Beta WHOIS v0.3 Released

[James W. Laferriere]

	Hello Ginny ,  Please place the url: for the new versions in each
	announcement .  Saves me a tad bit of searching each time .  Tia ,  JimL

On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, ginny listman wrote:

> ARIN has release Beta WHOIS version 0.3. This version has updated many of
> the known bugs, as well as implemented some new features. For full
> details, review the WHOIS Beta website at:
>     http://www.arin.net/tools/whois_update.html
>
> Although, the help screen has been written, displaying it has not been
> implemented in the software. There are some differences from the WHOIS
> document that was posted to the list in March. I have included it below. I
> encourage everyone to read it, discover the new features of WHOIS and give
> it a test.
>
> Ginny Listman
> Director of Engineering
> ARIN
>
> ********************
>
> ARIN's WHOIS service provides a mechanism for finding contact and registration
> information for resources registered with ARIN. ARIN's database contains IP
> addresses, autonomous system (AS) numbers, organizations or customers that are
> associated with these resources, and related Points of Contact (POC).
>
> ARIN's WHOIS will NOT locate any domain-related information, or any information
> relating to military networks. Please use whois.internic.net to locate domain
> information, and whois.nic.mil for military network information.
>
> Many operating systems provide a WHOIS utility. To conduct a query from the
> command line, the format is:
>   whois -h hostname identifier e.g. whois -h whois.arin.net <query string>
>
> To obtain a more specific response, you may conduct a search by using certain
> flags. Many of these flags can be combined to indicate the desired output.
> Flags must be separated from each other and from the search term by a space.
> Your results will vary depending on the refinements you apply in your search.
> Listed below are the flags currently available; you may only use one flag from
> each flag-type in a query (i.e. one record type, one attribute, etc.).
>
>
> Query-by-record-type:
> ---------------------
> To limit your query to a specific record type, include one of the following
> flags:
>       n       Network address space
>       a       Autonomous systems
>       p       Points of contact
>       o       Organizations
>       c       End-user customers
>
>
> Query-by-attribute:
> -------------------
> To limit your query to a specific record attribute, include one of the
> following flags:
>       @<domain name>     Searches for matches by the domain-portion of an email
>                          address
>       ! <handle>         Searches for matches by handle or id
>       . <name>           Searches for matches by name
>
> Searches that retrieve a single record will display the full record. Searches
> that retrieve more than one record will be displayed in list output.
>
>
> Display flags:
> --------------
> To modify the way that the query results display, include one of the
> following flags:
>       +       Shows detailed (aka 'full' output) display for EACH match
>       -       Show summary only (aka 'list' output), even if single match
>               returned
>
> The + flag cannot be used with the sub-query feature described below.
>
>
> Record hierarchy:
> -----------------
> Records in the ARIN WHOIS database have hierarchical relationship with other
> records. To display those related records, use the following flags:
>
>       <       Displays the record related up the hierarchy. For a network,
>               display the supernet, or parent network in detailed (full)
>               format.
>       >       Displays the record(s) related down the hierarchy. For a network,
>               display the subdelegation(s), or subnets, below the network, in
>               summary (list) format. For an organization or customer, display
>               the resource(s) registered to that organization or customer, in
>               summary (list) format.
>
>
> Wild card queries:
> ------------------
> WHOIS supports wild card queries. This feature is only supported as a trailing
> character option. To take advantage of this append the query with an asterisk
> (*). This can also be used in combination with any flags defined above.
>
>
> Other helpful hints:
> --------------------
> To guarantee matching only a single record, look it up by its handle using a
> handle-only search.  In the record summary line, the handle is shown in
> parenthesis after the name.
>
> When using a handle to conduct a search for POC information, be sure to add
> the -ARIN extension.
>
> Queries that return more than 256 results will stop displaying data after the
> 256th result. You may want to narrow your search criteria or add flags to your
> query to limit the results.
>
> To search on an individual's name, you may enter the last name, or to further
> restrict results, use the last name and first name, separated by a comma. For
> example: Smith, John.
>

James W. Laferriere
Research Engineer
jlaferriere at adelphiacom.net
814.260.3697 Voice
814.260.3760 Fax