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RIPE24: updated announcement
by RIPE NCC Staff 12 Apr '96

12 Apr '96

Changes: - Starting time is 14:00 instead of 10:00! - More information about directions to the venue - More pointers to WWW information R I P E meeting announcement ============================ (This announcement can also be viewed using "finger meeting(a)ncc.ripe.net") This is to announce that the 24th RIPE meeting will take place: Dates: 22nd April, 1996 start: 14:00 23rd April, 1996 24th April, 1996 end: 15:30 (*) * times subject to change (may vary +/- 1 hour). For exact times, look at ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/announcement shortly before the meeting. Venue: Mathematics building of the Technical University of Berlin Strasse des 17. Juni 136 10623 Berlin (Plenary session will take place in room # MA005) Host: DFN Registration: Please use the registration form (which will follow in a separate mail) to give notice of your coming as soon as possible. General meeting overview: ------------------------- - Monday 22nd from 14:00-18:00, and Tuesday 23rd from 09:00-12:30, there will be various RIPE working groups sessions. The schedule of this meeting is not known yet. - Tuesday 23rd, 14:00-18:00 and Wednesday 24th, 09:00-15:30 (*), the plenary session will take place, with reports from the RIPE NCC, reports from the working group meetings and other presentations. Directions to the meeting venue: -------------------------------- The closest bus- and 'U-Bahn' (subway) stop is 'Ernst-Reuter-Platz'. From airport Berlin-Tegel, you can take express bus X9 there. (X9 leaves very close to the most right exit of the main hall of Tegel airport.) From airport Berlin-Schoenefeld, you can best first go to the international railway station 'Zoologischer Garten'. (Taking train S9 is probably the best way.) From the station 'Zoologischer Garten', you can take the subway U2 in direction Ruhleben; Ernst-Reuter-Platz is the first stop. (Or you could also walk from 'Zoologischer Garten' to the meeting venue.) The mathematics building where the meeting is held, is on the north side of the 'Strasse des 17. Juni'. General information: -------------------- Currency : 1 UK pound = DM 2.25 1 ECU = DM 1.85 1 US$ = DM 1.47 More information about Berlin on the Web: ----------------------------------------- A lot of information can be found at: <> http://www.city.net/countries/germany/berlin/ <> http://www.kulturbox.de On http://www.kulturbox.de/cgi-bin/berlininfo?&pq=m11 you will find a map of the direct vincinity of the meeting site, which is marked 'Grosser Horsaal'. <> http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/BIW/ is all in German, but http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/BIW/verkehr gives a nice map of public transport facilities

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RIPE NCC Review
by k13＠nikhef.nl 11 Apr '96

11 Apr '96

Dear Colleagues, as agreed at the last RIPE meeting, we will start a review of the current RIPE NCC activities. The result of this review should be: o an evaluation of the current working of the RIPE NCC with respect to the current activity plan; o a new activity plan, which will be input for the RIPE NCC management in defining the work plan for 1997 A mailing list has been created to facilitate discussions: ncc-review(a)ripe.net this is a majordomo list; if you don't know how to subscribe and use such a list, send a mail to majordomo(a)ripe.net with a body consisting of the one word: help The following is highly recommended as valuable input: ripe-099: RIPE NCC Review ripe-125: RIPE Activity Plan ripe-133: Activities and Expenditure 1996 At the next RIPE meeting a BOF session will be organised. Regards, Rob Blokzijl

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RIPE23: Draft Minutes available: ripe-m-23
by RIPE NCC 09 Apr '96

