February 2010 - ncc-services-wg

New RIPE NCC Procedural Document Available
by Andrea Cima 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC has published a new RIPE NCC procedural document: ripe-475, "Independent Internet Number Resources – Contractual Relationship Changes between sponsoring LIR and End User" This document describes the steps to be taken when there are changes in the contractual relationship between the End User of independent Internet number resources and the sponsoring Local Internet Registry (LIR). It also describes the scenarios in which the RIPE NCC may de-register independent Internet number resources and what happens to those resources once they are de-registered. The new document is available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-475.html 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 iEYEARECAAYFAkpfPukACgkQXOgsmPkFrjNlEwCcDtE364DhQCU0USBoK3kJhord yBgAoMbRsLFCStkXfvEaV6Mtm5b2sfxW =fKC3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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RIPE NCC Membership Statistics published on RIPE Labs
by Mirjam Kuehne 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

[apologies for duplicates] Dear colleagues, With the year 2009 behind us, we looked at RIPE NCC membership growth and demographics over time. You can find some interesting statistics on RIPE Labs: http://labs.ripe.net/content/ripe-ncc-membership-growth Next we will look at the distribution of number resources among the membership. Stay tuned! Kind Regards, Mirjam Kuehne

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Independent Resource procedure and implementation
by Daniel Suchy 28 Oct '10

28 Oct '10

Hello, I would like to open discussion related to "Action Required: Contractual Relationship for Independent Resource Assignments" emails, that almost all LIRs received from RIPE NCC in the past. I have some notes from perspective of small LIR (or from perspective of person helping running multiple small LIRs). My first note points to system in general. Although RIPE NCC has many required informations in own existing databases already, it requires additional action from LIR in general. Typical small LIR has one or more PA allocations and exactly _one_ autonomous system registered. In RIPE database, there are records matching allocated PA prefix and ASN (route objects with proper origin AS and related inetnum objects, many ASNs has paired LIRs org: in aut-num object). In addition, RIS service (with history!) can be used for verification of these informations obtained automatically from database. For incomprehensible reason, RIPE NCC doesn't use these informations at all and instead of this abuses ALL LIRs with submiting simple form with exactly one record within it. I thing RIPE RCC has enough resources (financial and human) to do that automatically. My second note points to implementation of this new tool. I discovered, that I'm not able to "new" tool used for confirmation. I'm using PKI login feature and I have one identity paired with more LIRs. Although I'm able login to the LIR portal and modify everything I need with my certificate, I'm _NOT_ able to update informations on "Independent Resources" page. The main reason is, that RIPE NCC created new and separated (!) tool instead of simple integration of new feature/functionality to existing LIR portal. So, instead of reusing existing code used for LIR portal authentication, new outside code was developed for this new tool. And this new code doesn't implement all authentication features from LIR portal. In my point of view, this is quite unprofessional approach of modern application development. Aplications should be multi-layer, allowing easy new feature implementation. I reported this issue to RIPE NCC on friday last week, but first "answer" I received yesterday from RIPE NCC was initiation of audit in one LIR. Just fortuitous event? I don't believe. I have no problems with audit itself, I have all records, but this takes some additional time (and of course, money). Just because I claimed some problems to RIPE NCC staff due to problematic internal _implementation_ of new policy. Ok, I would like to open public discussions about this problem. There are some questions to answer and discuss: * why RIPE NCC just doesn't use informations from RIPE database in case of their availability and verifiability, why abuses small LIRs instead * why aren't RIS data used for automatic obtaining of requested informations, where this can be applicable * why RIPE NCC didn't integrate "confirmation" tool to existing LIR portal and why new outside application with _limited_ functionality was developed instead of reusing of existing code and functionality * what architecture is used for LIR portal in general, can be there easily implemented new features Of course, I understand, that there are large LIRs and some historic mess, where this action may be required due to lack of records in existing databases. But, I think this is NOT a case of LIRs started in past couple of years, where all required data should be available. With regards, Daniel

