It's very clear. I went back and forth with support, asking how to automate my bulk transfer with the new system.
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. 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. On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Michael Dillon <wavetos...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> Apparently we're supposed to be going all Web 2.0 now. > > Web 2.0 can handle bulk transfers of data just fine. > > I wonder if this is somehow related to privacy and data protection laws. > > Just recently, RIPE announced that they were going to block bulk > transfers as a result of data protection laws, presumably because some > law has just changed. Obviously ARIN is under a different legal regime > than RIPE, however data protection has recently been a hot button > issue in the USA and it is possible that something similar will > happen. Given the importance of case law in the USA, as opposed to > legislation, I wouldn't be surprised if there was some sort of legal > review going on. > > But again, as far as technology goes, HTTP is a superior file transfer > protocol to FTP, so the move to Web 2.0 RESTful transactions over HTTP > does not give any technical reason to stop bulk transfers. In fact, it > may just be an oversight so you should really ask them Clearly, if > nobody bothers to ask about bulk transfers, then nobody uses them and > nobody cares, so shutting them down is the right thing to do. > > --Michael Dillon > >