[144719] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Disappointing ARIN - A great advertisement for the USA ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Curran)
Sat Sep 17 13:48:29 2011
From: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
To: Michael Sinatra <michael@rancid.berkeley.edu>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:47:06 +0000
In-Reply-To: <4E74CE9E.9020700@rancid.berkeley.edu>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Sep 17, 2011, at 12:45 PM, Michael Sinatra wrote:
>> One approach would be the use of an option flag on the query to obtain
>> the new hierarchical output No flag =3D no output change. Would that
>> suffice?
>=20
> I think this would be a good way to proceed. John, has this been suggest=
ed as part of ASCP and does it need to be? If so, I can do it.
No need to submit it; I have the action item.
> We would also need to understand if there would be any disruption to user=
s of whois caused by changing the default output back to the traditional ou=
tput.
One hopes not, but prudence calls for adequate prior notice so that=20
folks can test and plan accordingly. Expect more information shortly.
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN
