Quick Start Guide: An introduction to Merit RADb’s portal features
Object Management
Basic Object Information
1. Login to the radb web portal at: https://www.radb.net/login/ using the email adddress and
password you specified during the account registration process.
2. Click on Object Management and then Object Information. Your pre-registered objects will be
displayed on the left. These are organized by object type. Clicking on the [+] icon will display
an expanded list of all objects of that type, and selecting a particular object will display all
details of that object.
3. Clicking the Edit icon will display the object in an editable form in the window pane in the right
column of the web page.
4. You should make sure information in your maintainer object is correct.
5. The RADb portal will attempt to pre-populate your aut-num object information based on the
AS Numbers you specified during the registration process. You should validate that these are
correct and create any additional aut-num objects as necessary.
6. The RADb will attempt to pre-populate a basic set of route objects for your account. You should
validate that these are correct and create any additional route objects as necessary.
Consistency Checks
1. Click on the Consistency Check tab.
2. The RADb will run a set of consistency checks on your object information, display results in the
left window pane, and provide an easy way to add/edit/delete your information.
3. The information is in 3 sections; the first two are related with a comparison of your registered
information in the RADb with information observed in a live BGP feed, while the third section
provides information regarding conflicting information within the RADb.
4. The Registered Route Objects section displays which of your registered route objects have
been correctly observed in BGP and which have not. You should verify that this is consistent
with your intended policy.
5. The Announced Routes section displays information about the announcements seen originating
from your AS numbers in a live BGP feed and provides a mechanism for you to easily add this
information to your RADb registration.
6. The RADb Consistency Errors section displays information regarding inconsistent information
in your account such as route objects that might have been registered without a corresponding
aut-num object or duplicate route objects.
The RADb is operated by Merit Network Inc.
1000 Oakbrook Drive Suite 200, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-6794
Phone: 734-527-5700 Email: [email protected]
Allocation Check
1. Click on the Allocation Check tab. The RADb will display prefix allocation information as
registered in the Regional Internet Registry databases for all your route objects. This allows
you to validate that this information is valid. If you notice any discrepancies, you might need
to update your registration information in the address allocation registry operated by your RIR.
2. Clicking on the prefix itself will display the corresponding route object.
Routing Asset Health
Prefix Alerts
1. Click on the Routing Asset Health tab followed by the Prefix Alerts tab. A list of alerts related
with your registered prefixes will be displayed. Two kinds of alerts are displayed. The first
are routing anomalies where the observed origin AS number in a live BGP feed was different
than your registered origin AS for that prefix. The second kind of routing anomaly is when the
observed origin AS number is different than the historically learned origin AS number for that
prefix.
2. Click on the [+] icon to view further details about these alerts that might be helpful in
determining the source of this alert.
Host Reputation
1. Click on the Routing Asset Health tab followed by the Host Reputation tab. A list of prefixes will
be displayed in the left window pane that has been extracted from your registered route objects.
2. Clicking on the [+] icon will display all the hosts in that prefix range that have been observed by
one or more of our host reputation data sources. For each one a count will be displayed
indicating the number of reputation lists that that host appeared on. A host that appears on
several reputation lists is more likely to have been accurately identified as the source of
malicious activity.
3. Clicking on an individual entry will display details about that host in the right window pane
including each reputation list which listed that host as well as an external link to the reputation
service that provided the list. The external link might offer further details regarding why that
particular host was listed and what steps can be taken to remove that host from the reputation
list once corrective action has been taken or if the host has been listed as the result of an error.
Contacting Merit RADb
Technical questions and consulting inquiries should be sent to [email protected]
Billing questions should be sent to [email protected]
The RADb is operated by Merit Network Inc.
1000 Oakbrook Drive Suite 200, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-6794
Phone: 734-527-5700 Email: [email protected]