Erik, On Friday, 2012-05-04 14:18:01 +0200, Erik Romijn <eromijn@solidlinks.nl> wrote:
That doesn't seem right - the correct prefix would be 2a02:4c8::/64.
I've asked the RIPE NCC about this, and they explained that internally, the database silently discards the host bits. So for the database, this is 2a02:4c8::/64. This is also visible in whois queries: searching for 2a02:4c8::1/64 yields no results, you have to search for 2a02:4c8::/64.
I agree that the current situation is non-optimal. :) Note that the lookup does tell you what it is doing on query: %WARNING:905: fixed lookup key % % The key "2A02:4C8::1/64" has been changed to "2a02:4c8::/64" for lookup. Regarding the update path, I think we should reject entries with non-zero bits after the CIDR portion of the network address. I'm not sure what to do about the existing entries. I'd recommend a cleanup, actually, since they imply confusion on the maintainer's part. -- Shane