[anti-abuse-wg] RIPE Database Proxy Service Issues

> -----Original Message-----
> From: anti-abuse-wg-bounces at ripe.net [mailto:anti-abuse-wg-
> bounces at ripe.net] On Behalf Of Kaveh Ranjbar
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 12:11 AM
> To: Thor Kottelin
> Cc: anti-abuse-wg at ripe.net

> On Jan 2, 2013, at 10:00 PM, Thor Kottelin <thor at anta.net> wrote:
> >
> > I'm not sure why you were blocked initially despite using the -r
> switch. I
> > was able to reproduce the problem: the IP address I used became
> blocked as
> > well. Perhaps this was some kind of overload protection rather
> than the
> > privacy-related restriction we have been discussing.

> Please note "-r" flag will turn off recursion for contact
> information after retrieving the objects that match a query. If the
> query is directly for personal data (like a person's name) using "-
> r' would have no effect as the direct query results will be objects
> with personal data.

Thanks. This explains the phenomenon.

-- 
Thor Kottelin
http://www.anta.net/