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Announcement: RIPE Whois Database Version 3.0beta2 released
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Nipper, Arnold
arnold.nipper at de-cix.net
Fri Jan 19 15:10:25 CET 2001
rpsl.ripe.net doesn't seem to exist ... whois -h whois rpsl.ripe.net Daniele Arena whois: whois: Unknown host: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden Let's have a look ... ;; ANSWER SECTION: rpsl.ripe.net. 1d23h59m55s IN CNAME reimp.ripe.net. reimp.ripe.net. 1d23h59m55s IN CNAME orange.ripe.net. orange.ripe.net. 1d23h59m55s IN A 193.0.1.239 Yeah, don't do that. Don't use CNAME to CNAME. Pls fix, Arnold ----- Original Message ----- From: "RIPE Database Announcements" <db-news at ripe.net> To: <lir-wg at ripe.net>; <db-wg at ripe.net>; <routing-wg at ripe.net>; <eng-coord at ripe.net>; <db-beta at ripe.net>; <reimp-mig-tf at ripe.net> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 2:33 PM Subject: Announcement: RIPE Whois Database Version 3.0beta2 released > > Dear All, > > This mail is to inform you that version 3.0beta2 of the RIPE Whois > Database software has been released. This is mainly a bugfix release in > respect to the "beta1" version. > > We remind you that the RIPE Database is about to change its data format, > from RIPE181 to RPSL (the Routing Policy Specification Language, see > RFC2622). This will affect all object types, including "person", "domain" > and "inetnum". > > We suggest you to start to get used to RPSL and version 3.0 . > Please check our RIPE-181 to RPSL Migration page at: > > http://www.ripe.net/rpsl/ > > You can test your skills with RPSL and the functionality of the new > beta release in the following ways: > > - Query rpsl.ripe.net at port 43. You will find there > exactly the same objects that are in whois.ripe.net, > mirrored live and in RPSL format. > > - If you have any script that runs by querying whois.ripe.net, > test it by pointing it to rpsl.ripe.net and make it > v3.0-compliant. > > - Try our CGI interface to the RPSL server: you can find it at > http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/pub-services/db/reimp/. > > - Get to know the new update path: use our "sandbox" database for > RPSL updates. Send your updates to <auto-rip at ripe.net> and > query the corresponding database at rpsl.ripe.net, port 4343 . > > Remember that in a few months, that's the way the RIPE Database will be > running; so the earlier you start working with it, the less likely you are > to be unpleasantly surprised later. > > For those running Near-Real-Time Mirrors of the RIPE Database, please be > advised that as soon as the RIPE Database changes its data format, you > will not be able to mirror the RIPE Database using the version 2 of the > Software, since it is not RPSL-compliant. You will have to upgrade to > version 3 to mirror the RIPE Database. Please contact <ripe-dbm at ripe.net> > for detailed information. > > Please note that the software is still in a "beta" phase. So we need your > feedback! If you happen to find something that looks like a bug when you > are testing the RPSL database, don't hesitate... > Send us a bug report at <dbrip at ripe.net> ! > > If you want to actively participate to the migration effort, you could > join the "RIP migration Task force" and let yourself be heard. Just write > to <ripe-dbm at ripe.net> and ask to join the Task Force. > > You can download the latest release of the source code at the following URL: > > ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/dbase/reimp/ripe-dbase-3.0beta2.tar.gz > > You can also join a discussion list related to version 3.0 beta of the > RIPE Database Software. To subscribe to this list, send a message to > <majordomo at ripe.net> with the line: > > subscribe db-beta > > in the body of your letter. It is a moderated mailing list so some delays > in subscription are possible. > > > Regards, > > Daniele Arena > ___________________ > RIPE Database Group > RIPE NCC > >
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