[ARIN-consult] Consultation on the Future of ARIN???s Directory Services (Updated)

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 12:58:26PM -0700, Roman Tatarnikov wrote:
>  - RDAP is here to be, whether someone likes it or not.

Why?

>    Whether like it or not, we're going to move to RDAP at one point or
>    another.

Why?

> Once again, I want to emphasize that this is less of a conversation of whether
> to keep WHOIS, but more of when to turn it off.

Why?

I totally fail to see a compelling argument here that "we must move to
RDAP" if whois (as in "the most simple protocol reached via tcp/43")
serves the purpose people want to have served.

Gert Doering
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have you enabled IPv6 on something today...?

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