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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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Call for Proposals: CERT Co-ordination Centre
by martin＠terena.nl 27 Mar '96

27 Mar '96

Dear Security Experts, Apologies if you receive this more than once - please feel free to pass this on to other interested parties. In its meeting of 12 March 1996 the TERENA Executive Committee decided to publish a call for proposals for a 'CERT Co-ordination Centre' to solicit tenders for the operation of a European support unit for Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs). The text of the call is available at: http://www.terena.nl/projects/cert/ Proposals are expected before 15 April 1996. For further information please contact Ariel Sobelman <ariel(a)terena.nl> at the TERENA Secretariat. Yours sincerely, Karel Vietsch TERENA Interim Secretary-General

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JENC7 - Conference Information, May 13-16 1996, Budapest, Hungary
by Carol Orange 26 Mar '96

26 Mar '96

Hi, I've been asked to post the following announcement regarding: **JENC7, May 13-16 1996, Budapest, Hungary** For information regarding the JENC7 - 7th Joint European Networking Conference in May 13-16, in Budapest, Hungary, please visit the conference web site. http://www.iif.hu/jenc For information via email please send a message to <jenc7-sec(a)terena.nl> For general enquiries: TERENA Secretariat Singel 466-468 NL - 1017 AW Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel: +31 20 639 1131 Fax: +31 20 639 3289 Email: jenc7-sec(a)terena.nl (general conference information) -- Carol

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Re: Updating the priorities for Telematics for Research
by Mats.Brunell＠KKS.SE 20 Mar '96

20 Mar '96

The cruicial question is what tax-payers funding should cover if at all in the IT-sector. To some extent EU-funds is replacing risk capital. To some extent it replaces market incentive. How many "distance education" projects is needed to develop a market? What are the "real issues" not covered in the industry developed products? My view of this is the conceptual solutions. The market tries to build secluded Islands of information services and concepts. Today based on the Web with gateways to traditional databases. In my opinion we need to etablish the true concept of distributed open information services. To do this we need experiments with different concepts and trials. What we don´t need is individual project projects with goals such as finding "European standards for x, y, z etc" --mats -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mats Brunell Stiftelsen för Kunskaps- och Kompetensutveckling Kungsgatan 28, 4 tr Box 3222 Tel: +46 8 14 49 45 S-103 64 Stockholm Fax: +46 8 24 75 09 --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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RIPE 24 - Hotel information
by RIPE NCC Staff 20 Mar '96

20 Mar '96

Hotel information ================= Rooms have to be reserved by the participants themselves. Included below you will find a list of hotels you can contact to find a room. The prices (no warranty) are special rates for TU Berlin - breakfast is included. All Hotels are in walking distance to the meeting place (10 - 20 minutes). Hotel Heidelberg Knesebeckstr. 15 10623 Berlin Tel. +49 30 131 01 03 Fax +49 30 313 58 70 SR: DM 138, DR: DM 168 Berlin Excelsior Hotel Hardenbergstr. 14 10623 Berlin Tel. +49 30 3155 22 Fax +49 30 3155 1053 SR: DM 200, DR: DM 250 Hotel-Pension Elfert Knesebeckstr. 15 10623 Berlin Tel. and Fax +49 30 3 12 12 36 SR: DM 110 (appr.) DR: DM 135 (appr.) Hotel Avantgarde Kurfuerstendamm 15 10719 Berlin Tel. +49 30 8826466 Fax +49 30 8824011 SR: DM 170 DR: DM 230 Bleibtreu Hotel Berlin Bleibtreustr. 31 10707 Berlin Tel. +49 30 88474-0 Fax +49 30 88474-444 SR: DM 199 DR: DM 254 Hotel Consul Knesebeckstr. 8-9 10623 Berlin Tel. +49 30 31106-0 Fax +49 30 3122060 SR: DM 152 DR: 193 (there are different offers f.e. SR without shower and WC for DM 80) Hotelpension Elba Bleibtreustr. 26 10785 Berlin Tel. +49 30 8817504 Fax +49 30 8823246 SR: DM 90 DR: DM 160 Hotel-Pension Fasanenhaus Fasanenstr. 73 10719 Berlin Tel. +49 30 8816713 Fax +49 30 8823947 SR (no shower): DM 55 SR: 110 DR(no shower): DM 130 DR: DM 145 These addresses were provided to us by Juergen Rauschenbach from DFN.

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RIPE 24 meeting - information about getting visa
by RIPE NCC Staff 20 Mar '96

20 Mar '96

Dear RIPE meeting attendees, This letter is intended for all of you who need visa to come to Germany for the 24th RIPE meeting. Since getting visa takes generally more time then one expects I would suggest you apply for a visa as fast as possible. On request, we can send you an invitation. If you want us to send an invitation, please tell us how many days and which days you are planning to stay. If, after the RIPE meeting, you want to stay some additional days we can invite you for some 'technical meetings' after the RIPE meeting ;-). Furthermore, please give also your full name, birth date and passport number. If we mention these data in our invitation to you, it could facilitate getting visa. If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact us, preferrably at <ncc(a)ripe.net>. Kind Regards, Roderik Muit RIPE NCC

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RIPE 24 meeting registration form
by RIPE NCC Staff 20 Mar '96

20 Mar '96

24th RIPE meeting Registration reservation form Berlin, Germany April 22nd-24th, 1996 %%%%%%%%%%% PLEASE NOTE %%%%%%%%%%% Our handling of ALL meeting registrations is fully automated. To register for the meeting, please complete the registration form and send it to <meeting(a)ripe.net>. PLEASE FILL THIS OUT AS SPECIFIED. Please add in a value in the `box' area marked between the square brackets (i.e. "[" and "]" s). Note this is what will be used for your badge if you have requested one and for the attendee list so please take care to fill it in correctly. You will receive a notification message that your request has been processed. If however, you have any questions about the meeting or your registration form, please send your completed form to <ncc(a)ripe.net>. ============================================================================== %START PART 1 - Registration 1) Your name Enter First name, Last name in FULL (remember this is on list and badge) e.g. John Doe Mary-Beth Walton %NAME [ ] 2) I will need the RIPE NCC staff to come up with a badge for me (Fill in Y if you do not have a badge yet, or if you have given it to the NCC staff to keep until the next meeting. Fill in N if you will bring your old badge to the meeting yourself.) %BADGE [ ] 3) Your Organisation/Institution %ORG [ ] 4) Your e-mail address %EMAIL [ ] 5) Country code of organisation e.g. IT FR DE %CTRY [ ] %END

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RIPE 24 meeting announcement
by RIPE NCC Staff 20 Mar '96

20 Mar '96

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: 10:00 (*) 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 throughout the day, 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. Probably, there will be an EOF (European Operators Forum) from 10:00(*) until 12:30 and at 13:30, other working groups will be scheduled in parallel. - 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 Technical University is not hard to reach, since it is located quite near the large trainstation 'Zoologischer Garten'. From there, the University complex and the 'Strasse des 17. Juni' are in walking-distance. General information: -------------------- Currency : 1 UK pound = DM 2.25 1 ECU = DM 1.85 1 US$ = DM 1.47 More information about Berlin: --------------------------------- Websurfers may take a look at: <> http://www.city.net/countries/germany/berlin/ Documents to follow (separate mail messages): --------------------------------------------- <> details of hotels in Berlin close to meeting venue <> registration form for attendance to the meeting <> info about getting visa for the meeting, if you need one

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