[6bone] RE: [ipv6-wg@ripe.net] Update on IPv6 filter recommendation

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 08:51:04AM -0400, ginny@arin.net wrote:
> > Unfortunately the ARIN database is too broken to permit queries like
> > "tell me everything inside 2001:500::/32" (the RIPE and APNIC databases
> > do this just fine).  So you'll have to check them manually - tedious - 
> > or check 
> 
> Currently ARIN WHOIS does not support CIDR queries. However, the 
> information you desire can be obtain. The best way to get this, would be 
> to query the following:

[ query for '2001:0500:*' ]

While "*" wildcards are somewhat counterintuitive in IP context, I'm glad 
to learn that there *is* a way to get the data.

Others have pointed out to me that by querying the RIPE database for
mirrored ARIN data

    whois -h whois.ripe.net -s arin -M -r 2001:500::/32

(with or without "-r") the data can be obtained as well.

[..]
> More information on how to use the ARIN WHOIS can be found in a tutorial 
> locate at:
>     http://www.arin.net/library/training/WHOIS_CBT/whois.htm

Thanks.

(ObNag: I still don't understand why ARIN just needs to do everything
differently.  Just using the RIPE output and query format would be so
much easier than inventing every wheel anew.  But then, I don't know all
of the political background struggles...)

Gert Doering
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