09 Apr '96

RIPE Minutes Announcement ------------------------- The RIPE23 minutes are now available from the RIPE document store : FTP Access ---------- All RIPE minutes (and more) are available via anonymous FTP from host ftp.ripe.net. Type "ftp ftp.ripe.net". Login with username "anonymous" supplying your email address as the password. After logging in, type "cd ripe/minutes/" followed by the command "get filename". The relevant filenames for this document are: ripe-m-23.txt for the ASCII version ripe-m-23.ps for the PostScript version Electronic Mail Retrieval of Documents -------------------------------------- Documents can also be retrieved from the RIPE document store using a mail server program. For more information on how to use the program, send email to: mail-server(a)ripe.net with "send HELP" in the body text. RIPE NCC Interactive Information Server --------------------------------------- Type "telnet info.ripe.net". This is a menu driven service allows the document store to be browsed. After reading documents you are prompted as to whether you would like to receive an email copy of the document you have just read. If you would, you simply enter your email address and the document will be mailed to you. Below are details of alternative methods of access. Gopher Access ------------- The same documents are available via a "gopher" server at "gopher gopher.ripe.net". WWW Access ---------- For those who wish to add this home page at the RIPE NCC to their own customized home pages, it can be accessed as: http://www.ripe.net MIME Mail Reader ---------------- Below is the data which will enable a MIME compliant Mail Reader implementation to automatically retrieve the RIPE document by FTP or mail server. SEND ripe/minutes/ripe-m-23.txt

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NCC Job Opening - Manager Systems and Software
by Carol Orange 04 Apr '96

04 Apr '96

RIPE: Coordinating the Internet in Europe. Due to the continuing explosive growth of the European Internet there is an immediate opening at the RIPE NCC for a full time M a n a g e r S y s t e m s a n d S o f t w a r e The RIPE NCC provides coordination services to Internet service providers in Europe and the surrounding area. We play a key role in the distribution of the Internet address space and provide information services which are vital to the operation of the Internet. The reliability of our systems is essential. Major tools like the RIPE database software are being used by Internet registries worldwide, as are our information services which allow access to the substantial RIPE document store. In order to cope with the explosive growth of the Internet we aim to keep automating all processes as much as possible. To this end we aim to provide tools for our customers which will allow a quick and easy interface to NCC services. The NCC computing environment is based on UNIX and X-windows using SUN Microsystems and PC hardware platforms. We are currently deploying industrial PC based servers in our computer room environment with PC based workstations on staff desks, all running BSDI BSD/OS 2.1. The SUN platforms running SunOS 4.1.3_U1b are being phased out. All systems are connected by multiple 10Mbit/s Ethernet segments using mostly 10baseT. The NCC has multiple connections to the Internet. Many of the tools used by the NCC have been developed in house for specific applications. We mostly build our software from existing UNIX tools using PERL. The systems & software department develops, maintains and supports NCC software tools and operates the NCC computing infrastructure. It also supports NCC staff with expertise and performs some of the technical NCC activities. Currently the department has two engineers, with another being hired. The manager systems & software will be responsible for this department and will report to the NCC manager. In addition to managing the department, she will be expected to participate in software development and system management tasks as necessary. The position provides an opportunity to work at the heart of the European Internet industry. Duties The responsibilities of the Manager Systems and Software are: - to manage the Systems & Software department - to assure systems availability and performance - to provide software development and maintenance - to help identify possible improvements in automation - to coordinate activities with other NCC staff - to support a number of