ACSP Suggestion 2008.18: Modify WHOIS Database
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Date Submitted |
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| Ted Mittelstaedt | 12 September 2008 |
Suggestion Status |
Date Closed |
| Closed | 29 December 2008 |
Suggestion |
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Please modify the ARIN whois database and add the following field to all ORG objects: This would be a DATE type field. After the whois database was modified, please commence e-mailing all POC's for these orgs, once a year, requesting that the POC send a response indicating if the information regarding the org ID, plus any IP block registrations associated with the PRG, is current in whois. Preferably the e-mails to the POC would contain the output of a whois query for their particular org ID. The LastContacted: field would be updated when ARIN sends the e-mail out. If the POC responds in the affirmative, then the "Updated:" field in the Org object would be changed to the date that any one of the POC's responds in the affirmative. |
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Author Comments |
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| Timeframe: Immediate
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ARIN Comments |
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| Your suggestion was that ARIN "add a last contacted date to the WHOIS database, and begin a process of contacting all orgs that have not been contacted in over a year". To that end, we will begin next month contacting the approximately 35,000 organizations registered in WHOIS that have legacy number resources or ARIN issued number resources. As previously mentioned, ARIN will contact all registered Points of Contact for these organizations by sending an e-mail, annually, requesting them to update their registration information with ARIN. After further consideration, ARIN will not add a new field called "Last Contacted Date" in WHOIS. We believe doing so will mislead the community into thinking that our contact was successful and based on ARIN's experience, a significant number of contacts are invalid and our e-mails will be returned. Ultimately the goal is to keep records updated and ARIN prefers to reflect actual updates in the existing "Last Update Date" rather than potentially confusing the community. |
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