30 Aug
2026
30 Aug
'26
2:12 p.m.
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/