From info at arin.net Thu Mar 10 13:50:06 2016 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 13:50:06 -0500 Subject: [ARIN-Suggestions] Response to ACSP 2016.3: Provide Web UI for RDAP Message-ID: <56E1C1DE.9040904@arin.net> We have provided a response to the author of ACSP Suggestion 2016.03: Provide Web UI for RDAP Description: Provide WebUI to RDAP directory services, including a format that is easily readable for human queries Value to Community: The new RDAP protocol provides recursive lookups of "whois" information. A web interface would allow members of the Internet community to easily and quickly search the registry without having to install a client. Response: We agree that providing a WebUI for RDAP is a useful, value-added service.Previous alpha-quality work done by an ARIN engineer has been placed into the arineng Github repository located at https://github.com/arineng/rdap_webspa - an RDAP web client Single Page Application. We plan on improving this code and adding it to the list of outstanding projects awaiting prioritization found at: https://www.arin.net/features/planned.html. Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at arin.net Wed Mar 30 16:28:56 2016 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 16:28:56 -0400 Subject: [ARIN-Suggestions] New Suggestion - ACSP 2016.4 - Waiting List for 2 Byte ASNs Message-ID: <56FC3708.1090103@arin.net> We received the following suggestion on 18 March: Suggestion Details: Description: Waiting list for 2 Byte ASNs Value to Community: One member said to me: Ticket from ARIN "We have noted your request for a 2-byte ASN. ARIN is out of 2-byte ASN's in its inventory. We get them returned voluntarily from time to time. If we have one at the time of issuance, we will issue it to your organization. If we do not have a 2-byte in inventory at that time, your organization will receive the standard 4-byte ASN. " Member comment "if they are really out - a waitinglist would be nice...." On 30 March, we sent the following response to the submitter: Thank you for your suggestion numbered 2016.04 - Waiting List for 2 Byte ASNs. Background The NRPM included instructions in the past for ARIN staff to remove any distinction between 2-byte and 4-byte in the issuance of AS numbers. This particular policy language has since been retired in the NRPM. Staff has followed policy regarding issuance of AS numbers, but has often had lower numbered, classic 2-byte, AS numbers available over time. We would either receive them in our new delegations from the IANA, obtain them from customer returns of AS numbers, or through revocations of AS numbers due to non-payment of registration fees. Although ARIN expects to no longer receive AS numbers from the IANA inside the classic 2-byte range, we do expect to continue reclaiming them through returns and revocations going forward. Some AS number requests today continue to specifically ask for an AS number from the classic 2-byte range. In those situations we relay to the customer that we have noted their special request and that we will accommodate it at the issuance phase of the ticket process if one is available at the time. The Suggestion We understand your suggestion is to establish a waiting list for AS numbers from the classic 2-byte range for those customers who specifically request one when ARIN does not have them available. This waiting list would be similar to the IPv4 waiting list for unmet requests, but managed separately for AS numbers. Organizations would be placed on this AS number waiting list, and when one became available through reclamation at ARIN, it would be slated for the organization first on the waiting list. Staff Action ARIN staff can create a waiting list for 2-byte AS numbers if there is favor from the community to establish one. ARIN staff will open a consultation on the topic to gather feedback and take appropriate action based on information received through that process. Thank you for participating in the ARIN Consultation and Suggestion Process. We will leave this suggestion open until a consultation has been completed on this topic and an implementation plan has been established. Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)