On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 3:19 PM Ronald F. Guilmette via db-wg <[email protected]> wrote:
[...] > And as long as we are on the subject, may I safely infer from the > presence, in the data base, of a dozen different networks named "ABC" > that no attempt has ever been made to insure uniqueness of netnames > within the data base? Are netnames even restricted, as they seem to be, > to having a form which is rather strikingly reminicent of actual unique > data base handles, i.e. consisting of only alphanumerics and hyphens? Not only is uniqueness not required, the manual advises against it: "“netname:” – This is a name given to a range of IP address space. A netname is made up of letters, digits, the underscore character and the hyphen character. The first character of a name must be a letter, and the last character of a name must be a letter or a digit. It is recommended that the same netname be used for any set of assignment ranges used for a common purpose, such as a customer or service." https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/support/documentation/ripe-database-documentation/@@fullbodyrecursive-view#53a0473b9e154943b976d1fca8041287
