Beta WHOIS v0.3 Released

[Cathy Murphy]

On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, James W. Laferriere wrote:

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

Thanks for the suggestion Jim. So that the rest of you don't have to dig
through the website, beta whois is available at:

      beta.arin.net port 4344

TIA for testing!

Cathy Murphy <cathym at arin.net>
Principal Software Engineer
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)

> 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
>