* Job Snijders: > In the meantime you could consider setting up an irrd[1], redirect > queries to that instance instead of whois.ripe.net, and keep it kind > of fresh by feeding it ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/dbase/ripe.db.gz on a > daily basis.
RIPE NCC strips all contact information from the bulk exports, so this isn't a replacement. But RIPE NCC promised that the bulk exports will include data related to the (new, mandatory) abuse-c field, so that data might be more useful again in the future.