IRRd-Discuss

[Tay Chee Yong]

Hi Christerfer,

At 10:22 AM 3/5/02 -0500, Christerfer R. Frazier wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 05:57:44PM +0800, Tay Chee Yong wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am currently attempting to set up a RADB server in my office.
> >
> > This is the following I have done, and I would like to know how should I
> > proceed.
> >
> > irrd          5555/tcp        had been added into my /etc/services file
>
> Are you planning to run your whois server on this port? Typically this
> would be for the management or 'uii' MRT style interface. By default
> IRRd runs on port 43.
>
> whois           43/tcp
Would appreciate if you could elaborate on the term MRT? On the 
documentation, it is stated that the default port is 5673? May I know what 
is this port used for? And what is the purpose of MRT?

> >
> > I had also downloaded a copy of radb and ripe database into the /var/tmp
> > directory
>
> Did you also download the RADB.CURRENTSERIAL and RIPE.CURRENTSERIAL
> files? These are also needed to setup the mirroring as they are used
> to keep the syncronization between your local mirror and the remote
> database.
Yes. I had downloaded the 2 files containing the serial numbers.

> >
> > I had started the irrd service, and managed to create the configuration
> > file in /etc/irrd.conf. Following is the content of the configuration file.
> >
> > #####################################################################
> > # MRTd -- MRT version 2.1.3 [10/18/2001]
> > #####################################################################
> > #
> > debug all /tmp/mrt.log 0
> > #
> > line vty
> >    login
> >    password test
> >    access-class 1
> >    port 5555
> > !
> > access-list 1 permit 203.120.89.0/24
> > irr_directory /var/tmp/
> > irr_database radb mirror_host 198.108.0.18 6060
>
> The port you wish to use to mirror the RADB is 43, not 6060.
>
> irr_database radb mirror_host whois.radb.net 43
>
> NOTE: Make sure both the radb.db and RADB.CURRENTSERIAL(and other db's)
> are in your specified irr_directory.
>
> > irr_database radb clean 17280
> > irr_database ripe mirror_host 198.108.0.18 6060
> > irr_database ripe clean 172800
> > !
> > db_admin tcy@pacific.net.sg
> > irr_server whois.radb.net
> >
> > May I know is this configuration file correct?
>
> You may also wish to include the option 'irr_mirror_interval X' where
> X is the number of seconds between mirroring attempts. This is applied
> to all mirrored hosts.
>
> The vty is the management or uii interface. You have specifed port
> 5555 to run this, but you may also wish to specify 'irr_port' to
> define the port the actual whois service will be running on, the
> default is 43.
May I know what is the uii interface for? How do I manage the IRRd? When I 
telnet to the port 5555, it just gave me the following:

atlantic:~>telnet 10.10.10.10 5555
Trying 10.10.10.10...
Connected to 10.10.10.10.
Escape character is '^]'.


> >
> > With this setup, how can I allow this irrd host to mirror the radb and 
> ripe
> > database from 198.108.0.18?
>
> Anyone can mirror the RADB openly. All you need to do is setup an IRR
> server and configure it to do the mirroring. You are pretty close to
> achieving this...
>
> > I understand that I need to inform the adminstrator of whois.radb.net to
> > allow this particular host of mine to mirror the radb database. I hope
> > someone can let me know.
>
> Thanks, we currently do not limit mirroring activities(other than
> blocking consistent abusers) so feel free to mirror away.
Thanks. I hope to set this up soon.

Best Regards,
Cheeyong