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RIPE-NCC BGP Maintenance
by Mark Guz 19 Feb '07

19 Feb '07

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, On Thursday 22 February, between 18:00 and 20:00 (UTC), the RIPE NCC will carry out maintenance work on our core network infrastructure. RIPE NCC services will be temporarily unavailable during this period. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. This work is due to the rescheduling of previously cancelled work related to BGP load balancing issues between our NikHef and Telecity peering points. If you have any questions about this, please send an e-mail to: <ops(a)ripe.net>. Regards -- Mark Guz Senior Engineer RIPE NCC Singel 258 Amsterdam 1016 AB Tel: +31 (0) 20 535 4444 Fax: +31 (0) 20 535 4445 http://www.ripe.net

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RIPE NCC Planned Maintenance, February/March 2007
by RIPE NCC 19 Feb '07

19 Feb '07

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC will perform maintenance work that will affect a number of servers. The maintenance work will take place on: Tuesday, 20 February 2007 between 18:00 and 20:00 UTC Thursday, 22 February 2007 between 18:00 and 20:00 UTC Tuesday, 27 February 2007 between 18:00 and 20:00 UTC During this maintenance, individual servers may experience short outages. 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, James -- James Aldridge, Senior Systems & Network Engineer, RIPE NCC

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Announcement DNS for LIRs Training Courses
by RIPE NCC Training Services 12 Feb '07

12 Feb '07

Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC Training Services Department invites you to register for one of our upcoming DNS for LIRs Training Courses: Date: Friday 30 March 2007 Time: 09:00-17:00 Location: Lisbon, Portugal And Date: Friday 20 April 2007 Time: 09:00-17:00 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Hosted by: DE.CIX: http://www.decix.de/ And Date: Friday 27 April 2007 Time: 09:00-17:00 Location: Budapest, Hungary And Date: Friday 18 May 2007 Time: 09:00-17:00 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands And Date: Friday 8 June 2007 Time: 09:00-17:00 Location: London, United Kingdom And Date: Thursday 21 June 2007 Time: 09:00-17:00 Location: Tehran, Iran The main objective of the DNS for LIRs Training Course is to provide LIRs with information about the different DNS related services the RIPE NCC has available for them. It covers reverse DNS procedures and checks, as well as giving information about DNS Monitoring (DNSMON), K-Root and anycasting. The course also covers DNSSEC and the specific procedures set up by the RIPE NCC to secure the in-addr.arpa zones. Please note that the DNS for LIRs course focuses on DNS services and procedures related to being an LIR. The course does: - NOT teach the basics of DNS - NOT describe how to receive Internet resources from the RIPE NCC - NOT describe fully how to operate a Local Internet Registry (LIR) The course is intended for technical staff of LIRs. It is assumed that all attendees are familiar with common DNS terminology and have a practical knowledge of operating DNS servers. The course is free of charge. We provide lunch and printed training materials. We do not cover any of your travel expenses or accommodation. We give all of our training courses in English. You can find more information about the course at: http://www.ripe.net/training/dns REGISTRATION: ============ To register for this course, please use the LIR Portal or complete the registration via our website on: 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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Announcement Routing Registry Training Courses
by RIPE NCC Training Services 12 Feb '07

12 Feb '07

Dear Colleagues The RIPE NCC Training Services Department invites you to register for one of our upcoming Routing Registry Training Courses: Date: Thursday 5 April 2007 Time: 09:00 - 17:00 Location: Manama, Bahrain Hosted by: 2Connect:http://www.2connectbahrain.com/ AND Date: Thursday 26 April 2007 Time: 09:00 - 17:00 Location: Budapest, Hungary AND Date: Friday 4 May 2007 Time: 09:00 - 17:00 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands AND Date: Friday 25 May 2007 Time: 09:00 - 17:00 Location: Moscow, Russian Federation AND Date: Thursday 7 June 2007 Time: 09:00 - 17:00 Location: London, United Kingdom ND Date: Friday 29 June 2007 Time: 09:00 - 17:00 Location: Rome, Italy The main objective of the "Routing Registry Training Course" is to familiarise the LIRs with the features of the Routing Registry, while introducing the relevant tools and services of the RIPE NCC. The course also offers practical exercises. OVERVIEW OF TOPICS COVERED IN THE COURSE: - Routing Registry as a part of the RIPE Whois Database and the Internet Routing Registry (IRR) - Specifying routing policies using (RPSL) Routing Policy Specification Language and the RtConfig tool - IRRToolSet - Routing Information Service (RIS) - Routing Registry Consistency Check Project Please note that this is an advanced course. It will: - NOT teach the basics of routing - NOT teach the basics of RIPE Database operations - NOT describe how to receive Internet resources from the RIPE NCC - NOT describe how to operate a Local Internet Registry (LIR) The target audience of the course are technical staff of LIRs: e.g. network operators, engineers etc. This course is not intended for administrative or management staff (e.g. Hostmasters) . It is assumed that all attendees will be familiar with Border Gateway Protocol routing and with the RIPE Database (i.e. creating/modifying objects). This course is based on interactive exercises in a local network set-up. Please bring your laptops equipped with the following: - A working Ethernet card, - Three meters of Ethernet cable, - A secure connection client, - A web browser. Please be prepared to share your laptop (or at least allow another attendee to "look over your shoulder") if necessary. The course is free of charge. We provide lunch and printed training materials. We do not cover any of your travel expenses or accommodation. We give all of our training courses in English. You can find more information about the course at: http://www.ripe.net/training/rr/ How to register: --------------------- You can register up to two people from your LIR for each course. (If there are places left nearer the time of the course, you can register more people). To register for this course, you can either use the LIR Portal at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/training/course-list.html Or the online registration form on our website: http://www.ripe.net/cgi-bin/trainingform.pl.cgi If you have any questions, send an e-mail to <training(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Rumy Kanis Training Services Manager RIPE NCC

