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Re: New DB and line continuation?
by RIPE Database Administration 23 Apr '01

23 Apr '01

Hi, Berislav Todorovic, Thank you for reporting this. We are investigating. If you have anymore questions, please contact <ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net>. Regards, A. M. R. Magee ______________ RIPE NCC Berislav Todorovic <beri(a)kpnqwest.net> writes: * On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, DB-News wrote: * * >> The new version of the RIPE Database is now up and running! * >> All objects have been automatically converted to RPSL and loaded into * >> the new version of the Database. * * Congratulations! However, I have a question: * * When an attribute needs multiple lines to be described, the standard * RPSL format requires the attribute name to be mentioned once, while * successive lines are separted by spaces or commas (like you defined * in the transition document as well). It used to be like that in the * previous version of rpsl.ripe.net. However, right now, it seems to * me there is a strange RIPE-181/RPSL mix in place. See example: * * * RADB and old REIMP.RIPE (standard RPSL): * * [beri@nix00 ~]$ rwhois -h whois.ra.net as-kq * as-set: AS-KQ * descr: KPNQwest European routes * Formerly AS-EUNET AND NOT AS-EUNETQWEST * members: AS286, AS719, AS1136, AS1137, AS1213, * AS1234, AS1889, AS1891, AS1902, AS2043, * AS2049, AS2110, AS2135, AS2857, AS3220, * ... * * * RIPE (new format, RPSL): * * as-set: AS-KQ * descr: KPNQwest European routes * descr: Formerly AS-EUNET AND NOT AS-EUNETQWEST * members: AS286, AS719, AS1136, AS1137, AS1213, AS1234, AS1889 * members: AS1891, AS1902, AS2043, AS2049, AS2110, AS2135, AS2857 * members: AS3220, AS3246, AS3262, AS3265, AS3286, AS3324, AS3333 * members: AS3347, AS3615, AS5385, AS5399, AS5403, AS5407, AS5419 * * While some of you might think this is not important, this is VERY * important to some of us who make scripts for automating our tasks with * the RIPE DB. * * Can anyone explain the reason of this RPSL syntax violation? Thanks! * * Regards, * Beri * * --------- Berislav Todorovic, Network Engineer --------- * ------- KPNQwest N.V. - IP NOC (formerly EUnet NOC) ------- * ---- Wilhelmina van Pruisenweg 78, 2595 AN Den Haag, NL ---- * --- Phone: +31-70-379-3990; Mobile: +31-651-333-641 --- * -- Email: beri(a)kpnqwest.net <=> beri(a)EU.net -- * --- _ _ ____ _ .--. ____ ____ __/_ --- * ----- /__/ /___/ /\ / / / | / /___/ /___ / ------ * ------ _/ \_ / _/ \/ (__.\ |/\/ /___ ____/ (__. ----- * *

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New RPSL Query of aut-num objects
by Sascha E. Pollok 23 Apr '01

23 Apr '01

Dear Folks, apologies if this has been discussed before or is considered not being relevant to most of you but if I do a query like below, the main difference (beside the new RPSL-look-and-feel of course) is that the as-block: object is shown AND that there is one space missing as a separator between field-descriptors and the content of the field compared to all other objects. Again, this might be irrelevant to most of you that do /(\S+)\s+(.*)/ or whatever but I just wanted to ask. Regards, Sascha ----------- % whois AS12731 as-block: AS12288 - AS13311 descr: RIPE NCC ASN block remarks: These AS numbers are further assigned by RIPE NCC remarks: to LIRs and end-users in the RIPE NCC region remarks: Please refer to RIPE Document ripe-185 remarks: and RIPE Document ripe-147 admin-c: NN32-RIPE tech-c: OPS4-RIPE mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT mnt-lower: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT changed: hostmaster(a)ripe.net 20010423 source: RIPE aut-num: AS12731 as-name: IPHH descr: IPHH Internet Port Hamburg GmbH descr: Global AS Routing-Policy import: from AS3300 action pref=100; accept ANY AND NOT {0.0.0.0/0}

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Fwd: BLOCK: RIPE
by Christian Panigl, ACOnet/VIX/UniVie 23 Apr '01

