[arin-discuss] [arin-announce] ARIN's RESTful Whois Directory Service Available 26 June

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

"...ARIN will continue to
maintain services for the NICNAME/WHOIS protocol on TCP/43. This is
achieved by using a proxy service to translate traditional ARIN Whois
queries into Whois-RWS queries. However,..."

Can we get the source for this proxy code, please?

Thanks,
Ted

On 6/24/2010 10:00 AM, Member Services wrote:
> ARIN is deploying an improved Whois service called Whois-RWS on 26 June
> 2010. Included in the deployment are the following services that provide
> the general public with access to ARIN's registration data.
>
> * a RESTful Web Service (RWS)
> * a NICNAME/WHOIS port 43 service
> * a user-friendly web site (http://whois.arin.net)
>
> When using Whois-RWS you will notice some differences in behavior for
> certain queries and corresponding result sets on the NICNAME/WHOIS TCP
> port 43 service. These minor differences are documented at:
>
> https://www.arin.net/resources/whoisrws/whois_diff.html
>
> ARIN’s Directory Service for registration data has used the
> NICNAME/WHOIS protocol since its inception. The limitations of the
> NICNAME/WHOIS protocol are well known and documented in RFC3912.
> Whois-RWS was created as an alternative to the ARIN Whois and will
> provide much richer functionality and capability to the community.
>
> Whois-RWS can easily be integrated into command line scripts, or it can
> be used with a web browser, which makes it applicable for programmatic
> consumption and accessible for interactive use. ARIN will continue to
> maintain services for the NICNAME/WHOIS protocol on TCP/43. This is
> achieved by using a proxy service to translate traditional ARIN Whois
> queries into Whois-RWS queries. However, ARIN recommends use of the
> RESTful Web Service.
>
> Those who choose to use the Whois-RWS Proxy will find it has many
> features unavailable over the existing Whois service, including:
>
> * Support for new query types such as CIDR queries
> * Better feedback for ambiguous queries
> * More finely scoped record type queries
> * Options for NICNAME/WHOIS clients that re-interpret traditional
> parameters used by ARIN's service.
> * RESTful URL references, useful for embedding into documents and e-mail
> * Better grouping of record types and delineation of results
>
> Another major benefit is that data from ARIN’s registration database is
> distributed to the Whois-RWS servers many times throughout the day,
> versus the once-a-day update of ARIN’s previous Whois service. Changes
> will be reflected more quickly through Whois-RWS, so query results will
> be more current than the previous Whois service.
>
> ARIN continues to welcome community participation on the Whois-RWS
> mailing list, and we invite you to subscribe and provide feedback to:
>
> http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-whoisrws
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Mark Kosters
> Chief Technical Officer
> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
>
>
>
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