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<p>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.<br>
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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.<br>
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Regards,<br>
<br>
Mark Kosters<br>
Chief Technology Officer<br>
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)<br>
Release Notes<br>
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Pages and processes in ARIN Online were redesigned and streamlined
to improve the user experience (ACSP 2011.21 and ACSP 2016.02).
Notable changes include:<br>
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<li>Billing, Invoice Payment and History, Reverse DNS, Resource
Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI), ARIN Consultation and
Suggestion Process (ACSP), Fraud Reporting, CIDR Calculator, and
Whois Inaccuracy Reporting pages have been updated, among
others.</li>
<li>The login process was improved, and the link to log in to ARIN
Online was moved to a new location on the site’s web pages.</li>
<li>Profile and security settings (such as two-factor
authentication and API key) are now located in the drop-down
menu under your name.</li>
<li>Notifications, including messages, correspondence, and
notifications about your user account, are now accessed by
choosing the icon next to your name.</li>
<li>Point of Contact (POC) records, Organization Identifiers (Org
IDs), and the Associations Report are found under the Your
Records menu item.</li>
<li>Implemented Google’s reCAPTCHA to provide security for the
ACSP, Fraud Reporting, Whois Inaccuracy Reporting, Recover
Username, and Reset Password pages.</li>
<li>Added accessibility features, such as improvements for screen
readers.</li>
<li>Improved page display and responsiveness on mobile devices.</li>
<li>Performed development work on new website, including migrating
data, creating new navigation and menus, and improving the user
interface and user experience.</li>
<li>Implemented a combined Site/Whois search on the website that
includes a web interface to Registration Data Access Protocol
(RDAP) in the combined search function (ACSP 2016.3).</li>
<li>Provided ARIN staff with the ability to open tickets on a
customer’s behalf; the customer can choose to accept or reject
the ticket.</li>
<li>Worked on improving Whois performance tuning.</li>
<li>Implemented the following RDAP changes:</li>
<ul>
<li> Added network type field (type) to the IP Response
object for RDAP.</li>
<li> Added network status array (status) to the IP Response
object for RDAP.</li>
<li> To satisfy RFC 7480 requirements, ARIN’s RDAP service
now allows application/json as an Accept header, in addition
to application/rdap+json. It will always return RDAP responses
with Content-Type of application/rdap+json.</li>
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