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1. x abuse mailbox fabuse examplecom x changed john smith example com P S source fest SCS Add New Field address x after the address Z Field Add a field F Force New Submit Update Switch View Pressing the Switch View button allows you to switch to text based mode Help Add Edit Authorisation Select Source Query Database Copyright Updating RIPE TEST Database person John Smith address Example LTD address High street 12 St Mery Mead Essex UK phone 44 1737 892 004 e mail john smith example com nic hdl AUTO 1 remarks EEEE K remarks This object is only an example rema rk EELISE EE EEEE E EE E EE fe EE E EE E E EE E E E E abuse mailbox abuse example com changed john smith example com source TEST Submit Update Switch View In this mode you can edit the object as free text including adding and removing attributes to the object Pressing Switch View once again switches back to the field based mode Pressing Submit Update submits your update to the RIPE Database You can switch between both edit modes while editing an object However please notice that webupdates will only let you switch from text based mode to field based mode if there are no syntax errors in the object 4 3 Updates By E mail Another way of updating objects in the RIPE TEST Database is by using e mail This is useful if you need to update several objects at the same tim
2. x abuse mailbox labuse examplecom P x mnt by EXAMPLEMNT P S referral by TESTDBM MNT P t changed john smith examplecom P source TEST 4 3 When you have finished composing the object press Submit Update 4 Wait for an acknowledgement from the TEST Database to appear on your screen This may take some time to complete Here is a sample of the type of message you will see if your update is successful Create SUCCEEDED mntner EXAMPLE MNT If there was an error correct the faulty attribute value s and re submit the update 5 The e mail address in the mnt nfy attribute of the mntner will receive an e mail that will contain details of the new object You can now query the RIPE Database and see your new mntner object Type the following in the query window substituting your mntner name B example mnt Your new mntner object as well as the person object referenced will be returned Information related to EXAMPLE MNT mntner EXAMP LE MNT descr Sample maintainer for example admin c JS1 TEST tech c JS1 TEST upd to john smith example com mnt nfy john smith example com auth MD5 PW S1SwCDUXtMeSMptgAFcPa3sy90qOnbX4x notify john smith example com abuse mailbox abuse example com mnt by EXAMPLE MNT referral by TEST
3. The simplest way to get information from the TEST Database is to use the web interface available at http www ripe net perl test whois 2 2 Making Simple Queries To query for a particular object the user specifies its primary key This is an attribute value that identifies a unique occurrence of the object type inetnum inetnum 193 0 0 0 193 0 0 255 inet6num inet6num 2001 0610 0240 42 nic hdl S1 TEST person Example We are going to query for the person object with the nic hdl attribute JS1 TEST Type the following in the query box jsl test The reply includes the object in section 1 1 Database Objects Note that the attribute value is not case sensitive 3 0 How to Maintain Information in the RIPE Database The RIPE Database is used for storing information about Internet resources You will need to create objects in the database to document your usage of these resources Objects in the RIPE Database must reflect the current state of the resources they describe It is important to modify objects as the details of resources change or delete objects if resources are no longer used When IP addresses are assigned to customers or new staff members are appointed as contacts it is important to create new objects to reflect this in the database You can make updates to the database by using the online update interface webupdates available at https www ripe net fcgi bin webupdates pl
4. Database 3 2 Creating Objects 3 3 Registering Contact Information 3 4 Registering Authentication Information 3 5 Protecting Your Contact Information 3 6 Locating Network Assignments 3 7 Recording Network Assignments 3 8 Modifying the INETNUM object 3 9 Deleting Objects 4 0 Extra Features 4 1 Keeping a Password in webupdates Memory 4 2 Edit an Object in Text Based View Using webupdates 4 3 Updates By E mail 4 4 Whois Client 4 5 Important Query Flags 5 0 Using the Production RIPE Database 6 0 Where to Learn More 6 1 Help 6 2 Database FAQ 6 3 RIPE Database Documents 6 4 LIR Training Courses 6 5 Specific Questions References 1 0 The RIPE Database The RIPE Network Management Database often called the RIPE Database is a public database that contains information about registered IP address space and AS Numbers routing policies and reverse DNS delegations in the RIPE NCC service region It is used for Internet network management 1 1 Database Objects Records in the RIPE Database are called objects Each object is a list of attribute value pairs displayed in plain text An example person John Smith address Example LTD High street 12 St Mery Mead Essex UK phone 44 1737 892 004 e mail john smith example com nic hdl JS1 TEST remarks KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK remarks This object is only an example remarks KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK abuse mailbox abuse example com ch
5. managing your own objects 3 5 Protecting Your Contact Information Now that you have a mntner object you can protect other objects in the database An object is protected by adding a reference to the mntner in the mnt by attribute Most object types require you to protect them with your mntner object However person objects do not We recommend that you protect them To protect your person object 1 As before within webupdates choose the TEST Database as your update source click on the Edit option and enter your person object nic hdle Help Add Edit Authorisation Select Source Query Database Copyright Updating RIPE TEST Database Modify or delete an existing object js 1 test Edit Object You can also enter your person name instead of the nic hdl value In this case a list will be returned with all person objects that have that name For common names there may be many entries returned Choose your object from this list 2 The editor screen that follows will show your person object with all of its current attribute values person John Smith BIe a 8 SB address St Mery Mead Essex UK phone 44 1737892004 a ss SH HF e mail john smith example com x nic hdl JS1 TEST i PE Ay remarks Perera x remarks This object is only an example P S x remarks Preece P x abuse mailbox labuse examplecom P S x changed
