IRRd-Discuss

[Larry J. Blunk]

  irr_rpsl_submit currently rejects inetnum: objects as they are
not part of the RFC2622 RPSL spec and are more traditionally
maintained by the regional address registries rather than a route
registry.   There's been some desire to add support for inetnum's,
but it hasn't been a top priority.  The irrd daemon will currently
index inetnum objects, but it treats the address as a text string
rather than IP address or address range for query purposes.  The
!u whois command in irrd can be used to add and delete inetnum
objects, however, this bypasses the syntax checking provided by
irr_rpsl_submit.  The syntax for the !u command is

!us<database>
<ADD | DEL>
<emptyline>
object data
...
<emptyline>
!ue


 -Larry Blunk
  Merit



> I just wanted to confirm that irrd does allow creation of inetnum objects. I
> have looked through the archive, and noted mention of inet6num thread, but
> no reported issues with inetnum objects.
> 
> I have attempted to create an inetnum object without any luck.
> 
> This is the email response from an email submission
> 
> UPDATE FAILED: [inetnum] 
> inetnum:<?> 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
> netname:<?> testobject
> descr:              Test object
> country:<?> AU
> admin-c:            AS1-test
> tech-c:             AS1-test
> mnt-by:             MAINT-AS1-TEST
> status:<?> ASSIGNED PA
> changed:            spanna@au.psi.net 20011205
> source:             TESTDB
> override:           *********
> #ERROR: 1: inetnum: Syntax error
> #ERROR: 2: netname: Syntax error
> #ERROR: 4: country: Syntax error
> #ERROR: 8: status: Syntax error
> 
> I have replaced the inetnum octects, I was using one of our allocations
> 
> I am considering using irrd as a private database, containing more detailed
> information regarding allocation of addresses to customers. Thats if its
possible, else I will have to look else where.
> 
> Could someone please confirm if I am able to create inetnum objects in a
> private database, and if so, what I am doing wrong. Else I will start
> looking at some alternate databases.
> 
> Kind Regards, 
> 
> 
> Adam Spann
> Network Operations Engineer
> 
> Email: spanna@au.psi.net
> Phone: 61 2 8304 9300 Fax: 61 2 9317 5856
> 631-637 Gardners Road Mascot NSW 2020
> Web: www.au.psi.net