Dear All, This mail is to notify you that today, we have frozen the source code of the new implementation of the RIPE Database software into a new snapshot. The main new feature of the last snapshot is that the PGP signed messages are now handled by the software, i.e. the PGPKEY authentication scheme is supported. Moreover, more inverse queries have been implemented (-i upd-to and -i mnt-nfy), and several bugs have been fixed. You can download this last snapshot at the following URL: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/dbase/reimp/RIP-0.5.0beta1.tar.gz We remind you that you can also test the functionality of this snapshot of the RIP whois server in 2 ways: - By querying the host reimp.ripe.net at port 43; you will find there a Near-Real-Time Mirror of the RIPE Database. This mirror is in RPSL format. - By using the RIP Test Database. You can send test updates to this database at the address <auto-rip@ripe.net>, and you can query this database at reimp.ripe.net port 4343. We would be very pleased if you could test the new implementation in both ways, and let us know your opinions. Please send your comments and bug reports to the <db-beta@ripe.net> mailing 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. Regards, Daniele Arena ___________________ RIPE Database Group.