6. the TEST Database as your update source We tell you how to do this in section 3 1 Selecting the Database Click on the Add option in the header of webupdates to create a new object in the TEST Database and select object type person Help Add Edit Authorisation Select Source Query Database Copyright Updating RIPE TEST Database Create a new object Click on Add Object In the next screen enter the information for the attributes of the object that you are creating An attribute has two main characteristics Mandatory Optional If an attribute is mandatory it must always be present in any object of that type that is stored in the RIPE Database If it is optional you can leave it out Single Multiple If an attribute is single then only one attribute of that type can be present in an object If it is multiple the object can contain more than one instanceof the same attribute Note To see the full template of an object type including the characteristics of all its attributes you can query the database for t object type Example Click on Query Database and enter t person person mandatory single lookup key address mandatory multiple phone mandatory multiple fax no optional multiple e mail optional multiple lookup key org optional multiple inverse key nic hdl mandatory single primary look up key rem
7. 10 11 12 255 Please Select Object inetnum 10 11 12 0 10 11 12 255 Edit person John Smith 3 Using the object editor change the tech c attribute to the new person object Add a notify attribute so the new technical contact will be notified when the inetnum object is modified You also need to include the password for your maintainer so that the modification is authorised as well as a new changed line to keep track of the history of modifications to the object The new changed line must follow all existing ones Note The hierarchical authorisation is only required for creation of inetnum objects not modification You do not have to include the second password from the less specific IP block in this update inetnum 10 11 12 0 10 11 12 255 netname Example Network his is a new fictitious assignment P for the end user called Example descr country Moo P S 4 admin c JSITEST P S tech c Maes SHa status ASSIGNED PA 4 notify john smith example com x notify mark johnson example com x mnt by EXAMPLE MNT P mnt lower EXAMPLE MNT P S x mnt routes EXAMPLE MNT P S x changed john smith example com 20051129 P x changed jjohn smith example com 2 x Source TEST t password this is my clear text password really P S x You canno
8. 12 255 shows that it has mnt lower TEST DBM MNT To allow users to freely create inetnum objects in the TEST Database we have published the password for this maintainer You can find it in the mntner object itself mntner TEST DBM MNT descr Mntner for TEST DBM objects admin c AA1 TEST tech c AA2 TES auth MD5 PW S1SN2zhyJ3g hzX7XTL84DtBkCWhBZE2c remarks KKKKKKKK KK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKKK remarks Password is emptypassword without the quotes remarks KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KK KKKKKKKK mnt by TEST ROOT MNT referral by remarks source TEST ROOT MNT This is an automatically created object EST Filtered To pass the hierarchical authentication you need to add an extra password field to the object update with the password from TEST DBM MNT password lemptypassword 3 See below for an example of a new inetnum object Click on Submit Update inetnum 10 11 12 0 10 11 12 255 netname Example Network his is a new fictitious assignment P for the end user called Example descr country admin c tech c status notify mnt by mnt routes changed source password password mo a jses O HH A jsimst 2 a AssioneEDPAt lt CO OSC C CRSL COCOA fjohn smith example com I x Eam o o HY mnt lower EXAMPLE MNT PEHA HY Examen o o XY o
9. DBM MNT changed john smith example com 20051104 source TEST person John Smith address Example LTD High street 12 St Mery Mead Essex UK phone 44 1737 892 004 e mail john smith example com nic hdl JS1 TEST remarks KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK remarks This object is only an example remarks KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK abuse mailbox abuse example com changed john smith example com 20051104 source TEST Note the B flag in the query is used in order to retrieve the complete objects from the RIPE Database In a default query without the B flag user contact information is filtered from the returned data This helps to protect users from contact abuse Filtered query results are easy to identify by looking at the source attribute source TEST Filtered If the keyword Filtered is shown it means that the query result has been filtered and some of the attributes are not shown By default a query returns other objects containing associated contact information This is why it returns the person object If you do not want to see this information use the r disable recursion flag in your query You can see how this works by typing the same query with this flag r B example mnt This time only the mntner object is returned Disabling recursion can result in a smaller easier to understand reply especially when associated contact information is unimportant This is often the case when
