IMPORTANT; Aut-num objects.

[RIPE Database Administration <]

Dear Colleagues,

The data file and index file of the aut-num objects were
corrupted this morning.  This caused the aut-num objects 
not to be available.  We regenerated the indexes.  However,
we discovered that some aut-num objects were missing.  Thus,
we rebuilt the data file using a back-up copy and generated
new indexes.  The aut-num objects file was reliable until
00:00 hours UTC on Monday, 3 November.  The whois service was
reliable again at 17:00 hours UTC this evening and the ftp copy
of the aut-num objects was valid again at 20:00 hours UTC tonight.

We are aware that this may have caused you some inconvenience;
we therefore fixed the problem as fast as we could.

If you use the data in the aut-num objects file as a basis
for build routing tables or any similar purpose, we recommend 
that you obtain a new copy of this data from our ftp-site.

Only the aut-num objects were affected this morning.  The 
other database objects appeared not to be affected.

If you have anymore questions, please contact
ripe-dbm@localhost.

Regards,

Ambrose Magee
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RIPE Database Administration.