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RE: Preliminary Programme RIPE EOF Barcelona 12/13.5.2003
by Gordon.Lennox＠cec.eu.int 28 Mar '03

28 Mar '03

There is a potentially interesting meeting in Brussels just before Barcelona. It is a meeting of the special so-called rapporteurs group which deals with the ITU Recommendation about international Internet connections (IIC) regarding transit of and exchange of traffic on the international Internet backbone markets. For more details and pointers to documents see: http://europacom.org I am not exactly clear right now if there are restrictions on participation. But I wonder if it would be interesting to try and identify somebody who could come to Barcelona to give a presentation on what was discussed. Gordon

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Reminder RIPE 45
by RIPE NCC Meeting Registration 24 Mar '03

24 Mar '03

Dear Colleague, We are only a few weeks away from RIPE 45. The meeting plan has been posted on our meeting website at: www.ripe.net For online registration please use the following URL: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-45/registration.html We have rooms available at the Hotel Fira Palace for EUR 195 per night. Please note that sharing a room is an option as every standard room has two double beds. To reserve rooms at the Hotel Fira Palace, please use our reservation form: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-45/hotel-information.html If you require a room in another price category please use the hotel list on our website or contact the Barcelona tourist office: http://www.barcelonaturisme.com/# Phone: +34 93 368 97 32 Fax: +34 93 368 97 35 We advise you to book your room soon as the month of May is a busy month in Barcelona. If you have any questions regarding the RIPE 45 Meeting, please contact Asha Raghoebarsing, RIPE Meeting Coordinator, at: + 31 20 5354444 or at <meeting(a)ripe.net> We hope to see you in Barcelona. Asha Raghoebarsing

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RIPE Region Hostcount for February 2003
by RIPE Hostcount Maintainer 21 Mar '03

