Florian Weimer wrote:
* Tobias Knecht:
Wouldn't it be easier if RIPE created person/role object dumps, containing only the nic-hdl and the abuse-mailbox field? IRT object dumps would make a lot of sense, too.
I think RIPE shuts down the Bulk Data Service because of Privacy issues. So that might not be the right way.
What? Even for the inetnum objects? Can you provide a pointer for that, please?
Just to clarify this point, the RIPE NCC has no plans to shut down bulk access to operational data. The only restrictions are regarding personal and security data. There will be no bulk access to PERSON, ROLE, ORGANISATION or MNTNER objects. In other objects types NIC Handle references will also be removed from the bulk access data. Regards Denis Walker Business Analyst RIPE NCC Database Group
whois -h whois.ripe.net IRT-MCI-NL -b
I would expect that query type to be subject to rate limits as well. And when every network block needs an IRT object, some people will likely script the creation of it, so you end up with less caching.