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RIPE NCC closed on 21 and 24 March 2008
by Saskia van Gorp 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

Dear Colleagues, Our offices are closed on Friday 21 March (Good Friday) and Monday 24 March (Easter Monday) 2008. The offices close on all Dutch public holidays listed at: http://www.ripe.net/info/ncc/public-holidays.html Regards, Saskia van Gorp Front Office Manager RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC Call for Nominations for Executive Board Seats - May 2008
by Axel Pawlik 13 Mar '08

13 Mar '08

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear RIPE NCC member, In compliance with the RIPE NCC Articles of Association, the RIPE NCC is calling for nominations to the RIPE NCC Executive Board. The two vacant seats are for three-year terms and are to fill the places currently held by Kees Neggers and Jim Reid, whose terms expire in May 2008. Voting for the appointment of the RIPE NCC Executive Board members will take place at the upcoming RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM). The GM will be held on Wednesday, 7 May 2008 from 16:00-18:30, adjacent to the RIPE 56 Meeting, which takes place from 5-9 May 2008 at the Hotel Palace in Berlin, Germany. You must be registered for the GM if you wish to attend and vote in the Executive Board election. You can register online for the GM at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/meeting/registration-general/meeting.h… If you would like to vote but cannot attend the GM, you can be represented by a third party who is not an authorised employee or director. If so, please fill out the proxy form and send it to us by 23 April 2008. Any proxy sent to us after this date will not be valid. The proxy form is available to download here: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2008/proxy.html A nomination for the appointment of a member of the Executive Board requires the written support of at least five members. You must be a RIPE NCC member and a registered LIR contact to support a nomination. Nomination submissions should include the following information: * Your full name * Your organisation * Your LIR RegID * Name of the candidate you wish to support Nominations must be submitted by e-mail to <agm-nominations(a)ripe.net> by Wednesday, 9 April 2008, following the guidelines outlined in article 9 of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. Excerpts from the Articles of Association are available at the end of this e-mail. If you have any questions about the GM, please e-mail us at <agm(a)ripe.net>. Best regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC Excerpts from the RIPE NCC Articles of Association: Article [8.2] The Executive Board of the Association shall consist of at least three and at most five natural persons. They shall be members of the Board in a personal capacity and do not have to be Members of the Association. Employees of the Association cannot be appointed members of the Executive Board. Article [9.1] The members of the Executive Board shall be appointed by the General Meeting from a list of nominees to be drawn up by the Members. A nomination for the appointment of a member of the Executive Board shall need the written support of at least five Members. If three weeks before the General Meeting the number of candidates nominated for appointment as referred to above does not exceed the number of vacancies, the Executive Board shall have to nominate one or more candidates for appointment so that the total number of proposed candidates shall exceed the number of Executive Board members to be appointed by the General Meeting. The Articles of Association are available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/articles-association.html Important Dates 11 March 2008 GM registration opens 11 March 2008 Draft agenda and proposed resolutions posted online 9 April 2008 Deadline for nominations to Executive Board 23 April 2008 Submission deadline for proposed resolutions 23 April 2008 Online registration for GM closes 23 April 2008 Proxy forms must be received by the RIPE NCC 7 May 2008 RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2008

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RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2008 - Registration Open
by Axel Pawlik 13 Mar '08

