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@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@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@Example-NET 950525
source: RADB
delete: user@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@Example-NET 950525
source: RADB
delete: user@your.net prefix no longer used
4. Submit the object to auto-dbm@ra.net. For example:
mail auto-dbm@ra.net < temp
If you have further questions about deleting RADB objects, send e-mail
to db-admin@ra.net.