23 Apr '01

Hmmm, reasonable diligence or epidemic paranoia ? Just got this one forwarded, thought it might be worth letting you know ... Cheers CP ================================ X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Message-ID: <6uu6ets5102thcbdrigof2l7urtmd2gmjl(a)4ax.com> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 20:48:13 -0400 From: Daniel Norton <danorton(a)SUESPAMMERS.ORG> To: SPAM-L(a)PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM Reply-To: Daniel Norton <danorton(a)SUESPAMMERS.ORG> Sender: Spam Prevention Discussion List <SPAM-L(a)PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM> Organization: . Subject: BLOCK: RIPE RIPE's database is down for an indeterminate period of time. Since it might be impossible to determine an abuse contact address without the RIPE database, you might wish to consider blocking all RIPE traffic until they get things back in order. Here are the RIPE IP address ranges: 24.132/14 62/8 139.20/14 139.24/14 139.28/15 141.0/10 141.64/12 141.80/14 141.84/15 145.224/12 145.240/13 145.248/14 145.252/15 145.254/16 149.202/15 149.204/16 149.206/15 149.208/12 149.224/12 149.240/13 149.248/14 150.254/16 151.13/16 151.14/15 151.16/12 151.32/11 151.64/12 151.80/15 151.3/16 151.4/15 151.82/16 151.91/16 151.92/15 151.95/16 160.216/14 160.220/16 160.44/14 160.48/12 163.156/14 163.160/12 164.0/11 164.32/13 164.40/16 164.128/12 171.16/12 171.32/15 192.106.196/23 192.162/16 192.164/14 192.71/16 193/8 194/8 195/8 198.17.117/24 212/8 213/8 217/8 -- Daniel Norton ----- End of forwarded message from Daniel Norton -----

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Migration of the TEST database is completed
by Andrei Robachevsky 23 Apr '01

23 Apr '01

Dear Colleagues, The TEST database has been successfully migrated to v3 software. All objects in the TEST database were converted to RPSL compliant format. You can continue using the TEST database till 14 May as follows: - <test-dbm(a)ripe.net> mail robot accepts updates in RIPE-181 format with some limitations. - <test-rpsl(a)ripe.net> mail robot accepts updates in RPSL format. After that day changes in robots' functionality will follow the plan fro the production database. Please see http://www/ripencc/pub-services/db/rpsl/announcement.html and http://www/ripencc/pub-services/db/rpsl/index.html for more information. Finding objects in the TEST Database: Do whois -h test-whois.ripe.net <Search String> e.g. whois -h test-whois.ripe.net PB3-TEST The whois options that work in the RIPE Database also work in the TEST Database. We invite you to try them. Regards, Andrei Robachevsky DB Group Manager RIPE NCC

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First phase of the migration to the new RIPE Database is completed
by DB-News 23 Apr '01

23 Apr '01

Dear Colleagues, The new version of the RIPE Database is now up and running! All objects have been automatically converted to RPSL and loaded into the new version of the Database. The first phase of the migration has been successfully completed. The following mail robots accept updates to the RIPE Database: <auto-dbm(a)ripe.net> - updates are accepted in RIPE-181 format and automatically translated into RPSL. However, several restrictions apply to such updates: empty and misspelled attributes are not allowed, PGP auth is not supported. Also, RPSL authorization rules apply. <auto-rpsl(a)ripe.net> - updates are accepted in RPSL format. This setup will be in place till 14 May, 2001. For more information about the migration please visit http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/pub-services/db/rpsl/announcement.html and http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/pub-services/db/rpsl/index.html Best Regards, Andrei Robachevsky DB Group RIPE NCC

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Migration of the TEST database is delayed
by Andrei Robachevsky 18 Apr '01

18 Apr '01

Dear colleagues, Unfortunately due to hardware problems with the computer running TEST database server we need to delay the migration of the TEST database that was planned on 17-18.04. We plan to start the migration of the TEST database tomorrow, 19.04. We will keep you informed. Sorry for any inconvenience this caused. Regards, Andrei Robachevsky DB Group Manager RIPE NCC

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RIPE Database Software Version 3.0.
by DB-News 05 Apr '01

05 Apr '01

Dear Colleagues, [Apologies for multiple messages]. The RIPE NCC is pleased to announce the release of Version 3.0 of the RIPE Database software. This software is compliant with both RPSL (RFC-2622) and RPS-Security (RFC-2725). You can download this release by anonymous ftp from the following URL: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/dbase/reimp/ripe-dbase-3.0.tar.gz We remind you that you can also test the functionality of this release of the new RIPE Whois server in 2 ways: - by querying the host rpsl.ripe.net at port 43; you will find there a Near-Real-Time Mirror of the RIPE Database; this mirror is in RPSL format; - by using the RIP Test Database; you can send test updates to this database at the address <auto-rip(a)ripe.net>, and you can query this database at reimp.ripe.net port 4343. We would be very pleased if you could test this release in both ways, and send us your comments. Comments and bug reports may be sent to the <db-beta(a)ripe.net> mailing list. To subscribe to this list, send a message to <majordomo(a)ripe.net> with the line: subscribe db-beta in the body of your message. This is a moderated mailing list so some delays in subscription are possible. Version 3 of the RIPE Database software will be deployed on the RIPE Whois server on 23 April 2001. Please see http://www.ripe.net/rpsl/ for more information on how this will affect you. There is a mailing list to discuss the migration to the new service, <reimp-mig-tf(a)ripe.net>. To subscribe, send a message to <majordomo(a)ripe.net> with the line: subscribe reimp-mig-tf in the body of your message. As for the db-beta mailing list, this is a moderated mailing list so some delays and so some delays in subscription are possible. If you have any other questions or comments, please contact <ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net>. Regards, A. M. R. Magee ______________ RIPE NCC