21 Mar '03

Dear All, below is the hostcount for February 2003. The table shows an increase since last month of over 250,000 (or 1,4%) to a total of almost 19,100,000 hosts in the DNS in Europe and surrounding areas. The it domain shows the highest increase for February with approximately 185,000 hosts more than in January. Background information and more statistics are available at http://www.ripe.net/hostcount/ - Brief Notes on this Hostcount - The January, 2003 data for cy, lt and pl had to be reused due to a corrupted count for this month. The same goes for the October, 2002 data being reused for no. - Credits - I would like to thank all people who help me to create the hostcount every month by running a local count: ad Joan Marc Lauga am Hrant Dadivanyan at Gerhard Winkler be DNS-BE Registration Office ch Marcel Schneider cy Vasoula Papapetrou cz Jiri Orsag de Peter Koch dk Morten Christensen eg EUN Hostcount Admin es Fco. Sanchez Benavides fr hostmaster(a)nic.fr gr Dimitris Zisiadis hr Ivan Maric ie Mike Norris is Marius Olafsson it Maurizio Martinelli Daniele Vannozzi li Marcel Schneider lt Daiva Tamulioniene lu Alain Frieden mk Goran Muratovski mt Robert Sultana no Havard Eidnes pl Mirek Luc pt Joao Pagaime ro Eugenie Staicut ru Andrey Dobrotsvetov sk Lubos Elias sm Maurizio Martinelli Daniele Vannozzi tr METU Hostcount Admin If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Kind regards, Paul Vlaar RIPE NCC RIPE DNS Hostcount Previous Count : Fri Feb 28 2003 This Count : Fri Mar 21 2003 CY SOA COUNTED DUPL REAL CHANGE ============================================================== ad 171 3044 239 2805 19 ae 4388 57855 5523 52332 0 al 195 256 79 177 5 am 1616 4051 1625 2426 -828 at 179055 661378 281335 380043 4165 az 1438 2277 1162 1115 -11 ba 1347 9171 3308 5863 48 be 94665 491511 142015 349496 3164 bg 2039 41361 8557 32804 204 bj 51 855 36 819 241 by 1147 6807 2715 4092 24 ch 197602 910705 364901 545804 0 ci 588 4234 452 3782 -7 cm 82 557 111 446 0 cv 69 277 226 51 2 cy 697 3262 671 2591 0 cz 123826 399261 175118 224143 3382 de 3861100 14077230 11460354 2616876 28506 dj 868 1587 1099 488 -29 dk 71854 1121201 318223 802978 -33653 dz 146 1105 285 820 -2 ee 11758 83892 20379 63513 152 eg 2308 5204 2032 3172 107 er 71 1118 130 988 -2 es 37857 650086 56831 593255 791 fi 35864 1260537 73522 1187015 -21569 fr 108264 1886190 490651 1395539 3169 ga 68 129 43 86 2 gb 2 8 0 8 0 ge 1321 6647 3590 3057 20 gg 2071 3460 1850 1610 6 gh 101 418 77 341 8 gi 168 716 137 579 66 gl 1368 3703 765 2938 10 gm 571 1038 470 568 0 gn 49 392 153 239 -7 gq 5 5 2 3 0 gr 51301 302755 127386 175369 12926 gw 2 3 0 3 0 hr 8973 57756 28112 29644 0 hu 65319 323381 124648 198733 1658 ie 22918 180952 42672 138280 706 il 29915 288160 140415 147745 164 im 564 1834 741 1093 3 ir 869 5606 1791 3815 93 is 8780 1170442 1082925 87517 8536 it 433211 1283745 531445 752300 185225 je 2164 3463 1730 1733 8 jo 945 6496 2369 4127 -1 ke 2290 4250 1261 2989 9 kg 888 8194 2078 6116 163 kz 3360 69193 52229 16964 -16 lb 1432 9240 1947 7293 8 li 6898 15133 11318 3815 75 lr 17 17 5 12 0 lt 10218 65504 12257 53247 0 lu 5591 18842 5720 13122 0 lv 7948 95720 60686 35034 501 ma 2484 7291 4518 2773 40 mc 655 1331 849 482 4 mk 2311 4366 1097 3269 102 mt 1580 10201 2803 7398 8 ng 364 2160 1128 1032 0 nl 676544 4984112 1726467 3257645 109547 no 71946 360658 104916 255742 0 pl 145834 966748 272129 694619 0 pt 17262 141655 31500 110155 -124898 qa 88 516 327 189 11 ro 16453 72151 28565 43586 855 ru 187061 1014403 611304 403099 17728 sa 3491 18389 3548 14841 -21 se 84559 1091900 222088 869812 0 si 11273 52000 15381 36619 359 sj 1 0 0 0 0 sk 58061 227934 140425 87509 823 sl 7 279 2 277 0 sm 1087 3137 1530 1607 -15 so 1 10 6 4 0 su 1623 356505 328274 28231 44 sy 4 15 4 11 0 td 73 20 9 11 0 tj 184 1058 748 310 4 tm 1347 3481 1455 2026 2 tn 1223 1294 951 343 0 tr 25179 265769 44874 220895 508 ua 44626 224432 151139 73293 765 ug 759 2893 615 2278 26 uk 1797707 6714166 3724161 2990005 53391 va 2 9 0 9 0 ye 151 267 150 117 3 yu 14609 30867 13613 17254 34 ============================================================== 91 8576942 42172231 23084977 19087254 257361

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Preliminary Programme RIPE EOF Barcelona 12/13.5.2003
by Daniel Karrenberg 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

The European Operators Forum (EOF) at RIPE 45 will have a quite interesing programme with an emphasis on Internet Routing. Presentations will include - Kurt Lindqvuist on the impact of major changes at an exchange point (Stockholm); - Harsha Narayan on the inlfuence of address space allocation on routingl; - Stephen Kent will give us a comprehensive introduction and overview of Secure BGP. Further we will have a report on the impact of DNS root/TLD servers on DNS service quality based on actual lab measurements by Rickard Dahlstrand. Also there will be at least one opinionated "Food for Discussion" presentation which should spawn a good debate. We will publish a more detailed programme in a couple of weeks time. The important thing to take note of for your travel plans: ** The EOF will start on Monday 12th of May in the morning ** We aim for a good mix beteen strategic long-term and tactical "hands-on" content. Thus we are looking for a few more presentations from practising network operators. See below for more information on presenting. We are also very open for suggestions on what you would like to hear about. We will do our best to solicit interesting presentations on subjects suggested to us. See you all in Barcelona on the 12th and 13th of May. For the EOF "Coordination Group" Daniel Karrenberg ------------ The EOF The European Operators Forum (EOF) exists for the exchange of Internet operations experience. It has evolved from the "information exchange" part of the early RIPE meetings to provide an open forum outside of the work programme of the working groups and the RIPE plenary. The EOF aims to attract presentations relevant to network operators, practical "hands-on" reports, outlines of future developments and small tutorials. Product marketing presentations are not appropriate, user experience reports are. The EOF programme is assembled by an informal coordination group that is always looking for new people who are able to help by attracting interesting presentations and supporting presenters. Contact: Daniel Karrenberg <daniel.karrenberg(a)ripe.net> Presenting at the EOF The EOF wants to attract practical hands-on experience reports. We aim to make turning interesting experience into a presentation as easy as possible. Consider the following: - presentations do not have to be long Something interesting can be said in as little as 10 minutes. This limits the time spent to prepare material and often is a good way to start for first-timers. - support is available We will do our best to support you in preparing your presentation. If you want, we can help structuring your material, help to polish language and arrange for a test-run of your presentation. We can also try to arrange for someone from the same country or region to support you if that is helpful. We can also help you find someone else to present your material in case you cannot make it to the meeting. In short: If you have something intersting to say, we will help you do it! Contact Daniel Karrenberg <daniel.karrenberg(a)ripe.net> for more information. - no product marketing presentations The EOF is *not* an appropriate forum for product marketing presentations. User experience reports which are presented by users are definitely relevant. In-depth technical presentations or tutorials are also possible.

