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RIPE NCC Roundtable Meeting Contact Request
by Paul Rendek 18 Jan '06

18 Jan '06

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails.] **Please forward this e-mail to any colleagues within your organisation who specialise in government relations or regulatory affairs** Dear Colleague, I am writing to ask for your help in identifying relevant external government or regulatory contacts you may know for our forthcoming event. You may be aware that, as a part of the RIPE NCC's External Relations activities, we seek to develop relations with government representatives and regulators. We are building on the RIPE NCC's position as a neutral and trusted organisation with proven expertise in the technical co-ordination of IP networking. The RIPE NCC facilitates Roundtable Meetings to discuss Internet management issues relevant to governments, regulators and industry partners. These Roundtable Meetings provide a chance for attendees to learn more about, and how to participate in, IP address management policy-making. The next Roundtable Meeting is on Tuesday, 7 February 2006 at the Schiphol Sheraton in Amsterdam. To ensure broader representation of the RIPE NCC service region, we wish to invite the government representatives or regulators who you, or members of your organisation, may know. Please provide us with their contact details so that we can ensure they are aware of the opportunity to participate. Please e-mail this contact information to us at: roundtable(a)ripe.net For further information on the RIPE NCC Roundtable Meetings, go to: http://www.ripe.net/meetings/roundtable/index.html Regards, Paul Rendek Head of Member Services and Communications RIPE NCC

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New RIPE Documents available
by RIPE NCC Document Announcement Service 10 Jan '06

10 Jan '06

New RIPE Document Announcement -------------------------------------- Two new RIPE Documents are available from the RIPE Document store: Ref: ripe-364 Title: RIPE NCC Budget 2006 Author: RIPE NCC Date: 10 January 2006 Format: PDF=72994 Updates: ripe-340 Ref: ripe-365 Title: RIPE NCC Activity Plan 2006 Author: RIPE NCC Date: 10 January 2006 Format: PDF=164925 TXT=37992 Updates: ripe-339 Short content description ------------------------- The RIPE NCC Budget 2006 (ripe-364) includes the RIPE NCC's Statement of Income & Expenditure and the Development of RIPE NCC Reserves. The RIPE NCC Activity Plan 2006 (ripe-365) includes the RIPE NCC Vision and Focus; Changes to Activities in 2006 and the RIPE NCC Approved and Ongoing Activities. Accessing the RIPE document store --------------------------------- You can access the RIPE documents in HTML format via our website at the following URL: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/budget2006.html http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ap2006.html The RIPE Document Store is also available via anonymous FTP to ftp.ripe.net, in the directory ripe/docs. The URLs for the new documents on the FTP-server are: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-364.pdf PDF version ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-365.pdf PDF version ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-365.txt ASCII version Kind Regards, RIPE NCC Document Announcement Service

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RIPE 51 Report
by Nick Hyrka 05 Jan '06