10. In this case you will get only an exact match or an error that tells you that no such inetnum object exists o9 ERROR 101 no entries found ae ol No entries found in the selected source s Sometimes you may want to see all of the less specificinetnum objects that encompass a range In this case you can use the L flag If you do this you will see all inetnum objects that encompass the entire range queried as well as any exact match For example if you query the following L 10 11 12 0 10 11 13 255 You might get something like this gt Information related to 0 0 0 0 255 255 255 255 inetnum O 0 0 0 255 255 255 255 netname IANA BLK descr The whole IPv4 address space country EU Country is really world wide org ORG TT1 TEST admin c AAI1 TEST tech c AA2 TEST status ALLOCATED UNSPECIFIED remarks The country is really worldwide mnt by EST ROOT MNT mnt lower EST DBM MNT mnt routes TEST DBM MNT remarks This is an automatically created object source EST Filtered Information related to 10 0 0 0 10 255 255 255 inetnum 1 0 040 00 LO 255 255 255 netname TANA ABLK RESERVED1 descr Class A address space for private internets descr See http www ripe net db rfcl1918 html for details country EU Country is really wo
11. RIPE Database User Manual Getting Started Intended Audience This document is intended for users who have no previous experience with the RIPE Database It should give the reader a basic understanding of the following concepts e What the RIPE Database is e How to get information from the RIPE Database e How to maintain information in the RIPE Database It is not intended to be a complete reference Full information on the RIPE Database may be found in the following documents e RIPE Database Query Reference Manual 1 e RIPE Database Reference Manual 2 Abstract This is a hands on tutorial that walks the reader through the basic concepts and techniques that are needed to use the RIPE Database using examples and exercises Conventions Used in This Document We use lt label gt for a placeholder or to indicate syntax We use option to indicate an optional text or command argument We use a bold font to indicate an object type We use attribute to indicate an attribute of an object RIPE Database usually means the interface software rather than the information in the database Where there may be any doubt this manual will make clear what is being discussed Table of Contents 1 0 The RIPE Database 1 1 Database Objects 1 2 TEST Database 2 0 How to Get Information from the TEST Database 2 1 Web Queries 2 2 Making Simple Queries 3 0 How to Maintain Information in the RIPE Database 3 1 Selecting the
12. With webupdates users can directly create modify or delete database objects using automated processing After you submit an object update the screen will return a complete report of the requested operation If there were any errors the update will fail and the report will describe the reason s for this failure If the error report does not help you resolve the problem you can send a copy of it to ripe dbm ripe net A RIPE NCC customer support representative will help you resolve the problem The following sections describe the process of creating and maintaining objects in the TEST Database By the end of this document you will have learned how to create and protect an object representing a network assignment 3 1 Selecting the Database Throughout much of this document you will learn how to perform modifications using the TEST Database Before each update is performed you need to select the TEST Database as source in webupdates To select the TEST Database as source go to https www ripe net fcgi bin webupdates pl Click Select Source in the header of webupdates Updating the RIPE Database home RIPE Database Webupdates Help Add Edit Authorisation Select Source Query Database Copyright Updating RIPE TEST Database Select Source Current Configuration Source TEST Update Url http www ripe net syncupdates test Query Host test whois ripe net Query Port 43 Query Url http Awww ripe net fcgi
13. an query the database for this information You can also use the queries whenever you want to get IP address information from the database By default the database returns the smallest range that encompasses the entire range that you specify in your query This is a less specific object For example if you query the following 10 11 12 0 gt TOs 1133255 You might get something like this inetnum 10 0 0 0 10 255 255 255 netname TANA ABLK RESERVED1 descr Class A address space for private internets descr See http www ripe net db rfcl918 html for details country EU Country is really world wide admin c AAI1 TEST tech c AA2 TES status ALLOCATED UNSPECIFIED remarks This network should never be routed outside an enterprise remarks See RFC1918 for further information mnt by EST DBM MNT mnt lower EST DBM MNT mnt routes TEST DBM MNT source TEST Filtered This is called the less specific match The range 10 11 12 0 10 11 13 255 fits entirely within the range 10 0 0 0 10 255 255 255 This is the smallest inetnum object in the database that encompasses the IP range in your query If you want the server to give you only an exact match then you can request this using the x flag An exact match is one where the IP range of the inetnum object is the same as the IP range in the query x 1019 12 70 T0 11 13 255
14. anged john smith example com 20051104 source TEST mom Li Ss This is a person object for John Smith The attributes are person address phone and so on An attribute name always starts in the first column and ends with a colon Everything after the colon is the value Objects can store information about different resources For example Network Management Resource IP Address Ranges Routing Policies Reverse DNS Delegations domain Contact Information person role organisation Authentication Information mntner inetnum inet6num aut num route route6 1 2 TEST Database The RIPE NCC provides a TEST Database where users can learn how to use the whois database software The TEST Database uses the same software as the RIPE Database but changes in one do not affect the other The data in the TEST Database is not a copy of the real data in the RIPE Database and is provided purely for learning purposes All examples below use the TEST Database However all procedures described are the same for the RIPE Database In section 5 0 Using the Production RIPE Database we will explain what the differences are when using the RIPE Database Do not use the production RIPE Database for testing purposes It is good practice to delete all objects you have created in the TEST Database when you have finished the exercises in this guide 2 0 How to Get Information from the TEST Database 2 1 Web Queries
