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Summer School on Advanced Braodband Communication
by quemada＠dit.upm.es 12 May '94

12 May '94

Please find attached the program of the Second International Summer School on "Advanced Broadband Communication" to be held in Madrid and Aveiro. I would appreciate If you forward it to potentially interested persons. Juan Quemada ============================================================================== Second International Summer School on Advanced Broadband Communications ATM Enabling the 21st Century Organisation. Madrid, Aveiro, July 11-15, 1994 ============================================================================== The RACE project BRAIN is pleased to announce its "Second International Summer School on Advanced Broadband Communications (ABC)". Following the success of the last year's first distributed Summer School on ABC, this edition will feature new advances in subject matter and use of ATM technologies in a distance education network. This year, participants will explore the contribution of broadband technologies to the world of enterprise and corporate communications. Examining broadband communication requirements with strong emphasis in o Broadband technologies o Telecommunications/IT technologies o System integration aspects o The range of decision making factors o Potential applications this Summer School will allow its participants to gain the knowledge required to assist the migration of organisations towards broadband networking platforms. Each day proposes a coherent theme relating to aspects of business user views of advanced communications leading to a team-based problem-solving "syndicate" sessions using CSCW. The Summer School will provide perspectives of these networking technologies from both the large corporate user to the small and medium-sized enterprise. The syndicate sessions will be based on realistic case studies such as: airline reservation systems; residential business user access to travel information; LAN interconnection for banking; transnational brodband services provision; network for aerospace industry supporting all aspects of design, training, financial,... In addition the Summer School will provide demonstrations of project results. This includes: RACE projects, such as EUROBRIDGE, EXPLOIT, CIO, IBER, PREPARE, CATALYST, RAMA,..; PLANBA projects such as EDUBA, RAL-ATM, etc. ============================================================================== LOCATIONS AND INTERCONNECTION At least four sites will be united in Summer School '94 using a European Community sponsored ISABEL-IBER 34 Mbit/s ATM advanced network o ETSI Telecomunicacion, Madrid-Spain (Central Site) o University of Aveiro, Aveiro-Portugal o CET, Aveiro-Portugal o TIDSA, Madrid-Spain A Multimedia Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) tele-education application will join lecture rooms at different physical sites into a unified virtual lecture room where lecturers and participants join together in a unique, interactive educational experience. Although more sites will join to SS'94, open registration will only exist at the ETSI Telecomunicacion of the Technical University of Madrid in Spain and at the Universidade de Aveiro in Portugal. In addition to ISABEL-IBER interconnecting RIA of Telecom Portugal and RECIBA of Telefonica, it will be used the CIBELES (Telefonica) infrastructure and the PLANBA ATM LAN at the ETSI Telecomunicacion in Madrid, as well as the campus-wide ROBL broadband network of the University of Aveiro. Additional feasibility studies are underway with RACE projects CATALYST, EXPLOIT, BETEUS and the Spanish National tele-education satellite project ETSIT to broadcast SS'94 to sites in Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany and possibly other European countries. ============================================================================== OBJECTIVES Business Communication - either for large corporations or small and medium enterprises (SMEs) - is considered as the main driving force for the short term introduction of IBC (Integrated Broadband Communications). These requirements will have a strong impact in the strategy of most PNOs, equipment suppliers, users, ... This year the Summer School (SS'94) is targeted at training public operators and suppliers for their new role in competitive business with major responsabilities in meeting user needs within SMEs and corporate communications. The Summer School also aims at assisting user organisations to frame the relevant issues for the potential development of broadband communications applications and be in a position to address implementation issues & supplier relationships. ============================================================================== WHO SHOULD ATTEND The 1994 Summer School is targeted at any person requiring a comprehensive overview of Advanced Broadband Communications focussed on corporate needs and SMEs. In particular: o Telecommunications/IT managers of medium/large enterprises. o Telecommunication engineers of public operators. o Senior communications/IT staff. o Telecommunication consultants. o Software suppliers of communication applications. o Researchers interested in the field of broadband communications. ============================================================================== PROGRAMME To achieve SS'94 goals each day will present a coherent theme related to the business user's view of advanced communications for corporate needs and SMEs. MONDAY - 11th July: Framing the School & User Requirements The fist day will initiate the logical progression of themes starting with an introduction covering business user needs for advanced networks and services for improving the enterprise effectiveness. SESSIONS: WELCOME by the rectors from the University of Madrid & Aveiro. A1 [09.30-10.30] - Presentation of SS'94 Vasco Lagarto CET, Juan Quemada, UPM; John Dobson, Univ. Newcastle; A2 [11.00-12.30] - Enterprise Network & Corporate Communications Jeff Gould, Datastrategies; Jerome Camus, Theseus A3 [14.00-15.30] - Advanced Networks & Services Road Map David Fisher, FORT Communications A4 [15.45-17.15] - Requirements Determination John Dobson, University of Newcastle S1 [17.15-18.00] - Syndicate Session I TUESDAY - 12th July: Communications and Technologies Day 2 addresses the relevant technological issues and base technologies. It will cover cell base technologies (ATM, SMDS,..) access networks (wire, fiber and wireless) or current and future trends in LANs and LANs interconnection. SESSIONS: B1 [09.00-10.30] - Cell-based Technology Jeff Gould, Datastrategies; Jerome Camus, THESEUS B2 [11.00-12.30] - Technological trends in the Access Loop Niels Anderson, NKT; Manuel de Oliveira Duarte, Univ. Aveiro; Silvia Ruiz, Tech. Univ. Barcelona B3 [14.00-15.30] - An Evolutionary Approach to LANs & LANs Interconnection Thierry Boissier, Metropolitan Fiber Systems B4 [15.30-17.00] - Data Communications.& Distributed Computing Chris Mayers - ANSA Team Cambridge S2 [17.30-19.00] - Syndicate Session II WEDNESDAY - 13th July: System Integration Following the main technological components, Day 3 builds on this knowledge by examining enterprise and corporate network systems integration, management problems and provides a systems engineering view. SESSIONS: C1 [09.00-10.30] - Communications Management George Williamson, BT; William Donnelly, Broadcom C2 [11.00-12.30] - Management & Dependability George Williamson, BT; Jeff Gould, Datastrategies; Jerome Camus, Theseus S3 [14.00-16.00] - Syndicate Session III C3 [16.15-17.30] - System Engineering Darrel Ince, Open University, UK C4 [17.30-18.30] - Messaging and Distributed Services Jose Manas, Tech. Univ. Madrid; Pedro Ramalho, INESC THURSDAY - 14th July: Key factors for Decision Making This sequence leads logically to Day 4 sessions focussed on business user decision making. "Make or buy" - users must choose among options ranging from leased dark-fiber transmission to more sophisticated public operations, such as Virtual Private Networks (VPN) and advanced Intelligent Networks Services (IN) that may bundle sophisticated management and switched services. SESSIONS: D1 [09.00-10.30] - Telecommunication Systems: The Boundaries of the Public Service Otto Baireuther, EURESCOM D2 [11.00-12.30] - Cost Modelling for Advanced Networks Andre Socard, SAT; Manuel de Oliveira Duarte, Univ. Aveiro; Jeff Gould, Datastrategies D3 [14.00-15.30] - Corporate Effectiveness & Virtual Private Networks Mario Campolargo, RCO-DG XIII; Wulf Bauerfeld, DeTeBerkom; William Donnelly, Broadcom D4 [15.45-17.30] - Advanced