Henning Brauer wrote:
* Joao Damas <Joao_Damas@isc.org> [2007-03-02 03:58]:
On 2 Mar 2007, at 03:31, Henning Brauer wrote:
right now, I have whois.ripe.net hardwired, of course this is going to change before the tool is released. I am using "-r -a -T <objtype> <object>" for aut-num and as-set, and "-r -a -T <objtype> -i origin <as>" for route objects.
you can reduce the information you get back by asking the RIPE whois server to give you only the primary keys using the -K flag. In route objects that would give you the prefix and the origin only, and not the rest of the ancillary info. The option was put there just for this use.
excellent, doing that now.
Questions: can I make life easier for the whois servers by using another set of query options?
what is a good default whois server? whois.ripe.net? whois.radb.net?
they tend to mirror each other and be sync'ed. By using the -a option above, you are specifying that the server search them all, so it doesn't matter.
the question was less about the data they carry - I know they should be in sync. I was more looking for things like "don't ever use X by default because they can't handle the load without you already" or the like :)
of course, I run into the penalty delays the whois server imposes because of the amount of queries I send. How do I deal with that?
you contact the RIPE NCC and sign an AUP, so the limit is removed.
so that is what I need to recommend in the manpage?
I have looked a bit more and spend some time with http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/db-query-manual.html
From that document it sounds like the penalty is only there if I query person/role data. That does not match what I see tho - I do not query anything but aut-num, as-set and route objects. Still, I am suspect to the delay.
May I suggest that you forward this mail to <ripe-dbm@ripe.net>. We will then discuss it with you off the list. There are things we can do to help you with this situation. regards DenisWalker Database Group RIPE NCC
Greetings
Henning Brauer