confidential, and the RIPE NCC is unable to divulge contact persons for any given LIR. Kind Regards, Training Team RIPE NCC ************************************************************************* COURSE DATES AND VENUES ======================== Date: Friday 6 February 2004 Time: 0900 - 1700 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands AND: Date: Tuesday 17 February 2004 Time: 0900 - 1700 Location: Tehran, Iran AND: Date: Friday 5 March 2004 Time: 0900 - 1700 Location: Rome, Italy AND: Date: Friday 23 April 2004 Time: 0900 - 1700 Location: Istanbul, Turkey AND: Date: Friday 14 May 2004 Time: 0900 - 1700 Location: Bratislava, Slovakia AND: Date: Thursday 24 June 2004 Time: 0900 - 1700 Location: Stockholm, Sweden ************************************************************************* REGISTRATION FORM ================= %START PART 1 - Registration 1) Your name Enter First name, Last name in full e.g. John Doe Mary-Beth Walton # NAME [ ] 2) Your Registry ID (format: country-code.<name of registry>) # REG [ ] 3) Your e-mail address # EMAIL [ ] 4) Your NIC handle (optional) # NICHANDLE [ ] 5) The course you plan to attend (date and location) # COURSE [ ] %END

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RIPE DB missing inetnum referral for 204/8 (and others) to ARIN?
by Daniel Roesen 10 Dec '03

10 Dec '03

Hi, $ whois -h whois.ripe.net 204.152.184.85 [...] inetnum: 0.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.255 netname: IANA-BLK descr: The whole IPv4 address space [...] and nothing else. The referral to ARIN for 204/8 is missing. I've checked a couple of other RIRs /8s which all had the same problem. Was there a deliberate change that I missed? Best regards, Daniel

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Deprecation of "cross-nfy:" and "cross-mnt:" attributes in the RIPE Whois Database
by Katie Petrusha 05 Dec '03

05 Dec '03

[ Apologies for duplicate messages ] Dear colleagues, "cross-nfy:" and "cross-mnt:" attributes will be deprecated in the RIPE Whois Database by 1 February 2004. The RIPE Whois Database previously had a cross notification mechanism. This mechanism used "cross-nfy:" and "cross-mnt:" attributes of route and aut-num objects to notify particular maintainers and contacts when an overlapping route object had been added or removed. In May 2003, this mechanism was deprecated, as it is already covered by Routing Policy System Security functionality. In March 2003, the proposal was circulated to deprecate "cross-nfy:" and "cross-mnt:" attributes in the RIPE Whois Database as they are no longer needed: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail-archives/db-wg/2003/msg00035.html Approximately 180 aut-num and 620 route objects will be affected by this change. These objects should be modified before 1 February 2003 and the "cross-nfy:" and/or "cross-mnt:" attributes should be removed from them. As soon as these attributes have been deprecated, they will not be accepted in the RIPE Whois Database. Therefore, we encourage everyone to make the necessary modifications in advance. The RIPE Database Administration will update the objects still requiring modifications to change deprecated attributes into "remarks:" attributes. No individual notifications will be sent. Relevant maintainers will be notified via the usual RIPE Whois Database notification mechanism. This information can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/db/cross_nfy_mnt_deprecation.html -- Katie Petrusha Software Engineering Department RIPE NCC

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