15. arks optional multiple notify optional multiple inverse key abuse mailbox optional multiple inverse key mnt by optional multiple inverse key changed mandatory multiple source mandatory single When creating a new object with webupdates only the mandatory attributes are shown automatically You can add optional attributes and or other instances of multiple attributes by using the Add New Field section Return to the webupdates screen and prepare a person object to be created in the TEST Database Use AUTO 1 for the nic hdl attribute your e mail address for the changed attribute and TEST for the source attribute Help Add Edit Authorisation Select Source Query Database Copyright Updating RIPE TEST Database Legend Move field up Convert field to multi line P Help about the field Move field down Add another line of the same field X Delete field person john Smith 2JS address ExampletTD i i titi HX HB Hass address phone 44 1737892004 RZ A e mail john smith example com 2 x nic hdl fauTO 20 i tt PS Ay remarks forebears P S 4 x remarks This object is only an example P x remarks forebears P S x abuse mailbox labuse example com P S x changed john smith example com P source TEST gt the address gt Field Adda field IY Force New Submit Updat
16. ax error in object This message means that the update failed because of a problem with the syntax in the object Check for invalid attribute values to find the cause of the error 3 4 Registering Authentication Information Authentication is when you prove that you have the right to modify this object This information prevents other users from modifying your data In the database the information that verifies authentication is stored in the mntner object also called the maintainer object To create a new mntner object in the database do the following 1 As with the creation of your person object choose the TEST Database as update source and then select mntner from the object list in the Add section Help Add Edit Authorisation Select Source Query Database Copyright Updating RIPE TEST Database Create a new object mntner v Add Object 2 Set up your mntner object using webupdates Follow the same steps that you used previously for the person object Note For any object type you can get the object s template with a detailed description of the meaning and syntax of each allowed attribute by querying for v object type To get a full description of all the mntner object s fields query the RIPE Database for v mntner Check the syntax definition for the mntner attribute field when choosing your own mntner name A unique identifier of the mntner object Made up of letters digits the chara
17. bin test whois _RIPE TEST Database v Select Update Source We continue to monitor this service and investigate any issues that occur lf you encounter any problems while using webupdates please let us know For details about our e mail update interface send an e mail to lt auto dbm ripe net gt with HELP in the subject line and nothing else 2 Select RIPE TEST Database from the list and press Select Update Source 3 2 Creating Objects The inetnum object contains information about registered IP address space this includes the range of addresses status and responsible contacts Before this object can be created in the database you must first create some preliminary objects These objects contain information that is referenced by the inetnum object This requires the creation of the following objects e A person object that contains information about the administrative and technical contacts for this network This is referenced from the admin c and tech c attributes of the inetnum object A mntner object that contains authentication information that identifies who can modify the contents of this object This is referenced from the mnt by attribute of the inetnum object The mntner object protects the inetnum object 3 3 Registering Contact Information Contact information such as a phone number and e mail address is stored in the person object To create a new person object in the database 1 2 Select
18. cter underscore _ and the character hyphen the first character of a name must be a letter and the last character of a name must be a letter or a digit For the admin c and tech c attributes you should use the value of the nic hdl from the person object that you created earlier in this tutorial The database will not allow you to create a mntner object unless this person object already exists The auth attribute begins with a keyword identifying the authentication method This is followed by the authentication information A password is used to authenticate database updates in the example below To encrypt your password using MD5 PW you can use this web tool https www ripe net cgi bin crypt cgi Here is an example of an auth attribute using an MDS encrypted password auth MD5 PW S1S 9KZv4vZ SzD8GoM7Ppvc74ypGmjedt The mnt by attribute refers to the mntner that is authorised to perform updates on an object The mntner object usually maintains itself so use your maintainer name the value of the mntner attribute in the mnt by attribute Use TEST DBM MNT in the referral by attribute mntner EXAMPLEMNT descr Sample maintainer for example P admin c jses aaa tech c jses aHa upd to john smith example com P S mnt nfy john smith example com P x auth IMDS PW 1 wCDUXtMeg MptgAFcPa3sy9QqQnbX P S notify john smith example com P
19. ddress where you wish to be notified of any updates to this object e For the mnt by or any other mnt attribute use the name of your maintainer You can get a full explanation of the syntax and meaning of all the attributes in this object by querying for v inetnum This will work for any object type Once again you will need to provide authentication for your maintainer to create this object Add your maintainer password to the field password You can find out how to do this in Section 3 5 Protecting Your Contact Information password this is my clear text password really The creation of new inetnum objects must also be authorised hierarchically This means that while creating an inetnum object the authentication for the one level less specificinetnum object encompassing IP address range is also required The mnt lower attribute in inetnum objects allows you to specify a specific maintainer for the creation of more specific sub assignments inetnum objects To find out for which specific maintainer you must provide authentication do the following e Query the RIPE Database for the one level less specificinetnum object 1 your IP range e Look for the mntner object referenced in the mnt lower attribute If there is no mnt lower attribute the mntner object referenced in the mnt by attribute is used For this specific example querying for the one level less specific object 1 10 11 12 0 10 11
