New ARIN Online Features and RESTful Provisioning Released 19 March 2011 [Archived]

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Posted: Monday, 21 March 2011

ARIN is pleased to announce the successful release of resource requests and Delegation Management via ARIN Online functionality and our RESTful Provisioning System.

Beginning today, all initial and additional requests for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and ASNs must now be submitted through ARIN Online. All correspondence on requests can be managed through your Message Center for easy tracking. You may also modify networks and ASNs using ARIN Online.

ARIN now supports per-delegation management of nameservers and the provisioning of secure delegations through Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC). Both nameservers and DS Records are managed via ARIN Online only. As part of the change to the per-delegation model, ARIN now also supports delegation searches in Whois. A brief tutorial has been created to assist you in using this new functionality:

https://www.arin.net/knowledge/dnssec/index.html

ARIN’s RESTful interface allows users to continue to automate their requests to ARIN while providing stronger authentication than mail-from authorization used with email templates. Users need an API Key to use ARIN’s RESTful interface, and to have an ARIN Online account linked to a POC authoritative to make the request. Full details on the RESTful Provisioning system are available at:

https://www.arin.net/resources/restful-interfaces.html

For information on API Keys, refer to:

https://www.arin.net/features/api_keys.html

In addition to implementing the new per-delegation zone model for Reverse DNS and the RESTful Provisioning system, we also updated a set of templates that include an API Key field. You will need to go in to ARIN Online and create an API Key if you wish to use these templates. Your ARIN Online account must also be linked to a POC authoritative to make the request.

We have created a chart to help you visualize which actions can be performed via ARIN Online, RESTful Provisioning, and Version 5 templates. The guide, Interacting with ARIN’s Registration Services, is available at:

https://www.arin.net/resources/interacting.html

Please note: Per requests from the community, ARIN now limits the ARIN Online functionality and database access available to invalid POCs identified by ARIN’s POC Validation Process (NRPM Policy 3.6). These changes are intended to further improve the accuracy of POC data in ARIN’s Whois. Users must validate their invalid POCs prior to requesting services and database changes.

ARIN Online accounts provide access to all of the features listed at:

https://www.arin.net/knowledge/roadmap.html

Please send any questions, comments, or issues to: hostmaster@arin.net.

Regards,

John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)