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

[Andy Newton]

On 8/25/26 5:25 PM, Adam Thompson wrote:
> Is WHOIS the future? No.  Is the query syntax baroque? Absolutely.  I can understand ARIN wanting to stop maintaining an old service with an old codebase, but I think the fallout damage here is being VASTLY underestimated.

Perhaps part of the plan could include analysis of the current queries to be used to reach out to orgs that may depend on this information, as the consultation text did say ARIN would work with the community on this.

And maybe there could be some testing, such as was done with RPKI.

-andy