HELP! finger handle... out of order

Dear David,

David.Kessens at ripe.net wrote:
> 
> 
> Dear Wilhelm,
> 
> > Hostmaster NTG/Xlink writes :
> >
> > please give me the chance again, to get RIPE-Handles for person
> > via the finger- or an other service.
> > 
> > We use RIPE-Handles in our internal customer-database, the
> > use of AUTO-Handle needs a rewriting of several tools, if
> > possible at all.
> 
> I have to apologize for this. I didn't realize this when I put the new
> finger text in production. I have immediately put the finger
> functionality back, however you will first get a message that advises you
> to use the AUTO NIC handle assignment feature and information how it
> works. Does this work for you ?

It does, thanx for the fast reaction.

> > At the ripe-meeting in Berlin, it was said, that the auto-assign
> > will be an _addional_ feature.
> 
> The finger tool is a very inefficient tool and should get a rewrite if we
> want to keep it. We had to take emergency measures last week to avoid an
> complete overload on the database machine solely caused by the finger
> tool.
> 
> This is the reason we would like that this tool goes eventually. It is
> possible to make the tool more efficient and acceptable but this will
> take some extra time that we probably better use for new database
> development work. But of course the choice is up to the RIPE community.

Changes are okay in general.
But I think, most ISPs use tools to query the RIPE-Database, and 
preprocess your output. 

Yours,
Wilhelm
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