20. e You should send updates for the TEST Database to lt test dbm ripe net gt We automatically process all updates sent to this e mail address no human handling is involved Follow these steps when you prepare your e mail 1 Include the complete objects that you wish to update create modify or delete in the e mail with at least one blank line between each object and completely aligned to the left no space characters at the beginning of the lines Please don t include any blank lines in between the attributes of any object as this will prevent it from being recognised 2 If you want to delete an object include the complete object exactly as stored in the RIPE Database and add an extra field to the object with the syntax delete reason for deleting 3 Include in the e mail all the clear text passwords needed to perform the updates with the following syntax password clear text password You need only include each clear text password once in the message even if it is required by several objects 4 Send your e mail to test dbm ripe net Here is an example of an e mail update to the TEST Database inetnum netname descr country admin c tech c status notify notify mnt by mnt lower changed changed source delete person address phone e mail nic hdl mnt by remarks mnt routes 10 11 NL 212 0 10 11 12 255 Example Network This is a new fictitious assignmen
21. e Switch View By checking the Force New box you guarantee that the object is only created if it does not already exist in the database We recommend that you keep this option checked to avoid accidentally modifying an existing object Add New Field address 5 When you have finished setting up the object press Submit Update 6 Wait for an acknowledgement from the TEST Database to appear on your screen This may take some time to complete Here is an example of the type of message you will see if your update is successful Create SUCCEEDED person JS1 TEST John Smith x xWarning Date 20051104 added to changed attribute john smith example com Note The text after the person tag JSI TEST is the NIC handle of the person It replaces the AUTO 1 value of the nic hdl attribute in the original submission It will be unique and is the primary key of this person object Any references to this person object will use this NIC handle You can use the new NIC handle value to query for this object If you do this you can also see that the changed attribute has had the date of the creation added This is normal behaviour and is the reason for the Warning message in the example above If there was an error the acknowledgement will tell you that the update has failed and will also report any errors For example it may contain the following Update FAILED person AUTO 1 John Smith xxError Synt
22. ell as the mnt nfy attribute of the mnt by mntner attribute of the mnt by mntnerwill receive a message with the details of the deletion Objects that are referenced by other objects cannot be deleted For example a mntner object cannot be deleted while it is used in mnt by or any other attribute You can find the references to a mntner object by using an inverse query Type the following in the query window substituting your mntner object i mnt by mnt lower mnt routes mnt domains mnt ref r EXAMPLE MNT This will return all of the objects that reference EXAMPLE MNT The i flag requests the inverse query and the mnt by mnt lower mnt routes mnt domains mnt ref specify which attributes you want to look at There must not be a space after any of the commas The r disables recursion associated objects will not be displayed Before you can delete a mntner object you must remove all references to it For example if you have the following mntner and person objects Information related to EXAMPLE MNT mntner EXAMP LE MNT descr Sample maintainer for example admin c JS1 TEST tech c JS1 TEST upd to john smith example com mnt nfy john smith example com auth MD5 PW S1SwCDUXtMeSMptgAFcPa3sy90qOnbxX4x notify john smith example com abuse mailbox abuse example com mnt by EXAMPLE MNT referral by EST DBM MNT changed joh
23. es on the TEST Database use the syntax whois h test whois ripe net lt query text gt Where lt query text gt is the full query text that would be entered in the web query box shown in Section 2 1 Web Queries 4 5 Important Query Flags Here is a list of commonly used flags that can be useful when querying the RIPE database Please note that these flags are case sensitive General query flags Disables the default query behaviour of filtering the notify changed and e mail attributes to protect users from contact abuse This flag is helpful for retrieving the objects exactly as they are stored in the RIPE Database It is important to use this flag when updating database objects by e mail to prevent information from being lost in the update B Disables the default query behaviour of recursion for contact information after retrieving the objects that match the lookup key r You should use this flag if you do not want to retrieve the person and role objects that contain the contact information associated with the object that you are querying for Requests a template for the specified object type Using this flag t lt object type gt you can see all the possible attributes used in an object type as well as their characteristics v lt object type gt i lt attribute Requests a verbose template for the specified object type This flag works as t but also gives you a detailed explanation of each attribu
