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TEST database
by RIPE Database Manager 20 Jul '95

20 Jul '95

Dear all, Last week, I have installed a test database on test-whois.ripe.net. This database is intended for people who want to play around with some test database objects and to learn how the RIPE database works. Updates should be send to: <testdb(a)ripe.net> Do queries with: whois -h test-whois.ripe.net SearchString The creation of maintainers is allowed for everybody for your (and my) convenience but the software will warn you that maintainer creation is normally done by human intervention. It is possible to update two different databases with source names: source: TEST OR source: TEST2 Of course, I might use this database for some tests I do myself with the database software so don't be surprised to see some new features that are not present in the production database, Kind regards, David Kessens RIPE NCC Database maintainer --------

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Establishing a connection between Israel and Europe
by Shahar Steiff 16 Jul '95

16 Jul '95

Dear Local IR. NetVision, Israel's largest commercial Internet Service Provider, and a Local IR by itself, is gearing up towards establishing a direct network connection to Europe. NetVision currently has a direct link to USA, and we are now seeking a direct link to a European service provider through which we intend to route our European traffic only. By that we will be reducing the mutual share of the load on the USA-Europe lines, from which all will benefit. We are looking forward to your offers and comments, hoping to establish a cooperation. Please send your replies to <wan(a)netvision.net.il>. Sincerely, Shahar Steiff WAN team - NetVision - Commercial Israeli Internet Provider ----------------------------------------------------------- E-mail: steiff(a)NetVision.net.il Personal address info(a)NetVision.net.il for information. support(a)NetVision.net.il for technical support. Gopher: gopher.NetVision.net.il www: http://www.NetVision.net.il/ Phone: +972-4-550330 Fax: +972-4-550345 +972-4-550122 This message was sent by Chameleon.

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by Redouane NAJAH SEMLALI 14 Jul '95

14 Jul '95

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Farewell
by Anne Lord 14 Jul '95

14 Jul '95

As Daniel mentioned in his short report to you all last week, I leaving the RIPE NCC today. Without making any speeches :), I'd just wanted to say "many thanks" to everyone I have worked with over the last 3 years. It's been an enjoyable 3 years, in which I have had fun in getting to know and working with the RIPE community. Hope to see you at future RIPE meetings! with best wishes, Anne Lord RIPE NCC

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Slides from Munich Training Course
by RIPE NCC Training 10 Jul '95

10 Jul '95

Dear Local IR's Following the second training course for Local IR's held today in Munich, we are happy to announce that the slides from the course are now available for ftp from the directory: ftp//ftp.ripe.net/ripe/local-ir/training/ The slides are available as one complete course: master-course-slides-MUN-950710.ps.Z or individually per session: intro-slides-MUN-950710.ps.Z ip-slides-MUN-950710.ps.Z db-slides-MUN-950710.ps.Z routing-slides-MUN-950710.ps.Z dns-slides-MUN-950710.ps.Z These slides incorporate comments and suggestions received from participants at the Amsterdam course. Our thanks to them for their constructive feedback. kind regards, Anne Lord & Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC Trainming Team. ~

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Aggregation
by Daniel Karrenberg 07 Jul '95