technical NCC activities - to report to the NCC manager The specific duties of the Manager Systems and Software are: - to plan and guide systems management and maintenance - to plan and guide software development and maintenance - to participate in systems management - to participate in software development and maintenance - to plan purchasing of hard and software - to organise and participate in after hours coverage - to coordinate externally contracted technical projects Qualifications Essential Qualifications - management experience - experience programming in the UNIX environment - experience with UNIX systems administration - ability to lead a technical team - knowledge of written and spoken English - good communication skills - desire to work in an international environment Desirable Qualifications - Bachelors/Masters degree preferably in Computer Science - background in computer networks (preferably Internet) We hope to find an experienced technical manager to fill this position, however software engineers with a strong desire to become managers are also welcome to apply. Female applicants and applicants from all European countries are explicitly encouraged to apply. R I P E RIPE (Reseaux IP Europeens) is a collaborative organisation open to all European Internet service providers. The objective of RIPE is to ensure the necessary administrative and technical coordination to allow the operation of a pan-European IP network. RIPE does not operate a network of its own. RIPE has been functioning since 1989. Currently more than 350 organisations participate in the work. The result of the RIPE coordination effort is that the individual end-user is presented with a uniform IP service irrespective of the particular network his or her workstation is attached to. In December 1995, there were 2206360 hosts registered on the networks coordinated by RIPE. R I P E N C C The RIPE Network Coordination Centre supports RIPE activities which cannot be effectively performed by volunteers from the participating organisations. In addition to supporting RIPE activities in general the NCC provides the following services to network operators: o NETWORK MANAGEMENT DATABASE containing information about address space, routing, DNS domains and contact persons o REGIONAL INTERNET REGISTRY a clearing house distributing IP address space o RIPE INTERNET ROUTING REGISTRY o RIPE DOCUMENT STORE o RIPE INTERACTIVE INFORMATION SERVICE A detailed description of these activities can be found in the RIPE NCC Activity Plan (document ripe-133). This document can be obtained from the RIPE document store. The RIPE NCC is currently staffed as follows: one NCC manager one business manager one registration services manager five junior hostmasters (some part time) two network engineers two administrative staff The NCC is funded by all Internet service providers in Europe who operate local Internet registries. NCC staff are formally employed by TERENA. TERENA TERENA is the European Association of research networking organisations and their users. TERENA has been created by a merger of the RARE and EARN associations. TERENA carries out technical activities and provides a platform for discussion and education to encourage the development of a high-quality computer networking infrastructure for the European research community. Conditions RIPE NCC personnel is employed by the TERENA association under their standard employment conditions. The salary will depend on qualifications and experience. Costs of relocation to the Netherlands will be met. The appointment will be for one year with possible extension. Location The RIPE NCC is located at the Scientific Center Watergraafsmeer (WCW) in Amsterdam. The offices are situated at NIKHEF, the Dutch National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics. Further Information For further information about the RIPE NCC, please see the RIPE document store at http://www.ripe.net/ ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ gopher://gopher.ripe.net/ telnet://info.ripe.net/ For further information about this position please contact: Daniel Karrenberg RIPE NCC Manager Kruislaan 409 NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam Netherlands Tel.: +31 20 592 5065 <Daniel.Karrenberg(a)ripe.net> How to Apply Applications, including a CV and references should be submitted in confidence to the address above and should be received no later than Wednesday, April 17, 1996.

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Hostcount for March 1996
by Mirjam Kuehne 04 Apr '96

04 Apr '96

Dear all, Here is the hostcount for March 1996. Certain zones have shown a decline in numbers were previously their numbers were seen to increase. There was no time to further investigate, but connectivity problems doen't seem to be likely as some of these zones are counted locally. But the table below still shows an increase since last month of almost 80,000 (or 3.2%) to a total of almost 2,500,000 hosts in the DNS in Europe. This comes to a total increase of 12.6% during the last three month. This month Germany made it :) DE shows the highest increase for March with almost 30,000 hosts more than in February. The hostcount can also be found under ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/hostcount. The graphical version of the hostcount can be found at ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/hostcount/RIPE-Hostcount-{Mo,Qu}.eps The translation of the country codes can be found at ftp://ftp.ripe.net/hostcount/Ccodes I would like to thank all people who help me to create the hostcount every month by counting hosts locally: at Gerhard Winkler <winkler(a)cc.univie.ac.at> be Herman Moons <Herman.Moons(a)CS.kuleuven.ac.be> ch Christoph Graf <graf(a)chx400.switch.ch> cy Panagiotis Tzounakis <pj(a)ics.forth.gr> cz Jiri Orsag <Jiri.Orsag(a)eunet.cz> de Peter Koch <pk(a)TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE> dk Robert Martin-Legene <robert(a)dknet.dk> es Jose Sanchez-Seco <jose.sanchez(a)rediris.es> fi Petri Ojala <ojala(a)eunet.fi> fr Annie Renard <Annie.Renard(a)inria.fr> gr Dimitris Zisiadis <zisiadis(a)forthnet.gr> hr Ivan Maric <Ivan.Maric(a)stribor.srce.hr> hu Gabor Kiss <kissg(a)sztaki.hu> ie Mike Norris <mnorris(a)dalkey.hea.ie> il Sason Levi <sason(a)NetVision.net.il> it Antonio_Blasco Bonito <bonito(a)nis.garr.it> no Havard Eidnes <Havard.Eidnes(a)runit.sintef.no> pl Irek Neska <irek(a)nask.pl> pt Graca Carvalho <fccn(a)dns.pt> ru Andrey Dobrotsvetov <adbr(a)argo.net.kiae.su> sk Ivan Lescak <Ivan.Lescak(a)Slovakia.EU.net> Lubos Elias <Lubos.Elias(a)uakom.sk> sm Antonio_Blasco Bonito <bonito(a)nis.garr.it> tr Yener Yigit <yener(a)knidos.cc.metu.edu.tr> uk Kevin Hoadley <K.Hoadley(a)nosc.ja.net> If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC RIPE DNS Hostcount Previous Count : Thu Feb 29 1996 This Count : Sun Mar 31 1996 CY SOA COUNTED DUPL REAL CHANGE ============================================================ al 5 59 0 59 + 1 am 4 101 3 98 0 at 1568 65712 3138 62574 - 2003 az 3 16 0 16 - 1 be 1648 37247 1341 35906 + 1877 bg 80 1591 67 1524 + 285 by 11 59 5 54 + 22 ch 2106 94558 2967 91591 + 6680 cy 65 564 10 554 + 177 cz 546 26546 467 26079 + 1428 de 8640 537851 21509 516342 +29534 dk 1269 62574 2723 59851 + 4400 dz 2 16 0 16 0 ee 228 5033 139 4894 + 280 eg 15 707 11 696 - 1 es 1477 65893 914 64979 + 3496 fi 1749 234102 3400 230702 - 7233 fo 5 20 0 20 - 527 fr 3002 158475 4445 154030 - 1615 gb 1 40 0 40 + 1 ge 9 66 0 66 - 2 gr 252 6999 345 6654 - 3246 hr 224 3629 614 3015 + 1751 hu 467 17595 146 17449 + 1177 ie 511 13418 212 13206 - 940 il 885 37511 2885 34626 + 2636 is 160 9998 103 9895 + 577 it 3548 100462 8157 92305 + 4916 li 24 73 9 64 - 10 lt 62 880 5 875 + 215 lu 65 868 28 840 - 1365 lv 81 3192 65 3127 + 179 ma 11 385 49 336 + 58 md 8 2 0 2 0 mk 13 143 20 123 + 17 mt 18 304 57 247 + 47 nl 2781 189092 3467 185625 + 1316 no 2636 108952 4109 104843 + 7449 pl 943 31585 1226 30359 + 2602 pt 506 13635 389 13246 - 130 ro 236 2531 80 2451 + 292 ru 632 17084 1378 15706 + 1466 se 4233 164698 6968 157730 - 3842 si 289 8209 667 7542 + 999 sk 158 4399 160 4239 + 743 sm 6 274 132 142 + 19 su 449 13142 524 12618 + 469 tn 3 64 4 60 - 24 tr 239 8346 119 8227 + 967 ua 172 3903 666 3237 + 348 uk 13784 552060 47110 504950 +21840 va 1 3 0 3 + 1 yu 3 0 0 0 0 ============================================================ 55833 2604666 120833 2483833 +77326

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April CIX Meeting in Berlin
by dwilliam＠dimension.net 03 Apr '96

03 Apr '96

To all recipients : Please forward this message to any of your colleagues who might also be interested. Thanks, Don Williams dwilliam(a)dimension.net Does your network provide public data Internetwork services? Does your network want to provides unrestricted access to other networks worldwide? Is your network concerned about the development and future direction of the Internet? Does your network provide information or on-line services via the Internet? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you should know about the Commercial Internet eXchange Association, a global trade association of commercial providers of Internet services CIX is pleased to announce that the next membership meeting will be held on April 21, 1996 in Berlin, Germany in conjunction with the European Operator's Conference/RIPE meeting. (For more information about RIPE and the upcoming meeting, visit www.ripe.net.) If you are interested in finding out more about CIX and how your network can be part of a recognized industry association, please join us on April 21st in Berlin. Both current members and guests will be part of the afternoon meeting. We will continue the exchange during an informal gathering at a typical Berlin pub that evening. For more info, agenda, or to RSVP Please email admin(a)cix.org or register online at http://www.cix.org

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NCC Job Opening - Network Engineer
by Carol Orange 03 Apr '96

03 Apr '96

RIPE: Coordinating the Internet in Europe. Due to the continuing explosive growth of the European Internet there is an immediate opening at the RIPE NCC for a full time N e t w o r k E n g i n e e r Every host directly connected to the Internet needs an address. The RIPE NCC plays a key role in the distribution of the Internet address space throughout Europe and surrounding areas. To deal with the explosive growth in the Internet, to improve the reliability of our services, and to reduce the amount of tedious work involved in the distribution of Internet address space, we aim to (continue to) automate our processes where suitable. The Network Engineer will play a fundamental role in automating our processes. Duties The general duties of the Network Engineer are: - to develop and document software tools for use in house - to develop and document software tools for customer use - to maintain and improve existing software - to report to the manager of the Systems and Software department The specific duties of the Network Engineer are: - to maintain and further develop work-flow software - to develop tools for submission of IP address space requests - to design and implement interactive tools for the RIPE database - to develop tools for billing and other administrative functions - to backup basic systems management functions Almost all communications with customers and other organisations involved in Internet address space assignment is via the Internet itself. The position provides an excellent opportunity to work at the very heart of the European Internet industry. Qualifications Software development is performed on a network of UNIX systems. The majority of our software tools are written in PERL and make use of common UNIX tools such as the shell, MH, RCS, make, sed, awk, etc.. Much of the network software to be developed will allow our customers to submit and retrieve data from our database via the World Wide Web. Essential Qualifications - programming experience in the UNIX environment - knowledge of written and spoken English - good communication skills - desire to work in an international environment - ability to work both independently and in a team - user friendly Desirable Qualifications - Bachelors/Masters degree preferably in Computer Science - experience with UNIX systems administration - background in computer networks (preferably Internet) We hope to find an experienced programmer to fill this position, however recent graduates are also welcome to apply. Moreover female applicants and applicants from all European countries are explicitly encouraged to apply. Depending on their ambitions and abilities, network engineers can eventually be promoted to senior positions at the NCC. R I P E RIPE (Reseaux IP Europeens) is a collaborative organisation open to all European Internet service providers. The objective of RIPE is to ensure the necessary administrative and technical coordination to allow the operation of a pan- European IP network. RIPE does not operate a network of its own. RIPE has been functioning since 1989. Currently more than 350 organisations participate in the work. The result of the RIPE coordination effort is that the individual end-user is presented with a uniform IP service irrespective of the particular network his or her workstation is attached to. In December 1995, there were 2206360 hosts registered on the networks coordinated by RIPE. R I P E N C C The RIPE Network Coordination Centre supports all those RIPE activities which cannot be effectively performed by volunteers from the participating organisations. In addition to supporting RIPE activities in general the NCC provides the following services to network operators: o NETWORK MANAGEMENT DATABASE containing information about address space, routing, DNS domains and contact persons o REGIONAL INTERNET REGISTRY a clearing house distributing IP address space o RIPE INTERNET ROUTING REGISTRY o RIPE DOCUMENT STORE o RIPE INTERACTIVE INFORMATION SERVICE A detailed description of these activities can be found in the RIPE NCC Activity Plan (document ripe-133). This document can be obtained from the RIPE document store. The RIPE NCC is currently staffed as follows: one NCC manager one business manager one registration services manager five junior hostmasters (some part time) two network engineers two administrative staff The NCC is funded by all Internet service providers in Europe who operate local Internet registries. NCC staff are formally employed by TERENA. TERENA TERENA is the European Association of research networking organisations and their users. TERENA has been created by a merger of the RARE and EARN associations. TERENA carries out technical activities and provides a platform for discussion and education to encourage the development of a high-quality computer networking infrastructure for the European research community. Conditions RIPE NCC personnel is employed by the TERENA association under their standard employment conditions. The salary will depend on qualifications and experience. Costs of relocation to the Netherlands will be met. The appointment will be for one year with possible extension. Location The RIPE NCC is located at the Scientific Center Watergraafsmeer (WCW) in Amsterdam. The offices are situated at NIKHEF, the Dutch National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics. Further Information For further information about the RIPE NCC, please see the RIPE document store at http://www.ripe.net/ ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ gopher://gopher.ripe.net/ telnet://info.ripe.net/ For further information about this position please contact: Daniel Karrenberg RIPE NCC Manager Kruislaan 409 NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam Netherlands Tel.: +31 20 592 5065 <Daniel.Karrenberg(a)ripe.net> How to Apply Applications, including a CV and references should be submitted in confidence to the address above and should be received no later than Tuesday, April 17, 1996.

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NCC Job Opening - Junior Hostmaster
by Carol Orange 03 Apr '96

03 Apr '96

RIPE: Coordinating the Internet in Europe. Due to the continuing explosive growth of the European Internet there is an immediate opening at the RIPE NCC for a full time J u n i o r H o s t m a s t e r Every host directly connected to the Internet needs an address. RIPE NCC hostmasters play a key role in the distribution of the Internet address space throughout Europe. Duties The general duties NCC hostmasters comprise: - to handle all address space related requests - to help maintain the databases the RIPE NCC keeps - to propose new activities, where needed - to report to the Registration Services manager The specific duties of the junior hostmaster are: - to allocate address space to local Internet registries - to support local registries where needed - to assign address space - to review assignments made by other registries - to answer address space related queries - to refer non-routine requests to appropriate senior staff Almost all communications with customers and other organisations involved in Internet address space assignment is via the Internet itself. The position provides an excellent opportunity to work at the very heart of the European Internet industry. Qualifications Essential - willingness to learn quickly about the Internet environment - ability to perform administrative tasks reliably - good knowledge of written and spoken English - good communication skills - ability to learn and use Unix and X-windows based computer tools Desirable - work experience in an international environment - work experience in an administrative environment - previous exposure to the Internet - basic experience with Unix and X-windows based computer tools The position is suitable both for those with administrative skills willing to learn about the Internet and to recent graduates with Internet experience willing to do administrative work. Female applicants and applicants from all European countries are explicitly encouraged to apply. Depending on their ambitions and abilities junior hostmasters can eventually be promoted to senior positions at the NCC. R I P E RIPE (Reseaux IP Europeens) is a collaborative organisation open to all European Internet service providers. The objective of RIPE is to ensure the necessary administrative and technical coordination to allow the operation of a pan- European IP network. RIPE does not operate a network of its own. RIPE has been functioning since 1989. Currently more than 350 organisations participate in the work. The result of the RIPE coordination effort is that the individual end-user is presented with a uniform IP service irrespective of the particular network his or her workstation is attached to. In December 1995, there were 2206360 hosts registered on the networks coordinated by RIPE. R I P E N C C The RIPE Network Coordination Centre supports RIPE activities which cannot be effectively performed by volunteers from the participating organisations. In addition to supporting RIPE activities in general the NCC provides the following services to network operators: o NETWORK MANAGEMENT DATABASE containing information about address space, routing, DNS domains and contact persons o REGIONAL INTERNET REGISTRY a clearing house distributing IP address space o RIPE INTERNET ROUTING REGISTRY o RIPE DOCUMENT STORE o RIPE INTERACTIVE INFORMATION SERVICE A detailed description of these activities can be found in the RIPE NCC Activity Plan (document ripe-133). This document can be obtained from the RIPE document store. The RIPE NCC is currently staffed as follows: one NCC manager one business manager one registration services manager five junior hostmasters (some part time) two network engineers two administrative staff The NCC is funded by all Internet service providers in Europe who operate local Internet registries. NCC staff are formally employed by TERENA. TERENA TERENA is the European Association of research networking organisations and their users. TERENA has been created by a merger of the RARE and EARN associations. TERENA carries out technical activities and provides a platform for discussion and education to encourage the development of a high-quality computer networking infrastructure for the European research community. Conditions RIPE NCC personnel is employed by the TERENA association under their standard employment conditions. The salary will depend on qualifications and experience. Costs of relocation to the Netherlands will be met. The appointment will be for one year with a possible extension. Location The RIPE NCC is located at the Scientific Center Watergraafsmeer (WCW) in Amsterdam. The offices are situated at NIKHEF, the Dutch National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics. Further Information For further information about the RIPE NCC, please see the RIPE document store at http://www.ripe.net/ ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ gopher://gopher.ripe.net/ telnet://info.ripe.net/ For more information about this position please contact: Mirjam Kuehne Manager Registration Services RIPE NCC Kruislaan 409 NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam Netherlands Tel.: +31 20 592 5065 <Mirjam.Kuehne(a)ripe.net> How to Apply Applications, including a CV and references should be submitted in confidence to the address above and should be received no later than Wednesday, April 17, 1996.

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RIPE NCC Quinquennial Celebration
by Carol Orange 01 Apr '96

01 Apr '96

ATTENTION: This is a surprise for Daniel (we've made sure he won't see this), so please don't respond to the whole list and spoil it!!! Hi Everybody, In 1992, on this very day (920401), the RIPE NCC started operations with 1 employee: Daniel Karrenberg. Today we are a staff of 12, and ready to celebrate our *** Quinquennium *** That's right folks! We are happy and running after all this time and think it's time for a toast. To this end we are planning to have a big bash at the 24th RIPE meeting in Berlin later this month. Of course we didn't start our preparations yesterday (that was a Sunday, after all), but have been busy for quite some time. Well, to be honest, we don't get to celebrate in the place of our choice. We of course tried to arrange for a dinner in the * Palast der Republik * but they wouldn't renovate in time for us. They have a lot of stories about how time consuming it is to remove asbestos, etc.. In spite of the numerous financial incentives offered by our generous sponsors, they wouldn't get it ready in time for our meeting. Hard to imagine. Anyway, we had to settle for the FERNSEHTURN AM ALEXANDERPLATZ (a.k.a. St. ULBRICHT) This location has the following advantages: 1. Because this is the TV tower, we will have high speed connections both locally and to the outside world (see below). This means that we can all bring laptops and don't have to be bothered with talking to one other during the dinner. This has often been complained about in the past. 2. The price is right. That's not entirely true. The dinner will cost 1000 ECUs per person. But thanks to our incredibly generous sponsor, namely the: Federation Internationale Vegetarienne Europeenne We will feast for free! Pick up your tickets when you arrive at the meeting and give 'em five, folks! So from the staff of the RIPE NCC, we hope to see you there! Chair, Quinquennial Committee ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Connectivity details: The location on the TV tower will enable us to have excellent networking connectivity. We will have an OC-480 (24.889 Gbit/s) optical MASER link to the Hyper-WIN network sponsored by the "Bundesministerium fuer Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie" commonly called Zukunftsministerium (Future Ministry). This link will have a 64kbit/s X.25 channel for backwards compatibility reasons. Just in case the MASERs get overloaded by all the dinnertime WEB surfing we will have an OC-3 (155.520 Mbit/s) laser backup directly to The Center of the Internet in Stockholm via a chain of mirrors and laser repeaters placed on (soon to be obsolete) microwave towers. The 7993-type routers needed for interfacing between the OC-480 link, the laptop network, as well as the virtual reality gear for the dinner show, will be sponsored by FRISCO systems Europe. In the unlikely event of all this high technology failing we will have an HF radio link sponsored by Iputs BA which uses the newest 'independent side bands' modulation technology to achieve a stunning 997 kbit/s data rate using only 4.49 kHz of HF spectrum. Please keep quiet about this last backup method as Iputs usually does not have time to inform local authorities about their inventive use of the radio spectrum.

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