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

[Nate Davis]

Ted,

The code used for this particular application is closely tied to the internal workings of ARIN and would not be of much use externally to someone who wants to set up a proxy service themselves.

However..

One of the main components that is required in building a service is the XSLT which performs the transform between the raw XML provided by the Whois-RWS to the legacy format served up in port 43.
The XSLT can be used to understand the mapping between the new and old formats. We plan on adding more XSLT examples to the Whois-RWS API documentation beyond the POC example that exists today.

If this does not address your issue and you believe that ARIN should consider building a public domain software package for this type of thing, your suggestion is welcome via the ARIN Consultation and Suggestion Process (ACSP) located at, https://www.arin.net/app/suggestion/

Regards,

Nate Davis
Chief Operating Officer
ARIN

-----Original Message-----
From: arin-discuss-bounces at arin.net [mailto:arin-discuss-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of Ted Mittelstaedt
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:24 PM
To: arin-whoisrws at arin.net
Cc: arin-discuss at arin.net
Subject: Re: [arin-discuss] [arin-announce] ARIN's RESTful Whois Directory Service Available 26 June

"...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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