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RIPE Whois Server version 3 (RIP)
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This is the version 3.0 of the server software of the RIPE Whois
Server, also known as the RPSL Implementation Project (RIP).  In this
implementation, all the data is handled in RPSL format.  This server
will take Whois requests from clients and retrieve data from the Whois
database using SQL queries.

The home page of the server can be found at:

http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/pub-services/db/reimp/

While you can find a very helpful page on the migration from RIPE-181 to
RPSL at:

http://www.ripe.net/rpsl/

Be sure to check it!

This package contains the following subdirectories:
bin/rip	   	   - The server source code
bin/dbupdate	   - The DB update program 
bin/load	   - The loader program for the DB
conf		   - Examples of configuration files
defs		   - Definitions of objects and attributes in XML
design	   	   - Design documents and information
doc		   - Code documentation, generated with `global' and `cxref'
include	   	   - Include files
modules	   	   - The source code
utils		   - Utilities
utils/whois3       - Whois client
utils/remadmin	   - Remote administration interface
utils/mr           - Mirror reflector
utils/text_export  - plaintext export of the DB


You can find an introduction to the RIPE Database Software v3.0 in the
file doc/index.html .

Read the `INSTALL' file for instructions on how to install and run the
software.

The `RELEASE-NOTES' file contain some release notes for the current
version of the software.

System-specific notes are contained in files named `README.system'.  For
example, Solaris notes are in `README.solaris'.

Please read the file `COPYING'. It contains the software Copyright.


We will appreciate all kinds of comments, feedback, questions, bug
reporting etc. regarding the RIP software. Please do not hesitate to
contact the address <dbrip@ripe.net> for these matters.

There is also a mailing list concerning Beta releases of the RIPE
Database software: <db-beta@ripe.net>. You can send your
comments about the software to this list.

To subscribe to this list, send a message to <majordomo@ripe.net> with
the line:

subscribe db-beta

in the body of your letter. This is a moderated mailing list, so some
delays in subscription are possible.

$Date: 2001/09/18 14:29:21 $
