[127067] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Upcoming Improvements to ARIN's Directory Service
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Curran)
Sat Jun 12 07:08:15 2010
From: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
To: Jason Lewis <jlewis@packetnexus.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 07:07:27 -0400
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikfnMhnD1MnOFSiJSmHbTJJw88e4VDmKAYht4K7@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jun 10, 2010, at 6:16 PM, Jason Lewis wrote:
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> It's very clear. I went back and forth with support, asking how to
> automate my bulk transfer with the new system.
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> Me: Is the bulk data download going to be available for automated
> download. I can currently download the data daily from the ftp via a
> script. The new web page doesn't seem to support that.
> Support: No, there is no automation by design.
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> I'm ok with whatever system they provide if the functionality stays
> the same. I don't understand what they gain by making a human login
> and download the file.
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My apologies for the confusion over this when you called in;
while we had briefed the support team on RESTful WHOIS, we
hadn't covered the updated Bulk Whois interface as it is a=20
bit of a specialized item and coming out on the next release
of ARIN Online due to its need for "API key" support. The=20
26 June release of ARIN Online will allow you to create and=20
manage these keys, which in turn may be used in RESTful calls=20
(and email templates!) for authentication. A brief overview
of this feature was provided at the ARIN Toronto meeting and
is available here:
https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/reports/ARIN_XXV/PDF/Tuesday/New=
ton-REST-and-Relax.pdf
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We will rollout the API key functionality and Bulk Whois via the
RESTful interface with this next release of ARIN Online on 26 June,=20
and this will allow the Bulk Whois data to be downloaded directly=20
without logging into ARIN Online by using a RESTful HTTP request=20
containing your "API key". As Mark Kosters noted in his message,=20
we did contact current Bulk Whois users ahead of time about these=20
changes, but if you were missed or have any questions about the=20
change, please don't hesitate to contact myself or Mark directly.
Thanks!
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Mark Kosters <markk@arin.net>
> Date: June 11, 2010 3:17:49 PM EDT
> To: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Re: Upcoming Improvements to ARIN's Directory Service
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> Hi
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> ARIN is making significant improvements to our systems and services. ARIN
> encourages the community to look for upcoming features as details are=20
> available at: https://www.arin.net/features.
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> I would like to clear up the confusion about the changes to access to
> Bulk Whois that have been discussed in this thread. The next release of=20
> ARIN Online on 26 June 2010 will include an easy way of automating bulk=20
> Whois reports. ARIN sent an announcement about this change to all current=
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> Bulk Whois recipients on 1 June 2010. The current legacy ftp service for=
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> Bulk Whois recipients will continue to operate until 31 August 2010. This=
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> should allow enough time to make the changes required to your scripts to
> migrate to the new solution.
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> Regards,
> Mark Kosters
> ARIN CTO
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