[44144] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IP database ideas
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry Rosenman)
Wed Nov 7 17:07:56 2001
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 16:07:31 -0600
From: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>
To: Charles Sprickman <spork@inch.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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* Charles Sprickman <spork@inch.com> [011107 16:05]:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I just discovered Postgres (after having used MySQL for some time), and it
> has some IP datatypes. I'm looking to stuff all of our IP allocations
> into a db for easier allocation/tracking, and I'm just thrilled to see
> that I can store IPs/networks natively.
>
> Before I get too far into this, are there any pre-existing packages out
> there to help manage IP allocation? Does anyone have anything homegrown,
> and would you be willing to share some pieces, even just a schema, or
> advice? I don't want to dive in and find that I've laid everything out
> poorly and painted myself into a corner...
Go look in the archives around May-july for posts from me.
I've done exactly this, and shared SOME of my stuff.
I can't release any more, but it's in the archives.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charles
>
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