[ixpmanager] IRRDB filtering with LACNIC's IRR

[Barry O'Donovan]

Swinging back at the below - this is not implemented / fixed and will be 
in the next release.

Ref: 
https://github.com/inex/IXP-Manager/commit/333887fabd5d422116678beaab6629ed4e79c016

  - Barry



Barry O'Donovan wrote on 28/10/2020 18:34:
> Just to close the loop on this (and digging into the deep recesses of my 
> foggy memory):
> 
> When we switched from irrtoolset (which was ran via a script outside IXP 
> Manager's main code base) to bgpq3, there were some compatibility issues 
> with some whois databases (I think RIPE in particular - disclaimer as a 
> above, this was a long time ago). In any case, while the code allows the 
> host to be set, at the time it didn't work somewhere along the chain so 
> we just defaulted to the bgpq3 defaults.
> 
> I.e. the host as set in IXP Manager UI is definitely not used.
> 
> I've opened an issue for this:
> 
> https://github.com/inex/IXP-Manager/issues/678
> 
> In the meantime, a workaround like Luiz suggests will be required.
> 
>   - Barry
> 
> 
> 
> Nick Hilliard (INEX) wrote on 28/10/2020 18:16:
>> Ryan Woolley wrote on 28/10/2020 18:09:
>>> I can confirm that the hostname is set in IRRDB Sources and also 
>>> shows up in the corresponding SQL table.  However, $this->whois is 
>>> not set when Bgpq3.php runs, so it's presumably something upstream 
>>> failing to set ->whois to the hostname from the table.  I'm not sure 
>>> where to look for that, but I think Barry is correct that the net 
>>> effect is that hostname is ignored.
>>
>> this is a bug then.  Can you open up an issue on 
>> github.com/inex/ixp-manager/issues?
>>
>> Nick
>>
> 
> 


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Kind regards,
Barry O'Donovan
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