CIDR support for whois.arin.net / merging whois with rr data?

[Member Services]

Hello Jeroen-

Thank you for your suggestions.  The ppml is generally used to provide 
community input into the ARIN policy process, but your question is 
certainly welcome.

(See http://www.arin.net/policy/irpep.html for further information on 
the ARIN policy development process).

You have essentially made a two fold request; modify the ARIN WHOIS so 
that it accepts queries by CIDR prefix and integrate the ARIN Routing 
Registry into the ARIN Internet number resource registry (WHOIS).

We plan to do an integration of the routing registry and WHOIS in 2007 
so that the appropriate number resource registration information is 
accurately produced when a query is made to the RR. Thus, queries to the 
WHOIS will return the registration information as it currently does, and 
queries to the RR will return routing policy information as it currently 
does. However, a query to the WHOIS will not return routing policy 
information and a query to the RR will not return all of the details of 
the number resource registration data.

With regard to changing the WHOIS so that it accepts queries by CIDR 
prefix, we will have to look into this and get back to you.

We thank you for your input.

Regards,

Leslie Nobile
Director, Registration Services
American Registry for Internet Numbers