Flash Cards

Question 1

How are information organized in the RIPE database?

Answer 1

Use of objects

Question 2

Can you use the RIPE Database to find routing policies?

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

Can you use RIPE to find host location?

Answer 3

No

Question 4

Can you use RIPE to set up reverse delegation?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

Can you use RIPE to register and find unique IP addresses and register ASNs?

Answer 5

Yes

Question 6

What does ASN stand for?

Answer 6

Autonomous System Number

Question 7

What is an AS?

Answer 7

Autonomous System is a collection of IP networks and routers under the control of a single organization or entity that operates a unified routing policy

Essentially a self-contained network or groups of networks.

Think of an AS as a “container” for IP ranges

Question 8

What are the benefits of an AS regarding routing policies?

Answer 8

Consistent and defined routing policy

Question 9

What is BGP?

Answer 9

Border Gateway Protocol and allows AS’s to exchange routing information and determine best path to take.

Question 10

What are the 4 different methods to update the RIPE database?

Answer 10

Web Updates
Sync Updates
Email
Restful API

Question 11

What RIPE object shows a user’s contact information?

Answer 11

Person Object

Question 12

What RIPE object can link human resources (contacts) to an company’s internet resources?

Answer 12

Organization Object

Question 13

What RIPE object will show an organization’s contact details?

Answer 13

Organization Object

Question 14

What RIPE object can be used to protect all of your RIPE Database Objects?

Answer 14

MNTR Object

Question 15

How can you use the MNTR object to protect all of your RIPE objects?

Answer 15

Point the MNTR object to all of your organization’s other objects.

Question 16

What RIPE object can be used to register an organization’s abuse contact?

Answer 16

Role Object

Question 17

What 3 RIPE objects contains contact information?

Answer 17

Person

Role

Organization

Question 18

What 3 RIPE objects contains internet resource information?

Answer 18

inetnum

inet6num

aut-num

Question 19

What 4 RIPE objects contains routing information?

Answer 19

Route

Route6

aut-num

as-set

Question 20

What RIPE Object contains reverse delegation information?

Answer 20

domain

Question 21

What RIPE object can be used to secure all other RIPE objects belonging to an organization?

Answer 21

mntner

Question 22

How can you search RIPE for object templates?

Answer 22

-t <object></object>

Question 23

What do you need to ensure before you delete an object within RIPE?

Answer 23

No other object points to the object you want to delete

Question 24

Every object within RIPE must have a “mnt-by” object associated to it?

Answer 24

True

Question 25

A maintainer object is required for each RIPE object?

Answer 25

True

Question 26

What are the three ways of authentication into a "mntner" object?

Answer 26

SSO MD5 Encrypted Password PGP Keys

Question 27

How does one set up SSO in the mntner object?

Answer 27

In the auth attribute SSO

Question 28

Can you use SSO with all RIPE interfaces?

Answer 28

False

Question 29

Which RIPE interfaces has SSO enabled?

Answer 29

Web Updates

Question 30

What auth method allows access to all RIPE interfaces?

Answer 30

MD5-PW

Question 31

What two interfaces are enabled with PGP authentication?

Answer 31

Syncupdates Email Updates

Question 32

What is the most secure auth method when accessing the "mntner" object in RIPE?

Answer 32

PGP

Question 33

You need to use the RIPE's Restful API to update your organization's objects - which auth method would you choose?

Answer 33

MD5-PW

Question 34

You want to keep track which of your colleagues are updating the RIPE DB entries - which auth method would you choose?

Answer 34

SSO

Question 35

What five object types can be forced deleted without access to the "mntner" object?

Answer 35

inetnum inet6num route route6 domain

Question 36

What scenario can allow a user to "Force Delete" inetnum and inet6num objects without mntner access?

Answer 36

As an owner of an address space, a user can "Force Delete" objects under the address space that they own.

Question 37

How do you share access to an object without sharing your mntner credentials?

Answer 37

Add another mntner to the object you want to share

Question 38

What mechanism allows two users access to the same mntner object?

Answer 38

Multiple auth lines such as auth: SSO auth: SSO

Question 39

What object attribute is changed to inform the user if that object has been changed?

Answer 39

"notify:"

Question 40

Is the notify: attribute mandatory?

Answer 40

No it is optional

Question 41

When will a user be notified of any changes to an object?

Answer 41

Successful changes to the object only Failed attempts will not generate an email notification.

Question 42

What attribute needs to be updated for you to be notified of failed authentication attempts at your mntner object?

Answer 42

"upd-to:" attribute

Question 43

What does the mntner attribute "upd-to:" do?

Answer 43

The email address value for the attribute will be alerted of any failed authentication attempts at the mntner object.

Question 44

What attribute do you need to add to your mntner object if you want to be notified of any changes made to any object protected by that mntner?

Answer 44

"mnt-nfy:" The email address value for this will be notified when someone makes a successful change to any object protected by the mntner

Question 45

Which attribute is used by the RIPE Database to send a notification message every time an update to an object protected by the maintainer fails.

Answer 45

"upd-to:"

Question 46

What 3 objects stores contact information?

Answer 46

Person Organization Role

Question 47

Which contact should be used in regards to reverse delegation queries?

Answer 47

"zone-c:" The “zone-c:” is the contact for a domain object for the reverse zone. This refers to the person who sets up the zone files for reverse delegation on the name servers.

Question 48

Which RIPE object is best used to manage 1000s of networks when updating contact information? Person or Role object?

Answer 48

Role object

Question 49

Who should you contact for any issues regarding administrative questions?

Answer 49

"admin-c:"

Question 50

Who should you contact for any issues regarding technical questions?

Answer 50

"tech-c:"

Question 51

Who should you contact for any issues regarding abuse questions?

Answer 51

"abuse-c:"