RWHOIS Update

[Linda]

Good Morning,

Satellite Communication Systems does not plan on downloading the RWHOIS.  We
as well as our customers solely use SWIP.

Regards,
Linda

ginny listman wrote:

> At the ARIN Open Policy and Member Meeting in San Francisco (2-4 Apr 2001)
> there was consensus that RWHOIS was in dire need of repair.  This echoed
> similar sentiments that had been raised on various mail lists.  In
> response to this desire, work begun on "fixing" RWHOIS.
>
> On September 6, ARIN's Engineering Department announced the release of a
> beta version of the RWHOIS software.  Details are at:
>
>     http://www.arin.net/mailinglist/dbwg/0153.html
>
> Since that time, there has been approximately 30 downloads from our ftp
> site.  I have receive only one comment from someone who had problems
> compiling the software.
>
> My questions to the community are:
>
> 1. Is RWHOIS an option for your company to replace SWIP?
> 2. If you haven't download it yet, do you plan on downloading at a later
> time?  Are you busy establishing a test site?
> 3. If you have downloaded it, have you done any testing?  Have you found
> any bugs?  Can you make any recommendations for improvement?
> 4. Is investing in RWHOIS development a good allocation of ARIN
> Engineering resources?
>
> These issues will be discussed at the ARIN Member Meeting scheduled for
> late October in Miami.  However, discussing these questions now will help
> facilitate that discussion.  Please send all responses to dbwg at arin.net.
>
> Ginny Listman
> Director of Engineering
> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)