Dear Colleagues, Yesterday morning, there were problems with the whois service and with auto-dbm. Unfortunately, the RIPE NCC was closed yesterday for the annual staff day. The staff were out of the office, in a rural location. Thus, when we became aware of the problems, our response time was longer than usual. A message explaining the situation was posted, but again unfortunatley, this message does not appear to have been delivered. We have fixed the problems and wish to thank those of you who took the time and the trouble to notify us. Murphy's Law worked overtime yesterday, but thankfully, once we knew that there was a problem, it did not prevent a dash to the RIPE NCC office using various types of transport. If you have any questions, please contact <ripe-dbm@ripe.net>. Regards, Ambrose Magee ________________________ RIPE NCC Database Group.