At 07:55 PM 9/6/2005, Andrew - Supernews wrote:
>>>>> "william" == william(at)elan net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
william> The above line is as clear as it gets (if the other two
william> mentions that data is to be made available to public is not
william> enough), so there this argument that rwhois should be made
william> available only to ARIN is now against ARIN's policies and
william> whoever you know who is still making it should be pointed to
william> URL I listed.
NetRange: 4.0.0.0 - 4.255.255.255
ReferralServer: rwhois://rwhois.level3.net:4321
% telnet rwhois.level3.net 4321
Trying 209.244.1.179...
telnet: connect to address 209.244.1.179: Operation timed out
Doesn't seem to have made much difference yet...
Their rwhois seems to be terminally down. Can we reclaim 4/8 from them now?
Hopefully, ARIN will block them from acquiring more address space
(should they need it), pending functional SWIP or rwhois.
As the owner of a small provider, I found SWIPs far preferable to
rwhois, at least with the rwhois code I found available. I really
don't have a problem with folks choosing one or the other, but if
you're going to choose to use rwhois, then monitor the service and
make sure it's working.