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How to Delete Objects from the RADB

  • From: Brian Renaud
  • Date: Thu May 25 16:36:55 1995

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 [email protected]

-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:  [email protected] <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:     [email protected] 950525
	 source:      RADB
	 delete:      [email protected] 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:     [email protected] 950525
	 source:      RADB
	 delete:      [email protected] prefix no longer used
 
 4. Submit the object to [email protected]  For example:
 
         mail [email protected] < temp
 
 If you have further questions about deleting RADB objects, send e-mail
 to [email protected]