RIPE 27 Database Workshop

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Table of Contents

RIPE 27

Welcome !

Topics

Advanced Search Tools

The problem

You do not know

Options

-L -m -M options

Structured Search

The RIPE Blocks

To find the assignment within 193.0.0.0/8

To find the assignment within 193.0.0.0/8

Example 1

Admin-c: Wilfried Woeber

Finding address space allocated to WW144

Finding address space allocated to WW144

Find address space allocated to WW144 [an-lar] $ whois -r -i admin-c WW144 inetnum: 193.170.0.0 - 193.171.255.255 netname: AT-ACONET-193-170-193-171 descr: ALLOCATED BLOCK descr: Provider Local Registry descr: ACOnet country: AT admin-c: WW144 status: ALLOCATED UNSPECIFIED […..stuff deleted…..] source: RIPE

Find the assignments below the allocation

Find objects below the allocation [an-lar] $ whois -r -m -T inetnum 193.170.0.0 - 193.171.255.255 inetnum: 193.170.138.0 - 193.170.138.255 netname: ACONET-LOCAL-IR-RECYCLING admin-c: WW14 [….. stuff deleted…..] source: RIPE

Find all objects below Local-ir Recycling [an-lar] $ whois -m -T inetnum 193.170.138.0 - 193.170.138.255 inetnum: 193.170.138.0 - 193.170.138.127 netname: HSAK descr: Hochschule fuer angewandte Kunst, Wiendescr: (University of Applied Arts, Vienna) admin-c: FP10-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA source: RIPE

Find all objects below the allocation

Example 2

Find the allocation

Admin-c: Mike Norris

Alternatively

Find the address space allocated to MN131 [an-lar] $ whois -r -m -T inetnum 193.0.0.0/8 inetnum: 193.1.0.0 - 193.1.255.255 netname: IE-HEANET-193-1 admin-c: MN131 [….. stuff deleted …..] source: RIPE

Find the address space allocated to MN131 [an-lar] $ whois -r -T inetnum 193.1.0.0 - 193.1.255.255 inetnum: 193.1.0.0 - 193.1.255.255 netname: IE-HEANET-193-1 admin-c: MN131 [….. stuff deleted …..] source: RIPE

Find the assignements directly below the allocation

Find the assignments directly under IE-HEANET-193-1 [an-lar] $ whois -r -m -T inetnum 193.1.0.0 - 193.1.255.255 inetnum: 193.1.210.0 - 193.1.254.0 netname: HEA-BLOCK2 descr: For assignment remarks: From block allocated by RIPE, to be assigned [….. stuff deleted …..] source: RIPE

Problem !

Find only objects one level below HEA-BLOCK2 [an-lar] $ whois -m 193.1.210.0 - 193.1.254.255 inetnum: 193.1.230.192 - 193.1.230.255 netname: NUI-LAN descr: Local Ethernet [….. stuff deleted …..] source: RIPE

Alternatively

Find all objects under IE-HEANET-193-1 [an-lar] $ whois -M 193.1.0.0 - 193.1.255.255 inetnum: 193.1.230.192 - 193.1.230.255 netname: NUI-LAN descr: Local Ethernet […..stuff deleted …..] source: RIPE

[an-lar] $ whois -r -T inetnum 193.171.95.0 -193.171.95.127 inetnum: 193.171.95.0 - 193.171.95.127 netname: FIWI descr: Research Institute Of Wildlife Ecology descr: Vienna Veterinary University country: AT admin-c: RW74-RIPE tech-c: FS74-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA changed: Woeber@CC.UniVie.ac.at 960312 source: RIPE

WAIS

Using WAIS

(:source :version 3 :ip-name "wais.ripe.net" :tcp-port 210 :database-name "ripe-database" :cost 0.00 :cost-unit :free :maintainer "ncc@ripe.net" :description "This WAIS database contains the RIPE Network Management Database which is also available at: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/dbase")

SWAIS Search Results Items: 2 # Score Source Title Lines 001: [1000] ( ripe-database) inetnum: 193.1.230.192 - 193.1.230.2 12 002: [1000] ( ripe-database) inetnum: 193.1.192.192 - 193.1.192.2 12 <space> selects, arrows move, w for keywords, s for sources, ? for help

SWAIS Document Display Page: 1 inetnum: 193.1.230.192 - 193.1.230.255 netname: NUI-LAN descr: Local Ethernet […..stuff deleted …..] source: RIPE

WAIS on the Web

Web-based WAIS

PPT Slide

PPT Slide

More Search Techniques

The problem

Use “-L” option

[an-lar] $ whois -r -L -T inetnum 193.1.192.192 - 193.1.192.255 inetnum: 193.1.0.0 - 193.1.255.255 netname: IE-HEANET-193-1 descr: DELEGATED BLOCK […..stuff deleted …..] inetnum: 193.1.192.192 - 193.1.192.255 netname: NUI-LAN descr: Local Ethernet […..stuff deleted …..] inetnum: 193.0.0.0 - 193.255.255.255 netname: EU-ZZ-193 descr: European Regional Registry

Finding Routing Information

[an-lar] $ whois -r -L -T route 193.1.193.194 route: 193.1.193.0/24 descr: HEA-LAN origin: AS1213 notify: mnorris@hea.ie mnt-by: AS1213-MNT changed: ripe-dbm@ripe.net 941121 source: RIPE

[an-lar] $ whois -r -i origin AS1213 […..stuff deleted …..] route: 193.1.193.0/24 descr: HEA-LAN origin: AS1213 notify: mnorris@hea.ie mnt-by: AS1213-MNT changed: ripe-dbm@ripe.net 941121 source: RIPE [ …..stuff deleted ….]

Documentation

Tips and Tricks to Manage your Data

Why bother?

Goal

Network Information

Contact Information

Contact Data

Good Habits

More Good Habits

Remove Old References

Finding Richard John Jones

Get NIC handle

Hunting for References

Hunt Managed Objects

Email address in “notify:”

Dig through managed objects!

“Smart” Replace

Apple Pie

Anything else?

URL’s in the RIPE Database

URL’s

PPT Slide

PPT Slide

PPT Slide

Finding Information in the Global Registry

Outline

-h flag

-s flag

-a flag

Which database?

Author: Magee & Orange