[arin-announce] Whois-RWS Released 17 July 2010

[Member Services]

ARIN is pleased to announce the release of Whois-RWS.

ARIN’s Whois RESTful Web Service (Whois-RWS) is the directory service 
for accessing registration data contained within ARIN’s registration 
database. Whois-RWS provides several improvements over ARIN’s previous 
Whois service. Whois-RWS can easily be integrated into command line 
scripts similar to Whois or RWhois, or it can be accessed with a web 
browser.

For those who rely on existing scripts and clients, ARIN will continue 
to maintain services for the NICNAME/WHOIS protocol on TCP/43. This is 
achieved by using a proxy service to translate traditional ARIN Whois 
queries into Whois-RWS queries.

View service differences, a Whois-RWS FAQ, and API documentation at:
https://www.arin.net/resources/whoisrws/ 
<https://webdev.arin.net/resources/whoisrws/>

Important details on other features in development can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/features/

Please send any questions, comments, or issues to: hostmaster at arin.net.


Regards,

Mark Kosters
Chief Technical Officer
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)