<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>There are options to create something easy to remember .. </div><div><br></div><div>We did this as well and used AS51088 as our input for the ripe role object. (AS51088-RIPE) </div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://apps.db.ripe.net/search/lookup.html?source=ripe&key=AS51088-RIPE&type=role">https://apps.db.ripe.net/search/lookup.html?source=ripe&key=AS51088-RIPE&type=role</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Erik Bais</div><div>Ripe nic-hdl: bais-ripe <br><br>Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPad</div><div><br>Op 30 apr. 2016 om 03:05 heeft <<a href="mailto:ripedenis@yahoo.co.uk">ripedenis@yahoo.co.uk</a>> <<a href="mailto:ripedenis@yahoo.co.uk">ripedenis@yahoo.co.uk</a>> het volgende geschreven:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37462" dir="ltr">Hi <span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37460"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37461" lang="EN-GB">Øystein</span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37562" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37460"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37461" lang="EN-GB"></span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37561" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37460"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37461" lang="EN-GB">Whoever told you that is mistaken. If you type "-v role" in the web query form it shows you the allowed syntax for a ROLE object's "nic-hdl:" attribute:</span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37560" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37460"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37461" lang="EN-GB"></span></span></div><pre id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37546">From 2 to 4 characters optionally followed by up to 6 digits optionally followed by a source specification. The first digit must not be "0". Source specification starts with "-" followed by source name up to 9-character length. </pre><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37457"><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37407" class="qtdSeparateBR"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37568" dir="ltr">So you can set any Nic Handle you wish as long as it follows these rules and it doesn't already exist and has never existed (they cannot be reused after deletion).<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37569"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37570" lang="EN-GB"></span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37877"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37875">cheers</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37876">denis<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37572" dir="ltr"><br></div><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37411" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37410" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37409" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37408" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37451" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Øystein Gåsdal <<a href="mailto:dal@alesund.kommune.no">dal@alesund.kommune.no</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "'<a href="mailto:db-wg@ripe.net">db-wg@ripe.net</a>'" <<a href="mailto:db-wg@ripe.net">db-wg@ripe.net</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, 30 April 2016, 1:00<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37891"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37890" style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [db-wg] Is it possible to choose your own NIC Handle when creating ROLE objects?<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37415" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv0091358222"> <style></style> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37414"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37413" class="yiv0091358222WordSection1"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37463" class="yiv0091358222MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Hi</span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37659" class="yiv0091358222MsoNormal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37658" lang="EN-GB">I’m trying to create some ROLE objects, but encounter an error: <span class="yiv0091358222ng-binding">nic-hdl: Syntax error</span></span><span class="yiv0091358222ng-binding"></span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37450" class="yiv0091358222MsoNormal"><span class="yiv0091358222ng-binding"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37449" class="yiv0091358222MsoNormal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37448" class="yiv0091358222ng-binding"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37447" lang="EN-GB">I was told from support that in ROLE and PERSON object, I must use AUTO-1 as NIC handle.</span></span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37464" class="yiv0091358222MsoNormal"><span class="yiv0091358222ng-binding"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37446" class="yiv0091358222MsoNormal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37445" class="yiv0091358222ng-binding"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37444" lang="EN-GB">This information is not correct for the PERSON object, since I choose my own NIC handle when I created my own PERSON object.</span></span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37443" class="yiv0091358222MsoNormal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37442" class="yiv0091358222ng-binding"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37441" lang="EN-GB">So is there a way around this for the ROLE object, too?</span></span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37440" class="yiv0091358222MsoNormal"><span class="yiv0091358222ng-binding"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37412" class="yiv0091358222MsoNormal"><span class="yiv0091358222ng-binding"><span lang="EN-GB">Thanks.</span></span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37424" class="yiv0091358222MsoNormal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37423" class="yiv0091358222ng-binding"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37422" lang="EN-GB">- Øystein</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></blockquote></body></html>