* Job Snijders:
In the meantime you could consider setting up an irrd[1], redirect
queries to that instance instead of whois.ripe.net, and keep it kind
of fresh by feeding it ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/dbase/ripe.db.gz on a
daily basis.
RIPE NCC strips all contact information from the bulk
NANOG and ARIN Friends,
14 Years ago, at the suggestion of Jon Postel and some of the early
participants in NANOG, we developed the GeekTools Whois proxy to make it easier
for *us* - network security and abuse techs - to deal with the expanding number
of gtlds and registrars and the varied
Rodney,
On Dec 31, 2012, at 7:41 AM, Rodney Joffe rjo...@centergate.com wrote:
Two weeks ago RIPE-NCC, who provide the whois data for IP addresses in the
RIPE region, informed us that based on decisions by their members, as of
January 1st 2013, tomorrow, they would no longer provide whois
Hi David,
On Dec 31, 2012, at 10:55 AM, David Conrad d...@virtualized.org wrote:
Rodney,
On Dec 31, 2012, at 7:41 AM, Rodney Joffe rjo...@centergate.com wrote:
Two weeks ago RIPE-NCC, who provide the whois data for IP addresses in the
RIPE region, informed us that based on decisions by
Hi Rodney,
From the looks of it, this decision was made by the RIPE NCC Executive Board
rather than at the General Meeting. Inqueries will have to be made why this
was decided, and what the consequences are. But, I don't expect a resolution to
be reached in the next 6 hours.
In the meantime
Hi Job,
On Dec 31, 2012, at 11:46 AM, Job Snijders job.snijd...@atrato-ip.com wrote:
Hi Rodney,
From the looks of it, this decision was made by the RIPE NCC Executive Board
rather than at the General Meeting. Inqueries will have to be made why this
was decided, and what the consequences
So we think we're working out the impact, and have a work-around for users.
There seem to be more than a few hundred network operations groups (thats many
of you on NANOG) that use GeekTools (we can tell by the NAT IP addresses, and
the rate of queries) that will be affected. It seems that what
Hi Rodney,
Would support from a RIPE LIR be sufficient to keep the service up ?
I'm pretty sure there isn't a requirement to register for a LIR membership if
this is the only usage.
As a RIPE LIR, we can have a look at what the options are if that would help.
Have a good new year,
Hi Erik,
I appreciate the offer (a number of RIPE members have stepped forward). However
I would not a) want this to in any way threaten your membership status - its
possible I guess that this might violate the RIPE contract because it is a
circumvention, and b) would not want special status -
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