05 Jan '06

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails.] RIPE 51 REPORT The RIPE 51 Meeting took place from 10 - 14 October 2005 at the Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. There were 320 attendees at the meeting. Attendees also included government representatives and representatives from AfriNIC, APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC and ICANN. Highlights of RIPE 51 included the announcement of the RIPE NCC E-learning Centre, a free online resource available to both members of the RIPE NCC and non-members. More information about the E-Learning Centre is available at: http://e-learning.ripe.net Global Crossing, the Amsterdam Internet Exchange, Force10 Networks and the RIPE NCC are thanked for the support they provided to the meeting. Global Voice Networks are thanked for the provision of the meeting Internet connectivity. PRESENTATIONS All the Plenary and Working Group presentations from RIPE 51 can be viewed at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-51/presentations/index.html SUMMARY OF WORKING GROUP SESSIONS ADDRESS POLICY WORKING GROUP Action Points: The text for the policy proposals below will be reviewed by the following people, after concerns were raised by the working group: - #2005-02: TLD anycast allocation policy (Andreas Baess); - #2005-03: Removal of the 200 customer assignments requirement and referral to /48 assignments from the IPv6 initial allocation criteria (Andy Furnell); - #2005-04: IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Policy definition for end site (Eric Schmidt); - #2005-08: Proposal to Amend the IPv6 Assignment and Utilisation Requirement Policy (Geoff Huston and Kurtis Lindqvist). The working group chairs will set deadlines for discussion after these reviews. Highlights: The working group discussed the six policy proposals that are currently ongoing. The list of current proposals can be seen at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/ The working group agreed that a session should be scheduled at a future RIPE Meeting to discuss what mechanisms the community needs for a working Internet after the exhaustion of IPv4 address space. ANTI-SPAM WORKING GROUP Action Points: - Rodney Tillotson: Submit LINX BCP as a revised ripe-206 using the Policy Development Process (PDP). Highlights: - The document on which ripe-206 is based has been updated, and ripe-206 will be revised. - Greylisting discussion showed some consider it harmful, and some use it. - DKIM is an up-and-coming authentication technique. DATABASE WORKING GROUP Action Points: - RIPE NCC: Change the behaviour of the RIPE Whois Database server to return IRT objects by default. - RIPE NCC: Contact anti-spam tool writers to make them aware of the default behaviour change regarding IRT objects. - Peter Koch: Start a Policy Development Process to deprecate CRYPT-PW authorisation in the RIPE Whois Database. - RIPE NCC: Write a document describing the use of the IRT object in the RIPE Whois Database. - Wilfried Woeber: Start a Policy Development Process proposal to make the "country:" attribute in inet(6)num object optional and multiple. - RIPE NCC: Check Gnu Privacy Guard (GnuPG) compatibility before implementing changes to the RIPE Whois Database to prevent replay attacks. - RIPE NCC: Check if contacts can be properly mapped in IRIS (admin-c and tech-c). - RIPE NCC: Check what are other missing attributes in IRIS that are needed for the RIPE community. - Matt Rowley (ARIN): Check if other Routing Registries support RPSLng. - RIPE NCC: Implement the proposed DNSSEC changes. Highlights: - It was noted that there is an ongoing effort for improving documentation regarding the RIPE Whois Database. - It was noted that IRIS prototype server is now implemented and run by the RIPE NCC. DNS WORKING GROUP Action Points: - 51.1 RIPE NCC/Andrei Robachevsky: Agree with RIRs on a date for decommissioning of IP6.INT reverse mapping services. Outline and communicate procedure to be followed based on the presentation made during the working group session. - 51.2 Lars-Johan Liman: Draft a proposal on the future of the RIPE NCC Secondary DNS Service. To be dealt with in co-operation with the RIPE NCC Services Working Group. - 51.3 Peter Koch: Draft text and initiate discussion on the mailing list towards an update of ripe-203 along the lines of the presentation brought to the working group. - 51.4 Carsten Schiefner: Provide text for a proposal for the RIPE NCC to implement ENUM DNS predelegation checks. Also explore the field of regular post delegation sanity checks in the e164.arpa tree. Highlights: - Peter Koch announced that the Policy Proposal 2005-07, "Introducing DNSSEC Service to Reverse DNS Trees" had now completed its run through the formal Policy Proposal Process. As the DNS Working Group Chairs had received no formal objections to it, they declared consensus had been reached. The policy is now published as a RIPE Document: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-359.html EIX WORKING GROUP Action Points: There were no actions from this working group. Highlights: - The minutes of the RIPE 50 EIX Working Group were approved. - There were 13 short IXP update presentations from EURO-IX, AMS-IX, DE-CIX, INEX, LINX, NDIX, LONAP, Netnod, NIX, NIX.CZ, SFINX, Terremark, VIX. - It was agreed that the as-set object is the appropriate object for showing members of internet exchanges on the RIPE Database. - There was a presentation by Mike Hughes from LINX about Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) peering. The presentation questioned people's assertions about the subject, and pointed out how the term had become somewhat overloaded. The presentation showed how VoIP peering affects IXPs, and what IXPs may want or not want to do in this area. ENUM WORKING GROUP Action Points: - RIPE NCC: Publish statistics from all e164.arpa servers. - Carsten Schiefner: Let the RIPE NCC know the details of missing links related to the indexation of requests. - RIPE NCC: Check whether the quarterly reports to the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) on ENUM operations are still necessary. - Peter Koch: Continue counting the reverse delegations in the 9.4.e164.arpa tree and report the results at RIPE 52. - Jim Reid: Stimulate discussion on testbed numbers/ranges. - Carsten Schiefner: Work with the RIPE NCC on ways to help improve the quality of DNS within the e164.arpa tree. - All: Help test Austria's ENUM reachability (see the message on the list). Highlights: - Work on ENUM-related IETF standards continues. - New deployment and operations statistics are being published. - Test activities are expanding. IPv6 WORKING GROUP Action Points: - 51.1 David Kessens: Ask the RIPE NCC to revise the acronym list in the registration package to remove obsolete terms as TLA & NLA Status: Completed - 51.2 RIPE NCC: Create a link from the IPv6 Working Group page to the APNIC events page: http://apnic.net/info/calendar/index.html Status: To be done - 51.3 RIPE NCC: Provide traffic reports on IPv6 usage during the RIPE meetings. If available, data from earlier meetings will be made available as well. Status: To be done RIPE NCC SERVICES WORKING GROUP There were no actions and highlights from this working group. ROUTING WORKING GROUP Action Points: - Philip Smith/Geoff Huston: Produce a document describing why route flap damping is harmful, and why ripe-229 no longer applies. Highlights: - There was discussion on route flap damping. It was agreed that ripe-229 on this subject is obsolete and should be replaced by a new document. It was agreed that this new document should describe why ISPs should not switch on flap damping in their routers, as well as explaining why and noting if there are any exceptions. - There was discussion on a possible Route Aggregation Policy. Joao will evaluate the feasibility of such a document together with some volunteers, including Mike Hughes and Philip Smith. - Arife Vural (RIPE NCC) presented an update on the status of the Routing Information Service (RIS) project. TEST TRAFFIC WORKING GROUP Action points: - RIPE NCC: Research the Multicast connectivity of the test-boxes. - All: Think about how to get more measurement nodes in TTM. Highlights: - Proposal to measure Multicast using TTM. - Consumer Broadband Measurements draft sent to the list and shortly discussed in the working group. - Discussion on how to measure DNSMON from more nodes worldwide. RIPE 51 WEBCASTING AND ARCHIVES During RIPE 51, the RIPE NCC collected feedback from participants watching the webcast and listening to the audiocasts. The mediums used for this were IRC and Jabber. Archives of presentations, webcasts and IRC/Jabber feedback from RIPE 51 are available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-51/sessions-archive.html RIPE NCC MEMBER SERVICES CENTRE The RIPE NCC Member Services Centre was introduced at RIPE 51 as a replacement to the Hostmaster Consultation Centre and enabled attendees to talk face-to-face with representatives from the RIPE NCC Registration Services, Finance, Training, Software Engineering and Technical Departments. "MEET & GREET" The RIPE NCC's "Meet & Greet" was available for first-time RIPE Meeting attendees at RIPE 51. "Meet & Greet" introduces newcomers to the meetings, to key attendees from the RIPE community and to social events throughout the week. More information can be obtained by contacting <meet-greet(a)ripe.net>. RIPE 51 REFERENCE PAGE A complete list of RIPE 51 sessions and presentations can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-51 RIPE 52 RIPE 52 will be held in Istanbul, Turkey from 24 - 28 April 2006. More information on RIPE 52 will soon be available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-52/index.html If you have any questions about RIPE Meetings, please contact <meeting(a)ripe.net>.

