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 <db-wg@ripe.net> To: db-wg@ripe.net 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 >>> >>> >> >