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Announcement RIPE NCC LIR Training Courses
by RIPE NCC Training Services 12 Feb '07

12 Feb '07

Dear Colleagues The RIPE NCC Training Services Department invites you to register for one of our upcoming LIR Training Courses: Date: Friday 13 April 2007 Time: 09:00 - 17:00 Location: Dublin, Ireland AND: Date: Friday 20 April 2007 Time: 09:00 - 17:00 Location: Warsaw, Poland AND: Date: Thursday 24 May 2007 Time: 09:00 - 17:00 Location: Moscow, Russian Federation AND: Date: Friday 25 May 2007 Time: 09:00 - 17:00 Location: Hamburg, Germany AND: Date: Friday 1 June 2007 Time: 09:00 - 17:00 Location: Paris, France AND: Date: Wednesday 6 June 2007 Time: 09:00 - 17:00 Location: London, United Kingdom AND: Date: Friday 8 June 2007 Time: 09:00 - 17:00 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands AND: Date: Friday 15 June 2007 Time: 09:00 - 17:00 Location: Riga, Latvia AND: Date: Wednesday 20 June 2007 Time: 09:00 - 17:00 Location: Tehran, Iran AND: Date: Friday 22 June 2007 Time: 09:00 - 17:00 Location: Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro AND: Date: Friday 29 June 2007 Time: 09:00 - 17:00 Location: Stockholm, Sweden The LIR Training Course explains the role of a Local Internet Registry (LIR) in the distribution of IP resources and development of policies. We also introduce attendees to the newest policies and procedures, explain terminology, and show how to efficiently communicate with us. The course is free of charge. We provide lunch and printed training materials. We do not cover any of your travel expenses or accommodation. We give all of our training courses in English. You can find more information about the course at: http://www.ripe.net/training/lir/ How to register: --------------------- The target audience of the LIR Training Course is employees of new LIRs, and new staff from established LIRs, who will deal with us as part of their regular work. You can register up to two people from your LIR for each course. (If there are places left nearer the time of the course, you can register more people). As we give out confidential information to attendees about their own LIR, only 'LIR contact persons' can register themselves for a course. LIR contact persons can also register other colleagues. To register for this course, you can either use the LIR Portal at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/training/course-list.html Or the online registration form on our website: http://www.ripe.net/cgi-bin/trainingform.pl.cgi If you have any questions, send an e-mail to <training(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Rumy Kanis Training Services Manager RIPE NCC

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Transfer of ERX resources from RIPE NCC to AfriNIC
by Andrei Robachevsky 12 Feb '07

12 Feb '07

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear colleagues, On Wednesday 14 February 2007, the RIPE NCC will transfer management of several Early Registration PI address blocks and Autonomous System Numbers to AfriNIC. A list of the resources being transferred is available at: http://www.ripe.net/projects/erx/transferred.html You can find more information about AfriNIC at: http://www.afrinic.net For more information on the ERX project, see: http://www.ripe.net/projects/erx/index.html Regards, Andrei Robachevsky, Chief Technical Officer RIPE NCC

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Recent delays in e-mail responses from the RIPE NCC
by Jos Boumans 09 Feb '07

09 Feb '07

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, Over the past 24 hours, some users have been experiencing delays in receiving responses from RIPE NCC mail robots, including <auto-dbm(a)ripe.net> and <hostmaster(a)ripe.net>. The delays were caused by a large number of inetnum registrations that were submitted over a short period of time and slowed our mail system. The situation has been resolved and all the requests submitted have now been processed. RIPE NCC staff are investigating means of preventing such incidents from affecting our mail systems in the future. We apologise for any inconvenience. Regards, Jos Boumans, RIPE NCC

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Update on LIR Portal Outage
by Trudy Prins 08 Feb '07

08 Feb '07

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, Between 06:15 - 09:15 (UTC) on Thursday, 8 February 2007, it was not possible for users to log in to the LIR Portal (http://lirportal.ripe.net). This problem has now been resolved, and the LIR Portal is working as normal. We apologise for any inconvenience that today's outage may have caused. Regards, Trudy Prins Interim Manager Business Applications Department RIPE NCC

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Tonight's RIPE NCC Maintenance Rescheduled for 13 February
by Mark Guz 06 Feb '07

06 Feb '07

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, We have cancelled plans to carry out maintenance work on our core network infrastructure this evening. This means that RIPE NCC services will be available as usual. We will carry out this maintenance work on Tuesday, 13 February between 21:00 and 23:00 (UTC). During this time, many of our services will be unavailable. 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, Mark Guz Senior Engineer RIPE NCC Singel 258 Amsterdam 1016 AB Tel: +31 (0) 20 535 4444 Fax: +31 (0) 20 535 4445

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RIPE NCC Announces New Membership Discussion List
by Paul Rendek 30 Jan '07

30 Jan '07

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, In response to requests from the membership, the RIPE NCC has created a members-only opt-in list where RIPE NCC members can discuss membership related issues. The new RIPE NCC Membership Discussion List (members-discuss(a)ripe.net) provides a useful, publicly archived way for members to discuss important membership issues. The RIPE NCC Membership Discussion List is one of several mailing lists for RIPE NCC members. For more information about these lists, including a description of the topics they cover and subscription details, go to: http://www.ripe.net/membership/lists.html RIPE NCC members can subscribe to this list through the RIPE NCC LIR Portal. Please note that an LIR login will be required. More information about setting up an LIR Portal account is available at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/getting_started.html Regards, Paul Rendek Head of Communications RIPE NCC

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