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Final Reminder: RIPE NCC Regional Meeting Qatar, 17-18 January 2006
by Paul Rendek 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, Registration will soon close for the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting, taking place at the Doha Marriott Hotel, Qatar, 17-18 January 2006. Registration will close on Friday, 13 January 2006. If you have not yet registered, please register today at: www.ripe.net/qatar2006/register MEETING AGENDA This RIPE NCC Regional Meeting is specifically designed to provide participants with a forum to discuss topics related to IP networking in the Middle East region. The latest draft meeting agenda is available at: http://www.ripe.net/meetings/regional/qatar-2006/agenda.html SEMINARS All meeting attendees are invited to attend the RIPE NCC seminars taking place on Wednesday 18 January, from 14:00. - The DNSSEC Seminar aims to outline the features of DNSSEC and related tools and introduces the relevant RIPE NCC services. - The Routing Registry (RR) Seminar aims to teach the features of Routing Registry and related tools, introduce the relevant RIPE NCC services and explain the basics of Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL). SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WITH RIPE NCC IP RESOURCE ANALYSTS During the meeting, attendees can schedule an appointment with RIPE NCC IP Resource Analysts to discuss issues relating to their business. For more information, or to schedule an appointment, please see: http://www.ripe.net/meetings/regional/qatar-2006/ip-resource-analysts.html MORE INFORMATION Attendance to RIPE NCC Regional Meetings is open and free of charge. However, attendees are responsible for covering their own travel and accommodation costs. More details about the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting in Qatar are available at: http://www.ripe.net/qatar2006 Please send any questions to: <contact(a)ripe.net> Regards, Paul Rendek Head of Member Services & Communications RIPE NCC