13 Mar '08

[Apologies for duplicates] Dear RIPE NCC member, The RIPE NCC Executive Board is pleased to invite you to the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM). The GM will be held on Wednesday, 7 May 2008 from 16:00-18:30. It will be held adjacent to the RIPE 56 Meeting, which takes place from 5-9 May 2008 at the Hotel Palace in Berlin, Germany. The GM will consist of two parts: - The RIPE NCC Services Working Group will begin at 16:00 and will include the presentation of the Report from the RIPE NCC. This part of the GM is open to everyone. - The second part of the GM follows immediately after and is only open to RIPE NCC members who have registered for the GM. This part of the meeting is the forum where RIPE NCC members can discuss the operations and activities of the RIPE NCC and exercise their voting rights. More information about the GM is available at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2008/ REGISTRATION ------------ You must register for the GM separately from the RIPE 56 Meeting. As a member you can attend both the RIPE NCC Services Working Group session and the members-only section of the GM without being registered for RIPE 56. See below for further information on the RIPE NCC Services Working Group session. You can register for the GM online at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/meeting/registration/meeting.html?id=52 Please complete the online registration form by 23 April 2008. In the event that your organisation is to be represented by a director or an authorised employee, the registration form should state the name(s) of the employee(s) or director(s). If more than one authorised person is to attend the GM, please specify on the registration form who is allowed to exercise the voting rights. If your organisation is to be represented by a third party, not being an authorised employee or director, please fill out the proxy form and send it to us by 23 April 2008. Any proxy sent to us after this date will not be valid. The proxy form is available to download here: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2008/proxy.html Draft Agenda ------------ The draft agenda for the RIPE NCC GM is available at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2008/agenda.html Report from the RIPE NCC ------------------------ The Report from the RIPE NCC presentation will be given during the RIPE NCC Services Working Group session during RIPE 56, which constitutes the first part of the GM. GM attendees who have not registered for the RIPE Meeting are welcome to participate in this working group session. This takes place on Wednesday, 7 May 2008 from 16:00-17:30, immediately before the members-only section of the GM. The Report from the RIPE NCC presentation will not be repeated in the members-only section of the GM. Voting and Resolutions ---------------------- Candidate members are welcome to attend the GM but are not permitted to vote according to article 16.7 of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. Full members who are not able to attend the GM but still want to vote can do so by means of proxy voting as per article 16. Please also note that the GM can only pass resolutions that have been submitted and published according to article 15 of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. The RIPE NCC Articles of Association can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/articles-association.html We send invitations for General Meetings by e-mail only. However, if your organisation wishes to receive this and future invitations for General Meetings by regular post, please let us know by responding to this e-mail. If you have any questions about the GM, please e-mail us at <agm(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC Important Dates 11 March 2008 GM registration opens 11 March 2008 Draft agenda and proposed resolutions posted online 9 April 2008 Deadline for nominations to Executive Board 23 April 2008 Submission deadline for proposed resolutions 23 April 2008 Online registration for GM closes 23 April 2008 Proxy forms must be received by the RIPE NCC 7 May 2008 RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2008

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MENOG 3/RIPE NCC Regional Meeting: Reminder to register
by Paul Rendek 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails.] Dear Colleagues, You are cordially invited to join us at the MENOG 3/RIPE NCC Regional Meeting in Salmiya, Kuwait, on 15 – 17 April 2008. This special event for network operators and network engineers from the Middle East offers a unique and exciting opportunity for you and your colleagues to develop cross-regional cooperation and meet with key players in the local and global Internet industry. The event is hosted by Wataniya Telecom. More information about Wataniya Telecom can be found at: www.wataniya.com Registration ------------- Registration is now open. The event is free. Please register online at: www.menog.net/dyn.php?page=menog3registration Accommodation ------------------- Rooms are available at the meeting venue, The Marina Hotel, Salmiya, at a special rate for those attending the event: Room Rate = KWD 69.350 per night To take advantage of this rate, you need to book your room by *4 April, 2008*. More details about the hotel and the relevant booking form can be found at: http://www.menog.net/meetings/menog3/venue.php Call For Presentations ---------------------- Presentations on local issues play a central role in the agenda. Several tutorials are also offered. Your input is essential for building an agenda tailored to your needs. If you would like to give a presentation, or suggest a topic for discussion, please contact menog-sec(a)menog.net or submit your proposal at: http://submission.menog.net/paper/user/new.php?event=11 Sponsorship ----------- If you would like to gain exposure for your organisation's products or services by sponsoring parts of this unique and popular event, there are various sponsorship packages available. For more information, please see: http://www.menog.net/sponsorship.php Further information ------------------- The preliminary agenda is available online and will be updated as soon as speakers and topics are confirmed: www.menog.net/meetings/menog3/agenda.php We look forward to meeting you and your colleagues at this combined MENOG 3/RIPE NCC Regional Meeting. Please extend this invitation to anyone you feel may be interested in participating in this event. If you have any questions, please e-mail menog-sec(a)menog.net Regards, Paul Rendek RIPE NCC On behalf of the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting/MENOG 3 Organisers

