[ppml] A proposal to modify proposal 2003-9 (WHOIS and INADDR access)

[william at elan.net]

Why do you need policy for providing in-addr data as bulk? I think ARIN 
already provides this all publicly as it, see ftp://ftp.arin.net/pub/zones

Do you need something more then that?

On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, John M. Brown wrote:

> 3. A policy for bulk WHOIS and or ARIN INADDR access will be published
> on 
>    ARIN website as follows:
> 
> "Access to the entire WHOIS or ARIN INADDR database or large portion of 
> it may be obtained by any organization or individual provided that this 
> organization or individual agrees in writing to ARIN WHOIS/INADDR
> Acceptable 
> Use Policy. WHOIS or ARIN INADDR data provided under bulk WHOIS access 
> will not include any information that is marked as private.
> 
> Access to WHOIS/INADDR data may be by way of:
> 
> Individual WHOIS/DNS queries 
> 
> FTP or other type of download 
> 
> Hard media distribution (such as CDROM) 
> 
> 
> -----
> 
> Given that ARIN now has policy  2002-1 Lame In-addr, providing
> access to the in-addr view that ARIN has would be useful for 
> the internet operational and research community, and help reduce
> lame issues.  This access would allow service providers access
> to the IN-ADDR tree and allow them to self verify what 
> deligations they are listed as authoritative for.  It would 
> allow the research community a better source of data for
> research and other activities.
> 
> 
> respectfully,
> 
> john brown