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RIPE 45: Registration Information
by RIPE NCC Meeting Registration 09 Mar '03

09 Mar '03

Dear Colleagues, It is our pleasure to open registration for the RIPE 45 Meeting, to be held from 12 - 16 May 2003 at the hotel Fira Palace in Barcelona, Spain. Please visit our website for further information on this meeting and accommodations: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-45/ RIPE 45 Meeting fee: The registration fee for this meeting is EUR 400.00 (this includes refreshments and lunches) and the dinner fee is EUR 65.00. However, if payment is received before 5 May 2003, the pre-payment cut-off date, you will receive a pre-registration discount of EUR 50.00. Therefore, the fee for attendees paying before the cut-off date is EUR 350.00 for the meeting and 65.00 EUR for the RIPE dinner eve nt. We do encourage pre-payment by credit card. Confirmation of Registration: For your convenience you can register using our secure website at: https://www.ripe.net/cgi-bin/mtgreg If you still prefer not to send your credit card number using the encrypted transfer method, we have prepared a fax form. This form is attached to the acknowledgement of your registration. You will receive a second acknowledgement by e-mail as soon your payment has been pr ocessed. In addition, you will find the receipt for your payment in your conference envelope. Visa for Spain: Participants requiring a visa to enter Spain are advised to begin the required procedures as soon as possible. The RIPE Meeting Coordinator is pleased to assist you where possible. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at <meeting(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Asha Raghoebarsing RIPE Meeting Coordinator tel: +31 20 5354444 fax: +31 20 5354445 email: meeting(a)ripe.net ------- End of Forwarded Message

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New Document available: RIPE-270
by RIPE NCC Document Announcement Service 04 Mar '03

04 Mar '03

New RIPE Document Announcement -------------------------------------- A new document is available from the RIPE document store: Test Traffic Measurements (TTM) Survey 2002. Short content description ------------------------- Prompted by the RIPE NCC's 2002 Members and Stakeholders Survey, the New Projects group decided to initiate a survey focusing on aspects of Test Traffic Measurements (TTM) that, due to scope constraints, could not be a part of the general survey. The objective of the TTM survey was to shed some light on user experiences in addition to obtaining valuable input on improvements, direction and potential services. 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/docs/ripe-270.html The document will also be available in PDF format available from our ftp site shortly.

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RIPE Region Hostcount for January 2003
by RIPE Hostcount Maintainer 28 Feb '03

28 Feb '03

Dear All, below is the hostcount for January 2003. The table shows an increase since last month of over 190,000 (or 1,0%) to a total of almost 18,830,000 hosts in the DNS in Europe and surrounding areas. The uk domain shows the highest increase for January with approximately 70,700 hosts more than in December. Background information and more statistics are available at http://www.ripe.net/hostcount/ - Brief Notes on this Hostcount - The October, 2002 data for dk and no had to be reused due to a corrupted count for this month. The same goes for the December, 2002 data being reused for mk. - Credits - I would like to thank all people who help me to create the hostcount every month by running a local count: ad Joan Marc Lauga am Hrant Dadivanyan at Gerhard Winkler be DNS-BE Registration Office ch Marcel Schneider cy Vasoula Papapetrou cz Jiri Orsag de Peter Koch dk Morten Christensen eg EUN Hostcount Admin es Fco. Sanchez Benavides fr hostmaster(a)nic.fr gr Dimitris Zisiadis hr Ivan Maric ie Mike Norris is Marius Olafsson it Maurizio Martinelli Daniele Vannozzi li Marcel Schneider lt Daiva Tamulioniene lu Alain Frieden mk Goran Muratovski mt Robert Sultana no Havard Eidnes pl Mirek Luc pt Joao Pagaime ro Eugenie Staicut ru Andrey Dobrotsvetov sk Lubos Elias sm Maurizio Martinelli Daniele Vannozzi tr METU Hostcount Admin If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Kind regards, Paul Vlaar RIPE NCC RIPE DNS Hostcount Previous Count : Wed Jan 22 2003 This Count : Fri Feb 28 2003 CY SOA COUNTED DUPL REAL CHANGE ============================================================== ad 167 3021 235 2786 8 ae 4388 57855 5523 52332 0 al 184 244 72 172 0 am 1570 4854 1600 3254 404 at 175048 651180 275302 375878 7945 az 1440 2281 1155 1126 -13 ba 1263 8894 3079 5815 113 be 90570 481828 135496 346332 9728 bg 2019 41096 8496 32600 -386 bj 50 613 35 578 4 by 1117 6693 2625 4068 43 ch 197602 910705 364901 545804 -15098 ci 579 4276 487 3789 -608 cm 82 556 110 446 7 cv 67 275 226 49 1 cy 697 3262 671 2591 -101 cz 122662 385800 165039 220761 -5668 de 3772444 13891353 11302983 2588370 -5953 dj 923 2828 2311 517 19 dk 263513 1266458 429827 836631 0 dz 144 1085 263 822 1 ee 11591 82945 19584 63361 -3 eg 2280 5066 2001 3065 4 er 74 1159 169 990 131 es 37575 646536 54072 592464 2485 fi 35638 1280271 71687 1208584 -11478 fr 107727 1876161 483791 1392370 3689 ga 67 124 40 84 5 gb 2 8 0 8 0 ge 1313 6537 3500 3037 5 gg 2058 3365 1761 1604 -30 gh 99 403 70 333 20 gi 167 641 128 513 -1 gl 1365 3689 761 2928 14 gm 571 1038 470 568 0 gn 49 395 149 246 -5 gq 5 5 2 3 0 gr 49528 287499 125056 162443 1614 gw 2 3 0 3 -17 hr 8973 57756 28112 29644 0 hu 64203 318632 121557 197075 2572 ie 23017 179165 41591 137574 1087 il 29742 288216 140635 147581 790 im 561 1821 731 1090 97 ir 833 5406 1684 3722 231 is 8635 1132098 1053117 78981 10720 it 404033 1074840 507765 567075 -105563 je 2155 3437 1712 1725 13 jo 934 6460 2332 4128 12 ke 2218 4159 1179 2980 17 kg 884 7834 1881 5953 23 kz 3328 68099 51119 16980 418 lb 1430 9223 1938 7285 86 li 6812 15027 11287 3740 -166 lr 17 17 5 12 1 lt 10218 65504 12257 53247 -1358 lu 5591 18842 5720 13122 13122 lv 8138 95556 61023 34533 -959 ma 2457 7142 4409 2733 53 mc 649 1217 739 478 -3 mk 2128 4168 1001 3167 0 mt 1576 10167 2777 7390 35 ng 361 2148 1116 1032 2 nl 655112 4793859 1645761 3148098 10895 no 71946 360658 104916 255742 0 pl 145834 966748 272129 694619 37124 pt 20213 283512 48459 235053 70342 qa 88 495 317 178 7 ro 15595 69633 26902 42731 1760 ru 157619 911190 525819 385371 4178 sa 3467 18404 3542 14862 74 se 84559 1091900 222088 869812 20638 si 11106 50977 14717 36260 469 sj 1 0 0 0 0 sk 57154 225617 138931 86686 688 sl 7 279 2 277 0 sm 1078 3140 1518 1622 11 so 1 10 6 4 0 su 1600 356514 328327 28187 151 sy 4 15 4 11 0 td 71 20 9 11 0 tj 144 1017 711 306 4 tm 1340 3473 1449 2024 4 tn 1407 1289 946 343 2 tr 24543 264299 43912 220387 65802 ua 43795 220829 148301 72528 837 ug 744 2826 574 2252 10 uk 1749269 6628342 3691728 2936614 70684 va 2 9 0 9 0 ye 151 264 150 114 1 yu 14426 30580 13360 17220 248 ============================================================== 91 8536809 41583835 22753942 18829893 192038

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RIPE 44 Meeting Report
by Nick Hyrka 19 Feb '03

