[arin-discuss] [info at arin.net: ACSP Suggestion 2007.15]

[David Williamson]

Hey!

I don't know how many of you follow the list of suggestions, but here's
the response I got for 2007.15.  I had suggested that ARIN's whois
should accept CIDR style queries, noting that it's the only RIR that
does not.

The answer I received is below, but can be summarized as "yes, that's
an interesting point, but we're not going to make the relevant changes
at this time."  There's a phrase about community support as well, which
is the trigger for this message.

So, how many of you would find this to be a useful feature?  From the
message, it sounds like sufficient community interest might move up the
timetable for implementation...hence the question. :)

Thanks!

-David


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From: Member Services <info at arin.net>
To: dlw+arin at tellme.com
Subject: ACSP Suggestion 2007.15
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:24:05 -0400

Dear David,

This is in response to your suggestion shown below that was numbered 
2007.15 upon receipt of your confirmation.

ARIN periodically receives requests to modify WHOIS in various ways, 
including your request for a CIDR query enhancement. ARIN feels it is 
important to make WHOIS as accessible and flexible as possible. Requests 
received to date have not warranted ARIN committing resources for this 
particular enhancement.  However, we agree your request will add value 
to the Internet community using ARIN WHOIS. As a result, we will add the 
request to the list of considered future enhancements for WHOIS.  When 
ARIN receives more community interest for this feature or as resources 
are available, ARIN will schedule this enhancement for incorporation 
into WHOIS.

Thank you for participating in the ARIN Consultation and Suggestion 
Process. Please consider your suggestion, 2007.15 now closed.

Regards,

Raymond A. Plzak
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)

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2007.15
Submitted 04-22-2007 17:24:06
Suggestion

I've noticed that ARIN is the only one of the RIRs that has a whois 
server that doesn't accept CIDR style queries. For example:

: dlw at corp:575 ; whois -h whois.apnic.net 10.0.0.0/8 %
[whois.apnic.net node-1] % Whois data copyright terms
http://www.apnic.net/db/dbcopyright.html

inetnum: 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
[...]

: dlw at corp:576 ; whois -h whois.arin.net 10.0.0.0/8

CIDR queries are not accepted

No match found for 10.0.0.0/8.

CIDR queries really should work. Thanks!

Timeframe immediate

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