07 Jul '95

Dear colleagues, it is time for *everybody* to think again about aggregating CIDRable routes. It is *high time* for everyone near the top of the list below and especially those with hosts/route at or around 256. There is lots of potential aggregation here! If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Regards Daniel Karrenberg RIPE NCC Manager /16 block hosts routes hosts addres- / sed route 193.6.0.0 37120 145 256 193.40.0.0 65536 143 458 193.224.0.0 33792 132 256 194.77.0.0 65536 98 668 193.232.0.0 36608 78 469 193.87.0.0 21504 74 290 193.48.0.0 39680 70 566 193.52.0.0 39168 69 567 193.104.0.0 46848 68 688 193.210.0.0 46080 66 698 193.54.0.0 32512 66 492 193.49.0.0 36608 63 581 193.55.0.0 39680 61 650 193.51.0.0 34048 59 577 194.136.0.0 25856 52 497 194.130.0.0 65536 49 1337 193.105.0.0 44032 43 1024 194.44.0.0 11008 43 256 194.142.0.0 11008 43 256 194.57.0.0 30976 40 774 193.50.0.0 25600 40 640 193.84.0.0 49920 39 1280 193.143.0.0 13312 38 350 194.89.0.0 9728 38 256 194.112.0.0 9728 38 256 193.225.0.0 9216 36 256 194.111.0.0 8960 35 256 193.124.0.0 139520 32 4360 194.42.0.0 8448 32 264 193.64.0.0 145408 30 4846 193.226.0.0 20480 30 682 193.211.0.0 7680 30 256 194.98.0.0 9472 29 326 193.8.0.0 65536 27 2427 193.198.0.0 6912 27 256 193.42.0.0 18176 24 757 193.180.0.0 18688 23 812 193.43.0.0 7680 23 333 194.85.0.0 15104 22 686 193.106.0.0 65536 21 3120 193.235.0.0 15104 21 719 193.23.0.0 5376 21 256 194.68.0.0 13568 19 714 193.199.0.0 6144 19 323 193.116.0.0 4864 19 256 193.36.0.0 8960 18 497 194.59.0.0 6400 18 355 193.209.0.0 4608 18 256 193.166.0.0 135936 17 7996 193.35.0.0 16128 17 948 194.49.0.0 5120 17 301 193.234.0.0 4864 17 286 194.55.0.0 11520 16 720 193.101.0.0 8960 16 560 193.56.0.0 4864 16 304 193.142.0.0 4352 16 272 193.121.0.0 4096 16 256 194.97.0.0 65536 15 4369 194.2.0.0 65536 15 4369 194.14.0.0 5888 15 392 193.107.0.0 5632 15 375 193.190.0.0 32768 14 2340 194.90.0.0 24576 14 1755 193.32.0.0 11520 14 822 194.39.0.0 8448 14 603 194.78.0.0 3584 14 256 193.97.0.0 17152 13 1319 193.183.0.0 13312 13 1024 194.8.0.0 8448 13 649 193.95.0.0 3328 13 256 194.87.0.0 65536 12 5461 193.186.0.0 4096 12 341 193.93.0.0 2816 12 234 193.96.0.0 526848 11 47895 193.98.0.0 11520 11 1047 193.128.0.0 264448 10 26444 193.140.0.0 65536 10 6553 193.30.0.0 6656 10 665 193.181.0.0 3328 10 332 194.101.0.0 2560 10 256 193.12.0.0 264960 9 29440 194.45.0.0 65536 9 7281 193.5.0.0 65536 9 7281 193.25.0.0 19968 9 2218 193.22.0.0 8960 9 995 194.140.0.0 7680 9 853 193.182.0.0 6912 9 768 194.15.0.0 6400 9 711 193.188.0.0 5632 9 625 193.102.0.0 4096 9 455 193.125.0.0 2304 9 256 193.195.0.0 65536 8 8192 193.141.0.0 65536 8 8192 193.92.0.0 65024 8 8128 194.50.0.0 46592 8 5824 193.202.0.0 18176 8 2272 193.172.0.0 15872 8 1984 193.37.0.0 11776 8 1472 193.218.0.0 2304 8 288 194.60.0.0 2048 8 256 194.160.0.0 2048 8 256 193.94.0.0 2048 8 256 193.57.0.0 2048 8 256 193.208.0.0 2048 8 256 194.70.0.0 65536 7 9362 194.157.0.0 65536 7 9362 193.66.0.0 65536 7 9362 193.10.0.0 65536 7 9362 194.108.0.0 37888 7 5412 193.162.0.0 19456 7 2779 193.219.0.0 17664 7 2523 194.35.0.0 10496 7 1499 193.26.0.0 5376 7 768 193.103.0.0 