ACSP Consultation 2012.1: ARIN’s WhoWas Service

Consultation Tracking Information

  • Requested By: Staff
  • Status: Closed
  • Comments Opened: Linked to Discussion Archives: 12 December 2011
  • Comments Closed: 26 March 2012
  • Suggestion Number: n/a

Consultation Description

ARIN is currently offering a trial WhoWas service that will provide historical registration information for a given IP address or ASN. This trial period will run until the production system is deployed, and will serve to provide much needed data to assist ARIN in defining the scope and use for this service. 

In addition to the information we are cultivating from the trial, there are a number of questions that ARIN would like to pose to the community to allow for us to get a better understanding of how WhoWas would be used as a production service.

If you have an interest in this service and its future development please respond to the following question via email to arin-consult@arin.net:

  • Why do you want access to WhoWas information and how do you plan to use it?
  • How often do you think you would use the WhoWas service?
  • What information would you expect to receive in response to a WhoWas request?
  • Would a restful interface be useful for you to automate history requests?
  • Do you have any concerns about the Terms of Use for the WhoWas trial? Are there any items in it that are blockers for you as a potential user of this service?

If you would prefer to share your thoughts anonymously, please visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WhoWasService

Community feedback is a vital component to the development of the WhoWas service, and will have a direct impact on decisions regarding the scope and use of this project.

The ARIN consultation mailing list is open to the public. You can subscribe to this mailing list at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-consult.

Discussion on arin-consult@arin.net will close on 31 December 2011. If you have any questions, please contact us at info@arin.net.

ARIN Actions

Consultation extended: ARIN will continue to collect community input via community consultation in conjunction with the WhoWas service trial until the production system is deployed.

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