[members-discuss] whois mntner

hmm.. as the ripe db needs an exact copy of the current contents before 
deleting old objects, which we usually obtain from whois...

i guess that script no longer works :P

anyway, the ripe mailrobot needs a better way to just "delete all objects 
that are within inetnum: this-until-that" anyway, rather than having to 
whois the whole pile of crap ip-by-ip to find leftovers :P

(why the hell does it need anything besides inetnum: bla-bla and "delete" 
and the password anyway, not to mention the "overlaps are not covered for" 
thing ;)

see this is why you -need- the whois output to work, scripted deletes 
require it ;)

(just clearing it all and generating new entries from the route table + 
database is much easier than updating old junk, but the delete process is 
a bit... crappy ;)

not sure how to do this on ipv6 anyway... ipv6 is a bit -much- to just 
whois one by one to delete the leftovers *grin*

maybe an option to clear an entire PA network (and then just re-create the 
ones actually in use ;) would be .. practical...

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On Fri, 17 Feb 2012, Marek Isalski wrote:

> On 17 Feb 2012, at 15:19, Richard Kojedzinszky wrote:
>> And as I am used to copy-paste the result, change what I like, and then
>> send it back, this does not work anymore.
>> Any suggestions are welcome.
>
> I noticed this while trying to do the same yesterday — seems you have to authenticate with the RIPE DB first — via the website.  Even specifying "-B" on the whois query you still get a "source: RIPE #Filtered" line.
>
> Of course, how one authenticates with the website when it only supports MD5 password authentication... yes, this is interesting.
>
> Marek Isalski
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