* Axel Pawlik:
Users of the RIPE Database have unlimited access to Network Information Centre (NIC)-related objects. They can use the -r flag in order to filter out personal objects and query NIC objects without any limitations.
Interesting. This does not work for me: fw@deneb:~$ printf '%s\r\n' "-r 193.0.14.129" | nc whois.ripe.net 43 % This is the RIPE Database query service. % The objects are in RPSL format. % % The RIPE Database is subject to Terms and Conditions. % See http://www.ripe.net/db/support/db-terms-conditions.pdf %ERROR:201: access denied for 85.183.209.94 % % Queries from your IP address have passed the daily limit of controlled objects. % Access from your host has been temporarily denied. % For more information, see % http://www.ripe.net/data-tools/db/faq/faq-db/why-did-you-receive-the-error-2... % This query was served by the RIPE Database Query Service version 1.47.5 (WHOIS1) fw@deneb:~$ Before that, I managed to blow my entire daily quota with a single query, namely "-r r" (typo for "?", requesting help).