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

[Will Aoki]

On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 09:37:38AM -0400, Jeff wrote:
> 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 ...

A whois on the OrgID will show postal addresses. I didn't find any
telephone numbers on the OrgIDs that I checked, although the contact
handles I checked have phone numbers.

Unless the RFCs are interpreted to require address data to be returned
in the first whois query, instead of needing another query to an orgid
handle, ARIN seems no more or less compliant than it was before.

> OrgName:    American Registry for Internet Numbers
> OrgID:      ARIN
              ^^^^

$ whois \!arin -h whois.arin.net

OrgName: American Registry for Internet Numbers
OrgID:   ARIN
Address: 3635 Concord Parkway, Suite 200 Chantilly VA 20151
Country: US
Comment:
RegDate: 1993-05-01
Updated: 2002-08-04

# ARIN Whois database, last updated 2002-10-06 19:05
# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's Whois database.
$


> 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
> # Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's Whois database.

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