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Frequently Asked Questions
Passwords
Maintainer Fee
Registering a Maintainer Object
More Registration Questions
RADb Update Schedules
The RADb and the Internet Routing Registry
PasswordsWhat do I do if I lost my password?
When registering objects using crypt-pw, do I send the original password encrypted or in plain text? After you have submitted a maintainer object with the encrypted password, you will only use the plain text password for updates and new objects. To use our web-based update interface, please follow this link. If you're submitting several objects at once, you may wish to use the email-based auto-processor at auto-dbm@radb.net. Please note, your password will be sent in the clear when using the email update mechanism. If you wish to use email for updates, it is recommended that you upgrade to PGP based authentication. To use password based email updates, you'd send in something like this: password: mycleartextpassword aut-num: AS-55555 desc: MY ASN etc.... route: 192.68.0.0/16 desc: MY SPACE etc... Maintainer FeeDo I need to register my maintainer object before I pay the fee?Yes. First, compelete the registration process by following the "Register Now" link on the main page. You'll receive an automated e-mail reply indicating that the RADb administrators will add your object (maintainers are the only database objects that need to be manually added in this way.) The DB admins will notify you when your maintainer object has been added -- usually within 12 hours of your request. Registering a Maintainer ObjectWhat is the purpose of a maintainer object?The maintainer can be thought of as a container that only authorized users can access. The maintainer is used to provide an authenticated means to add and group other more meaningful objects, such as routes and aut-nums, in the RADb under an organization's authority.
How do I get an AS number?
I've gotten an AS Number from ARIN, AS11111. Should
the maintainer for my network be MAINT-AS11111?
To submit my maintainer, should I pay first and wait
for an ack, and then register?
What should I use for my admin-c and tech-c ID's? In the example, it's
DMM65. How do I get an ID like that for myself?
I have the following IP addresses allocated by APNIC:
You'll need to register a Maintainer object
before you can register any AS or Route objects.
To describe any routing policy your AS (the autonomous system that announces
your routes), fill out an aut-num object web form.
To register your routes, fill out the route object web form.
Merit provides templates that you
can use for your Maintainer, AS, and Route objects.
How many Maintainer objects do I need to submit?
What's the difference between db-admin@radb.net and
auto-dbm@radb.net?
What's the easiest way to update a database entry?
Do I always need to send in RADb updates from the same
e-mail address?
It's best to send in your mail without the "Reply-To" field, which is
likely to override your "From:" field. If the "Reply-To" field contains
an address not specified in your Maintainer object, the update will
fail.
How can I use whois to query the IRR only for RADb
entries?
The keys to a Route object, i.e., the features that make it unique from
other objects, are:
Can we send in our complete database weekly to update
our records?
What do I need to do when I change to a new network
provider?
How often do you poll(mirror) other
registries?
Do all the registries in the IRR contain the same
data?
I'm registered in more than one database. How do I
know which database will be used for Internet routing?
Level3 provides a mechanism for customers to
explicitly reference a particular database as a source for as-set
information. This is accomplished using a "remarks:" attribute containing
the tag "Level3 members:". The entry consists of a database name
followed by a double-colon and then the referenced object from the
specified database.
Why can't Merit delete an object from the Savvis
database?
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