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Updated Information: RIPE NCC Regional Meeting Qatar, 17-18 January 2006
by Paul Rendek 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, There is still time to register for the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting taking place in Doha, Qatar, on 17-18 January 2006. This Regional Meeting is specifically designed to provide participants with a forum to discuss topics related to IP networking in the Middle East region. The draft meeting agenda is available at: http://www.ripe.net/meetings/regional/qatar-2006/agenda.html RIPE NCC IP RESOURCE ANALYSTS During the meeting, RIPE NCC IP Resource Analysts will be available for members to discuss issues relating to their business face-to-face with RIPE NCC staff. For more information, or to schedule an appointment with one of the RIPE NCC IP Resource Analysts, please see: http://www.ripe.net/meetings/regional/qatar-2006/ip-resource-analysts.html SEMINARS All meeting attendees are also invited to attend the two RIPE NCC seminars, the DNSSEC Seminar and the Routing Registry Seminar. Both seminars will take place on Tuesday 18 January, from 14:00. - The DNSSEC Seminar outlines the features of DNSSEC and related tools and to introduce the relevant RIPE NCC services. - The Routing Registry (RR) Seminar aims to teach the features of Routing Registry and related tools, introduce the relevant RIPE NCC services and explain the basics of Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL). REGISTRATION If you have not yet registered for the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting in Doha, Qatar, please register at: www.ripe.net/qatar2006/register Attendance to the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting is open and free of charge. However, attendees are responsible for covering their own travel and accommodation costs. Registration will close on Friday, 13 January 2006. MORE INFORMATION More information about the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting in Qatar is available at: http://www.ripe.net/qatar2006 Any questions can be sent to: <contact(a)ripe.net> Regards, Paul Rendek Head of Member Services & Communications RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC Regional Meeting, Qatar, 17 - 18 January 2006: Updates to Agenda
by Paul Rendek 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, A revised agenda for the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting in Doha, Qatar (17 - 18 January 2006), is now available at: http://www.ripe.net/meetings/regional/qatar-2006/agenda.html This meeting is specifically designed to provide participants with a forum to discuss topics related to IP networking in the region. Topics on the agenda include: - A review of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and the way forward - IPv4 exhaustion and IPv6 consumption - Site Multihoming by IPv6 Intermediation (Shim6) - Internet security and new developments in Internet routing - The RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP) - RIPE NCC training seminars on Routing Registry and DNSSEC. The meeting will also feature demonstrations of services such as the Routing Information Service (RIS), BGPlay and Test Traffic Measurements (TTM) that help users analyse network behaviour. More information about these demonstrations is available at: http://www.ripe.net/meetings/regional/qatar-2006/demos/index.html In addition, RIPE NCC IP Resource Analysts will be at the meeting to answer any questions about IPv4 / IPv6 allocations and assignments. REGISTRATION Attendance to the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting is open and free of charge. However, attendees are responsible for covering their own travel and accommodation costs. Registration for the Regional Meeting is now open. Registration will close on Friday, 13 January 2006. To register, please see: http://www.ripe.net/qatar2006/register PRESENTATIONS FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY We have reserved space in the agenda for presentations from the local community on current issues affecting the region. If there is a particular presentation or topic you would like included in the agenda, please send your suggestion to: <contact(a)ripe.net> MORE INFORMATION More information about the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting in Qatar is available from: http://www.ripe.net/qatar2006 Any further questions can be sent directly to: <contact(a)ripe.net> Regards, Paul Rendek Head of Member Services & Communications RIPE NCC

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WSIS Reinforces the Regional Internet Registries
by Axel Pawlik 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

