August 2013 - ncc-services-wg

Requirement for fax numbers in LIR Portal
by Nick Hilliard 30 Aug '13

30 Aug '13

The LIR Portal requires a fax-no: in several places, including initial LIR setup and ipv4/ipv6 allocation forms. Can this attribute be made optional instead of mandatory? Most organisations respond with surprise verging on mild panic when you tell them that they need a fax to be a RIPE NCC member. Does this require a policy change, or is it an operational thing in the NCC? I can't see any policy which makes fax-no: mandatory, but I haven't looked very closely either. Nick

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Re: [ncc-services-wg] Requirement for fax numbers in LIR Portal
by James A. T. Rice 30 Aug '13

30 Aug '13

On Fri, 30 Aug 2013, Jeffrey Race wrote: > Aside from registered postal mail, it is the only method of record > communication generating a legally valid receipt of communication Citation needed Regards James

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[training] RIPE NCC Webinars - new dates
by Training Mailbox 29 Aug '13

29 Aug '13

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the launch of new dates for our Webinars for LIRs. The RIPE NCC Webinars are live, one hour online training courses that allow participants to interact with our trainers without leaving their desks. We focus on the topics and issues most important for LIRs. Register now at https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/training/e-learning/webinars Participation is limited to 20 people, so don't hesitate if you want to take part! If you have questions, please email<e-learning(a)ripe.net>. We look forward to seeing you online. Kind regards, RIPE NCC Training Services

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New RIPEstat Website
by Mirjam Kuehne 28 Aug '13

28 Aug '13

Dear colleagues, We've revamped the RIPEstat website to make it easier to find the information you're looking for. Please read more on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/new-ripestat-website Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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Accessing Routing Information Via RIPEstat
by Vesna Manojlovic 23 Aug '13

23 Aug '13

Dear colleagues, (apologies for cross-posting) Our Routing Information Service (RIS) has been collecting global BGP routing information for 12 years now. During this period, many different interfaces to analyse and visualise accumulated data have been developed. In line with our long-term goals to provide more consolidated services, we will be integrating the RIS interface's tools and services into RIPEstat. More information about this is detailed in a new RIPE Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/fatemah_mafi/improved-routing-information-ava… We invite the community to comment on these upcoming changes via the MAT Working Group Mailing List: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/groups/wg/mat Please submit any urgent requests for additional features via email to stat(a)ripe.net by 20 September 2013 so that we can implement these along with the planned migration of tools and features. Any feedback received after this date will be considered feature requests, and added to the RIPEstat Roadmap: http://roadmap.ripe.net/ripe-stat/ We look forward to your feedback. Regards, Vesna -- Vesna Manojlovic BECHA(a)ripe.net Senior Community Builder @Ms_Measurements for Measurements Tools RIPE NCC http://ripe.net

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[training] RIPE NCC Training Courses October-December 2013
by Training Team 22 Aug '13

22 Aug '13

Dear Colleagues, Our training team travels the RIPE NCC service region to deliver training courses to our members without any additional cost. Over the next few months, we'll be in Kiev, Belgrade, Tallinn, Hamburg, Oslo, Paris, Dublin, Vienna, Barcelona, Muscat, Manchester, Amsterdam. Visit the following page to register and to check which training courses we are giving in your area: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses The RIPE NCC delivers the following training courses: - LIR Training Course - Database Training Course (new) - IPv6 for LIRs Training Course - Routing Security Training Course For more information visit: http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/training/courses With kind regards, Rumy Spratley-Kanis Training Services Manager

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[training] RIPE NCC Webinars - new dates
by Training Team 19 Aug '13

19 Aug '13

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the launch of new dates for our Webinars. The RIPE NCC Webinars are live and take only one hour. You can interact with our trainers without leaving your desk. We focus on the topics and issues most important for LIRs. Register now at https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/training/e-learning/webinars Participation is limited to 20 people, so don't hesitate if you want to take part! If you have questions, please email <training(a)ripe.net>. We look forward to seeing you online. Kind regards, RIPE NCC Training Services

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Re: [ncc-services-wg] [db-wg] Urgent release of RIPE Database software
by Ruediger Volk, Deutsche Telekom Technik - FMED-41.. 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

Dear Johan, thanks a lot for the new much more transparent mode of software version management for the RIPE data base service. This is a huge improvement. Nevertheless I think that we need continued discussion in the community to improve mutual understanding of considerations and impact. Your message today brings up few consideratiosn from me (a bit more tuned to the general pro cess than the specific case). > We were recently made aware of some issues with the documentation > related to the REST API. To fix these issues requires a new release of > the Database software as some parts of the documentation are generated > from the active code. The documentation is vital for anyone wanting to > use the service. We therefore believe it is necessary to make a new > release containing this fix only and deploy it directly to production > later today. The problem description does NOT read like there IS ACTUAL SERVICE IMPACT at the moment; looking at the RIPE NCC service status page seems to confirm since it reports "no known problems" and no ser vice announcements either. Doing a software version change with less than a day advance notice certainly can be appropriate as an "emergency update" to deal with some service impact. How much harm is done if fix to the documentation is done a few days later while a note is posted indicating that certain errors will be fixed in the near future... ? > In this particular case we don=92t believe it is necessary to put the > release in test beforehand. The only fix is for the documentation and > this is preventing users form using the service, so it's quite urgent. > This fix should have no impact on any other part of the RIPE Database > service. I am tempted to believe your assessment; I dont have access to the changes and the resources to do my own full assessment. As I did experience 3 service impacting bugs within 12 months with UNannounced version changes I conclude that I rather see than believe. I certainly do see a need to watch more carefully how software behaves after ANY change and a non zero probability of some surprise (that could result in service impact for me). Note: knowing the schedule of upcoming changes some time in advance can be more important than actually having the ability to run tests (like due to IETF timing I could not run tests against the test server with 1.67.4 - but we did schedule preparation of critical production runs in a way that protected us against potential surprises due to the software change.) > If you have any questions then please let us know. > > Kind regards, > > Johan =C5hl=E9n > Assistant Manager Database > RIPE NCC= Best regards, Ruediger Ruediger Volk Deutsche Telekom AG -- Internet Backbone Engineering E-Mail: rv(a)NIC.DTAG.DE

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New RIPE Database Release Available Soon
by Johan Åhlén 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that a new release of the RIPE Database will be available soon. Details about the upcoming release, including dates, descriptions of the changes and other factors that might affect you as a user, can be found here: https://www.ripe.net/data-tools/db/release-notes/ripe-database-release-1.67… The first new feature is a diff functionality, which allows you to see, in detail, what changes were made between two versions of an object in the RIPE Database. Head over to RIPE Labs to read more about the diff feature: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/denis/diff-functionality-in-the-ripe-database We have also improved the way the Global Resource Service (GRS) data is imported. This allows us to present a more complete data set for all Internet resources throughout the world. This RIPE Labs article will bring you up to speed on the GRS improvements: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/denis/the-ripe-global-resource-service Lastly, we have also made several improvements to the REST API. As there are some changes, the new implementation will be deployed and running in parallel to the old version up until the next release. This provides you with time to verify your software and scripts against the new release. The implications of these changes are described in the release notes linked above. If you have any questions or comments, we look forward to hearing them! Kind regards, Johan Åhlén Assistant Manager Database RIPE NCC

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[ncc-services-wg] https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2013-04
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06 Aug '13

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