3840 7 548 194.76.0.0 2048 7 292 193.138.0.0 1536 7 219 193.38.0.0 29440 6 4906 193.65.0.0 17664 6 2944 193.17.0.0 10240 6 1706 193.16.0.0 9728 6 1621 193.29.0.0 6400 6 1066 194.41.0.0 5376 6 896 193.46.0.0 5376 6 896 193.100.0.0 3328 6 554 194.106.0.0 3072 6 512 194.28.0.0 1536 6 256 194.110.0.0 1536 6 256 193.227.0.0 1536 6 256 194.64.0.0 65536 5 13107 193.77.0.0 65536 5 13107 193.68.0.0 65536 5 13107 193.221.0.0 21248 5 4249 193.3.0.0 9728 5 1945 193.73.0.0 8960 5 1792 193.148.0.0 3072 5 614 194.5.0.0 2304 5 460 194.33.0.0 2304 5 460 194.36.0.0 2048 5 409 193.114.0.0 2048 5 409 194.71.0.0 1536 5 307 193.31.0.0 1536 5 307 194.113.0.0 1280 5 256 193.160.0.0 1280 5 256 193.112.0.0 525824 4 131456 193.184.0.0 131840 4 32960 193.76.0.0 65536 4 16384 193.113.0.0 65536 4 16384 194.104.0.0 17664 4 4416 193.168.0.0 17408 4 4352 194.117.0.0 12288 4 3072 194.109.0.0 6144 4 1536 193.99.0.0 5120 4 1280 194.62.0.0 4352 4 1088 193.28.0.0 3072 4 768 193.175.0.0 3072 4 768 194.99.0.0 2816 4 704 194.149.0.0 2560 4 640 194.127.0.0 1536 4 384 194.10.0.0 1024 4 256 193.53.0.0 1024 4 256 193.39.0.0 1024 4 256 193.252.0.0 1024 4 256 193.122.0.0 196608 3 65536 193.204.0.0 136192 3 45397 194.128.0.0 132352 3 44117 193.72.0.0 131584 3 43861 193.174.0.0 131584 3 43861 194.86.0.0 65536 3 21845 194.58.0.0 65536 3 21845 194.115.0.0 65536 3 21845 193.70.0.0 65536 3 21845 193.69.0.0 65536 3 21845 193.1.0.0 65536 3 21845 194.54.0.0 10240 3 3413 193.9.0.0 4608 3 1536 193.118.0.0 4608 3 1536 194.116.0.0 4096 3 1365 194.32.0.0 2560 3 853 194.155.0.0 2560 3 853 193.24.0.0 2560 3 853 193.130.0.0 2560 3 853 193.117.0.0 2560 3 853 193.187.0.0 2304 3 768 194.164.0.0 1792 3 597 194.107.0.0 1792 3 597 194.165.0.0 1536 3 512 194.40.0.0 768 3 256 194.37.0.0 768 3 256 194.34.0.0 768 3 256 194.29.0.0 768 3 256 194.24.0.0 768 3 256 194.137.0.0 768 3 256 194.132.0.0 768 3 256 194.124.0.0 768 3 256 194.11.0.0 768 3 256 193.63.0.0 768 3 256 193.34.0.0 768 3 256 193.248.0.0 768 3 256 193.243.0.0 768 3 256 194.16.0.0 524544 2 262272 193.44.0.0 132096 2 66048 193.80.0.0 131328 2 65664 194.92.0.0 65536 2 32768 194.72.0.0 65536 2 32768 194.66.0.0 65536 2 32768 194.52.0.0 65536 2 32768 194.51.0.0 65536 2 32768 194.4.0.0 65536 2 32768 193.79.0.0 65536 2 32768 193.78.0.0 65536 2 32768 193.71.0.0 65536 2 32768 193.67.0.0 65536 2 32768 193.59.0.0 65536 2 32768 193.246.0.0 65536 2 32768 193.136.0.0 65536 2 32768 193.120.0.0 65536 2 32768 194.93.0.0 17408 2 8704 194.67.0.0 16384 2 8192 193.7.0.0 16384 2 8192 193.242.0.0 12288 2 6144 193.222.0.0 12288 2 6144 194.53.0.0 8192 2 4096 194.30.0.0 8192 2 4096 194.100.0.0 8192 2 4096 194.158.0.0 3072 2 1536 194.154.0.0 2304 2 1152 193.131.0.0 2048 2 1024 193.115.0.0 1280 2 640 194.61.0.0 768 2 384 194.21.0.0 768 2 384 193.178.0.0 768 2 384 194.56.0.0 512 2 256 194.184.0.0 512 2 256 194.167.0.0 512 2 256 194.152.0.0 512 2 256 194.114.0.0 512 2 256 193.91.0.0 512 2 256 193.47.0.0 512 2 256 193.236.0.0 512 2 256 193.185.0.0 512 2 256 193.161.0.0 512 2 256 193.60.0.0 262144 1 262144 193.88.0.0 131072 1 131072 193.212.0.0 131072 1 131072 193.196.0.0 131072 1 131072 193.170.0.0 131072 1 131072 193.156.0.0 131072 1 131072 193.144.0.0 131072 1 131072 193.134.0.0 131072 1 131072 193.132.0.0 131072 1 131072 194.94.