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Using the New ARIN WHOIS. Ginny Listman Director of Engineering Ginny@arin.net. Why a new WHOIS?. ARIN will be making changes to the registration process Implementing new database Expanding POC types: Abuse, Administrative, NOC and Technical Introducing organization object
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Using the New ARIN WHOIS Ginny Listman Director of Engineering Ginny@arin.net
Why a new WHOIS? • ARIN will be making changes to the registration process • Implementing new database • Expanding POC types: Abuse, Administrative, NOC and Technical • Introducing organization object • No longer registering IP addresses associated with Name Servers NANOG25 Richmond Hill, Ontario
Improvements • Adding labels to facilitate parsing • Displaying registration date for all objects • Providing IP addresses in CIDR notation • Identifying upstream ISP network handle NANOG25 Richmond Hill, Ontario
Beta Testing • Need sufficient time to rewrite and test scripts • Data is stale • Only port 4344 queries are available • Does not contain IPv6 data • Some querying options not yet implemented • Beta server: beta.arin.net NANOG25 Richmond Hill, Ontario
Timeline • Jun 10: Beta testing begins • Aug 2: Beta testing closes • Aug 12: New WHOIS released NANOG25 Richmond Hill, Ontario
Development Status • Whois beta development status and known bugs: • www.arin.net/tools/whois_update.html • Additional questions and comments can be sent to: • dbwg@arin.net • www.arin.net/tools/bugs_report.html NANOG25 Richmond Hill, Ontario