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Finger tool to get a NIC handle.

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RIPE Database Administration ripe-dbm at ripe.net
Tue Nov 5 16:30:01 CET 1996

Dear Colleagues,

You can no longer use `finger handle.YOURINITIALS at whois.ripe.net'
to obtain the next free NIC handle.  You will only get a
message about using the `AUTO' NIC-handle mechanism.

This finger tool was shut down because it could give NIC-handles
with more than 4 characters in the initials and more than 11
characters in total.  Furthermore, it placed an unacceptable (and
unnecessary) load on the whois server, particularly at peak times.

Regards,

Ambrose Magee
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