CPE Jean Clovis Tichon, Alcatel; David Drury, FORE; Jos de Klein, Synoptics; S4 [17.30-19.00] - Syndicate Session IV FRIDAY - 15th July: Corporate Communications and the Future The final day is devoted to advanced applications and IBC services, including demonstrations of projects (RACE, PLANBA,..), advanced multimedia applications, virtual reality, .. After a key note speaker presenting the EC initiatives on advanced networking, a panel on the future evolution of broadband communications at the corporate side will close the Summer School, bringing together experts from different perspectives (users, suppliers, PNOs, academia, ...). SESSIONS: E1 [09.00-10.30] - Advanced Multimedia Applications & Interfaces Jose Encarnacao - Frauenhofer Institut. E2 [11.00-12.30] - The Orlando Time Warner & Silicon Graphics project, Javier Castellar, Silicon Graphic. - Advanced Experiments on the Information Superhighways, Jorge Warren, SUN-Microsystems. - RAMA: Remote Access to Museum Archives, Guillermo Cisneros, Tech. Univ. Madrid - EDUBA: Distance Education over Broadband Networks David Fernandez, Tech. Univ. Madrid S5 [14.00-14.45] - Presentation of Syndicate Work E3 [14.45-15.15] - EC Initiatives in Advanced Broadband Communications Augusto de Albuquerque, European Commission DG XIII-B E4 [15.15-16.45] - PANEL: Future Corporate Networks. Jeff Gould, Datastrategies; Jerome Camus (Moderators) Augusto de Albuquerque, DG XIII-B; Antonio Golderos, Telefonica; Juan Martinez Fernandez-Villamil, Ericsson; Paulo Nordeste, Telecom Portugal/CET; Manuel de Oliveira Duarte, Univ. of Aveiro; Francisco Padinha, Telecom Portugal; Martin Potts, ASCOM; Juan Riera, Tech. Univ. of Madrid; George Williamson, BT. ============================================================================== HONORARY COMMITTEE Roland Huber (Chair), European Commission, Director DGXIII-B, Belgium Javier Dominguez, Director Telefonica-Tecnologia, Spain Manuel Fernandes Thomas, Secretary of Science and Technology, Portugal Julio Linares, Director Telefonica I+D, Spain Javier Nadal, Director General de Telecomunicaciones - MOPTMA, Spain Paulo Nordeste, Director of the Central Directorate for R&D of Telecom Portugal/CET, Portugal Francisco Padinha, Board of Administration of Telecom Portugal, Portugal Julio Pedrosa de Jesus, Reitor da Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Rafael Portaencasa, Rector Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain ============================================================================== ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Rui Aguiar, University of Aveiro, Portugal Anatolio Alonso, DGTel - MOPTMA, Spain Arturo Azcorra, Technical University of Madrid, Spain Joao Bastos, CET, Portugal Jerome Camus, Institut Theseus, France Pedro Chas, Telefonica I+D, Spain Pierre Courtois, AIB, Belgium John Dobson, University of Newcastle, United Kingdom Jose Domingues, CET, Portugal (BRAIN Project Manager) Manuel de Oliveira Duarte, Univ. of Aveiro, Portugal (Aveiro Site Manager) Klaus Franke, Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany Luis Gonzalez Souto, CDTI - MINER, Spain Vasco Lagarto, CET, Portugal Pierre Lagasse, University of Gent, Belgium Vicente Marana, TELEFONICA, Spain Hans Melchior, Swiss Federal Institut of Technology, Switzerland Tomas de Miguel, Technical University of Madrid, Spain John O'Reilly, University College North Wales, United Kingdom Santiago Pavon, Technical University of Madrid, Spain Steven Plagemann, SHP Systems Services, Ireland (BRAIN Technical Manager) Juan Quemada, Technical Univ. of Madrid, Spain (Summer School Manager) Michel Roy, European Commission DGXIII-B, Belgium Silvia Ruiz, Technical University of Catalunya, Spain Joaquin Salvachua, Technical University of Madrid, Spain Eric Scharf, Queen Mary Westfield College, United Kingdom Amaro de Sousa, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Reg Teesdale, SESTEL, France I Venieris, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Robert Vinckier, SHP Systems Services, Belgium George Williamson, British Telecom, United Kingdom ============================================================================== MADRID Madrid, the lively and beautiful capital of Spain, is located in the heart of the country and offers plenty of exciting