24. hn smith example com 21 fet a A his is my cleartext password really 21 1 x Jemptypassword aaay x 4 Wait for the acknowledgement to return from the whois database If your update was successful you will get a reply containing something like the following Create SUCCE ED ED inetnum 10 11 12 0 10 17 72 255 If there was an error the acknowledgement will tell you what errors were found For example it may contain the following Update FAILED inetnum 10 11 12 0 10 11 12 255 xxError Syntax error in object 5 If it is successful the e mail address in the mnt nfy attribute of your mntner object will receive an e mail with the details of the new object 3 8 Modifying the INETNUM object You can modify information in your inetnum object You might need to do this if the technical contact has changed and is now represented by the person object MJ3 TEST You must first create a new person object before you can follow this example To modify an existing object do the following 1 Click on Edit in webupdates In the text box enter one IP address of the inetnum object range the full IP range the netname or even the name from the referenced person object s Click on Edit Object Modify or delete an existing object 10 11 12 Edit Object 2 From the Search Results list select your inetnum object and click on Edit Search Results inetnum 10 11 12 0
25. jjohn smith example com 20051104 Source TEST P ka Using the Add New Field section add your mntner as the mnt by for your person object Add New Field mnt by gt after the remarks v Field Add a field Fill in the value of the new attribute with your mntner object mnt by EXAMPLE MNT P x The database will not allow you to use a mnt by value unless the mntner object already exists An error will appear in the acknowledgement returned after you submit the update 3 Add an additional changed attribute to reflect the fact that you are modifying the object Follow the same procedure shown above for the mnt by attribute It must be placed after the existing changed attribute values changed john smith example cor P S x 4 When you add a mnt by attribute to an object you must authenticate yourself as the new mntner object As this example uses the MD5 PW method add a password field to the object using the Add New Field section The position of this field in the object is not important Add New Field password v after gt the In this new password field type the clear text password that you used to encrypt the MDS string present in the auth attribute of your mntner object For example password this is my clear text password really P S x 5 The final edited object should look similar to the one shown below Click on Submi
26. l for finding all of the inetnum objects for a portion of the Internet 3 7 Recording Network Assignments Now that all of the objects necessary for an inetnum object have been created and protected and you have located an appropriate range of IP numbers you can create the inetnum object itself It should be noted that this method of finding IP ranges to use is only for test purposes in the TEST Database Here you can create any inetnum objects for testing purposes even if you have no authority over that range To create a new inetnum object in the database 1 As before choose the TEST Database as source then click on Add to create a new inetnum object Help Add Edit Authorisation Select Source Query Database Copyright Updating RIPE TEST Database Create a new object inetnum 2 Use the object editor to enter your network information The following attributes are worth mentioning e For the inetnum attribute enter the IP range that you want to register Since this is just for the TEST Database it doesn t have to be a range that is really allocated to your organisation You can use any available IP range Follow the instructions in section 3 6 Locating Network Assignments to find an available IP range in the TEST Database e For the admin c and tech c attributes use the nic hdl of your person object e For the status attribute use ASSIGNED PA e For the notify attribute use the e mail a
27. n option 2 Type in your password and select the amount of time that you want to keep your password in memory Authorisation Password Prtesetetetetetsteteter expires in 1 v hours 40 7 minutes Register 3 Click on Register You can now start editing your objects From here on and for however long that you specify all updates submitted through webupdates from your computer will automatically include the password you entered 4 2 Edit an Object in Text Based View Using webupdates Using webupdates you can edit an object in text based mode instead of the field based mode used so far This can be helpful in situations when copy paste operations are needed This is done using the Switch View option It allows you to switch between field based and text based editing For example if you are editing an object as shown below Help Add Edit Authorisation Select Source Query Database Copyright Updating RIPE TEST Database Legend Move field up Convert field to multi line P Help about the field Move field down Add another line of the same field x Delete field person john Smith address Example LTD P B gt x 2 HAYS address Essex UK phone 44 1737 892 004 P e mail john smith example com x nic hdl Auroa SS remarks rennene 2 4 xj remarks This object is only an example Pi x remarks Peresernseeneeeinonnee P
28. n smith example com 20051104 source TEST o Information related to JS1 TEST person John Smith address Example LTD High street 12 St Mery Mead Essex UK phone 44 1737 892 004 e mail john smith example com nic hdl JS1 TEST mnt by EXAMP LE MNT remarks kkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkkxkkxkxkxkxkkkxkkkxk remarks This object is only an example remarks kkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkkxkxkkkxxk abuse mailbox abuse example com changed john smith example com 20051104 changed john smith example com 20051109 source TEST The mntner EX AMPLE MNT cannot be deleted because it is referenced by the person JS1 TEST The person JS1 TEST cannot be deleted because it is referenced by the mntner EXAMPLE MNT To delete these objects do the following 1 Modify the person object and remove the mnt by attribute This removes all protection but this is not a security issue because the object will be deleted 2 Delete the mntner object 3 Delete the person object Please remember to delete all objects you created in the TEST Database while doing these exercises 4 0 Extra Features 4 1 Keeping a Password in webupdates Memory If you want to use your maintainer authentication password in several updates you can save it for a specified amount of time To do this 1 Before starting to update any of your objects click on the Authorisatio
