From owner-db-wg@ripe.net Mon Jul 15 16:41:30 1996 From: rensvp@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 ^^^ ?

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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