[Apologies for Duplicates] Dear colleagues In a press conference today at the WSIS in Tunis, the Number Resource Organization(NRO) released a statement regarding the Tunis Commitment found at: http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=2266|0 The Number Resource Organization (NRO) is satisfied with the result of the WSIS. It is a positive result that the role of governments inside the area of Internet governance has been clearly defined,and that there is a clear decision for governments not to become involved in the daily operational and technical matters of the Internet.This result,while recognising the importance of full involvement of all stakeholders, allows for the continued successful operation of the Internet and is a successful outcome for the Internet community as a whole. The full NRO statement is available on the NRO website at: http://www.nro.net/archive/press-releases/wsis-20051117.html Regards Axel Pawlik RIPE NCC

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NRO Statements on WSIS Phase II and Internet Governance
by Axel Pawlik 14 Nov '05

14 Nov '05

[Apologies for duplicates] Dear colleagues In advance of the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis, Tunisia, the Number Resource Organization (NRO) has published two important statements. The first is a direct statement about WSIS Phase II and what the NRO is hoping to achieve. The second statement, addressed to representatives of all governments across the world, presents the NRO positions as they relate to the topic of Internet Governance. The RIPE NCC encourages all those in this community to become familiar with the documents and to make their opinions known to those in positions of authority within their organisations and their representative governments. The NRO Statement on WSIS Phase II is available at: http://www.nro.net/documents/nro29.html The NRO Statement on Internet Governance is available at: http://www.nro.net/documents/nro28.html Regards Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC Participating in Internet Pavilion at WSIS Exhibition
by Axel Pawlik 10 Nov '05

10 Nov '05

[Apologies for duplicates] Dear Colleagues, The purpose of this e-mail is to inform you of the RIPE NCC's participation as part of the Number Resource Organization (NRO) at the Internet Pavilion during the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Exhibition. During Phase 2 of the WSIS in Tunis, 16-18 November 2005, the NRO will be participating in the Internet Pavilion (http://www.nro.net/archive/news/WSIS-leaflet11.pdf) at the ICT4all exhibition. The RIPE NCC is participating in the Internet Pavilion as part of its continued efforts to support and represent the interests of its membership and the RIPE community to Internet industry groups and government. The main goal of these activities remains the promotion of the open, bottom-up, industry self-regulatory structure common to all Regional Internet Registry (RIR) communities in managing Internet address resources. The Internet Pavilion will bring together a number of the key organisations that are, among other industry partners, responsible for both day-to-day management and policy development in the Internet sphere. Through the Internet Pavilion, we hope to work together with WSIS participants to promote a greater understanding of existing Internet governance mechanisms and how these relate to the recommendations of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) Final Report and wider WSIS principles. The RIPE NCC is assisting in the NRO's education, communication, and outreach efforts, which include: - Multimedia presentations on RIR history, the NRO, and IP addressing and routing - An NRO fact sheet available in many languages (including English, French, Arabic and Russian) - Brochures and fact sheets on technical and RIR-specific issues - Newsletters, articles, and other documentation More information about the NRO's participation in the Internet Pavilion is available at: http://www.nro.net/archive/news/wsis-exhibition-info.html More information about the Internet Pavilion is available at: http://www.nro.net/archive/news/WSIS-leaflet11.pdf Regards Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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(Follow up) Planned network maintenance 3-11-2005
by Ruud de Kooter 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, We have completed planned maintenance work on one of our border routers that was causing network problems. Unfortunately, the work took longer than expected and we encountered some problems that affected our network connectivity and some of our services. We are pleased to announce that we have now resolved the problems and everything is back to normal. More details: During the replacement of one of our routers, we discovered that MD5 passwords became corrupt, leading to broken peering sessions. By the close of business on 4 November, we had re-established 90% of sessions. On 5 November, we completed the planned maintenance and rebooted the router. This reboot caused the RIPE NCC network to become unreachable by that part of the Internet that preferred a BGP path to the router. We detected and resolved the issue by 18.30 UTC on 6 November. All peering sessions are now restored. Packet loss, which lead to the original decision to replace the router, has disappeared. The TTM and RIS services were affected by the network incident during the weekend. After this was resolved, data collection started again and due to the resilient design of the system, no data was lost. We apologise for any convenience this may have caused. If you have any further questions, please send an e-mail to <ops(a)ripe.net>. Kind Regards Ruud de Kooter Operations Manager RIPE NCC Amsterdam

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