[consult] WHOIS Query Result Limits

[Kevin Kargel]

Polar Communications is an ISP in rural North Dakota.  We have not been
seriously impacted by the 256 WHOIS query limit.  We are fine with the
limit staying as-is.

Best regards,
Kevin Kargel
Polar Communications,110 4th Street East,Park River, ND 58270
Tel: (701)284-7221 x330 (800)284-7222 Fax: (701)284-2758
kkargel at polartel.com or sysadmin at polarcomm.com

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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:57:18 -0400
> From: Member Services <info at arin.net>
> Subject: [consult] ARIN staff input on WHOIS Query Result Limits
> To: consult at arin.net
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> The suggestion to remove the 256 WHOIS query results limit 
> was referred to the consultation process in order to 
> determine if the current limit presents a problem for many in 
> the community.
> 
> ARIN currently does not track the frequency that WHOIS 
> responses are truncated. If ARIN were asked to track and 
> report on this number, the results would include both valid 
> uses of WHOIS and questionable uses of WHOIS. Absent a 
> judgment-based analysis of the queries, the results provided 
> would not correlate to the actual number of users impacted by 
> the 256 response limit.
> 
> ARIN rarely sees requests from people asking for expanded 
> WHOIS queries for organizations and their associated 
> resources such as the ones that Heather mentions. If we had 
> to give an approximate number for those received within the 
> last year, it would probably be less than 5 requests.
> 
> The discussion period has been extended one week so that 
> anyone with information to share regarding current experience 
> with the limit may speak up.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Member Services
> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)