[163585] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: How ISP's in ARIN region create automatic prefix-filters?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Abley)
Wed Jun 12 10:50:09 2013
From: Joe Abley <jabley@hopcount.ca>
In-Reply-To: <CAJx5YvG5ATyCvUfCoHB=3vg61XvadCdTi6GiGFHB5zDwb71Tzw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:47:51 +0200
To: Martin T <m4rtntns@gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 2013-06-12, at 13:38, Martin T <m4rtntns@gmail.com> wrote:
> as I understand, ARIN whois database does not contain "route" objects,
> which are used for example in RIPE region for automatic BGP prefix
> filter generation.
whois.arin.net:43 is for assignment/allocation information. Does not use =
RPSL.
rr.arin.net:43 is a routing registry that uses RPSL.
> How does this work in ARIN region? I know that at
> least some ISP's operating in ARIN region use their own whois
> databases(for example rr.level3.net) which mirror content from other
> RIR databases, but are there other methods how they update their
> internal databases with records?
My general advice for anybody who cares to listen is to use the RIPE db =
for your objects if you are based in the ARIN region. It saves time =
if/when you come to peer with an organisation based in the RIPE region, =
and it makes your objects easy to find for anybody who wants to look for =
them.
You can install a route in the RIPE db corresponding to number resources =
assigned elsewhere by authenticating against the RIPE-NCC-RPSL-MNT =
maintainer object, for which the plain-text password is "RPSL". Since =
your new route object will specify mnt-by MAINT-YOURS you will also need =
to authenticate against that (my favourite method is PGP).
Joe
mntner: RIPE-NCC-RPSL-MNT
descr: This maintainer may be used to create objects to =
represent
descr: routing policy in the RIPE Database for number resources =
not
descr: allocated or assigned from the RIPE NCC.
admin-c: RD132-RIPE
auth: MD5-PW # Filtered
remarks: *******************************************************
remarks: * The password for this object is 'RPSL', without the *
remarks: * quotes. Do NOT use this maintainer as 'mnt-by'. *
remarks: *******************************************************
mnt-by: RIPE-DBM-MNT
referral-by: RIPE-DBM-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered=