19 Feb '03

(Apologies for any duplicate mails.) Dear Colleagues: The RIPE 44 Meeting was held recently at the Krasnapolsky Hotel from 27 - 31 January 2003 in Amsterdam. There were a total of 360 attendees comprised of the RIPE NCC membership, the RIPE community and government representatives. Attendees also included representatives from APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC, and ICANN. Members from the U.K. had the highest number of representatives (53), followed by Germany (50), the Netherlands (37) and the U.S.A (42). Additionally, there were more representatives from Eastern European countries than ever before. Highlights of RIPE 44 included the open discussion during the Plenary on the RIPE NCC 2002 membership survey results, the first report by LACNIC after being granted official RIR status, and the first webcasting trial of the RIPE 44 sessions held in the Grand Ballroom. Version 1.0 of the RIPE NCC LIR Portal was also showcased at RIPE 44. Portal features and benefits were noted at a presentation given at the LIR and Tools Working Groups sessions. The RIPE NCC would like to thank SURFnet, Afilias, NIKHEF, KPN EuroRings, and AMSIX for the support they provided to the meeting. A summary of the RIPE 44 highlights follows: LIR === * Denesh Bhabuta (Aexiomus Limited) stepped down as co-chair of the LIR Working Group. Gert Döring (SpaceNet) and Andrea Borgato (I.Net S.p.A.) were selected as new co-chairs. * A search for a new name for the LIR Working Group was started. Rob Blokzijl (RIPE Chair) will publish a proposal for a new name. * The LIR Working Group Chairs will draft a new charter for the working group. * The sub-allocation policy document was approved. No changes were made. * A task force and mailing list was formed to investigate changes to the PI policy. * The RIPE NCC was tasked to publish a draft document on status values in inetnum objects. DATABASE ========= * IPv6 support for querying the Whois Database has been implemented. * References by name have been cleaned from the database and an organisation: object was proposed. * The RIPE NCC was tasked to: - document the mirroring protocol and its operational requirements. - add inverse lookups to all attributes that have integrity constraints. - propose and implement "reclaim:"-like functionality to the database. - add contact data to key-cert objects. IPv6 === * Enhanced IPv6 support for the new IPv6 Whois proxy has been implemented. * Test Traffic Measurement test-boxes now fully support IPv6. * Gert Döring (SpaceNet) proposed discussions to enable IPv6 access to the root servers and AAAA records for TLD in the root zone. * Bernard Tuy (RENATER) was tasked to co-ordinate an IPv6 routing guideline document. * The RIPE NCC was tasked to: - enable reverse delegation for 6bone under ip6.arpa. - investigate increasing the size of RIR allocations to rationalise routing with the IANA. ROUTING ======= * Joao Silva Damas (ISC) was announced as co-chair of the Routing Working Group. A second co-chair is being sought. * The Routing Registry Consistency Check utility implemented by the RIPE NCC was finalised. The source code is available on the RIPE NCC ftp server at: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/dbase/software/RRCC-0.2.tar.gz * A list of IP address space allocated by the RIPE NCC, useful for filtering unallocated address space on routers, was published on the RIPE NCC ftp server at: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/stats/issued/ * As a part of the RIS Beacon Project the RIPE NCC was tasked to look into the behaviour of a second BGP announcement whilst the first one has not yet converged. * The RIPE NCC was tasked to analyse RIS data to approximate how much of the Internet is seen by RIS route collectors. DNS ==== * Johan Ihren (Autonomica AB) presented a proposal for experimentally signing the root-zone. The RIPE NCC was tasked to discuss the idea with the RIRs and propose technical and political recommendations. * Andrei Robachevsky (RIPE NCC) presented a report on IPv6-related DNS issues. The RIPE NCC requests feedback on freezing delegations in the ip6.int space, reverse 6to4 delegations and support of 6bone space reverse delegations under ip6.arpa. TTM & RESEARCH =============== * A new Chair is being sought for the Test Traffic Working Group. * Test Traffic Measurement test-boxes now fully support IPv6, making TTM the first measurement product on the market to do so. * CDMA is now fully supported as an alternative clock source. * Mailing list discussions have begun on upgrading TTM to the IPv6 version as well as on new business models for TTM. TECHSEC ======== * Erik Rozendaal (NLnet Labs) presented a new project at NLnet Labs called Donkey. It intends to provide a general purpose distributed public key database. The presentation can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/archive/ripe-44/presentations/ripe44-tech… ANTI-SPAM ========= * More spam problems with proxies than open relays were reported. * Assured Path Messaging was noted as a possible alternative e-mail service. PRESENTATIONS ============== * SQL Slammer Worm Attack / Rene Wilhelm (RIPE NCC) - Analysis of data collected around the time of this attack, showing clear effects but also that most of the Internet backbone infrastructure survived: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/archive/ripe-44/presentations/ripe44-tt-s… * Improved Secure Communication System for RIPE NCC Members / Andrei Robachevsky (RIPE NCC) - An initial proposal was presented on how to improve the current system by using a X.509-based PKI model: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/archive/ripe-44/presentations/ripe44-plen… * The RIPE NCC LIR Portal v.1 / Leo Vegoda and Manuel Valente (RIPE NCC) - The new portal services features were explained in a live demonstration: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/archive/ripe-44/presentations/ripe44-lir-… TUTORIALS ========= * The RIPE NCC IP Request Tutorial, given by the RIPE NCC staff, was presented. It explained address space assignment and allocation procedures in the RIPE NCC region: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/archive/ripe-44/tutorials/ * The NetFlow Services tutorial, given by Benoit Claise (Cisco Systems), on reviewing the design, configuration, tuning and troubleshooting of NetFlow versions was presented during the EOF: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/archive/ripe-44/presentations/ripe44-eof-… * The BGP Troubleshooting tutorial, given by Philip Smith (Cisco Systems), covering common problems ISPs face when deploying BGP within their networks was also presented during the EOF: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/archive/ripe-44/presentations/ripe44-eof-… FIRST RIPE MEETING WEBCASTING ============================ The first RIPE Meeting webcast was held at RIPE 44. Recordings of sessions held in the Grand Ballroom have been archived and can be accessed at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/archive/ripe-44/multicast.html HOSTMASTER CENTRE ================== The RIPE NCC Hostmaster Centre was open during RIPE 44. The centre continues to be a useful facility for the meeting attendees and will be provided at RIPE 45. RIPE 44 REFERENCE PAGE ====================== A complete list of RIPE 44 sessions, tutorials and presentations can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/archive/ripe-44/ RIPE 45 ====== RIPE 45 will be held in Barcelona, Spain from 12 to 16 May 2003. Information on RIPE 45 will be available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-45/ New LIRs please note: LIRs who signed up in 2002 are entitled to two (2) free tickets to attend RIPE 45. The tickets cover registration only and do not apply to the RIPE dinner, your travel or hotel accommodations. More information on the new LIR tickets can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-45/new-lir.html Or contact <meeting(a)ripe.net>. END