29. rld wide admin c AA1 TEST tech c AA2 TEST status ALLOCATED UNSPECIFIED remarks This network should never be routed outside an enterprise remarks See RFC1918 for further information mnt by TEST DBM MNT mnt lower TEST DBM MNT mnt routes EST DBM MNT source TEST Filtered For the query examples shown above the B flag was not included The output from the RIPE Database was filtered for contacts as described in 3 4 Registering Authentication Information Therefore the objects above are not shown fully The Filtered tag in the source attribute tells you that the object was filtered From here on we will use the B flag in most queries This will retrieve the full objects as they are stored in the database itself You can also look for smaller inetnum objects corresponding to sub ranges that are completely contained within a given range This is a more specific query You can use this on an allocation to look for ranges that have no other assignments To do this use the im flag B m 10 11 0 0 10 11 255 255 You will get a reply that looks something like this Information related to 10 11 11 0 10 11 11 255 inetnum LO Th Sieh Oa Oe dds 235 netname Example Network descr This is a fictitious assignment for the descr End User called Example country GB admin c JS1 TEST tech c JS1 TEST status ASSIGNED PA notif
30. t Update when you are ready person John Smith ast 7J address St Mery Mead Essex UK phone 44 173789204 ss HH H e mail john smith example com P x nic hdl JS1TEST P 4 remarks ieteteteteteteietetstoteteteietsietietietietietoistoisok P S x remarks This object is only an example P x remarks fietstest P x mnt by EXAMPLE MT PEHA x abuse mailbox labuse examplecom P S x changed john smith example com 20051104 P S x changed john smith example com P S x password this is my clear text password really P x source TEST Add New Field password x after the changed Field Add afield Force New Submit Update Switch View 6 Wait for an acknowledgement from the database This will indicate the success or failure of your update If the password entered did not match the one used in the mntner object the update will fail and you will see a message similar to Modify FAILED person JS1 TEST John Smith x xError Authorisation failed Info Syntax check passed In this case you can just correct the password and re submit the update 3 6 Locating Network Assignments Network assignments are represented by inetnum objects Before you can create a new inetnum object you must find a range of IP addresses that are not currently assigned This section describes how you c
31. t for the end user called Example JS1 T MJ3 T E Es vN WN ASSIGNED PA john smith example com mark johnson ripe net EXAMP E MNT EXAMP E MNT EXAMP E MNT john smith example com 20051129 john smith example com 20051130 TEST IP assignment has been cancelled John Smith Example LTD High street 12 St Mery Mead Essex UK 44 1742 812 991 john smith example com JS1 T EST EXAMP E MNT KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK remarks changed remarks This object is still an example but the phone has KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK abuse mailbox changed changed changed source abuse example com john smith example com 20051104 john smith example com 20051109 john smith example com TEST password this is my clear text password really After your update has been processed you will receive the results by e mail The reply will tell you which objects were updated successfully and which ones failed For the objects that failed you will get an explanation with the errors This is similar to what is shown in the webupdates report 4 4 Whois Client You can also perform queries on the database by using a whois software client There is a whois client developed by the RIPE NCC available for free download 3 To perform queri
32. t change the primary attribute of the object inetnum 10 11 12 0 10 11 12 255 The database will consider this to be a creation of a new object 4 Click on Submit Update to process this Submit Update 5 Wait for an acknowledgement from the database This will tell you if your update was successful If there was an error the message that you receive will tell you what was wrong 6 The e mail address in the notify attribute of the original object will be sent a message with the details of the change In a similar way a notification e mail will be sent to the mnt nfy of the maintainer 3 9 Deleting Objects Sometimes you no longer need objects that you maintain You should delete these For example if an assignment is no longer used you should delete the inetnum object and all person and mntner objects that are referenced only from that object To delete an existing object 1 Select the object that you wish to remove using the Edit option in webupdates Follow steps 1 and 2 in Section 3 8 Modifying the INETNUM Object to query for this object and present the object details 2 In the object editor do not change any of the attributes If the object submitted is not an exact copy of the one stored in the RIPE Database the deletion will fail Add only a password field to authenticate you as the valid maintainer Deletion of objects in the RIPE Database TEST Database must also be authorised password add your pass
33. te and the expected syntax It can be very helpful when you receive a syntax error while updating an object in the RIPE Database Perform an inverse query This flag is useful to see in which objects a certain object is referenced For example name gt lt inverse i mnt by EXAMPLE MNT key gt will show all the objects that are maintained by the maintainer EXAMPLE MNT IP range query flags l lt ip lookup gt L lt ip lookup gt m lt ip lookup gt M lt ip lookup gt x lt ip lookup gt One level less specific query This returns the smallest inetnum range that encompasses the entire IP range specified in the query excluding the exact match All levels less specific query This returns all the less specific inetnum objects that encompass the IP range specified in the query including the exact match One level more specific query This returns the largest inetnum ranges that are completely contained in the IP range specified in the query excluding the exact match All levels more specific query This returns all the levels of inetnum objects contained in the IP range specified in the query excluding the exact match This can return an extremely large number of objects depending on which IP range is used Exact match query This returns the inetnum object that exactly corresponds to the IP range specified in the query If no exact match is found no objects are returned In a default IP range quer
