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--- en:infra:ripe_db [2020/11/15 12:30] – ptr_here
+++ en:infra:ripe_db [2022/07/22 13:15] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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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 is 'assigned PA'  : https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-733
+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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 don't know if WDS20-RIPE still reads his emails ?  :-)
-WDS20-RIPE is still used; but changing reverse ip info needs second nameserver up & running (in a different subnet..)
+but changing reverse ip info needs second nameserver up & running (in a different subnet..)    / TODO: check wth tharyrok if i understood this correctly...