Re: RADB and building router filters

[Jeff Haas <jeffhaas () merit edu>]

[responding out of order]
On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 04:43:43PM -0400, Jim Mercer wrote:
> should i be requesting that the entry from UUNET be removed?

It is always a happy thing to ask the db-admin to remove crud from
the database.  If uunet.ca is no longer originating this route, it
should be removed.  Mail to db-admin () radb net will quickly resolve this.

However:

> i'm running into difficulties getting my routes announced via networks
> that use the RADB to build their filters.

Critical piece of info.  N.B.:

> i'm being told that some of my routes are being ignored because there are
> supercede'ing entries at whois.radb.net.
>
> for example, "whois -h whois.radb.net 198.96.117.0" contains two entries:
>       route:         198.96.117.0/24
>       descr:         NETBLK-TORMAN
>       origin:        AS813
>       mnt-by:        MAINT-AS813
>       changed:       support () uunet ca 19950920
>       source:        RADB
>
>       route:    198.96.117.0/24
>       descr:    Reptilian Research
>       admin-c:  JM7718-ARIN
>       tech-c:   JM7718-CSAS
>       origin:   AS843
>       remarks:  in use by Reptilian Research
>       remarks:  parent is ARIN
>       notify:   jim () reptiles org
>       mnt-by:   MAINT-AS843
>       changed:  jim () reptiles org 20000527
>       source:   CSAS

Providers that build filters from IRR data are likely doing this from
local copies of the various repositories.  These mirrors may be real-time
or taken from the snapshots on the FTP space.

At a guess, said "filter" is likely because the ISP in question isn't
mirroring the CSAS repository.

> [ Jim Mercer                 jim () reptiles org              +1 416 410-5633 ]

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Jeffrey Haas - Merit RSng project - jeffhaas () merit edu