New RIPE whois client available

[Daniel Karrenberg <Daniel.Karrenberg@localhost]

A new version of the RIPE whois client for Unix systems is now
available in 
		ftp.ripe.net:tools/ripe-whois.tar.Z. 

It supports several new options of the RIPE whois server. 

From the manual page:

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     -r      This option is only available  for  the  RIPE  whois
             server.    suppress   recursive  lookup  of  related
             entries.  Normally  the  RIPE  whois   server   will
             automatically  look  up  contact  persons associated
             with an object.  Specify this flag  if  you  do  not
             want this behavior.  Only objects matching the iden-
             tifier will be printed.

     -a      This option is only available  for  the  RIPE  whois
             server.   This causes the server to include informa-
             tion from non-RIPE whois  databases  in  the  reply.
             Currently  these  are the public parts of the US NIC
             and NSFnet databases. Please note that the RIPE  NCC
             does  not  maintain these databases. The information
             is included for for your convenience only.

     -s source
             This option is only available  for  the  RIPE  whois
             server.   selects  a  database  with  the  requested

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These options can also be used without installing the client by 
connecting directly to the RIPE whois server at port 43 of host
whois.ripe.net and entering the option flags followed by the 
search key(s). Note that there is no prompt and the connection
will be closed after the answer to the query is output.

Comments welcome

RIPE NCC