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.91.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.84.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.81.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.80.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.7.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.65.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.47.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.46.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.27.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.178.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.172.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.171.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.163.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.159.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.151.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.150.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.144.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.143.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.139.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.135.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.120.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.90.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.86.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.85.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.83.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.82.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.75.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.74.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.4.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.233.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.207.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.2.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.146.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.127.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.126.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.13.0.0 32768 1 32768 194.9.0.0 16384 1 16384 194.166.0.0 16384 1 16384 194.12.0.0 16384 1 16384 193.230.0.0 16384 1 16384 194.96.0.0 8192 1 8192 194.179.0.0 8192 1 8192 194.148.0.0 8192 1 8192 194.102.0.0 8192 1 8192 193.13.0.0 8192 1 8192 194.141.0.0 4096 1 4096 194.125.0.0 4096 1 4096 193.240.0.0 4096 1 4096 194.88.0.0 2048 1 2048 194.25.0.0 2048 1 2048 194.118.0.0 2048 1 2048 193.27.0.0 2048 1 2048 193.254.0.0 2048 1 2048 193.229.0.0 2048 1 2048 194.6.0.0 1024 1 1024 194.26.0.0 1024 1 1024 194.20.0.0 1024 1 1024 194.153.0.0 1024 1 1024 193.89.0.0 1024 1 1024 193.176.0.0 1024 1 1024 194.177.0.0 512 1 512 194.156.0.0 512 1 512 194.133.0.0 512 1 512 194.126.0.0 512 1 512 193.197.0.0 512 1 512 194.69.0.0 256 1 256 194.170.0.0 256 1 256 194.161.0.0 256 1 256 194.134.0.0 256 1 256 194.103.0.0 256 1 256 193.61.0.0 256 1 256 193.241.0.0 256 1 256 193.223.0.0 256 1 256 193.203.0.0 256 1 256 193.194.0.0 256 1 256 193.163.0.0 256 1 256 193.154.0.0 256 1 256 193.129.0.0 256 1 256 193.119.0.0 256 1 256

