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--- /daten/homes/vwhois/public_html/gwhois_fork/source_20120626-1.2/package/README.RIPE 2012-06-26 16:15:57.000000000 +0200+++ /daten/homes/vwhois/public_html/gwhois_fork/source_patch/package/README.RIPE 2012-04-25 19:12:48.000000000 +0200 -2,13 +2,18 by default. This is in principal a good step, as the missing information was often misunderstood and/or misused by clueless users. +According to RIPE NCC, the filtered attributes are as follows:+- notify:+- changed:+- e-email:+ gwhois will therefore NOT circumvent that protection by adding the needed query flag automatically. However if you want to have that flag added, you can apply the following patch to your pattern file. But please do not make such a gwhois instance accessable by public. ---- pattern 2007-02-17 00:07:57.000000000 +0100-+++ pattern.ripe 2007-02-17 00:08:19.000000000 +0100+--- /etc/gwhois/pattern 2007-02-17 00:07:57.000000000 +0100++++ /etc/gwhois/pattern.ripe 2007-02-17 00:08:19.000000000 +0100 -3,6 +3,9 # Redirect-Targets (for specifying query modifiers) -46,3 +51,32 ^lim- ^poem- -mnt$++The pattern generator needs following patch.++--- /etc/gwhois/gwhois-pattern-update.conf 2012-04-19 05:53:07.000000000 +0200++++ /etc/gwhois/gwhois-pattern-update.conf.ripe 2012-04-19 05:56:49.000000000 +0200+ -22 +22 +-ENABLE_UNFILTERED_RIPE_OUTPUT = 0++ENABLE_UNFILTERED_RIPE_OUTPUT = 1++After that, please rerun+/usr/share/gwhois/maintenance/pattern-generator/gwhois-pattern-update++++==== CORRECTION BY VIATHINKSOFT ======++25 April 2012++According to RIPE, the "-B" flag only hides attributes which contain e-mail-addresses:+- notify:+- changed:+- e-email:++In my opinion, there is no data filtered which the user could "misunderstand" as written above.+Also, same informations (e-mail, notify, changed) which are filtered at RIPE with "-B" are shown unfiltered for other RIRs like APNIC.+So it would be a good step to let GWhoIs output the same attributes for European IPs as for Asian IPs.+Another argument is that the extended output e.g. allows automatical abuse reporting using X-ARF.++To protect e-mail-addresses in public services (not only RIPE data), I have implemented an anti-spam-filter directly in GWhoIs (can be disabled with CLI argument flag -e), so "-B" can now be enabled by default for RIPE.