HELP! finger handle... out of order

Dear Wilhelm,

> Hostmaster NTG/Xlink writes :
>
> please give me the chance again, to get RIPE-Handles for person
> via the finger- or an other service.
> 
> We use RIPE-Handles in our internal customer-database, the
> use of AUTO-Handle needs a rewriting of several tools, if
> possible at all.

I have to apologize for this. I didn't realize this when I put the new
finger text in production. I have immediately put the finger
functionality back, however you will first get a message that advises you
to use the AUTO NIC handle assignment feature and information how it
works. Does this work for you ?

> At the ripe-meeting in Berlin, it was said, that the auto-assign
> will be an _addional_ feature.

The finger tool is a very inefficient tool and should get a rewrite if we
want to keep it. We had to take emergency measures last week to avoid an
complete overload on the database machine solely caused by the finger
tool.

This is the reason we would like that this tool goes eventually. It is
possible to make the tool more efficient and acceptable but this will
take some extra time that we probably better use for new database
development work. But of course the choice is up to the RIPE community.

David K.
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