February 1993 - ripe-list - mailman.ripe.net

Creation of the GISS Working Group Mailing List.
by RIPE List Maintainer 26 Feb '93

26 Feb '93

The Generic Internet Service Specification Mailing List has been set up. I expect to send the basic `strawman' proposal for this out early next week as proposed at the Prague RIPE meeting. Apologies for not getting to this sooner. Would those who would like to be involved in this topic please subscribe to the mailing list. Please address all correspondence regarding list administration and mail problems associated with the list to <giss-wg-request(a)ripe.net>. This will be the focus for all dicussion regarding the GISS project. ---Tony Bates, RIPE NCC.

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RARE UPDATE No.8
by bersee＠rare.nl 24 Feb '93

24 Feb '93

**************** A RARE UPDATE No.8, February 1993 **************** NEWS FROM THE COA by Josefien Bersee at the RARE Secretariat The 25th meeting of the RARE Council of Administration took place on February 4/5 1993. Progress and results on major subjects are summarized below. _________________________________________________________ SEPARATE MEMBERSHIP FOR CZECH AND SLOVAK NETWORKS Czechoslovakia, formerly represented by the Institute of Applied Cybernetics as Associate National Member of RARE, split up into two republics recently. Therefore membership to RARE had to be changed accordingly. The COA accepted separate Czech (CESNET) and Slovak (SANET) networking organizations as new Full National Members. RTC REAPPOINTED FOR TWO YEARS' TERM The RARE Technical Committee, which started its activities in April last year has been reappointed for a two years' term, ending 1 May 1995. In addition to the existing members Milan Sterba will represent RIPE. Currently there is one vacancy, as Eike Jessen had to resign. The current RTC is chaired by Tomaz Kalin, RARE Secretary-General; Tim Dixon, RARE Project Development Officer acts as Secretary. Other members are: Brian Gilmore (Edinburgh University, United Kingdom), Erik Huizer (SURFnet, Netherlands), Jean-Paul Le Guigner (CICB, France), Bernhard Plattner (ETH Zuerich, Switzerland), and Sven Tafvelin (NORDUnet, Chalmers Technical Institute, Sweden). Howard Davies (RARE Vice-President, University of Exeter, UK) liaises between the RTC and the RARE Executive Committee and Christian Huitema (INRIA, France) liaises between RARE and the Internet Architecture Board. PROGRESS ON RARE TECHNICAL PROGRAMME The preparation of a Survey on Multimedia Research, Standards, and Products was contracted to the University of Edinburgh. In January editor Chris Adie made a draft version of the survey available. Work on the GIX route server and IP specification work is progressing well. Tony Bates, formerly working as Assistant Network Manager at ULCC, has been hired to work on the project; he is housed with the RIPE NCC. A RARE/RIPE Task Force concerned with IP version 7 has started its activities; two or 3 pilots are already on the way. The RTC will take action to raise the necessary additional funds. NEW PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OFFICER AT RARE SECRETARIAT Jeroen Houttuin has started work as PDO at the RARE Secretariat in Amsterdam on January 1st. He studied telematics at the University of Twente and has been involved in R&D networking projects at GMD-FOKUS, ETH Zuerich, and SWITCH. He participated in the COSINE MHS Project Team. Jeroen will be involved in RARE Working Group activities, upper-layer related issues in particular. EBONE IN 1993 The EBONE'92 backbone continues in 1993. At the Ebone consortium meeting on Feb. 3 in Luxembourg the partners finalized the budget, decided on an upgrade of the backbone and set up the organization to operate Ebone in 1993. Ebone's long term strategy was confirmed to concentrate in the future on providing a neutral interconnect for all networks, while it is assumed that provision of backbone services will be offered by one or more (competing) providers in the longer run. Until such offers are forthcoming, Ebone will take care of its partners' needs in this area too. The RARE Secretariat will continue to provide administrative services and act as a clearing house. LAUNCH EuropaNET On 9 February EuropaNET, the multi-protocol backbone for the European research community, was launched in The Hague, The Netherlands. EuropaNET replaces IXI, COSINE's International X.25 Infrastructure pilot which connected European researchers over the past two years. START-UP CONTRACT OPERATIONAL UNIT SIGNED BY RARE RARE has signed the contract with the CEC for the start-up of the Operational Unit for provision of networking services to the European research community. The RARE Executive Committee and the OU Steering Committee have reached agreement on RARE acting on behalf of the Operational Unit. PUBLICATION OF PAPER VERSION RARE/EARN JOURNAL APPROVED The COA approved the budget for publishing a paper version of a new journal jointly published by RARE and EARN. It will appear as a quarterly supplement to the Elsevier North Holland journal "Computer Networks and ISDN Systems" Publication of the first issue is planned for April. PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME 4TH JENC AVAILABLE The preliminary programme and registration form for the 4th Joint European Networking Conference are now available from the RARE Secretariat, on paper as well as electronically. The deadline for the early registration fee is March 29th.

