Havard Eidnes <Havard.Eidnes@runit.sintef.no> writes: * > * sub-dom: * > * Is it really necessary to list the sub-names in use (this also * goes * > * for the general case, but also for the MX-only case) * > * > If you wish so. Most people do. * * Ouch! This is also duplication of information. If you are interested in * all domains under a given top-level country domain registered in the RIPE * database, you can perform this search by transferring the RIPE database and * doing "agrep" on it, no? Or, if people insist that this information should * be contained in a single object in the RIPE database, the list of * subdomains of a domain could be automatically generated by the RIPE * database software (more work for the database software hackers, I know...) For top-level domain administrators it is not much work is it ? With all other administrativia it should be easy to update the top-level domain as well as the domain itself. I assume that a top-level domain administrator is the person that should send in domain entries for a top-level. Since he has to keep all objects himself, it cannot be very difficult to make a little tool to automatically generate the top-level domain. If you want us to make the tool, I'd be happy to ;-) I kind of like it to do the thing below, and not having to "agrep" through the complete database. -Marten % whois nl domain: nl descr: Top level domain for the Netherlands descr: c/o CWI, Kruislaan 413, NL 1098 SJ Amsterdam admin-c: P.C. Baayen tech-c: Piet Beertema zone-c: Daniel Karrenberg nserver: sering.cwi.nl mcsun.eu.net sunic.sunet.se nserver: brouilly.inria.fr ns.uu.net aos.brl.mil sub-dom: 400net sub-dom: aasup abd ace agro agrobtc aha ahold aie akam alliant amolf and sub-dom: antenna archis artmediatech ascad ashton-tate asml asser atcmp sub-dom: audacter azn azr sub-dom: baan baltzer bazis bimbv bmc borsu brinkman bso bssi bull sub-dom: can cbm cbs cbsc ccsom chess chw cipher comcons compunication comtecno sub-dom: consul convex cpb cpu cri ctg cti-software cwi sub-dom: dasc dataman dcmr delftgeot delgeo dg digicash digitalis diho dobdh sub-dom: dupaco sub-dom: ecn eim elsevier encore esa eur sub-dom: fokker fom force5 fourc fousupp foxim frame franciscus sub-dom: gbsp gbu getronics geveke ghbo gig gli gobe group gti-ia sub-dom: hacktic harris hbg hbo-raad hcsvt hen hes-rdam hhg hhs hivnet sub-dom: hkl hku hmb hny hobby hro hsa hsbos hsdehorst hse hut hwb hzeeland sub-dom: iaf iahl iamcr ibmx400 ice icgned icim icin icl icodo ict idg ifla sub-dom: ihe impact inducom ingres integrity ioo irdeto isc island ita itc sub-dom: ittpub ixonet sub-dom: jason jrc sub-dom: kap kema khzeist kim kitlv knaw-bibl kncv knmi koha konbib ksepl sub-dom: ksla ktibv kub kun kvi sub-dom: leidenuniv li logos sub-dom: marin meteocon mey mh minow mmph motorola mpi sub-dom: nacee nbd nblc nboi ncs neabbs neddata nedlloyd neogeo nfra nhl nhtv sub-dom: nias nidi nih nijenrode nikhef nimex niob nioz nki nlbb nlbc nlr nluug sub-dom: nmi nota nrv ns nuclint nucphys nwo sub-dom: oba obdov obr obtilburg oce oceonics olivetti open-i oracle origin ouh sub-dom: pact parcom pbf pecoma pggm philips pica positronika prismia propell sub-dom: prvnh psyline ptt pttnwb pttrnl sub-dom: q8 sub-dom: rabo radix raet rare rcc-ivev rdm repko rgd rhg rhij rigo rijnh riks sub-dom: rivm rodelco rtm rug rulimburg ruu rvb rws sub-dom: sagan sara scp serc sgi sierra signaal skferc source spc spex stam stc sub-dom: stegge stork stw suaa sun surfbureau surfdiensten surfnet suub svo swets sub-dom: swidoc swov syllogic sub-dom: tasking technolution term1 thijssen thu-k tmu tno tpsc transfer sub-dom: translogic trc trendbox tudelft tue txbase sub-dom: uniface unisys univforhuman usn utwente uva sub-dom: valkieser vdl vdvalk vimec vmx vsnu vu sub-dom: wau west wkap wldelft wlink wmt wsf sub-dom: xelion xirion sub-dom: y-net yaupon remarks: fully-managed changed: piet@cwi.nl 930303 source: RIPE