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RE: Another issue related to the migration
by Lu, Ping 03 Apr '01

03 Apr '01

Andrei, The existing ripe2rpsl tool will automatically translate "AS-" to "ASN-" for the aut-num object and I think "ASN-" is more meaningful than "AS_". Best Regards. Ping Lu Cable & Wireless Global Network Tools and Analysis Group, USA W: +1-703-292-2359 E: plu(a)cw.net > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrei Robachevsky [mailto:andrei@ripe.net] > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 11:10 AM > To: db-wg(a)ripe.net; routing-wg(a)ripe.net; Migration TF; lir-wg(a)ripe.net > Subject: Another issue related to the migration > > > Dear Colleagues, > > [Apologies for duplicate messages] > > One issue related to RIPE-181 to RPSL migration escaped our > attention and has > not been discussed. It is related to reserved prefixes that > cannot appear in > object names according to RPSL specification (RFC2622) which says: > > "Names starting with certain prefixes are reserved for > certain object types. > Names starting with "as-" are reserved for as set names. > Names starting with > "rs-" are reserved for route set names. Names starting with > "rtrs-" are > reserved for router set names. Names starting with "fltr-" > are reserved for > filter set names. Names starting with "prng-" are reserved > for peering set > names." > > Unfortunately "as-name:" attribute is an object name in RPSL > and we have 133 > aut-num objects with as-name starting with reserved 'AS-' prefix. > > Our suggestion how to deal with these objects is: > > 1. Send a message to the maintainers of these objects asking > them to change the > name to avoid conflict with RPSL specification. > 2. Give two-week notice period after which ripe-dbm will > convert non compliant > as-names using the following mapping: AS-ASNAME -> AS_ASNAME. > > This is more a "cosmetic" change as as-name is not even a > lookup key in the RIPE > Database. > > Your comments and suggestions are appreciated. > > Best regards, > > > Andrei Robachevsky > DB Group Manager > RIPE NCC >

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Re: Plan of the migration to the new RIPE Database
by Andrei Robachevsky 02 Apr '01

02 Apr '01

Hi Rob, Rob Evans wrote: > > Hi Andrei, > > > Please find below a list of milestones related to the migration to the new > > version of the RIPE Database. > > Silly question; are the times UTC or CET? Sorry about this, all times are CEST (Central European Summer Time, UTC+2). > > Thanks, > Rob Regards, Andrei

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Plan of the migration to the new RIPE Database
by Andrei Robachevsky 02 Apr '01

02 Apr '01

Dear Colleagues, [apologies for duplicate messages] Please find below a list of milestones related to the migration to the new version of the RIPE Database. Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Should you have any further question regarding the migration, please don't hesitate to contact me. Best regards, Andrei Robachevsky DB Group Manager RIPE NCC ------------------------------------------------------------------ Date Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 4.04 Final release of the v3.0 DB software 12.04 Advised mirror's switchover to rpsl.ripe.net. - Reminder is sent to NRTM clients on 9.04 - Starting from this date NRTM clients that mirror the RIPE Database are advised to use the new server at rpsl.ripe.net, port 4444 for mirroring. 17-18.04 Migration of the TEST database to v3.0 (RPSL) - TEST Database becomes a RPSL database. Updates are accepted in RPSL format at <test-dbm(a)ripe.net>. - No RIPE-181 TEST database exists anymore. - Estimated downtime 6 hours. 22.04-23.04 Migration of the RIPE Database to v3.0 (RPSL) - New server becomes the official RIPE Database server at 00:00 23.04. - Updates received after 16:00, 22.04 are queued until the new server becomes operational. After that they are automatically converted to RPSL and processed by the new server. New syntax and authorization rules apply. - Downtime in queries will be deliberately introduced to mark the migration. Whois server downtime is planned from 18:00, 22.04 till 00:00 23.04. During this time a message explaining the migration process will be sent as a whois query reply. 23.04, 00:00 New server becomes the official RIPE Database server - Short (1-2 min) downtime is possible during final tests. 23.04, 02:00 New server starts processing updates - Two mail robots are available: <auto-dbm(a)ripe.net> - updates in RIPE-181 format (restrictions apply) <auto-rpsl(a)ripe.net> - updates in RPSL format (recommended).

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