August 2006 - ncc-services-wg

Changes at the NCC
by Jeremy Butler 22 Aug '06

22 Aug '06

I can't be the only one to spot a large number of job vacancies on the ripe web site. Is there some sort of change going on there that we will soon hear about - seems like alot of managers are needed. Jeremy Butler --------------------------------- The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider.

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RIPE 53 - NCC Services WG - Agenda Items
by Sanghani, Bijal 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

Dear All, We are currently compiling the draft agenda for the RIPE NCC Services Working Group for RIPE 53. If anyone would like to suggest a presentation or raise a topic for discussion please let either Kurtis or me know and we'll arrange a spot on the agenda. Thanks, Bijal ********************************************************************** This e-mail message is confidential and is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and contains information which is or may be confidential, non-public or legally privileged. Any dissemination or distribution of this message other than to its intended recipient is strictly prohibited. You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose the contents to any other person. If you have received this message in error, please notify us by email to postmaster(a)flagtelecom.com immediately and delete the original message and all copies from all locations in your computer systems. This e-mail has been swept by Mailsweeper TM for viruses. However, FLAG Telecom cannot accept liability for any damage which you may sustain as a result of software viruses. ********************************************************************** This message has been scanned for viruses by MailControl - www.mailcontrol.com

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re: Proposal for returning IRT objects
by Denis Walker 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

[Apologies for duplicate mails] Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC has re-implemented the way IRT objects are returned in RIPE Database query results. The proposal can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/maillists/archives/db-wg/2006/msg00087.html The first stage of this implementation as described in the proposal is now complete. The main objectives were to: - Increase the availability of the IRT information to users - Promote the use of the IRT object - Make it easier for third party tool writers to find the correct contacts New Behaviour ------------------------ The behaviour of the "-c" flag and the "-rc" flag is as follows: A standard query for address space including the "-c" query flag returns the queried INETNUM and related objects. This also includes an IRT object referenced by the queried INETNUM object or the closest, less specific INETNUM object, if one exists. It will also still include any ROUTE objects. By using the "-rc" flags, the related personal objects are filtered out. The IRT object will still be returned together with any ROUTE objects. An additional consequence of this change is the way the "-b" flag works. The "-b" flag will always return the primary key of any address space object queried. It also returns the "abuse-mailbox:" attributes from the address space object and any related IRT objects. The RIPE Database Query webpage has also been updated: http://www.ripe.net/fcgi-bin/whois For all address space queries made via this webpage, the "-c" flag will be added, making it the default. This only occurs if no other address space query flags (lLmMxbc) are present. A link has also been added to enable users to switch between the test and production databases. This makes it easier to query the RIPE Test Database. Regards Denis Walker Software Engineering Department RIPE NCC

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New Documents available: RIPE-384, RIPE-385
by RIPE NCC Document Announcement Service 16 Aug '06

16 Aug '06

New RIPE Document Announcement -------------------------------------- Two new documents are available from the RIPE document store. Ref: ripe-384 Title: ENUM Request Form Author: RIPE NCC Date: 15 August 2006 Format: PDF=98364 TXT=1255 Obsoletes: ripe-327 Ref: ripe-385 Title: Supporting Notes for the ENUM Request Form Author: RIPE NCC Date: 15 August 2006 Format: PDF=87011 TXT=5672 Obsoletes: ripe-327 Short content description ------------------------- The "ENUM Request Form" and "Supporting Notes for the ENUM Request Form" documents replace ripe-327: "Draft Request Form for Delegation of a Zone Under e164.arpa". The new documents feature: * improved language and readability, * better examples and a step-by-step guide * the use of the "organisation" object for this type of request Accessing the RIPE document store --------------------------------- You can access the RIPE documents in HTML format via our website at the following URLs: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/enum-request.html http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/enumrequest-support.html The RIPE Document Store is also available via anonymous FTP to ftp.ripe.net, in the directory ripe/docs. The URLs for the new documents on the FTP-server are: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-384.pdf PDF version ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-384.txt plain text version ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-385.pdf PDF version ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-385.txt plain text version

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object-type: poem?
by Tiberiu Ungureanu 15 Aug '06

15 Aug '06

while looking for something else, i tripped and fell over this: $ whois -t poem poem: [mandatory] [single] [primary/look-up key] descr: [optional] [multiple] [ ] form: [mandatory] [single] [inverse key] text: [mandatory] [multiple] [ ] admin-c: [mandatory] [multiple] [inverse key] author: [mandatory] [multiple] [inverse key] remarks: [optional] [multiple] [ ] notify: [optional] [multiple] [inverse key] mnt-by: [mandatory] [multiple] [inverse key] changed: [mandatory] [multiple] [ ] source: [mandatory] [single] [ ] should i take it that RIPE database allow the creative ones to store their own poems (as in... poetry?). can anyone point me to the document explaining this object ? thanks. -- Tiberiu "the difference between a BOLD and a STUPID action is just a matter of result" Ungureanu

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DNSMON.RIPE.NET Maintenance Today
by Ruben van Staveren 08 Aug '06

08 Aug '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dear Colleagues, [Apologies for duplicate e-mails] We are currently upgrading the memory and disk space on dnsmon.ripe.net. During this maintenance work the following service will not be available: http://dnsmon.ripe.net/ Maintenance is scheduled to finish at 16:00 (UTC). No data will be lost and we will clear any backlog when the upgrade is complete. It might take some time for the service to return to normal. Measurements on the DNSMON probes are not affected by the downtime. 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, Ruben van Staveren RIPE NCC -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (Darwin) iD8DBQFE2GkWkQhJ4tr8JxsRAiBfAKDlHWtbVCmaQJ4S0kphLI+YTnfDtACeL+0Y Ah8Te7gWYjsSvOtD/E4PczU= =wrV2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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RIPE Database maintenance
by Denis Walker 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

Dear Colleagues, We will carry out maintenance work on the RIPE Database update server, cello.ripe.net, on Friday, 4 August 2006 between 09:00-10:00 (UTC). During this period, you may experience outages when trying to use the following services: - RIPE Database updates (including the web interface and synchronous interface) - Queries to our mirrored databases (using -a query flag) Any updates sent to the mail interface will be queued and processed later. We apologise for any inconvenience. If you have any questions, please contact: ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net. Regards, Denis Walker Software Engineering Department RIPE NCC

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