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Implementation of "pingable:" attribute in the RIPE Database
by Denis Walker 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC has implemented the "pingable:" and "ping-hdl:" attributes according to the specification in RFC 5943. They can now be used in ROUTE and ROUTE6 objects in the RIPE Database. RFC 5943 describes the syntax and explains how to use them: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5943 The "pingable:" addresses are already active for beacons, anchors and debogon routes announced by the RIPE NCC Routing Information Service (RIS). For an example of how these are announced, see the ROUTE object for 84.205.81.0/24. For more information about RIS beacons and anchors, please see: http://www.ripe.net/data-tools/stats/ris/ris-routing-beacons Regards, Denis Walker Business Analyst RIPE NCC Database Group

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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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Registering IPv6 Assignments in the RIPE Database
by Denis Walker 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear Colleagues The RIPE community recently approved RIPE Policy Proposal 2010-06, "Registration Requirements for IPv6 End User Assignments". The proposal is available at: [http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2010-06] This has now been implemented in the RIPE Database and other RIPE NCC processes, where necessary. Details of how to use the new aggregation feature of the RIPE Database can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/data-tools/support/documentation/documenting-ipv6-assig… For those who have already made some IPv6 assignments, you will need to document them in the RIPE Database according to the policy if you have not already done so. All new IPv6 assignments must be registered in the RIPE Database in accordance with this policy. Regards, Denis Walker Business Analyst RIPE NCC Database Group

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Create, Update and Delete via the RESTful Web Services
by Mirjam Kuehne 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

[apologies for duplicates] Dear colleagues, After the "Read" service has been available for some time, you can now also Create, Update and Delete objects in the RIPE Database via the RESTful Web Services. Please see a detailed description including many examples on RIPE Labs: http://labs.ripe.net/Members/Paul_P_/create-update-and-delete-via-the-restf… As always, we are very interested in your feedback. We would also like to know if you are running a project in which you used the RIPE Database API. Kind Regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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REMINDER; WAS Re: 2008-08 New Version and Draft Document Published (Initial Certification Policy for Provider Aggregatable Address Space Holders)
by Emilio Madaio 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

[Apologies for duplicates. Courtesy copy sent to Routing Working Group and RIPE NCC Services Working Group. Please direct feedback to the Address Policy Working Group mailing list.] Dear Colleagues, The new version of RIPE Policy Proposal 2008-08, "Initial Certification Policy for Provider Aggregatable Address Space Holders", was published on 9 February 2011. The time period for community review ends on 23 February 2011. Some feedback was sent to the Address Policy Working Group mailing list. However, to maintain the discussion, we strongly recommend that you share your ideas and comments and clearly let the community know if you: - Support the implementation of the proposal - Support the general principle of the proposal but would prefer another wording - Support the general principle with some details changed but agree to postpone this discussion until another stage of the policy proposal review. (This is an initial proposal that covers only PA resources. If the community supports extending certification to all resources, then another version of the proposal will be necessary.) - Do not support the proposal (please explain your motivations) You can find the full proposal at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2008-08 and the draft document at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2008-08/draft Please send an email with your comments to address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net by 23 February 2011. Best regards, Emilio Madaio Policy Development Officer RIPE NCC

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Re: [ncc-servies-wg] Launch of RIPE NCC LIR Locator
by Mirjam Kuehne 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

Dear colleagues, As announced last week, you can now find technical details about the LIR Locator and a description of our future plans on RIPE Labs: http://labs.ripe.net/Members/kranjbar/ripe-ncc-lir-locator Please do not hesitate to send us any comments you might have. We want to make this a useful tool for you and welcome your feedback and suggestions. Kind Regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ncc-services-wg] Launch of RIPE NCC LIR Locator Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:57:50 +0100 From: Kaveh Ranjbar <kranjbar(a)ripe.net> To: ncc-services(a)ripe.net 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

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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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