[db-wg] Modifying the ACL for the whois server

Dear Marwan,

To unblock an IP, you need to connect to the configuration
port,

telnet whois_server config_port

and

=0= whois R.I.P. config>  set acl <IP> deny=0
=0= whois R.I.P. config>  set nodeny <IP>


To provide unlimited access for an IP:

=0= whois R.I.P. config>  set acl <IP> maxprivate=-1


If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate
to contact <ripe-dbm at ripe.net> or <db-help at ripe.net>.

Regards,

Engin Gunduz
____________________________
RIPE Database Administration.


On 2004-06-06 07:16:28 +0400, Marwan El-Sherif wrote:
>    Dear Group,
> 
> 
>    The whois server has a very good feature implemented in it that
>    protects it from any form of abuse by enforcing ACL points. Now
>    because most of our staff are not very familiar with the CLI whois
>    client, we decided to go for a web interface for querying the whois
>    server. So we ran into the problem of the web server's IP being
>    blacklisted. I looked around the configuration of the ACL but could
>    not find any way to exclude such IPs from the `ACL points' system. We
>    already have the proper protection from any abuse on the web server.
>    We are running the RIPE Whois server 3.0.2. Is there any way to
>    exclude certain IPs from being blacklisted?
> 
> 
>    Regards,
> 
>    Marwan El-Sherif