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Re: Disappointing ARIN - A great advertisement for the USA ?


From: Randy Bush <randy () psg com>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:45:15 +0200

I hate to beat/stab a dead horsey, but I found this by happenstance:

<https://www.arin.net/resources/whoisrws/whois_diff.html>

which describes some of the differences between RWS output and
traditional output.

For the scripty-minded folks out there:
$ wget -O - -q http://whois.arin.net/rest/ip/128.2.35.50.txt
...

i used to dial 411.  now i have to build a machine from tinkertoys
to open the fridge and get information.

i am sure someone thought this was progress.  you gotta love it.

randy


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