--------------------------------- RIPE Whois Server version 3.x (RIP) --------------------------------- This is the version 3.3 of the server software of the RIPE Whois Server, also known as the RPSL Implementation Project (RIP). In this implementation, all the data is handled in RPSL format. This server will take Whois requests from clients and retrieve data from the RIPE Database using SQL queries. This package includes the following subdirectories: src - The server source code src/whois-server_src - The server main program src/dbupdate_src - The DB update main program src/modules - The source code split into modules src/include - Include files src/loader_src - The loader program for the DB src/defs - Definitions of objects and attributes in XML src/SQL - Database definition files src/mr_src - Mirror handling source code src/utils - Utilities src/utils/mr - Mirror reflector src/text_export_src - plaintext export of the DB src/opl-perl - Stand alone perl RPSL parser src/ripupdate_src - Tool to directly update the database conf - Examples of configuration files tests - Full regression test suite doc - Design documents and information utils/remadmin - Remote administration interface You can find an introduction to the RIPE Database Software in the file doc/index.html . Read the `INSTALL' file for instructions on how to install and run the software. The `RELEASE-NOTES' file contain some release notes for the current version of the software. Please read the file `LICENCE' for details of the software Copyright and Terms & Conditions of using the software. Requirements: We use lex and yacc for syntax parsing. It also needs JDK. You must also have a MySQL server running with InnoDB support.