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"Representation of IP Routing Policies in the RIPE Database" paper.
by Tony Bates 22 Feb '93

22 Feb '93

As discussed at the previous RIPE meeting I circulated the routing paper draft to the RIPE routing group as proposed and have been folding in comments and additions for the last two weeks. I have got a finished document that is felt complete enough to be vented to a wider audience. The document is known as ripe-81. Ref: ripe-81 Title: Representation of IP Routing Policies in the RIPE Database Author: Tony Bates, Jean-Michel Jouanigot, Daniel Karrenberg, Peter Lothberg, Marten Terpstra Date: 22 February 1993 Format: PS=151610 bytes TXT=73452 bytes Obsoletes: Obsoleted by: Updates: Updated by: Old: The documents can be retrieved by anonymous ftp from ftp.RIPE.net in the directory ripe/ripe-docs as the filenames ripe-81.txt (ascii based version) ripe-81.ps (postscript version) The document is specifically marked as "Work in progress" as we still need it ratified at the next RIPE meeting. At this point if we reach consensus it will be assigned a new ripe document number and this will be obseleted. I encourage everyone to read this document. ALL COMMENTS ARE MOST WELCOME and will be folded in as time permits for review at the next RIPE meeting. As an update and also to perhaps help in reading as well. 1) We have a very basic prototype that can generate both cisco and gated accesslists from the database. A very small pilot has started and we here at the NCC are just generating access-lists derived from information from a pseudo database using the proposed format. I will be contacting other potential partners in the pilot in due course. This will be done via the routing group list so as not to clutter the main list. 2) A very basic prototype of a "prtrace" type tool is also under way. 3) We have also started on a suite on "configurator" based tools to make life generally easier for network providers. As I said all comments welcome. Tony Bates, RIPE NCC

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Meeting annoucements
by Anne Lord 17 Feb '93

17 Feb '93

Dear All, A new directory has been created to house all documents concerning the next RIPE meeting. The directory is called : ripe/Next-Meeting/ accessible on ftp ftp.ripe.net. In it you will find the 3 documents I have just sent to the list. More will be added shortly. In addition the hotel list is now a RIPE document and can be found in file: ripe/docs/ripe-docs/ripe-80.txt Best wishes, -Anne.

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15th RIPE Meeting - Registration Form
by Anne Lord 17 Feb '93

17 Feb '93

********************************************************************** If you are interested in participating in the 15th RIPE Meeting in Amsterdam, would you kindly fill in the attached form and mail it to meeting(a)ripe.net as soon as possible. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15th RIPE meeting Registration reservation form Amsterdam, April 27th-29th 1993 a) Registration ( ) I would like take part in the RIPE meeting. ( ) I already have a RIPE badge from a previous meeting. ( ) I need a RIPE badge making up for me (please provide your details below). These will be printed on your badge. Name: Organisation/affiliation: Country: b) Personal details Please give your name and contact details below: Name: Address: Address: Country: E-Mail Address: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Please send this form to: <meeting(a)ripe.net> or +31 20 592 5090 fax For further information please send mail to the above e-mail address. -------------------------end----------------------------------------

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15th RIPE Meeting - Hotels
by Anne Lord 17 Feb '93