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Wanted at the RIPE NCC: Senior Hostmaster
by Daniel Karrenberg 07 Jul '95

07 Jul '95

Please distribute this announcement to all possibly interested parties. Thank you Daniel Karrenberg RIPE NCC Manager RIPE: Coordinating the Internet in Europe. Because one of our staff moves on to a major Internet service provider there is an immediate opening at the RIPE NCC for a Senior Hostmaster Every host directly connected to the Internet needs an address. NCC hostmasters play a key role in the distribution of the Internet address space throughout Europe. Duties The general duties NCC hostmasters comprise: - to handle all address space related requests - to help maintain the databases the RIPE NCC keeps - to propose new activities, where needed The specific duties of the vacant position: - to deal with non-routine address space requests - to support local registries where needed - to review assignments made by other registries - to liaise with other senior staff about registry matters - to supervise and support junior staff - to help provide training local registries - to take resoponsibility for one or more other NCC activities The senior hostmaster reports to the NCC manager. Almost all communications with customers and other organisations involved in Internet address space assignment is via the Internet itself. The position provides an excellent opportunity to work at the very heart of the European Internet industry. Qualifications Essential - sound engineering knowledge about the Internet - experience with operating Internet networks - experience with Unix and X-windows based computer tools - ability to perform administrative tasks reliably - good knowledge of written and spoken English - good communication skills Desirable - work experience in an international environment - experience with Internet service provision Female applicants and applicants from all European countries are explicitly encouraged to apply. Depending on their ambitions and abilities senior hostmasters can be promoted to more senior positions at the NCC. R I P E RIPE (Reseaux IP Europeens) is a collaborative organisation open to all European Internet service providers. The objective of RIPE is to ensure the necessary administrative and technical coordination to allow the operation of a pan- European IP network. RIPE does not operate a network of its own. RIPE has been functioning since 1989. Currently more than 80 organisations participate in the work. The result of the RIPE coordination effort is that the individual end-user is presented on his desk top with a uniform IP service irrespective of the particular network his or her workstation is attached to. In May 1995 1463816 hosts were registered on RIPE coordinated networks. The total number of systems reachable on the Internet worldwide is estimated at more than five million. R I P E N C C The RIPE Network Coordination Centre supports all those RIPE activities which cannot be effectively performed by volunteers from the participating organisations. Besides supporting RIPE activities in general the NCC provides the following services to network operators: o NETWORK MANAGEMENT DATABASE containing information about address space, routing, DNS domains and contact persons o DELEGATED INTERNET REGISTRY a clearing house distributing IP address space o RIPE INTERNET ROUTING REGISTRY o RIPE DOCUMENT STORE o RIPE INTERACTIVE INFORMATION SERVICE A detailed description of these activities can be found in the RIPE NCC Activity Plan (document ripe-110). This document can be obtained from the RIPE document store. The RIPE NCC is currently staffed by 9 full time employees: one NCC manager three senior hostmasters four junior hostmasters (2 of which starting in August) one administrative staff The NCC is funded by all Internet service providers in Europe who operate local Internet registries. NCC staff are formally employed by TERENA. TERENA TERENA is the European Association of research networking organisations and their users. TERENA has been created by a merger of the RARE and EARN associations. TERENA carries out technical activities and provides a platform for discussion and education to encourage the development of a high-quality computer networking infrastructure for the European research community. Conditions RIPE NCC personnel is employed by the TERENA association under their standard employment conditions. The salary will depend on qualifications and experience. Costs of relocation to the Netherlands will be met. The appointment will be for one year with possible extension. Location The RIPE NCC is located at the Scientific Center Watergraafsmeer (WCW) in Amsterdam. The offices will be situated at NIKHEF, the Dutch National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics. Further Information For further information about the RIPE NCC, please see the RIPE document store at http://www.ripe.net/ ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ gopher://gopher.ripe.net/ telnet://info.ripe.net/ For further information about this position please contact: Daniel Karrenberg RIPE NCC Manager Kruislaan 409 NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam Netherlands Tel.: +31 20 592 5065 <Daniel.Karrenberg(a)ripe.net> How to Apply Applications, including a CV and references should be submitted in confidence to the address above and should be received no later than Sunday July 23rd 1995. Applications by electronic mail are perfectly acceptable. We accept plain ASCII or PostScript. All applications by e-mail will be acknowledged.

