December 2010 - members-discuss

[ncc-announce] New RIPE NCC PGP Key
by Andrea Cima 27 Dec '10

27 Dec '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, On Wednesday, 5 January 2011 we will start using our 2011 key to sign e-mail from our ticketing system. The new key has been signed by the old key as described in the key-management policy on our web site: https://www.ripe.net/rs/pgp/index.html The old key remains valid until Thursday, 3 February 2011. If you have any questions about this, please contact <ncc(a)ripe.net>. Kind Regards, Andrea Cima RIPE NCC -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.11 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAk0YtfEACgkQXOgsmPkFrjOY9wCgtImM+qFN1KAqyVniORJ8jbf8 P9UAoKn11gqoeDn1QCx+S4A0YkBqeHgR =fHuQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[ncc-announce] Network Maintenance: 14/12/2010 17:00-20:00UTC
by Menno Schepers 10 Dec '10

10 Dec '10

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear Colleagues, On Tuesday, 14 December 2010 between 17:00 and 20:00 (UTC), the RIPE NCC will carry out maintenance work on its core network infrastructure in its office datacentre. Although we expect any outage to be minimal, it is possible that there will be intermittent access to all services hosted by the RIPE NCC during this period. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions, please contact: ops(a)ripe.net. Regards, Menno Schepers RIPE NCC

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[ncc-announce] RIPE NCC Resource Certification System: Initial Deployment 1 January 2011
by Alex Band 01 Dec '10

01 Dec '10

Dear colleagues, With just seven IPv4 address blocks available in the IANA pool, we are hurtling towards the end of an era. With this prospect, the registry function of the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) is going to be crucial to the Internet community. More than ever, it is important to know who is the legitimate holder of a block of IP addresses. With this as a primary driver, the RIPE NCC (in coordination with the other four RIRs) is planning to deploy a system that attaches digital certificates to Internet number resources (IP address blocks and Autonomous System (AS) Numbers). A more complete description of the benefits of resource certification can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/certification/ The RIPE NCC has had a beta platform for certification up and running for several months now. More than 100 RIPE NCC members have enabled certification under this pilot program, providing the RIPE NCC with valuable feedback. On 1 January 2011, the RIPE NCC will launch a hosted production system, which will allow all LIRs to generate a certificate of holdership, which will be held in a repository maintained by the RIPE NCC. Network operators will also be able to start making routing decisions based on the system as of this date. Further iterations of this system will be deployed over the coming 12 months, including the option for LIRs to host their own Certificate Authority and generate certificates for their own customers. Digital certificates have helped make business on the Internet more secure. Now we are using resource certificates to make the Internet itself more secure. For more information, please visit: http://ripe.net/certification If you have any questions or comments, please email <ncc(a)ripe.net>. Best regards, Alex Band Product Manager, RIPE NCC

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