Dear Colleagues,
Our offices are closed on Monday 25 December(Christmas Day) and Tuesday 26 December (Boxing Day) 2006. We will reopen Wednesday 27 December 2006.
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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Dear Colleagues,
The Address Supporting Organisation (ASO) Address Council has called for nominations to the ICANN Board to fill the seat currently held by Raimundo Beca, whose term expires in June 2007.
This nomination period will end on 21 February 2007.
Nominations may be submitted by anyone by sending e-mail to secretariat(a)aso.icann.org. Nominations must include the following information:
- Full name of person being nominated
- Contact e-mail address for person being nominated
- Contact telephone number (if available) of the person being nominated
- Full name of the person making the nomination
- Contact e-mail address for the person making the nomination
- Contact telephone number of the person making the nomination
More information is available at:
http://aso.icann.org/
Regards,
Axel Pawlik
Managing Director
RIPE NCC
Dear Colleagues,
The RIPE NCC Executive Board has approved the RIPE NCC Activity Plan and
Budget 2007. These documents have been published and are available from
the RIPE Document Store.
RIPE NCC Activity Plan 2007
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ap2007.html
RIPE NCC Budget 2007
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/budget2007.html
Regards,
Axel Pawlik
Managing Director
RIPE NCC
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Dear colleagues,
The NRO is taking part in the ITU Telecom World event in Hong Kong,
China, from 4-8 December 2006.
The 'Internet Pavilion' booth is co-sponsored by the NRO, ICANN, and
ISOC and aims to promote a greater understanding of the existing open
and transparent bottom-up development processes of the technical
Internet community.
The Internet Pavilion includes:
* Multimedia presentations on Regional Internet Registry (RIR)
history, the NRO and IP addressing and routing
* NRO fact sheets in six official United Nations languages
* Newsletters, articles and other relevant documentation
Representatives from all the RIRs, ICANN and ISOC are available at the
booth each day for ITU participants and journalists to seek further
information.
Through this initiative, the Internet Pavilion will facilitate an
understanding of why a collaborative and cooperative governance model is
essential for the success of the Internet and the development of the
Information Society.
For more information, please see:
http://www.nro.net/governance/itu-exhibition-info.html
Regards,
Axel Pawlik
RIPE NCC
Managing Director
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Dear Colleagues,
We currently have a position open at the RIPE NCC for Registration
Services Manager.
If you are interested in this position, or know someone who may be
interested, please follow the link below and submit your application by
the deadline of Thursday, 7 December 2006.
http://www.ripe.net/employment/posts/06_1207_001.html
Regards,
Paul Rendek
Head of Member Services and Communications
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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the publication of two updated RIPE
Documents.
ripe-395 - Supporting Notes for the Autonomous System Number Request
Form is available at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/asnsupport.html
ripe-396 - AS Number Request Form is available at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/asnrequestform.html
We have updated the documents to include 4-byte (32 bit) AS Numbers,
which can be requested from 1 January 2007.
Best Regards,
Laura Cobley
Registration Services
RIPE NCC
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Dear Colleagues,
Today, we implemented measures to combat spam on our mail servers. The
measures will apply to both e-mails sent to RIPE NCC mailboxes and the
mailing lists hosted on ripe.net.
These measures will lead to short delivery delays for some of your
e-mails to us and to the mailing lists.
Regards,
Brian Riddle
IT Manager
RIPE NCC
Dear Colleagues,
The RIPE NCC Training Services Department invites you to register for
one of our upcoming DNS for LIRs Training Courses:
Date: Friday 26 January 2007
Time: 09:00-17:00
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
And
Date: Friday 9 March 2007
Time: 09:00-17:00
Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
And
Date: Friday 30 March 2007
Time: 09:00-17:00
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
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:
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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
Dear Colleagues
The RIPE NCC Training Services Department invites you to register for one
of our upcoming Routing Registry Training Courses:
Date: Friday 3 November 2006
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
AND
Date: Tuesday 6 February 2007
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
AND
Date: Friday 23 February 2007
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Location: Vienna, Austria
AND
Date: Thursday 8 March 2007
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ND
Date: Friday 23 March 2007
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
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:
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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
