[RFCI-Discuss] ipwhois: ARIN's nonexistent postal addresses

[Jeff]

It appears that ARIN has recently abandoned postal addresses.  This is
disturbing.

Here is whois.arin.net's current record for itself (192.149.252.43):


10/07/02 09:28:37 whois 192.149.252.43@whois.arin.net

whois -h whois.arin.net 192.149.252.43 ...

OrgName:    American Registry for Internet Numbers
OrgID:      ARIN

NetRange:   192.149.252.0 - 192.149.252.255
CIDR:       192.149.252.0/24
NetName:    ARIN-NET
NetHandle:  NET-192-149-252-0-1
Parent:     NET-192-0-0-0-0
NetType:    Direct Assignment
NameServer: RS1.ARIN.NET
NameServer: NS.NETSOL.COM
NameServer: RIP.PSG.COM
Comment:
RegDate:    1997-11-05
Updated:    2002-04-05

TechHandle: IP-FIX-ARIN
TechName:   ARIN IP Team
TechPhone:  +1-703-227-0660
TechEmail:  hostmaster@arin.net

# ARIN Whois database, last updated 2002-10-06 19:05
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What (if anything) can we do about this?

Thanks and Best Regards,  Jeff.