34. vice representative will answer your mail You can also post a question to the db help ripe net mailing list You can find information about this list at http www ripe net mailman listinfo db help index html References 1 RIPE Database Query Reference Manual 2 RIPE Database Reference Manual This contains detailed information about updating objects in the RIPE Database 3 whois Client You can find the latest version at http whois sourceforge net
35. word here P x 3 At the bottom of the editor page enter the reason for this object deletion in the Reason box Click on Delete Object when done Reason Delete Object This will automatically submit the update for processing to the TEST Database adding a line in the format delete reason for deletion This indicates that this object is to be deleted from the database Example of a deletion inetnum 10 11 12 0 10 11 12 255 netname Example Network his is a new fictitious assignment P for the end user called Example descr country Moo P S admin c JSITEST P tech c ates aaay status ASSIGNEDPA PS y notify john smith example com 2 x notify markjohnson example com 2 x mnt by EXAMPLE MNT P S mnt lower EXAMPLE MNT P S x mnt routes EXAMPLE MNT P S x changed john smith example com 20051129 _ P S x changed john smith example com 20051130 _ P S x source TEST password force P x Add New Field password El after the source gt Field Add a field Force New Reason fno longer valid Delete Object Submit Update Switch View 4 Press Submit Update 5 Wait for an acknowledgement from the database This will tell you if your deletion was successful 6 The e mail addresses in the notify attribute of the object as w
36. y john smith example com mnt by EXAMP LE MNT mnt lower EXAMP LE MNT mnt routes EXAMP LE MNT changed john smith example com 20051125 source TEST Information related to 10 11 13 0 10 11 13 255 inetnum 10 41 013 0 10 11 13 255 netname Example Network 2 descr This is another fictitious assignment for the descr End User called Example country GB admin c JS1 TEST tech c JS1 TEST status ASSIGNED PA notify john smith example com mnt by EXAMP LE MNT mnt lower EXAMP LE MNT mnt routes EXAMP LE MNT changed john smith example com 20051125 source TEST This is a one level more specific query This means that the largest inetnum object that is completely contained within the given range is returned In this example the IP addresses 10 11 12 0 10 11 12 255 are not assigned and are available You will need to find an available range to do the exercise in the next section If you want to see all inetnum objects completely contained in a given range you can use the M flag This will return all levels of inetnum objects in the range This can return an extremely large number of objects but can be useful for finding all of the inetnum objects for a portion of the Internet M 10 0 0 0 10 255 255 255 This will return all levels of inetnum objects in the range This can return an extremely large number of objects but can be usefu
37. y without any of the flags mentioned above the exact match object will be returned If no exact match is found the one level less specific inetnum object will be returned To see a full list of all the flags that you can use when querying the RIPE Database enter help in the query box help 5 0 Using the Production RIPE Database You should now have an understanding of the basic concepts of the RIPE Database and be able to maintain your own data and perform queries This section explains the differences between the TEST Database and the RIPE Database For the RIPE Database 1 Queries use a different search tool http www ripe net whois 2 For queries using a whois client connect to the server whois ripe net whois h whois ripe net lt query text gt 3 In webupdates select RIPE Database as the source default by using the Select Source option Select Source Current Configuration Source RIPE Update Url http www ripe net syncupdates Query Host whois ripe net Query Port 43 Query Url http www ripe net fegi bin whois 4 You should send e mail updates for the RIPE Database to auto dbm ripe net 5 Objects in the RIPE Database use RIPE for both the source attribute and the suffix appended to nic hdl attributes 6 When creating your mntner object in the RIPE Database use RIPE DBM MNT for the referral by attribute 7 You cannot create inetnum objects in the RIPE Database unless
38. you have received authorisation from the LIR that holds the responsibility for that address range 6 0 Where to Learn More The following resources are available to help you use the RIPE Database 6 1 Help A query for help will return a full list of all of the flags that you can use when you query the database help While we covered some of these in this document there are many others To receive detailed information about an object type and all of its attributes query for v lt object type gt 6 2 Database FAQ The Database Frequently Asked Questions FAQs are available at http www ripe net info faq db index html We frequently update this page with helpful information based on the needs of users and new features offered by the software 6 3 RIPE Database Document Library The definitive source of information for the RIPE Database is at http www ripe net db docs html Here you can find the latest versions of the RIPE Database documents which contain detailed information about all of the topics covered in this guide as well as other relevant documents covering how to use the RIPE Database 6 4 LIR Training Courses The RIPE NCC provides training for Local Internet Registries You can find more information about this at http www ripe net training 6 5 Specific Questions If you have a specific question that has not been answered in this guide send it to ripe dbm ripe net A RIPE NCC customer ser

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