Re: GeekTools Whois Proxy and RIPE/RIPE-NCC

[Rodney Joffe <rjoffe () centergate com>]

Hi David,

On Dec 31, 2012, at 10:55 AM, David Conrad <drc () virtualized org> wrote:

> Rodney,
>
> On Dec 31, 2012, at 7:41 AM, Rodney Joffe <rjoffe () centergate com> wrote:
> > Two weeks ago RIPE-NCC, who provide the whois data for IP addresses in the RIPE region, informed us that based on 
> > decisions by their members, as of January 1st 2013, tomorrow, they would no longer provide whois proxy query 
> > response services to GeekTools unless we ponied up $1,800 a year for RIPE membership.
> ...
> > I think its wrong to have to pay for whois data that is part of a community resource . So I won't do it.
>
> I have to assume there is some sort of misunderstanding here as the actions on behalf of RIPE you describe are ... 
> surprising.  However, if there isn't a misunderstanding then I strongly agree with you. 
>
> I'll be interested in seeing RIPE's side of the story…

I am absolutely open to believing that I have misunderstood. The older I've gotten, the dumber I've realized I am ;-)

The references I can provide (besides the notice from RIPE which you already have) appear to be:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-558 , specifically 2.4.7 RIPE Database Proxy Service

/rlj