17 Feb '93

********************************************************************* 15th RIPE meeting Details of Hotels in Amsterdam Amsterdam, April 1993 <> Important note: The week of the 15th RIPE meeting coincides with (at least) one other major large conference `InterCHI' and with the `Koninginnedag' celebration on the 30th April (which is a public holiday). This means you should make your hotel and flight reservations as EARLY as possible to avoid disappointment. <> All phone numbers below require the prefix 31 20 <quoted number>. <> All tram connections are from central station. Low Budget Hotels (price range 80-120 Hfl) ----------------------------------------- Name Address Phone Fax Tram International Centrum Linnaeusstraat 2 6925111 9 Barbacan Plantage Muidergracht 89 6236241 6272041 9 Parklane Plantage Parklaan 16 6224804 9 Parkzicht Roemer Visscherstraat 33 6180897 5 Roemer Visscher Roemer Visscherstraat 10 6125511 5 Fita Jan Luyckenstraat 37 6790976 5 The hotels listed BELOW can be booked via the following organisation: AMS Booking Centre PO Box 60011 1005 GA Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel: 6831811 Fax: 6160320 Telex: 14275 Name Price Address Phone Fax Tram sgl/dbl Museum *** 170/244 PC Hooftstraat 2 6621402 6733918 5 Trianon *** 170/244 JW Brouwerstraat 3-7 6732073 6738868 16 Terdam *** 170/244 Tesselschadestraat 23 6126876 6838313 5 Holland *** 170/244 PC Hooftstraat 162 6764253 6765956 5 Beethoven **** 190/280 Beethovenstraat 43 6644816 6621240 24 Lairesse **** 240/280 De Lairessestraat 5-7 6719596 6711756 16 -----------------------------end------------------------------------------

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15th RIPE Meeting - Announcement
by Anne Lord 17 Feb '93

17 Feb '93

R I P E meeting announcement ============================ This is to announce that the 15th RIPE meeting will take place: Dates: 27 April 1993 14:00h - 18:00h 28 April 1993 09:00h - 18:00h 29 April 1993 09:00h - 16:00h Venue: CWI Kruislaan 413 1098 SJ Amsterdam The Netherlands Host: NIKHEF Registration: Please use the registration form (which will follow in a separate mail) to give notice of your coming as soon as possible. Preliminary Agenda: o CIDR and BGP 4 o EMPB IP o EBONE status o RIPE NCC Report o Network Traffic Analysis o Working Group reports o Introduction to demonstrations o GIX and Route Server report General Information: -------------------- Currency: 1 UK pound = Hfl 2.5-3.0 1 ECU = Hfl 2.2 1 US$ = Hfl 1.75 Climate: Spring showers :-) Festivals: April 30th "Koninginnedag" (public holiday) - this is a big street party..where people sell everything and anything on the streets of Amsterdam...lots of excitement.. Appended to this announcement: ------------------------------ - directions to the meeting place Documents to follow (separate mail messages): --------------------------------------------- <> details of hotels in Amsterdam close to meeting venue <> registration form for attendance at the meeting ================================================================== CWI - The RIPE meeting venue: How do I get there? ------------------------------------------------------------------ To ease any possible confusion, two postscripts maps will be put in the RIPE document store. One will show the bus and tram stops around the meeting site and there will be a more general map of the area. Both maps will be available by ftp and are in one file: /ripe/docs/Next-Meeting/amsterdam-maps.ps a) From Schipol airport: <> Take the train from the airport railway station to the RAI station in Amsterdam, which is at the end of this line (10 min ride). NOTE: Amsterdam Central Station (CS) is on another line. <> From the RAI station take the city bus number 69 or CN bus number 169 in the direction of `Muiderpoort Station' to stop on the corner of Kruislaan and Middenweg (15 min ride, ask the driver where to get off). From here you can take the red shuttle bus 66 down Kruislaan (get off at the 2nd stop). The stop is a short walk along Kruislaan on the right hand side. Alternatively you can stay on the bus until you reach Muiderpoort Station and from here you can take the same shuttle bus number 66 to CWI (4th stop). <> If you get off the 69 or 169 at the Kruislaan - Middenweg intersection, walk down the Kruislaan in the direction of the railway bridge. Walk under the bridge and on your left will be a large group of buildings. Take the 2nd entrance on the left. There will be signposts once you are inside the grounds (15 min walk). OR you can take the bus number 66 mentioned above. b) From Central Station <> Take tram number 9 till the Middenweg and Kruislaan intersection (15-20 minutes). <> Walk down the Kruislaan in the direction of the railway bridge as described above (or get the bus 66). or <> Take bus 22 in the direction `Indische Buurt' to the stop at the Muiderpoort station and take the red shuttle bus number 66 (see above). c) From the Amstel Railway Station <> Take the city bus number 69 or the CN bus number 169 in the direction `Muiderpoort Station'. Get off at the stop after the Kruislaan and Middenweg intersection (15 min ride, and ask the driver where to get off) or proceed to `Muiderpoort Station' and take shuttle bus no. 66. d) Taxi from the airport <> Takes 15 mins and will cost approximately Hfl. 60.00 e) Connections away <> Tram 6 will take you to Leidseplein Tram 10 also Leidseplein Tram 14 To and from Dam Square Tram 9 Rembrandtplein f) Bus 66 Timetable <> From Muiderpoort Station (Monday - Friday) 7.20, 7.40, 8.00, 8.30, 9.00, 9.15, 9.40, 10.10, 10,40, 11.10, 11.40, 12.21, 12.51, 13.21, 13.51, 14.21, 14.51, 15.21, 15.51, 16.11, 16.31, 16.51, 17.11, 17.51, 18.11 <> This bus is a shuttle bus that operates from Muiderpoort station in a large circle around the CWI and NIKHEF campus. ==================================================================== Public Transport - how much does it cost and where can I get tickets? -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tickets of 15 strips (`Strippenkaart' costing Hfl. 10.75) can be bought in Post Offices, railway stations and cigarette shops. Tickets of 2 and 3 strips can be bought on the bus or the tram but they are much more expensive. You have to validate the ticket yourself in the metro stations and in the trams (except on lines 4 and 13). In the buses the driver will validate the ticket. Amsterdam is divided into zones: the old city is in zone `Centrum' whereas CWI is in zone `Oost'. You need to count how many zones you will be travelling through (from the centre - CWI is 2 zones) and count up that number of strips on your ticket + 1 extra. So in the above example you will need to stamp the 3rd strip. In case of overflow you stamp the last strip of the first ticket and start counting the remaining strips on the next ticket. Confused? Warning: BEWARE of pickpockets in crowded places.

