Re: Whois using these ARIN services?? (fwd: Consultation on the Future of ARIN???s Directory Services)

[Andy Newton via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

On 8/30/26 12:15 AM, William Herrin via NANOG wrote:
> So I agree with you: why shouldn't the RIR use an RDAP server that
> also provides a whois-compatible user interface skin? And do so
> indefinitely?

There are RDAP clients that produce WHOIS output. Though I suspect people needing to parse WHOIS output gave up on that 
fragile endeavor long ago and switched to RDAP. The numbers prove it. rdap.org just reported a 4x jump in bootstrap 
queries since January. Also see [1].

I get that a transition plan could use more than a flag day, but for eye-balls there isn't much difference between 
WHOIS and RDAP.

-andy

[1] https://www.ietf.org/blog/current-state-of-rdap/
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