[ARIN-consult] Clarifications to Community Consultation on Change to Whois Output for Certain /8 REcords

[ARIN]

We received a request for a sample Whois output to produce a set of
sample queries showing the current state and the proposed new state to
facilitate discussion on the consultation. Given the query “whois -h
whois.arin.net 150.102.0.0”, today’s output lists both the DA network
and the other RIR managing 150.0.0.0/8 (RIPE NCC).

#
# Query terms are ambiguous. The query is assumed to be:
# "n 150.102.0.0"
#
# Use "?" to get help.
#

#
# The following results may also be obtained via:
#
http://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=150.102.0.0?showDetails=true&showARIN=false&ext=netref2
#

Eastman Kodak Company KODAK2 (NET-150-102-0-0-1) 150.102.0.0 -
150.102.255.255
Asia Pacific Network Information Centre APNIC-ERX-150 (NET-150-0-0-0-0)
150.0.0.0 - 150.255.255.255


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# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
# available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html
#

The suggested change would list the details only for 150.102.0.0/16:
#
# Query terms are ambiguous. The query is assumed to be:
# "n + 150.102.0.0"
#
# Use "?" to get help.
#

#
# The following results may also be obtained via:
#
http://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=150.102.0.0?showDetails=true&showARIN=false&ext=netref2
#


# start

NetRange: 150.102.0.0 - 150.102.255.255
CIDR: 150.102.0.0/16
OriginAS:
NetName: KODAK2
NetHandle: NET-150-102-0-0-1
Parent: NET-150-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Assignment
RegDate: 1991-06-04
Updated: 2003-12-01
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-150-102-0-0-1

OrgName: Eastman Kodak Company
OrgId: EASTMA
Address: IP Management Services - External Access
Address: 343 State St
City: Rochester
StateProv: NY
PostalCode: 14650-1250
Country: US
RegDate: 1987-12-01
Updated: 2011-09-24
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/EASTMA

OrgTechHandle: ZE60-ARIN
OrgTechName: Eastman Kodak Company
OrgTechPhone: +1-585-724-4000
OrgTechEmail: ipadmin at kodak.com
OrgTechRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/ZE60-ARIN

OrgAbuseHandle: ZE60-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Eastman Kodak Company
OrgAbusePhone: +1-585-724-4000
OrgAbuseEmail: ipadmin at kodak.com
OrgAbuseRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/ZE60-ARIN

RTechHandle: ZE60-ARIN
RTechName: Eastman Kodak Company
RTechPhone: +1-585-724-4000
RTechEmail: ipadmin at kodak.com
RTechRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/ZE60-ARIN

# end


To clarify some other questions raised in the discussion thus far, the
mechanism used by some whois clients to conduct this referral is
informal and non-standard. There is no URI or hostname pointer referring
to a server and therefore no easy way to point to a secondary ARIN Whois
server.

In addition, there is no intent to change the behavior of the ARIN’s
current RESTful Whois service. However, the RDAP standard being
specified by the WEIRDS working group of the IETF does have different
referral behavior than ARIN’s current RESTful Whois service. ARIN
envisions that it will run both its current RESTful Whois service and
the new RDAP standard side-by-side once the RDAP standard is complete.

Regards,

Andy Newton
Chief Engineer
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)