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RIPE Network-Related Maps Repository
by Daniel Karrenberg 16 Feb '93

16 Feb '93

The maps-wg would like to announce the creation of the. RIPE Network-Related Maps Repository The repository is hosted at the RIPE NCC and can be accessed via: ftp.ripe.net:ripe/maps A README file (also attached below) is available and contains the filename structure as well as the definition of few tags that shall be provided along with the maps. We would like to encourage all of you to store the map of your National/Regional/Organization network in the Repository. Thank you very much for your kind support and cooperation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The RIPE Network-Related Maps Repository ------------------------------------------ This directory contains network related maps collected by the RIPE NCC. The contents of the maps is the responsibility of the authors/maintainers. RIPE and the RIPE NCC are not responsible of the correctness of the information contained in the stored maps. The maps contained in this directory may not be reproduced or published under copyright without the agreement of RIPE. All maps older than 6 months are considered outdated and moved to the subdirectory named archive. All map files are listed below, for each map the following information is provided: name: the filename of the map. maintainer: the name and e-mail address of the maintainer of the map descr: a short description of the content of the map descr-as: the AS numbers that the map encompasses, both totally or in part. source: the original source of the file, where the map can also be retrieved, if available. The filenames must follow the convention: cc-name-ty-yymmdd.ext Where cc - Two letters ISO country code, or, for large maps, geographical area covered. name - Short Name of the network ty - Type of map, could be: ge - geographical tp - network topological yymmdd - year, month, and day of creation. ext - extension giving file type (encoding): ps - PostScript ps.Z - compressed PostScript INDEX ----- name: europe-ebone-tp-921124.ps.Z maintainer: Tony Bates <T.Bates(a)ripe.net> descr: Basic EBONE kernel showing backbone itself descr-as: 1755 source: ns0.ja.net (directory diags, filename "ebone-92.basic.ps") name: uk-ebone-tp-922810.ps.Z maintainer: Tony Bates <T.Bates(a)ripe.net> descr: London-EBS1.EBONE.NET configuration at ULCC. descr-as: 1755 786 1275 source: ns0.ja.net (directory diags, filename "london-ebs1.ps")

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14th RIPE meeting - Draft Minutes
by Anne Lord 15 Feb '93

15 Feb '93

Dear All, The DRAFT version of the minutes has been placed in the RIPE document store and is accessible via ftp ftp.ripe.net in file ripe/docs/ripe-minutes/ripe-m-14.txt and ripe/docs/ripe-minutes/ripe-m-14.ps As usual, comments are welcome. Regards, -Anne.

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subscribe ripe-list
by irek＠frodo.frodo.nask.org.pl 08 Feb '93

08 Feb '93

My name is Ireneusz Neska. I am a Local Internet Registry in Poland. I would like to subscribe ripe-list. Regards, Irek.

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