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RIPE 56: Registration, Now Open
by RIPE Meeting 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that registration for the RIPE 56 Meeting is now open. RIPE 56 will be held from 5-9 May 2008 at the Hotel Palace in Berlin, Germany. REGISTRATION ============== You can register online for RIPE 56 at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/meeting/register/51 MEETING FEE =========== The registration fee for the meeting is EUR 400. This covers the full RIPE Meeting week. You will receive a EUR 50 discount if your payment is received before 12:00 UTC on Friday, 2 May 2008. DAY TICKETS =========== Day tickets are also available online and cost EUR 125 per day. STUDENT DISCOUNT ================= Students get a 50% discount on the price of a regular week ticket if they show a valid international student card upon arrival at the meeting. This discount does not apply to day tickets and cannot be used in combination with the pre-payment discount. FREE TICKETS ============ If you are a *new* Local Internet Registry (LIR), you will receive *two* free RIPE Meeting tickets as part of your membership. You can find out more about how to use your RIPE Meeting tickets at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/new-lir.html MEETING PLAN ============ The RIPE 56 Meeting Plan is available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-56/meeting-plan.html Suggestions and proposals for presentations are welcome. They can be sent to <meeting(a)ripe.net> or to the relevant RIPE Working Group mailing lists: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/maillists/index.html HOTEL ACCOMMODATION =================== RIPE 56 attendees who want to stay at the Hotel Palace can take advantage of a reduced room rate. You can find more information and the online hotel booking form at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-56/venue.html TRAVEL VISA FOR GERMANY =================================== If you require a visa to enter Germany, please request one as soon as possible. We are happy to provide you with an invitation letter upon request after you have completed the meeting registration. FURTHER INFORMATION =================== For more information about RIPE 56, please see: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-56/ If you have any further questions, please contact <meeting(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Camilla Meidell Conference Coordinator RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC publishes case study of youtube.com hijack
by Daniel Karrenberg 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, As you may be aware from recent news reports, traffic to the youtube.com website was 'hijacked' on a global scale on Sunday, 24 February 2008. The incident was a result of the unauthorised announcement of the prefix 208.65.153.0/24 and caused the popular video sharing website to become unreachable from most, if not all, of the Internet. The RIPE NCC conducted an analysis into how this incident was seen and tracked by the RIPE NCC's Routing Information Service (RIS) and has published a case study at: http://www.ripe.net/news/study-youtube-hijacking.html The RIPE NCC RIS is a service that collects Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing information from roughly 600 peers at 16 Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) across the world. Data is stored in near real- time and can be instantly queried by anyone to provide multiple views of routing activity for any point in time. The RIS forms part of the RIPE NCC's suite of Information Services, which together provide a deeper insight into the workings of the Internet. The RIPE NCC is a neutral and impartial organisation, and commercial interests therefore do not influence the data collected. The RIPE NCC Information Services suite also includes the Test Traffic Measurement (TTM) service, the DNS Monitoring (DNSMON) service and Hostcount. All of these services are available to anyone, and most of them are offered free of charge. More information about RIPE NCC Information Services can be found at: http://is-portal.ripe.net Regards, Daniel Karrenberg Chief Scientist, RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC Maintenance - Saturday, 1 March 2008
by Brian Riddle 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, >From 10:00-18:00 (UTC) on Saturday, 1 March 2008, we will perform scheduled maintenance work on our core storage infrastructure. During this period, the following will be unavailable at times: - www.ripe.net - ftp.ripe.net - lirportal.ripe.net - e-learning.ripe.net The performance of dnsmon.ripe.net will be degraded during this period, and the website for k.root-servers.org will also be unavailable at times. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. If you have any questions about this, please send an e-mail to <ops(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Brian Riddle IT Manager RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC Maintenance - Saturday, 1 March 2008
by Brian Riddle 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, >From 10:00-18:00 (UTC) on Saturday, 1 March 2008, we will perform scheduled maintenance work on our core storage infrastructure. During this period, the following will be unavailable at times: - www.ripe.net - ftp.ripe.net - lirportal.ripe.net - e-learning.ripe.net The performance of dnsmon.ripe.net will be degraded during this period, and the website for k.root-servers.org will also be unavailable at times. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. If you have any questions about this, please send an e-mail to <ops(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Brian Riddle IT Manager RIPE NCC

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Web Server Maintenance - Wednesday, 27 Feb 2008
by Menno Schepers 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, On Wednesday, 27 February 2008, we will replace our web server (www.ripe.net) between 17:00 and 19:00 (UTC). During this period, it might be unable to serve web requests. The change will also result in a new URL for the syncupdates service. For more information about this change, please see: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/maillists/archives/db-wg/2008/msg00002.html We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please send an e-mail to <ops(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Menno Schepers Operations Department RIPE NCC

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ANNOUNCEMENT: RIPE NCC Training Courses.
by RIPE NCC Training Services 21 Feb '08

21 Feb '08

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC invites you to register for one of our upcoming training courses: - The LIR Training Course This course teaches LIRs how to request Internet number resources and interact with the RIPE NCC. A course outline is available at: http://www.ripe.net/training/lir/outline.html - The Routing Registry Training Course This course teaches LIRs how to use the RIPE Database for routing. A course outline is available at: http://www.ripe.net/training/rr/outline.html - The DNS for LIRs Training Course This course teaches LIRs about the RIPE NCC's DNS-related services. A course outline is available at: http://www.ripe.net/training/dns/outline.html To see the location of upcoming courses and to register, please use the LIR Portal or complete the registration form on our website at: http://www.ripe.net/cgi-bin/trainingform.pl.cgi If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us at <training(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Rumy Kanis Training Services Manager RIPE NCC

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