Attributes of APNIC Whois Database IPv6 address (inet6um) objects

Attribute

Description

inet6num

The range of IPv6 address space described by the object.

netname

The name of a range of IP address space.

descr

Description of the organisation allocated or assigned the address space shown in the inet6num.

country

Two letter ISO 3166 code of the country or economy where the admin-c is based.

Details of codes are specified in ISO 3166.

admin-c

The NIC-handle of an on-site contact person or role object. There may be more than one admin-c listed.

In the web interface, the admin-c attribute contains a link to the person or role object the NIC-handle belongs to.

To report spam or network abuse if no mnt-irt is included in the inetnum object, please use the email of the admin-c.

tech-c

The NIC-handle of a technical contact person or role object. There may be more than one tech-c listed.

In the web interface, the tech-c attribute contains a link to the person or role object the NIC-handle belongs to.

To report spam or network abuse if no mnt-irt is included in the inetnum object, please use the email of the tech-c.

status

All inet6num objects under APNIC Whois Database must have a status attribute. The status attribute must be one of the following values:

mnt-by

The identifier of a registered mntner object used for authorisation and authentication.

In the web interface, the mnt-by attribute contains a link to the specified mntner.

changed

The email address of who last updated the database object and the date it occurred.

The changed attribute is not a network contact address, as it merely records who made the most recent change to the registration information. All APNIC addresses will initially record an APNIC address in this attribute, as APNIC creates the first database object.

Do not send spam or hacking complaints to this address.

source

The name of the database from which the data was obtained.

Attribute

Description

rev-srv

Domain name server for the range of IP addresses specified in the inet6num.

Note: this attribute is deprecated. APNIC suggests the creation of a reverse delegation domain object to hold this information.

remarks

General remarks. May include a URL or instructions on where to send abuse complaints.

notify

The e-mail address to which notifications of changes to an object should be sent.

When this attribute contains dbmon@apnic.net, it means APNIC staff are notified of changes to the object. Do not send spam or hacking complaints to this address.

mnt-lower

Sometimes there is a hierarchy of maintainers. In these cases, mnt-lower is used as well as mnt-by.

mnt-routes

The identifier of a registered mntner object used to controls the creation of route6 objects associated with the address range specified by the inet6num object.

New in Whois v3.2.