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CIDRers Hall of Fame
by Daniel Karrenberg 07 Jul '95

07 Jul '95

As a companion to my call for CIDRisation, here is a list of the good guys, roughly sorted by 'goodness'. In the name of the Internet community: Thanks folks! Daniel /16 block hosts routes hosts addres- / sed route 194.16.0.0 524544 2 262272 193.60.0.0 262144 1 262144 193.112.0.0 525824 4 131456 193.88.0.0 131072 1 131072 193.212.0.0 131072 1 131072 193.196.0.0 131072 1 131072 193.170.0.0 131072 1 131072 193.156.0.0 131072 1 131072 193.144.0.0 131072 1 131072 193.134.0.0 131072 1 131072 193.132.0.0 131072 1 131072 193.44.0.0 132096 2 66048 193.80.0.0 131328 2 65664 194.94.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.91.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.84.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.81.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.80.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.7.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.65.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.47.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.46.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.27.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.178.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.172.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.171.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.163.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.159.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.151.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.150.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.144.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.143.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.139.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.135.0.0 65536 1 65536 194.120.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.90.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.86.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.85.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.83.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.82.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.75.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.74.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.4.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.233.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.207.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.2.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.146.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.127.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.126.0.0 65536 1 65536 193.122.0.0 196608 3 65536 193.96.0.0 526848 11 47895 193.204.0.0 136192 3 45397 194.128.0.0 132352 3 44117 193.72.0.0 131584 3 43861 193.174.0.0 131584 3 43861 193.184.0.0 131840 4 32960 194.92.0.0 65536 2 32768 194.72.0.0 65536 2 32768 194.66.0.0 65536 2 32768 194.52.0.0 65536 2 32768 194.51.0.0 65536 2 32768 194.4.0.0 65536 2 32768 194.13.0.0 32768 1 32768 193.79.0.0 65536 2 32768 193.78.0.0 65536 2 32768 193.71.0.0 65536 2 32768 193.67.0.0 65536 2 32768 193.59.0.0 65536 2 32768 193.246.0.0 65536 2 32768 193.136.0.0 65536 2 32768 193.120.0.0 65536 2 32768 193.12.0.0 264960 9 29440 193.128.0.0 264448 10 26444 194.86.0.0 65536 3 21845 194.58.0.0 65536 3 21845 194.115.0.0 65536 3 21845 193.70.0.0 65536 3 21845 193.69.0.0 65536 3 21845 193.1.0.0 65536 3 21845 194.9.0.0 16384 1 16384 194.166.0.0 16384 1 16384 194.12.0.0 16384 1 16384 193.76.0.0 65536 4 16384 193.230.0.0 16384 1 16384 193.113.0.0 65536 4 16384 194.64.0.0 65536 5 13107 193.77.0.0 65536 5 13107 193.68.0.0 65536 5 13107 194.70.0.0 65536 7 9362 194.157.0.0 65536 7 9362 193.66.0.0 65536 7 9362 193.10.0.0 65536 7 9362 194.93.0.0 17408 2 8704 194.96.0.0 8192 1 8192 194.67.0.0 16384 2 8192 194.179.0.0 8192 1 8192 194.148.0.0 8192 1 8192 194.102.0.0 8192 1 8192 193.7.0.0 16384 2 8192 193.195.0.0 65536 8 8192 193.141.0.0 65536 8 8192 193.13.0.0 8192 1 8192 193.92.0.0 65024 8 8128 193.166.0.0 135936 17 7996 194.45.0.0 65536 9 7281 193.5.0.0 65536 9 7281 193.140.0.0 65536 10 6553 193.242.0.0 12288 2 6144 193.222.0.0 12288 2 6144 194.50.0.0 46592 8 5824 194.87.0.0 65536 12 5461 194.108.0.0 37888 7 5412 193.38.0.0 29440 6 4906 193.64.0.0 145408 30 4846 194.104.0.0 17664 4 4416 194.97.0.0 65536 15 4369 194.2.0.0 65536 15 4369 193.124.0.0 139520 32 4360 193.168.0.0 17408 4 4352 193.221.0.0 21248 5 4249 194.53.0.0 8192 2 4096 194.30.0.0 8192 2 4096 194.141.0.0 4096 1 4096 194.125.0.0 4096 1 4096 194.100.0.0 8192 2 4096 193.240.0.0 4096 1 4096 194.54.0.0 10240 3 3413 193.106.0.0 65536 21 3120 194.117.0.0 12288 4 3072 193.65.0.0 17664 6 2944 193.162.0.0 19456 7 2779 193.219.0.0 17664 7 2523 193.8.0.0 65536 27 2427 193.190.0.0 32768 14 2340 193.202.0.0 18176 8 2272 193.25.0.0 19968 9 2218 194.88.0.0 2048 1 2048 194.25.0.0 2048 1 2048 194.118.0.0 2048 1 2048 193.27.0.0 2048 1 2048 193.254.0.0 2048 1 2048 193.229.0.0 2048 1 2048