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RIPE NCC Report: Sapphire/SQL Slammer Worm Impact
by RIPE NCC WebMaster 13 Feb '03

13 Feb '03

Dear Colleagues, On the morning of 25 January 2003, the Sapphire worm (aka "SQL slammer") was released on the Internet. The RIPE NCC monitored the activity through its various projects that examine elements of the key infrastructure of the Internet on a 24/7 basis. Data collected during this period has now been analysed and compiled in a report by RIPE NCC staff. The complete report "Sapphire/SQL Slammer Worm Impact on Internet Performance" is available at: http://www.ripe.net/ttm/worm/ Kind Regards, Henk Uijterwaal RIPE NCC

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RIPE Meeting Webcast Trial announcement
by RIPE NCC Meeting Registration 27 Jan '03

27 Jan '03

Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC will be conducting technical webcasting trials (audio and video) of certain sessions during RIPE 44 that are scheduled in the Grand Ballroom of the Krasnapolsky Hotel. Presently, this includes the EOF, Routing WG, LIR WG, IPv6 WG, EIX WG, DB WG and the Plenary session. These webcastings are a technical trials only and the broadcasts should not be regarded as an official implementation of a webcasting service. At the moment the trials are unicast from two end servers only: - - Within the RIPE Meeting network: webcast.ripemtg.ripe.net - - Outside the RIPE Meeting: webcast.ripe.net Attendees wishing to view the trials will need to have Real Player installed. To make this a successful test, we ask that participants at the sessions use microphones at all times and, when approaching a microphone to make a statement, to state their names clearly. We also ask the RIPE Working Group Chairs of these sessions to make an announcement to the session attendees that the session will be experimentally webcast. More information on the webcast experiments including connection instructions can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/current/ripe-44/connectivity.html We welcome your feedback on these trials. Please send your comments to: <ripecast(a)ripe.net>. Regards, The RIPE NCC ------- End of Forwarded Message

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