We’ve developed a simple, easy-to-digest video to help you learn more about ARIN’s structure and services. The video also includes all the different ways you can get involved in our community.
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Welcome to the ARIN Community
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General Information
RDAP: Whois for the Modern World
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RDAP was given official standards status last year by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and was quickly adopted by all the RIRs. But the IETF didn’t just design RDAP for IP network registrations and ASNs. RDAP was also designed to model the data in Domain Name Registries (DNRs) and has extension mechanisms for other registry types.
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The Importance of Maintaining Accurate Whois Data
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The main purpose of ARIN’s Whois directory service is fairly clear-cut: maintain and display accurate registration records of who has the rights of use to a particular Internet Number resource. Simple enough, right?
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Stay in the Loop by Subscribing to a Mailing List
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There’s a lot going on at ARIN at any given time, which means there’s a lot for you – the community – to take in. What’s the easiest way to make sure you stay in the loop? The answer is simple: subscribe to one of our mailing lists.
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Adventures in UI Improvement
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Every site has different needs and issues that need addressing, and it can be challenging to fix existing issues while developing new features. We recently took the time to step back and take a hard look at our ARIN Online user interface (UI). The bad news: there is a lot of work to do, and it will be a painstaking and complex process. The good news: the ARIN team is ready for it.
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Calling All Member Organizations: Check Eligibility and Save the Date for the 2016 ARIN Elections
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ARIN Membership has its perks, but the privilege to vote for the Board of Trustees, Advisory Council, and Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) is undoubtedly the most important benefit of membership. ARIN Elections give you the chance to direct the future of ARIN, our community, and the Internet itself – no small task!
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Move Your Career Forward at ARIN
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ARIN is made up of some amazing, intelligent, and forward-thinking employees who are passionate about moving the Internet forward. If this sounds interesting to you, ARIN is currently hiring and we’re inviting you to apply to become part of the ARIN team!
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the New Whois: RDAP
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In the summer of 2015, you may have heard about a new service ARIN was rolling out called the Registration Data Access Protocol, or RDAP. Perhaps you understood that it was intended to be a successor to the Whois protocol, but you weren’t clear on the specifics. Maybe you weren’t even aware of the need for a replacement. And come on, what really makes RDAP better than Whois? The answer is a lot and if you’re not using it by now, you should be.
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2015 Year in Review
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2015 was an exciting here at ARIN. While we are gearing up for 2016, I thought it would be interesting to recap this eventful year. I am fairly certain you heard that we ran out of IPv4 addresses in September. Even though we had been preparing (and informing the community) about this for years, it was a big deal for us when it happened.
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Let the Internet Grow
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From the first email sent in 1971 to today, the Internet has grown astronomically. Statistics show there are more than three billion Internet users worldwide at this moment, and that number is only growing. In the midst of recent headlines that Facebook alone attracts more than 1 billion active users a day, it’s amazing just how large that truly is.
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