[ARIN-Suggestions] Response to Suggestion 2013.5 - PROVIDE WHOIS-RWS RESULTS IN JSONP FOR EASE OF 3RD-PARTY APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

[ARIN]

ARIN has issued its initial response to ACSP Suggestion 2013.5. The 
suggestion and response text are provided below. This suggestion remains 
open and is available at:

https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2013-5.html

Regards,

Communications and Member Services
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)

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Suggestion: *

WHOIS-RWS provides results in XML or JSON. Due to the same-origin 
policy, it is not possible for a client's web browser to access 
WHOIS-RWS. Of course the server of the website that the client is 
visiting could act as a proxy between the client's browser and 
WHOIS-RWS, but that is a waste of bandwidth.

If WHOIS-RWS could provide results in JSONP or set 
"Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *" to allow CORS, it would allow 
developers that depend on WHOIS-RWS to create easier and more efficient 
web applications.

*Response:*

ARIN believes your suggestion warrants further development and 
implementation. To that end, ARIN will go with the 
Access-Control-Allow-Origin header setting to enable this functionality 
as it is the best standardized approach to providing these types of 
services.

We do not have a scheduled implementation at this time, but will keep 
this suggestion open until implemented.
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