RIPE Document Announcement ---------------------------------- A new document is now available from the RIPE document store. Ref: ripe-84 Title: RIPE NCC Funding Author: Rob Blokzijl, Daniel Karrenberg Date: 25 March 1993 Format: PS=45393 TXT=18595 bytes Short content description ------------------------- The RIPE Network Coordination Centre supports all those RIPE activities which cannot be effectively performed by volunteers from the participating organisations. The RIPE NCC started operation in the second quarter of 1992 and currently has 3 permanent staff members. The RARE association provides the legal and financial framework for the NCC. Funding for the first year of operation of the NCC has been provided by EARN, the full national members of RARE, Israel and EUnet. These organisations have agreed to guarantee funding of NCC operation during the remaining three quarters of 1993. At the same time they have expressed that -while they guarantee continued funding- it is imperative that the remaining European Internet service providers start contributing to NCC funding as soon as possible. As all European Internet service providers benefit from NCC services, the costs should be shared appropriately. Because of this RIPE seeks to establish agreement about a funding model among European Internet service providers and other organisations interested in contributing. In this paper, an attempt is made to analyse the problem by categorising the services and user communities of the NCC, discuss some of the possible options, and to arrive at an agreed framework for RIPE NCC funding. FTP Access ---------- All RIPE documents and Internet RFC`s are available via anonymous FTP from host ftp.ripe.net. Type "ftp ftp.ripe.net". Login with username "anonymous" supplying your email address as the password. After logging in, type "cd ripe/docs/ripe-docs" followed by the command "get <filename>". For example "get ripe-84.txt". Electronic Mail Retrieval of Documents -------------------------------------- Documents can also be retrieved from the RIPE document store using a mail server program. For more information on how to use the program, send email to: mail-server@ripe.net with "send HELP" in the body text. RIPE NCC Interactive Information Server --------------------------------------- Type "telnet host info.ripe.net". This is a menu driven service allows the document store to be browsed. After reading documents you are prompted as to whether you would like to receive an email copy of the document you have just read. If you would, you simply enter your email address and the document will be mailed to you. Below are details of alternative methods of access. Gopher Access ------------- The same documents are available via a "gopher" server at "gopher gopher.ripe.net". WAIS Access ----------- There is also a "WAIS" server at wais.ripe.net, where there is a WAIS index for RIPE documents "ripe-docs.src" WWW Access ---------- For those who wish to add this home page at the RIPE NCC to their own customized home pages, it can be accessed as: http://www.ripe.net./local/spool/www/default.html MIME Mail Reader ---------------- Below is the data which will enable a MIME compliant Mail Reader implementation to automatically retrieve the ASCII version of the RIPE document. --NextPart Content-Type: Multipart/Alternative; Boundary="OtherAccess" --OtherAccess Content-Type: Message/External-body; access-type="mail-server"; server="mail-server@ripe.net" Content-Type: text/plain SEND ripe-84.txt --OtherAccess Content-Type: Message/External-body; name="ripe-84.txt"; site="ftp.ripe.net"; access-type="anon-ftp"; directory="ripe-docs/docs" Content-Type: text/plain --OtherAccess-- --NextPart-- If you have any queries regarding any of the above, then please send email to ncc@ripe.net.