[anti-abuse-wg] Allocation of number resources

In message <5648A8908CCB564EBF46E2BC904A75B15EFE3B4F17 at EXVPMBX100-1.exc.icann.o
rg>, Leo Vegoda <leo.vegoda at icann.org> wrote:

>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

Ummmm... I went to the exact URL you gave above and all I get is:

  Error:  No results were found for your search. Your search details may be too selective. 

Well, it doesn't matter anyway.  What I would really like is a solution
that I can use with the good-old-fashioned WHOIS server... _not_ via
the web interface.

How can I find all IPv{4,6} allocations assigned to a given LIR using
the actual WHOIS server?  (An actual example would be most helpful.)

>> 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.

OK!  Duh! I should have known that.  thanks.

>> 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.

No, I greatly prefer what you are calling the "command line interface",
which is, I assme, what I am calling the good-old-fashioned WHOIS service
(TCP port 43).

>> Question:  
>
>Have you considered looking at the extensive documentation and training
>materials on the RIPE NCC's web site?

I did, actually.  It is not the most clear piece of technical documentation
I have ever encountered.  But I will give it another try.


Regards,
rfg