Dear Sergey Sorry for the problems. We had not enabled access to it through our firewall. The whois queries should work now. But we have not enabled ping access. regards denis Sergey Myasoedov wrote:
Dear Denis,
it seems the server whois-asn32-test.ripe.net is unavailable:
$ ping whois-asn32-test.ripe.net PING whois-asn32-test.ripe.net (193.0.19.77): 56 data bytes ^C --- whois-asn32-test.ripe.net ping statistics --- 6 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
Monday, February 23, 2009, 5:37:00 PM, you wrote:
DW> Dear Colleagues,
DW> The RIPE NCC is preparing for the implementation of the IETF RFC 5396. DW> This defines the representation of all AS Numbers in the ASPLAIN format.
DW> There is now a test RIPE Database server available using the new DW> software for ASPLAIN. It is a static copy of the NRTM RIPE Database DW> from 19 February 2009, excluding all personal data. All ASDOT DW> objects and references have been converted to ASPLAIN.
DW> We did a very simple conversion on this test database which may have DW> broken some referential integrity rules. If you experience any problems DW> please contact <asn32@ripe.net>.
DW> To access this test database:
DW> Query: whois-asn32-test.ripe.net (port 43) DW> Mailupdates: asn32-test-dbm@ripe.net DW> Syncupdates: http(s)://syncupdates-asn32-test.db.ripe.net
DW> Please test any internal scripts or third party tools you may use for DW> accessing the RIPE Database which involve AS Numbers. Please send any DW> feedback or comments by 13 March 2009 to <asn32@ripe.net>.
DW> Regards, DW> Denis Walker DW> Business Analyst DW> RIPE NCC
-- Sergey