[arin-announce] New Features Added to ARIN Online

[ARIN]

ARIN is pleased to present the latest version of ARIN Online, including 
improvements, new features, and enhancements. Full release notes are 
included below this message.

All ARIN systems have been restored and are now operating normally. We 
thank you for your patience. If you have additional questions, comments, 
or issues, please submit an Ask ARIN ticket using your ARIN Online 
account, or contact the Registration Services Help Desk by phone Monday 
through Friday, 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM ET at +1.703.227.0660.

Regards,

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


* Completed a number of infrastructure improvements and performed 
multiple bug fixes.

* Made improvements to the combined web search and Whois/RDAP search 
functions, including:
  - Adding the ability to select entities (such as POCs, Orgs, and 
Customers) in search results to get entity information.
  - Improving query behavior when a user searches for single-word entity 
names.
  - Returning nameservers in domain queries.

* Added Google captcha feature to account creation to provide added 
security.
* Created additional messaging to notify users of payment status when 
using a credit card to pay an invoice in the Payments & Billing page.
* Resolved issues with screen display and usability on certain mobile 
devices.
* Fixed parsing issues with third-party library used by the CIDR calculator.

* Completed work to transition ARIN systems to a stateless architecture 
to reduce timeouts for users and lessen downtime required for system 
maintenance. Note: As part of this change, the server used with some 
REST calls (that download files using your API key) has changed. ARIN 
has put redirects in place, but you may need to manually configure your 
scripts to point to the correct server. The server has changed for these 
commands from account.arin.net to accountws.arin.net. The affected 
commands are:
  - Downloading Bulk Whois Data – command examples:
https://accountws.current.qa.arin.net/public/secure/downloads/bulkwhois?apikey=YOUR-API-KEY 

https://accountws.current.qa.arin.net/public/secure/downloads/bulkwhois/XXX+YYY.zip?apikey=YOUR-API-KEY
- Downloading the Report of Resources with No Valid POCs – command example:
https://accountws.current.qa.arin.net/public/rest/downloads/nvpr?apikey=YOUR-API-KEY
- Downloading the Specified Transfer Listing Service (STLS) file – 
command example:
https://accountws.current.qa.arin.net/public/secure/downloads/stls?apikey=YOUR-API-KEY