Attributes of maintainer (mnter) objects

Attribute

Description

mntner

The unique name of a mntner object. APNIC recommends the following formats:

Maintainer for resource registrations

<maint>-<iso3166-code>-<organisation> 

Example:

MAINT-WF-SPARKYNET

Maintainer for person object

<maint>- <iso3166-code>- <person> 

Example:

MAINT-WF-ZANE-ULRICH

descr

A short description of the mntner object and the name of the organisation associated with it.

admin-c

The NIC-handle of an administrative contact person object. There may be more than one admin-c listed.

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

upd-to

The e-mail address to be notified when attempts to update objects protected by the mntner are rejected due to a lack of authentication.

auth

Scheme used to authenticate update requests.

Authentication options available are:

• CRYPT-PW
• PGP-KEY
• MD5

For information on how to use these authentication options, see Authentication options for maintainer objects.

Example:

auth: PGP-499E1F0A

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.

referral-by

New in Whois v3

The maintainer that created this mntner object. Once the mntner object has been created, this attribute cannot be altered.

All mntner objects are manually created by APNIC hostmasters, so this attribute will contain: MAINT-APNIC-AP.

changed

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

Every time a change is made to a database object, this attribute will show the email address of the person who made those changes. This is not to be used as a contact address.

source

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

Attribute

Description

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

tech-c

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

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

mnt-nfy

The e-mail address to be notified when an object protected by a mntner is successfully updated.

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 this object should be sent.