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Short RIPE NCC Report for June
by Daniel Karrenberg 07 Jul '95

07 Jul '95

As has been reported earlier this year, the RIPE NCC is currently severely under-resourced. As a consequence, it has been impossible for us to report to you formally and in full about the activities of the RIPE NCC as we have done in the past. While we very much regret the situation we hope to keep you informed with a series of short informal reports. The report below summarises our activities up to July 1995. Summary The registration services still operate at capacity. We are hiring new personnel to cope with this. We have started the training courses for new local Internet registries. A new tool for speeding up reverse domain delegations is now in use. Database improvements are being implemented. We are implementing a request tracking system. Work on next year's charging scheme is behind schedule and progressing slowly. Registration Services (hostmaster) The backlog in registration services has been more or less constant at around 125 messages which equals about 70 requests. We have hired 2.6 FTE of junior hostmasters to help cope with this problem. The current expectation is that this backlog will be cleared during September. Training We have taught the first Local Internet Registry course in Amsterdam. It has been well received. We are currently revising the course according to the excellent feedback received. More courses are scheduled in Germany (full), Austria, the UK, Italy, and at the NCC in Amsterdam. The dates will be announced as soon as they are fixed. If you would like to host such a course and a minimum of six contributing Local IRs are likely to attend, please contact training(a)ripe.net to see whether we can accomodate you. All courses will be announced on the local-ir mailing list and are open to all contributing registries on a first come first served basis. If there is high demand for a particular course we will have to restrict the number of persons from each registry. Reverse Domain Delegations There is a new mail responder tool at <auto-inaddr(a)ripe.net> which automatically checks delegation requests for reverse domains, e.g. subdomains of 193.in-addr.arpa and 194.in-addr.arpa. Requests are only forwarded to registration services staff after they have passed all checks. This reduces turnaround times and relieves the registration services staff at the same time. Database We are working on database software enhancements in the areas of hierarchical authorisation and logging/exchange. The former will be a means to authorise creation of objects below a node in a hierarchical key space (domain names, addresses). The main application is to prevent erroneous registration of address space assignments. The improvements in logging will make it possible to run real time secondary copies of databases. Staffing Els Willems has started as new junior hostmaster on July 3rd. She joins us from the Dutch foundation for computer algebra. Els will work part time 4days/week initially reducing to 3days/week later in the year. Unfortunately (for us) Anne Lord will leave us on July 14th and move back to her home country for new challenges at a major service provider. We at the NCC will miss her and her contribution to our success. We hope that Anne can join us at the next RIPE meeting for a 'formal' farewell from the RIPE community. We will advertise to fill Anne's position shortly. In the meantime our UK contingent will be replenished by Nick Reid who has been hired as a full time junior hostmaster. Nick will start August 28th. As reported in Rome we have also hired Hatice Kuey from Turkey as a junior hostmaster. The expectation was that she would join us in June. Unfortunately and unknown to us at the time, Dutch employment laws have changed in April, making it much harder to employ people from outside the EC. We are currently working with the Dutch employment authorities to resolve this. Given the increasing amount of new registries in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East we think it is very important to have this area 'represented' in our staff. Plans for this month Registration services urgently need the improvement of our ticketing system into a real request tracking system. Currently the needed functionality is being specified and we hope to start implementation this month with a gradual phase-in of new functionality. We plan to issue a basic proposal for next years charging model. Due to the staff shortage and pressure on registration services not much work has been done to date. The proposal is thus expected to be simple and basic. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Regards Daniel Karrenberg RIPE NCC Manager

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