ARIN Announcements

The ARIN office will be closed on Monday, 20 January, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. ARIN’s office will reopen with normal operating hours on Tuesday, 21 January.

Effective 16 January 2025, ARIN has updated the ARIN TAL to ensure compatibility with Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) validators. The only updates to the TAL are new remarks regarding disclaimers, exclusions, and limitations concerning its use. There have been no changes to the Trust Anchor Key, therefore no action is required by operators running validators loaded with the last available version. This updated ARIN TAL can be found here.

ARIN is pleased to present the latest version of ARIN Online, including improvements, new features, and updates. Full release notes are included at the end of this message. Our work on this release has been completed, and all ARIN systems are operating normally. We thank you for your patience. If you have additional questions, comments, or issues, please submit an Ask ARIN ticket using your ARIN Online account or contact the Registration Services Help Desk by phone Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM ET at +1.

Learn more about Internet governance, number resource policy, and the ARIN community by becoming an ARIN Fellow. Applications for the ARIN 55 Fellowship Program are now open, and we encourage you to apply for this specialized, interactive learning opportunity. Apply Today! Applications are now being accepted through 27 January 2025. Fellows will attend virtual sessions before and after the ARIN 55 Public Policy and Members Meeting on 27-30 April 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and may attend ARIN 55 either in person or virtually at the discretion of the Fellowship Selection Committee.

From 3 to 20 December, ARIN held a consultation seeking feedback from the community on a potential improvement to the RESTful API used to manage registration records, known as Reg-RWS. Specifically, we received a community suggestion to create a RESTful API method to determine the most specific NET object for a range. After reviewing and discussing the comments received during the consultation, ARIN plans to add this improvement to our list of features for future prioritization.

Sponsorship opportunities are available for our upcoming Public Policy and Members Meetings, ARIN 55 and ARIN 56. These biannual meetings provide an opportunity for the Internet community to engage in policy discussions, network with colleagues, and learn more about ARIN and issues affecting the global Internet numbers community. Sponsoring an ARIN meeting is a great way for your organization to show support for the community-based, transparent, bottom-up policy development processes that support the foundation of Internet infrastructure.

On 3 February 2025, ARIN will deprecate the outdated versions of Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) and will begin only using TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 protocols across all our services. This is the 30-day notice of this change, intended to allow customers to ensure that all applicable software supports TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 protocols to avoid losing connectivity to ARIN services. Historically, ARIN has allowed the use of a wide range of SSL and TLS algorithms to enable secure, encrypted communication between our customers and services.

Below are the ARIN announcements posted to the website in 2024. Website announcements for years other than 2024 are available under “Archives,” while additional mailing list announcements and discussions dating back to the beginning of ARIN are available within the Mailing List Archives.

Below are the ARIN announcements posted to the website in 2023. Website announcements for years other than 2023 are available under “Archives,” while additional mailing list announcements and discussions dating back to the beginning of ARIN are available within the Mailing List Archives.