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2007-01 Policy Implementation - Phase Two Deadline - Final Extension
by Arne Kiessling 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Dear Colleagues, We would like to inform you that the RIPE NCC has extended the deadline for phase two of the 2007-01 policy implementation ("Contractual Requirements for Provider Independent Resource Holders in the RIPE NCC Service Region") by 2.5 months. LIRs now have until 17 May, 2010 to provide the required documentation for the independent resources that they have marked as "My End User". For further information on the documentation required please see: http://ripe.net/rs/pi-existing-assignments.html If you have any comments or questions, please contact <enduser-contract(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Arne Kiessling IP Resource Analyst RIPE NCC

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Clean-up of unreferenced personal data in RIPE Database
by Denis Walker 23 Feb '10

23 Feb '10

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC Database Group has restarted the clean-up of unreferenced personal data. This follows the process outlined in the document recently published at: http://www.ripe.net/db/support/unreferenced-personal-data-clean-up.html Regards Denis Walker Business Analyst RIPE NCC Database Group

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Mandatory maintainer on PERSON and ROLE objects
by Denis Walker 18 Feb '10

18 Feb '10

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear Colleagues, The Data Protection Task Force asked the RIPE NCC to enforce maintaining all data in the RIPE Database. Currently, the "mnt-by:" attribute is optional in PERSON and ROLE objects. The RIPE NCC has now made this attribute mandatory in both these object types in a test environment. We recommend that anyone who uses automated scripts to generate or modify these objects should test their procedures and scripts against the test facilities. The test server has a recent copy of the RIPE Database data. One significant effect of this change is the circular dependency between PERSON and MNTNER objects. For a new user with no data in the RIPE Database, these two objects must be created together. This cannot be done by the normal update methods. There is a new user start-up interface that creates this pair of objects: https://www.db.ripe.net/cgi-bin/new-user-startup.pl This start-up process is described in the new RIPE Database Update Reference Manual: http://www.ripe.net/db/docs.html The test service is available on a test server at the following URL: whois-mandatory-mntby.db.ripe.net Queries to this database instance can be directed to: whois-mandatory-mntby.db.ripe.net:43 Email updates can be sent to<auto-dbm-mandatory-mntby(a)ripe.net>. Synchronous updates are available at: https://syncupdates-mandatory-mntby.db.ripe.net/ Near Real-Time Mirror (NRTM) access is available at: whois-mandatory-mntby.db.ripe.net:4444 Regards Denis Walker Business Analyst RIPE NCC Database Group

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New Update Reference Manual
by Denis Walker 18 Feb '10

18 Feb '10

Dear Colleagues, [Apologies for duplicates] An updated version of the RIPE Database Update Reference Manual has just been published. This reflects a number of changes made over the last year. It is available in both PDF and HTML formats at: http://www.ripe.net/db/docs.html Regards, Denis Walker Business Analyst RIPE NCC Database Group

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RIPE NCC Membership Growth Statistics (Part 2) on RIPE Labs
by Mirjam Kuehne 17 Feb '10

17 Feb '10

[apologies for duplicates] Dear colleagues, As announced in an earlier mail, we looked at the distribution of Internet number resources among the RIPE NCC membership. You can find the details on RIPE Labs: http://labs.ripe.net/content/members-and-their-number-resources Kind Regards, Mirjam Kühne

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Announcement: RIPE NCC Training Courses
by Olivia Mijnals-Ruimwijk 16 Feb '10

16 Feb '10

[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 IPv6 Training Course This course teaches LIRs about the need for IPv6 and includes basic information on how to plan your deployment. A course outline is available at: http://www.ripe.net/training/ipv6/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: RIPE NCC Upcoming Courses List & Registration https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/training/course-list.html 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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Unreferenced personal data cleanup process
by Denis Walker 16 Feb '10

16 Feb '10

[Apologies for duplicates] Dear Colleagues The RIPE NCC was asked at RIPE 59 to explain in more detail the workings of the new clean-up process for unreferenced personal data. This expanded explanation is now available, with examples, at: http://www.ripe.net/db/support/unreferenced-personal-data-clean-up.html Regards Denis Walker Business Analyst RIPE NCC Database Group

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