List of Secondary Objects

These are the currently supported objects in the RIPE Database that are considered to be secondary data.

Object Type	Short name	Description
as-block	ak	Delegation of a range of Autonomous System (AS) Numbers to a given Regional Internet Registry or marked as reserved.
irt	it	Contact and authentication information about a Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT).
key-cert	kc	Public key certificate that is stored on the server, to be used with a mntner object for authentication when performing updates.
mntner	mt	Authentication information needed to authorise creation, deletion or modification of the objects protected by the mntner.
organisation	oa	Details of an organisation that hold some resources.
person	pn	Technical, administrative and DNS zone contacts. Also sometimes used to show an End User of a resource who has no involvement in the management of the resource. Contains personal information.
poem	po	Humorous poem to keep network engineers happy.
poetic-form	pf	Type of humour for a poem object.
role	ro	Technical, administrative, DNS zone and abuse contacts - describes a role performed by one or more people. Should contain business information only.