ACSP Consultation 2024.4: Consultation on ARIN Online Change Notifications

Consultation Tracking Information

  • Requested By: Staff
  • Status: Closed
  • Comments Opened: Linked to Discussion Archives: 26 August 2024
  • Comments Closed: 09 September 2024
  • Suggestion Number: n/a

Consultation Description

ARIN is seeking feedback from the community on a potential improvement, suggested by a community member, that ARIN create a modern mechanism that allows resource holders to be notified of any changes to resources or accounts they manage.

The stated benefit of this potential improvement is that it would allow greater control over valuable resources and increase the accuracy of ARIN’s database.

We have identified two options to create these notifications:

Email: The least “modern” option, but this would be consistent with other ARIN notifications, and mirrors what is available through the other Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). This would take approximately three months to develop once work is scheduled.

REST endpoint: ARIN can define a REST endpoint, and customers would have to develop/deploy and then provide us the URL to send notifications to. This would take approximately six months to develop once work is scheduled.

These options vary in complexity to develop and the level of effort required for customer adoption. We are interested in community feedback on the value of a change notification feature and thoughts on the possible delivery methods described or others you may suggest.

Please provide comments to arin-consult@arin.net. You can subscribe to this mailing list at https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-consult.

This consultation will remain open until 5:00 PM ET on 9 September. ARIN seeks clear direction through community input, so your feedback is important.

Thank you for your continued support to improve ARIN’s services.

Regards,

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

ARIN Actions

16 September 2024

From 26 August to 9 September, ARIN conducted a consultation to gather community feedback on potential options for implementing change notifications for resource holders in ARIN Online. The two options presented were email notifications or the creation of a REST endpoint.

Based on the feedback received, there was strong support for implementing email notifications as the initial and most broadly useful option for ARIN customers. Email was favored due to its ease of adoption, integration capabilities with existing systems, and practicality for organizations of all sizes. While there was recognition of the potential benefits of a REST endpoint for larger organizations with more advanced needs, the consensus was that this option could be considered in a future phase after the successful deployment of email notifications.

After carefully reviewing and discussing the comments received, ARIN plans to prioritize the development of email notifications for ARIN Online changes, including flexible options such as per-Point of Contact (POC) and per-organization configuration, the ability to specify alternate email addresses, and potential use of X-Headers to improve filtering and processing.

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