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-some info i collected from RIPE database (the european ip number authority)
+some info collected from RIPE database (the european ip number authority)
+database data shown is in 'RPSL' format ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Routing_Policy_Specification_Language ) ; basically RIPE's way of organizing their information, which is different from ICANN (american ip adress authority) (so the whois command returns differently structured info depending on where an IP or organisation is registered...)
 # IP ranges
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+notice this IPv4 range's 'status' is 'assigned PA'  : https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-733
+which is an important detail for the operation of a shared datacenter, as neutrinet cannot specify an abuse-contact to a specific ip address (or range of ip-addresses)
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+status code on this ipv6 ranges is from another can-of-worms, some info here
+https://www.ripe.net/publications/ipv6-info-centre/deployment-planning/obtain-and-register-ipv6
+but i didnt read it.
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+# some notes
+## RIPE checks dns server ip's
 https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/support/configuring-reverse-dns
-ionfigure your DNS servers in such a way that you will pass all the tests that we will perform. Here are some recommendations to help you:
+configure your DNS servers in such a way that you will pass all the tests that we will perform. Here are some recommendations to help you:
 * Make sure you set up at least two name servers that are authoritative for the zone
 * Ensure that the servers are at least in different subnets, but preferably in different networks that are geographically distributed
+## reverse lookup still lists wannes as contact;
+don't know if WDS20-RIPE still reads his emails ?  :-)
+but changing reverse ip info needs second nameserver up & running (in a different subnet..)    / TODO: check wth tharyrok if i understood this correctly...