On Oct 7, 2010, at 10:25 AM, Christopher Morrow wrote: > > in stabbing around today on the ARIN online website I noticed this: > > " ARIN provides access to a list of number resources in the database > which have no valid POC data. A POC handle is marked invalid by ARIN > staff when the POC has not been modified in more than one year and the > POC fails to respond to ARIN's annual request to validate their POC > information. In order to access this report, NRPM Policy 3.6.1 > requires that you meet the criteria specified in ARIN’s Bulk Whois > policy, including signing an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). Complete > information on Bulk Whois, including the AUP and data request form can > be found here. " > > one wonders if this sort of thing could be useful to folks maintaining > lists of numbers that are used to affect other folks business plans.
Chris - Very timely... I should advise the community that a revised ARIN Bulk WHOIS policy will be sent for community consultation shortly, and folks should take a chance to comment on the valid uses of access to this data. More information on how ARIN processes incoming suggestions and consultations is available here: <https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/index.html> FYI, /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN