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Announcing TF-ETM meeting
by Kevin Meynell 13 Mar '97

13 Mar '97

All, At the end of last year, TERENA announced the establishment of a new Task Force for European Traffic Metrics (TF-ETM). The first meeting was due to be held in January, but due to various circumstances, unfortunately had to be cancelled. TERENA appreciates there is a great deal of interest in this subject and would like to re-schedule this meeting for Thursday, 24th April 1997 at the TERENA offices in Amsterdam . Kevin Hoadley of UKERNA has kindly agreed to lead the new task force, which will also be assisted by Kevin Meynell, a TERENA Project Development Officer. Networking professionals from academic, governmental or commercial sectors are all welcome to attend TF-ETM. Attached below are the proposed activities of TF-ETM. There is also a mailing list that can be joined by sending mail to mailserver(a)terena.nl containing only the text subscribe tf-etm <your real name>. A Web Page will be available shortly. If you would like to attend this meeting, or wish to obtain some more information, please e-mail Kevin Meynell (meynell(a)terena.nl) Apologies to anyone who receives multiple copies of this message. Regards, Kevin Meynell ----- In order to address the problem of predicting the growth of network traffic and its consequences for performance, many network operators already collect basic statistics on their own network's performance and traffic flows. However there is no data available for national-level comparisons with other networks' performance. The objective of the proposed project is to collect and analyze data which will enable technicans to focus on the causes of decreased performance, and propose corrective actions. The activities will include the development of a mechanism and structure for collecting statistics of traffic loads on an end to-end international level, measurements of delays, flow capacity and packet loss information. The vacuum created in national-level statistics/metrics collection has significantly complicated planning by TERENA members and service providers. While detailed traffic and performance measurements are essential to identifying the causes of network problems and formulating corrective actions, it is trend analysis and accurate network/system monitoring which permits network managers to identify 'hot spots', predict problems before they occur, and identify ways to avoid them by efficient deployment of resources and optimising of network configuration. As the explosive growth and dependence on the information infrastructure continues, it is critical that mechanisms be established to enable infrastructure planning and analysis. It is proposed to address these problems on two levels of relevance: significance to analysis of network performance, and relevance to Internet settlements. The activities will then include cross-European measurements of total traffic through specified links and the mapping of reachable destinations covered by a route, delay measurements, flow capacity, continental averages of hops, and rate of packet loss monitoring. These measurements will be conducted using publicly available software packages.

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RIPE26 minutes available
by RIPE NCC Staff 07 Mar '97

07 Mar '97

Dear all, Finally, the first draft of the minutes from the 26th RIPE meeting is available. The various formats can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/meetings/ripe/ripe-m-26.html ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/minutes/ripe-m-26.ps ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/minutes/ripe-m-26.txt Kind regards, Roderik Muit RIPE NCC

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Hostcount for February 1997
by Mirjam Kuehne 06 Mar '97

06 Mar '97

Dear all, Here is the hostcount for February 1997. The table shows an increase since last month of almost 1,300,000 (or 3.2%) to a total of over 4000,000 hosts in the DNS in Europe (Yes, we hit the 4 Million!). The UK shows the highest increase for February with almost 18,000 hosts more than in January. 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/iso3166-countrycodes All this data can also be found at http://www.ripe.net/statistics/hostcount.html If you are intersted in the historic hostcount data, bunyip Information Services is hosting the complete set of data since 1994 under ftp://ftp.bunyip.com/pub/netstats/ripe 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 Marcel Schneider <hostmaster(a)nic.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 Armando Domingues <fccn(a)dns.pt> ru Andrey Dobrotsvetov <adbr(a)ripn.net> 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> Robert Stone <robert(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 : Fri Jan 31 1997 This Count : Fri Feb 28 1997 CY SOA COUNTED DUPL REAL CHANGE ============================================================ al 5 79 0 79 0 am 12 196 6 190 + 10 at 5080 110541 9618 100923 + 2088 az 5 76 1 75 + 20 ba 3 30 0 30 + 30 be 4251 80875 3190 77685 +10734 bg 146 3737 159 3578 - 160 by 13 301 11 290 + 47 ch 8862 147401 8944 138457 + 3912 cy 194 1594 19 1575 + 22 cz 2195 46060 1671 44389 + 2663 de 32692 804172 47755 756417 +13214 dk 13158 121068 6541 114527 + 3210 dz 2 27 0 27 0 ee 608 9562 395 9167 + 31 eg 130 1293 66 1227 - 716 es 4088 130453 3204 127249 + 8440 fi 4243 338987 6129 332858 + 5169 fo 29 96 0 96 0 fr 7270 272061 12470 259591 + 7259 gb 2 41 0 41 + 1 ge 15 245 1 244 + 25 gr 911 20817 954 19863 + 3595 hr 563 6390 814 5576 + 137 hu 1169 33326 1776 31550 + 918 ie 1929 31241 1265 29976 + 2381 il 2452 61135 6425 54710 + 1644 is 371 12523 160 12363 + 404 it 10295 214654 13965 200689 + 8029 li 99 306 87 219 + 7 lt 256 2056 127 1929 + 111 lu 397 3964 264 3700 + 236 lv 219 6484 279 6205 + 245 ma 33 560 66 494 + 22 md 12 125 16 109 + 4 mk 29 347 22 325 + 23 mt 70 612 54 558 + 56 nl 12048 293869 10595 283274 + 6569 no 7053 183764 7929 175835 - 1988 pl 2714 59794 2755 57039 + 2946 pt 1034 25422 855 24567 + 733 ro 497 9342 349 8993 + 199 ru 2978 53883 3960 49923 + 5123 se 13490 274747 14686 260061 +13706 si 833 16491 1208 15283 + 525 sk 779 9925 875 9050 + 754 sm 13 969 449 520 + 48 su 653 18629 948 17681 - 770 tn 4 60 4 56 + 13 tr 1060 16672 1228 15444 + 4873 ua 346 8583 1437 7146 + 236 uk 43348 896385 114112 782273 +17943 va 2 5 0 5 0 yu 325 2950 156 2794 + 258 ============================================================ 188985 4334925 288000 4046925 +124979

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NATO Advanced Networking Workshop - 5-9 May 1997
by John Martin 03 Mar '97

03 Mar '97

Dear Colleague, Please find attached the application form for this year's NATO Advanced Networking Workshop to be held in Edinburgh, UK, 5-9 May 1997. Note that applications should be sent to nato-anw97(a)terena.nl and *not* to me directly. Please feel free to distribute this to appropriate fora. Regards, John Martin ************************************************************************* * John Martin * * Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association * * http://www.terena.nl/ * * * * TERENA Tel : +31 20 639 1131 * * Singel 466-468 Fax : +31 20 639 3289 * * NL-1017 AW Amsterdam UK : +44 141 339 9239 * ************************************************************************* -- Application for NATO Advanced Networking Workshop - Migrating Towards a High Speed Networking Service 5-9th May 1997 Introduction ------------ Adjacent to the TERENA Joint European Networking Conference in Edinburgh in May 1997, a NATO Advanced Networking Workshop has been organised with the theme: "Migrating Towards a High Speed Networking Service". It is aimed at those who are currently running national network services but who will, in the near future, be moving to new technologies to provide new applications, higher bandwidth and a more reliable service. The workshop will be practical and technology-oriented but will also provide some experience of network management and an exploration of the application-level issues which arise with the newer technology. The event will be a single-track workshop with possibly a limited number of parallel sessions. There will be classroom-style lectures complemented by hands-on technical sessions where appropriate and practicable. For more details about the workshop, please see: http://www.terena.nl/conf/nato-anw97/ ------8<------8<------ cut here ------8<------8<------ Application ----------- Please complete *all* sections as fully as possible and return to: nato-anw97(a)terena.nl Any additional information should be appended in plain ASCII format. A. Personal data: FAMILY NAME: First Name: Sex[1]: Male / Female (please delete) Employer: Business Address: Country[2]: Business Telephone: Business Fax: E-mail: B. Administration: 1. Accomodation: Please note that participants will be required to share twin hotel rooms for the duration of the workshop and conference. If you have any objections to this, please let us know the reasons here: 2. Travel: Please indicate the approximate cost in US$ of the cheapest method of travel from your place of residence to Edinburgh, UK[3]: C. Description of the candidate's role in National Networking Activities: 1. Please give a brief summary of your educational background: 2. Please supply a description of your current employer, position, duties and responsibilities and how they relate to current and future networking activities in your country: 3. Please outline details of work you have done with inter- networking, and what you hope to achieve in the future with the help of the knowledge gained at the workshop: 4. Upon your return from the workshop, how would you expect to disseminate the knowledge you gain through attendance at the workshop: 5. Please give details of any NATO Advanced Networking Workshops you have participated in previously: D. Please append any additional information in support of your application here, in plain ascii text: ------8<------8<------ cut here ------8<------8<------ Notes: [1] Please note that participants will be required to share twin hotel rooms for the duration of the workshop and conference. [2] Please note that only residents of NATO Co-operation Partner (CP) countries are eligible to attend this workshop and receive assistance from NATO. Eligible countries are: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Tajikistan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan NATO countries: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States. [3] The period of stay will include a weekend and the dates of travel should be so that you arrive on / before Sunday 4th May and depart on / after Saturday 17th May. NB: Should you choose to spend any additional time in Edinburgh before travelling home, you must assume any costs incurred. --end

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Re: Euro-ISDN NAS in Germany and Holland
by Hostmaster DE-NIC 19 Feb '97

19 Feb '97

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, dies ist eine automatisch generierte Antwort zum Thema Update von Domain- bzw. Personendaten. Anforderungen zum Update von Domain- bzw. Personendaten werden grundsaetzlich nur von dem Provider entgegengenommen, der die Domain bei uns beantragt hat. Dies hat folgende Vorteile: - Daten werden an einer Stelle gesammelt und koordiniert. - die Daten werden vor missbraeuchlichen Aenderungen durch Dritte geschuetzt, da das DENIC nicht in der Lage ist, die Berechtigung desjenigen, der die Datenaenderung anzeigt, zu verifizieren. - die techn. Implikationen, z.B. bei Aenderung vom Nameserversatz (Update bei den Secondaries ...) werden beruecksichtigt. - Ihr Provider verfuegt z.T. ueber automatische Tools zur Aenderung der Datensaetz, d.h. der Update erfordert keine manuellen Eingriffe bei uns. Bitte wenden Sie aus oben genannten Gruenden bitte zur Koordination an Ihren Provider, viele Gruesse Ihr DENIC (Automatical Departement) -- _0_ "Hostmaster of the day" eMail: hostmaster(a)nic.de / \ RZ<-- Rechenzentrum/DE-NIC \_______/ Universitaet Karlsruhe Tel: +49 721 373723 / / | \ \ Postfach 6980 Fax: +49 721 373741 _/_/__|__\_\_ D-76128 Karlsruhe Fax: +49 721 32550 > Return-Path: <owner-ripe-list(a)ripe.net> > Delivery-Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 20:52:51 +0100 > Received: from ncc.ripe.net by nic1.nic.de with SMTP (PP); > Tue, 18 Feb 1997 20:52:47 +0100 > Received: by ncc.ripe.net id AA26746 (5.65a/NCC-2.41); > Tue, 18 Feb 1997 19:11:29 +0100 > Received: from nikhefh.nikhef.nl by ncc.ripe.net with SMTP > id AA26738 (5.65a/NCC-2.40); Tue, 18 Feb 1997 19:11:28 +0100 > Received: from fwall.sibs.pt [195.138.0.99] (fwall0.sibs.pt) > by nikhefh.nikhef.nl with ESMTP id TA13933; > Tue, 18 Feb 1997 19:11:25 +0100 > Received: by fwall0.sibs.pt; id SAA21225; Tue, 18 Feb 1997 18:07:42 GMT > Received: from w3.sibs.pt(195.138.0.67) by fwall0.sibs.pt via smap (V3.1.1) > id xma021222; Tue, 18 Feb 97 18:07:25 GMT > Sender: pm(a)sibs.pt > Message-Id: <3309EFD9.74E0(a)sibs.pt> > Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 18:07:21 +0000 > From: Jose Eduardo Pina Miranda <pm(a)sibs.pt> > Organization: SIBS - Sociedade Interbancaria de Servicos, S.A. > X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; HP-UX B.10.10 9000/712) > Mime-Version: 1.0 > To: ripe-list(a)ripe.net > Subject: Euro-ISDN NAS in Germany and Holland > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Hi, > > I'm searching for ISPs in Germany (Hannover prefered) and Holland that > have NAS's with Euro-ISDN capability. > > Thanks, > > Jose Miranda > > -- > Jose Eduardo Pina Miranda <pm(a)sibs.pt> > SIBS - Sociedade Interbancaria de Servicos, S.A. > Rua Soeiro Pereira Gomes, Lote 1 - 1600 Lisboa, Portugal > Tel: + 351 1 841 01 00 Fax: + 351 1 847 35 97

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Euro-ISDN NAS in Germany and Holland
by Jose Eduardo Pina Miranda 18 Feb '97

18 Feb '97

Hi, I'm searching for ISPs in Germany (Hannover prefered) and Holland that have NAS's with Euro-ISDN capability. Thanks, Jose Miranda -- Jose Eduardo Pina Miranda <pm(a)sibs.pt> SIBS - Sociedade Interbancaria de Servicos, S.A. Rua Soeiro Pereira Gomes, Lote 1 - 1600 Lisboa, Portugal Tel: + 351 1 841 01 00 Fax: + 351 1 847 35 97

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by Alina Dodescu 13 Feb '97

13 Feb '97

subscribe Alina Dodescu ripe-list(a)ripe.net

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Employment Opportunities at London Internet Exchange (LINX)
by Keith Mitchell 10 Feb '97

10 Feb '97

The London Internet Exchange (www.linx.net) is a not-for-profit association representing the 30 largest Internet Service Providers in the UK. It provides and manages the UK National Internet Exchange point, at which its members exchange over 90% of UK inter-provider Internet traffic between them. Founded in Oct 1994, the LINX is in the process of evolving from a voluntary organisation to a professionally managed, independent, national resource. The first stage of this was the recruitment of a full-time Executive Chairman in June 1996. The next step is the establishment of office premises and recruitment of an additional 3 full-time staff. The LINX exchange facility is located at Telehouse, in London Docklands. The LINX office where staff will be based is planned to be located in central Peterborough (Cambridgeshire), with a provisional opening date in early April. Staff are sought to commence as close as possible to this date. Because of the need and scope for flexibility in a small and new organisation, 2 of the 3 staff positions are defined as a total of 4 roles. Depending on the candidate, these positions could comprise a different combination of these roles. The ability of candidates to help with the establishment of the office by changing roles in future, and/or telecommuting before it opens, is an important advantage. Candidates are sought for the following roles: - Network Engineer (full-time) - Administrator (full-time) - Marketing Communications - Sales Support - Bookkeeper Applications Further details of the above positions can be found at: http://www.linx.net/vacancies.html Applicants with questions or seeking further information may contact the LINX Chairman, Keith Mitchell at: Email: <keith(a)linx.org> Phone: +44 7000 783797 or: +44 1780 480850 Fax: +44 7000 783798 Applications should include a full CV, and should be sent by *post only* to: The London Internet Exchange PO Box 51 Stamford Lincs PE9 2WF England, UK to arrive no later than Fri 28th Feb.

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JENC8 "Preliminary Programme", May 12-15, 1997, Edinburgh, Scotland
by RIPE NCC Staff 10 Feb '97

10 Feb '97

"8th Joint European Networking Conference" (JENC8) Edinburgh, Scotland, 12-15 May 1997 "Diversity and Integration: The New European Networking Landscape" The JENC8 "PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME" and general conference information is now available via the Web. Please visit the JENC8 conference Web site for further information at: http://www.terena.nl/jenc8/ For conference registration enquiries please send an email to <jenc8(a)ed.ac.uk> For general enquiries please send an email to <jenc8-sec(a)TERENA.nl> or contact: TERENA Secretariat Singel 466-468 NL - 1017 AW Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel: +31 20 639 1131 Fax: +31 20 639 3289 Email: jenc8-sec(a)TERENA.nl

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job openings at the RIPE NCC
by Mirjam Kuehne 10 Feb '97

10 Feb '97

Dear all, We are currently looking for new staff to add to our great team. Please have a look at our Web page under http://www.ripe.net/info/employment/hm-opening.html to find information about the current vacancies. Very soon there will be more vacancies also in other departements at the RIPE NCC. Please feel free to distribute this or to point people to the above information. Kind Regards, Mirjam Kuehne Manager Registration Services RIPE NCC

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