[anti-abuse-wg] Allocation of number resources

Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:

[...]

> Question:  How may an independent researcher, such as myself, determine
> the entire set of address (IPv4 or IPv6) allocations that have been
> issued, by RIPE NCC, to a given LIR?

Do an inverse lookup based on the LIR's Organisation object. Here's an
example for the RIPE NCC:

https://apps.db.ripe.net/search/query.html?searchtext=ORG-NCC1-RIPE&flags=&s
ources=RIPE_NCC&grssources=&inverse=ORG&types=#resultsAnchor

> Question:  Given some pre-existing record for an IP{4,6} address block
> that exists, right now, within the RIPE WHOIS server, how may one
> determine which LIR, specifically, was responsible for assignment of
> that address block to the registered end user?  If this information is
> not presently available within the RIPE WHOIS records, there is there
> any human being within RIPE NCC who can/will, upon request, supply this
> information?

Use the -L or -l flags to look up the allocation hierarchy.

> Question:  Given some specific "admin-c" or "tech-c" contact handle,
> how may one determine the entire set of number resources that are,
> at present, associated with that given handle?

Another inverse query. There's a handy web interface with clicky boxes if
you prefer that to a command line client.

> Question:  

Have you considered looking at the extensive documentation and training
materials on the RIPE NCC's web site? Alternatively, if you don't want to
read instructional materials, database help questions might be more
appropriately directed at the db-help list:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/ripe-mailing-lists/db-help

Regards,

Leo
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