Hi Wilfried
These are the "org-type:" values according to the -v output
org-type
Specifies the type of the organisation.
org-type can have one of these values:
o 'IANA' for Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
o 'RIR' for Regional Internet Registries
o 'NIR' for National Internet Registries (there are no NIRs in the RIPE
NCC service region)
o 'LIR' for Local Internet Registries
o 'WHITEPAGES' for special links to industry people
o 'DIRECT_ASSIGNMENT' for direct contract with RIPE NCC
o 'OTHER' for all other organisations.
I also find it a bit annoying that -t and -v don't work in webupdates now :(
cheersdenisco-chair DB-WG
From: Wilfried Wöber via db-wg <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, 7 January 2019, 14:47
Subject: Re: [db-wg] Sideline --template [was: Certain sponsored? ASNs without
sponsoring-org]
Hm, I am a tad puzzled, because AS200358 *does* have an org: reference,
although it claims to be a "Registrar" (BoltN Hosting Limited (Registrar
Services)).
So I would assume that AS200358 is a sponsored AS#?
As I am not aware that we use the "Registrar" term or model in the IP registry,
I tried to follow up on the org-type: OTHER by an attempt to get a listing of
the
possible values for org-type: by using the template flag of whois.
Unfortunately, neither the short format -t nor the --template syntax is accepted
by the whois web interface. "ERROR:111: invalid option supplied"
So, the primary Q is: which values are accepted or used in the org-type:
attribute?
Secondly, are there other flags which cannot be used in the web interface (and
why?)
All the best for a smooth start into ++(2018),
best regards,
Wilfried
On 07/01/2019 11:38, Cynthia Revström via db-wg wrote:
> Just realized I made a mistake while writing the last message, ASNs without
> sponsoring-org attribute and without LEGACY status, and ORG that is of type
> other are unsponsored.
>
> Kind regards,
> Cynthia Revström
>
> On 2019-01-07 11:34, Cynthia Revström via db-wg wrote:
>> Just an update: Laurens Hoogendoorn from the NCC contacted me and did indeed
>> confirm that ASNs without LEGACY status with an ORG that is OTHER are indeed
>> unsponsored, and that you can look at stat.ripe.net historical whois to find
>> out for how long.
>>
>> I do still think that it should be more obvious than this.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Cynthia Revström
>>
>> On 2019-01-07 10:57, Cynthia Revström via db-wg wrote:
>>> So I have now run across several ASNs in which the org is of type "OTHER"
>>> yet there is no sponsoring-org, could this please be clarified?
>>>
>>> Example ASNs: AS200358, AS204842
>>>
>>> If it is like I think it is, it must be that they have lost their sponsors
>>> but if that is the case, I would like to see a remark that is an "RIPE NCC
>>> managed value" saying something like "This ASN does not have any sponsor
>>> since YYYY-MM-DD".
>>>
>>> I am not entirely sure on this but something to clarify what is going on.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Cynthia Revström
>>>
>>>
>>
>
