[arin-tech-discuss] has the WHOIS CLI behavior reverted?

[Michael Sinatra]

On 11/22/11 17:06, Michael Sinatra wrote:

> As of today, it appears that this behavior has returned. Was there a
> reason for the reversion? Or did I merely miss something and/or am
> smoking crack?

Oh, this is really weird.  Same query, done within 30 seconds of one 
another:

#1:

%whois -a 209.140.73.50
#
# Query terms are ambiguous.  The query is assumed to be:
#     "n 209.140.73.50"
#
# Use "?" to get help.
#

#
# The following results may also be obtained via:
# 
http://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=209.140.73.50?showDetails=true&showARIN=false&ext=netref2
#

NetRange:       209.140.64.0 - 209.140.127.255
CIDR:           209.140.64.0/18
OriginAS:       AS6621
NetName:        AIRBORNE-NETWORK
NetHandle:      NET-209-140-64-0-1
Parent:         NET-209-0-0-0-0
NetType:        Direct Allocation
Comment:        www.row44.com
RegDate:        2011-01-21
Updated:        2011-01-24
Ref:            http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-209-140-64-0-1

OrgName:        Row 44, Inc.
OrgId:          ROW44
Address:        31280 Oak Crest Dr.
City:           Westlake Villiage
StateProv:      CA
PostalCode:     91361
Country:        US
RegDate:        2010-02-09
Updated:        2010-08-04
Ref:            http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/ROW44

OrgAbuseHandle: BROWN28-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   Browne, Chris
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-630-519-3322
OrgAbuseEmail:  noc at row44.com
OrgAbuseRef:    http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/BROWN28-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: BROWN28-ARIN
OrgTechName:   Browne, Chris
OrgTechPhone:  +1-630-519-3322
OrgTechEmail:  noc at row44.com
OrgTechRef:    http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/BROWN28-ARIN

OrgNOCHandle: BROWN28-ARIN
OrgNOCName:   Browne, Chris
OrgNOCPhone:  +1-630-519-3322
OrgNOCEmail:  noc at row44.com
OrgNOCRef:    http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/BROWN28-ARIN

#
# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
# available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html
#

#2:

%whois -a 209.140.73.50
#
# Query terms are ambiguous.  The query is assumed to be:
#     "n 209.140.73.50"
#
# Use "?" to get help.
#

#
# The following results may also be obtained via:
# 
http://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=209.140.73.50?showDetails=true&showARIN=true&ext=netref2
#

Row 44, Inc. AIRBORNE-NETWORK (NET-209-140-64-0-1) 209.140.64.0 - 
209.140.127.255
American Registry for Internet Numbers NET209 (NET-209-0-0-0-0) 
209.0.0.0 - 209.255.255.255


#
# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
# available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html
#

Either we're load-balancing to a RESTful gateway that Didn't Get The 
Memo, or it's being worked on as we speak...

michael