[db-wg] Prototype IRIS server deployed at the RIPE NCC

Dear Colleagues,

As part of a project to implement the IRIS protocol (also known as 
CRISP), the RIPE NCC has set up a prototype IRIS server for 
public testing. We announced this project during the RIPE 49 Meeting 
in Manchester:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-49/presentations/ripe49-db-crisp-update.pdf

We have set up the prototype server as a proxy in front of the 
RIPE Whois Database. It is based on the FlowerBed server 
implementation developed by VeriSign Labs:

http://iris.verisignlabs.com/blojsom/blog/iris/flowerbed/ 

The server uses the AREG protocol, you can find more information about 
this at:

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-crisp-iris-areg-12.txt

We have developed a prototype Perl client that can be used to 
make queries to AREG servers.  This is not a complete client 
implementation, but we have made it available as we feel it will be 
useful for those that want to test the service.

A web interface for querying the prototype server is available at:

http://www.ripe.net/cgi-bin/test-iris/areg-query.pl

You can find more details about this project at:

http://www.ripe.net/db/iris-pilot/


Regards,

Peter Banik
RIPE NCC