How to Delete Objects from the RADB
Selina Priestley
selina at ans.net
Thu May 25 20:41:12 UTC 1995
This is very nice. Thanks!
I think it's important to note specifically that the changed: attribute
cannot be altered either in order for a delete to be accepted, since this
is counter-intuitive for some folks (uh, me ;-).
Selina
>
> A number of you have had problems when you tried to delete an object
> from the RADB. Here is a brief tutorial on the subject. If you
> have additional questions, please send a note to db-admin at ra.net.
>
> -Brian
>
>
> How to Delete Objects from the RADB
>
> Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and network operators will often need
> to delete Route objects, AS objects, or Maintainer objects from the
> RADB. You'll need to delete a Route object (and submit a new one), for
> example, if:
>
> --You are changing ISPs and need to change the origin AS (Home AS) for
> your route
> --You are no longer using a particular route prefix
> --You are moving to a larger aggregate and want to delete a more
> specific prefix
>
> If you want to change any of the following attributes, you'll first need
> to delete the object, and then re-submit the corrected one:
>
> Object Field
> ----- -----
> Route route:
> origin:
> AS aut-num:
> Maintainer mntner:
>
> Follow these instructions to delete an object from the RADB:
>
> 1. Use the whois tool to get a copy of the object exactly as it currently
> exists in the registry. Put the object in a temporary file. For
> example:
>
> whois -h whois.ra.net 10.1.2.0/24 > temp
>
> 2. Edit the 'temp' file you've created. If the file contains more than
> one object, remove the extra objects so that only the object or
> objects you want to delete remain.
>
> 3. Do not change any lines in the object(s) you want to delete. Simply
> append a line such as the following to the objects:
>
> delete: user at your.net <reason for the deletion>
>
> To delete more than one object, append a 'delete:' line to each object
> and separate each object by a blank line. Your 'temp' file might then
> look like this:
>
> route: 10.1.2/24
> descr: Example-NET
> origin: AS0
> mnt-by: AS0-MNT
> changed: pern at Example-NET 950525
> source: RADB
> delete: user at your.net prefix no longer used
>
> route: 10.1.3/24
> descr: Example-NET
> origin: AS0
> comm-list: COMM_NSFNET
> advisory: AS690 1:701(136) 2:701(134) 3:1800
> mnt-by: AS0-MNT
> changed: pern at Example-NET 950525
> source: RADB
> delete: user at your.net prefix no longer used
>
> 4. Submit the object to auto-dbm at ra.net. For example:
>
> mail auto-dbm at ra.net < temp
>
> If you have further questions about deleting RADB objects, send e-mail
> to db-admin at ra.net.
>
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