[db-wg] Prefix length for the "pingable" attribute

Sat Mar 15 15:44:16 CET 2014

On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 02:53:09PM +0100, Tore Anderson wrote:
> Hi WG,
> 
> The documentation unequivocally states the value of the "pingable"
> attribute in route[6] objects must include a prefix length:

<snip>

RFC5943 [1] states that the value of the 'pingable:' attribute is either a
regular IPv4 or IPv6 address (rfc2622 / rfc4012), and makes absolutely no
mention of including a prefix length. 

It probably is a good move to update the RIPE Whois Server documentation
and ensure the value can only be a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address, without
prefix length.

Nice catch Tore!

Kind regards,

Job

[1] - https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5943 "RPSL Pingable Attribute"