February 2011 - ncc-services-wg

Display issues with applications that use encrypted connections (https)
by RIPE NCC Web Services 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

[Apologies for duplicates] Dear members, It has come to our attention that some users experienced graphical and functional problems when attempting to use services like the LIR Portal that are now available through SSL encryption (https). We tracked these issues and found that some combinations of operating systems and browsers (for example Safari in MacOS X versions previous to 10.6.6 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 or below) did not recognize our certificate as valid. Our engineers worked to correct the problem and it is now fixed. We apologise for any inconvenience this has caused and please let us know if you encounter other issues. Sincerely, -- Mihnea-Costin Grigore RIPE NCC Web Developer - http://www.ripe.net/

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[members-discuss] [ncc-announce] Launch of RIPE NCC LIR Locator
by Kaveh Ranjbar 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

Dear Colleagues, We have introduced a new service, the LIR Locator: https://lirportal.ripe.net/maps/locator/ This new service is an extension of the existing list of RIPE NCC members: https://www.ripe.net/membership/indices/ and the RIPE NCC's service region map: https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/member-support/info/list-of-members In addition to clearly indicating those RIPE NCC members with an IPv6 RIPEness score of four, this new service marks the geographical location of members on a Google map. This service is accessible to the public and enables users to see the concentration of RIPE NCC members in cities and countries. RIPE NCC members can log in to to their LIR Portal account and either confirm the geo-location that we have determined for your registry's address from your public records or change it to any location within your registered country. More details about this service and future plans for it will be published on RIPE Labs shortly. Regards, Kaveh Ranjbar - Business Applications Product Owner Senior Software Engineer RIPE NCC ---- If you don't want to receive mails from the RIPE NCC Members Discuss list, please log in to your LIR Portal account at: http://lirportal.ripe.net/ First click on General and then click on Edit. At the bottom of the Page you can add or remove addresses.

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New version of www.ripe.net
by Paul Rendek 09 Feb '11

09 Feb '11

[Apologies for duplicates] Dear Colleagues, Today, the RIPE NCC launched an updated version of the www.ripe.net website. The new site has been redesigned to provide a clearer structure, improved navigation and more efficient ways to interact with the multimedia resources and tools provided by the RIPE NCC. The driving force behind this redesign has been the needs of our members and colleagues in the Internet community. We appreciate any feedback you may have on the new version of the website. If you have any comments or suggestions, please contact the RIPE NCC at: <feedback(a)ripe.net>. You can find more information at: http://www.ripe.net/internet-coordination/news/announcements/new-website Regards, Paul Rendek Head of External Relations and Communications RIPE NCC

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IPv4 Exhaustion: RIPE NCC Update
by Axel Pawlik 04 Feb '11

04 Feb '11

Dear colleagues, The IANA IPv4 free pool was exhausted today, 3 February 2011. Each of the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) has now received one of the final five /8s. The RIPE NCC has been allocated 185/8. The RIPE NCC is holding reserves totaling approximately four /8s (around 75 million individual IPv4 addresses), not including 185/8. We will continue to distribute IPv4 addresses from our reserves according to the current policy, ripe-509, "IPv4 Address Allocation and Assignment Policies for the RIPE NCC Service Region": http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-509.html When our reserves are exhausted, we will begin to distribute IPv4 addresses from 185/8 according to section 5.6 of ripe-509: http://ripe.net/ripe/docs/ipv4-policies.html#----use-of-last----for-pa-allo… This policy states that each Local Internet Registry (LIR) will receive one /22 (1024 IPv4 addresses) from 185/8 upon application for IPv4 resources. In order to obtain this /22 allocation, the LIR must already have requested an IPv6 allocation. For more information about how to deploy IPv6, please see: http://www.ipv6actnow.org As we unable to anticipate consumption rates, we cannot fully predict how long our reserves will last. However, we would like to reassure you that our supplies will not be exhausted within the coming months. Our Registration Services Department has seen an increase in the number of IPv4 requests in the last few days and is working hard to evaluate all requests. We ask for your patience during this busy period. Regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC Resource Certification service update
by Alex Band 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

Dear colleagues, It's been one month since I sent the announcement about the RIPE NCC Resource Certification service. I would like to give you an overview of the current status. The facts by numbers: ------------------------------ LIRs who have enabled the service: 219 Number of Route Origin Authorisations they created: 170 Number of prefixes covered by these ROAs: 469 Total IPv4 space covered by ROAs in the RIPE region: 40159 /24s Total IPv6 space covered by ROAs in the RIPE region: 7340035 /48s Unique visitors to ripe.net/certification: 1564 Downloads of the RIPE NCC Validator: 117 So while 219 LIRs have enabled the service, and very diligently created a large number of ROAs to specify their routing policy, unfortunately nobody gave any feedback on any of the mailing lists. It is very important that you let your voice be heard and provide input on policy proposal 2008-08: http://ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2008-08.html Please note that version 3.0 of this proposal will be published very soon. As soon as it is available, I urge you to read it and provide feedback, because the fact that the current service not backed by a policy is not a sustainable state of affairs. Kind regards, Alex Band Product Manager, RIPE NCC http://ripe.net/certification P.S. Here are some links courtesy of LACNIC in case you would like to track the progress: http://www.labs.lacnic.net/~rpki/rpki-monitor/rpki-ta-status.xml http://www.labs.lacnic.net/~rpki/rpki-evolution-report_EN.txt http://www.labs.lacnic.net/~rpki/rpki-heatmaps/latest/ripe-roa-heatmap.png

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IPv4 Exhaustion Announcement and Press Conference: Watch Live
by Axel Pawlik 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear colleagues, On Thursday, 3 February 2011, at 14:30 (UTC), the Number Resource Organization (NRO), along with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Internet Society (ISOC) and the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) will be holding a ceremony and press conference to make a significant announcement and to discuss the global transition to the next generation of Internet addresses. Much has been written in the international media over the last few weeks about the dwindling pool of IPv4 Internet addresses, and this topic will be addressed at the event. We invite everyone to view the webcast of this event at: http://www.nro.net/news/icann-nro-live-stream The event will take place at the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami on Thursday. There will be limited public seating available to attend (with press receiving seating priority) in Room “Concourse II” at 09:30 EST for the ceremony and 10:00 EST for the press conference which follows. Regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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IANA Allocates Two /8s of IPv4 Space to APNIC
by Axel Pawlik 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear colleagues, On 1 February 2011, the IANA allocated two /8s of IPv4 address space to APNIC, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for the Asia Pacific region. This means that only five /8s of IPv4 address space are left in the IANA free pool and the "Global Policy for the Allocation of the Remaining IPv4 Address Space" will be triggered. This policy can be found online at: http://www.icann.org/en/general/allocation-remaining-ipv4-space.htm When this policy comes into effect, the five RIRs will each receive one of the five remaining /8s and the global IPv4 pool will be exhausted. We expect IANA to allocate these final /8s within the next few days. For further information please see: http://www.ripe.net/v4exhaustion/ Regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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