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Whois R.I.P. (ReImplementation Project)
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This is a new implementation of the server part of the RIPE database.
This server will take whois requests from clients and retrieve data from the
new RIPE database using SQL queries.

It contains the following subdirectories:
./bin/rip	- The server source code
./bin/dbupdate	- The DB update program 
./bin/load	- The loader program for the DB
./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		- Some utilities needed for installation

The version number is found in the file `VERSION'.
  
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.

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 <ripe-dbm@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.