choices to the visitor. On the one hand, the city has plenty of worldwide known museums, monuments and a restless cultural life. On the other hand, night life is also a strong point of Madrid, especially in July when holidays are starting and hundreds of outdoor pubs and restaurants offer their delights along the so-called "Madrilenian coast" till deep into the night. Historical sites such as Toledo, Segovia, Avila, Aranjuez, ... can be reached within 1 hour from Madrid. Even Sevilla or Cordoba can be reached in less than 2h30min with the new high speed train. ============================================================================== AVEIRO Aveiro is a charming University Town located on the Portuguese coast 70km south of Oporto. It is easily reached from all European capitals by frequent air services to Oporto and Lisbon and has good train/autoroute connections to both cities. Aveiro is the center of the beautiful "Rota da Luz", literally the "Light Route". A region full of contrasts, where land and water merge together, thanks to the waters of the inlet called "Ria", a vast space ideally suited to nautic activities. At the same time the town enjoys an exciting night atmosphere, proper of a university population..... ============================================================================== For further information, contact Secretariats: Dept Ing. Telematica (SS'94) Dept. Electronica e Telecomunicacoes ETSI Telecomunicacion Universidade de Aveiro (SS'94) E-28040 Madrid, Spain 3800 AVEIRO, Portugal tel: +34 1 3367332, fax: ..333 Tel: +351.34.391937, fax: ..941 email: SS94(a)dit.upm.es ============================================================================== S U M M E R S C H O O L ' 94 R E G I S T R A T I O N 11-15 July 1994, Madrid, SPAIN ============================================================================== The central site will be located at ETSIT-UPM in Madrid where the main auditorium will be put up. For registration at the Madrid site at ETSIT-UPM, complete this form and return it to : Fundacion Universidad Empresa (Summer School 94) Serrano Jover 5 - planta 7 tf: +34 1 5419600, 5419003 28015, Madrid fax: +34 1 5470652 SPAIN e-mail: SS94(a)dit.upm.es All amounts in Spanish Pesetas (Pta). We do recommend early registration as the summer school has a limited number of places. ____________________________________________________________________________ Registration Fees: Early Registration Late Registration (Before June 6th) Reduced fee (*) : [ ] 48.000 Pta [ ] 63.000 Pta Regular fee : [ ] 69.000 Pta [ ] 84.000 Pta Student fee : [ ] 38.000 Pta [ ] 53.000 Pta Conference Dinner (Extra ticket): [ ] 7.000 Pta (*) Reduced fee applies to : RACE or other CEC funded project members and PLANBA funded project members. Proof of Student or Reduced fee status must be attached. Reduced or Regular fee covers: welcome reception, conference, proceedings, meals and conference dinner. Student fee covers: welcome reception, conference and proceedings. ============================================================================== REGISTRATION FORM CEC R&D Project: ____________________ Participant First Name: ____________________ Surname:_______________________ Company: _____________ Address: ____________________________________________ Post Code:_________________ Country:________________________________________ Telephone:_________________ Fax :____________________ Email:________________ Payment (tick one): Credit Card[ ] Check[ ] Bank Transfer(Pesetas)[ ] Credit Card type: VISA [ ], Master Card [ ], Servired [ ]. Credit Card number: Expiration date: Surname: Signature: Make Check payable to "Fundacion Universidad Empresa" and enclose it with the registration form. Make Transfer to account: c/c 9700, Barclays Bank, Ag. 11 C/ Marques de Urquijo,11 28008-Madrid, SPAIN. USE REFERENCE: SS94 . Please fill in these questions about your profesional profile in order to facilitate the organisation of the syndicate sessions : Present/Past work and responsabilities________________________________________ University degree and year____________________________________________________ Interest in ABC_______________________________________________________________ ============================================================================== S U M M E R S C H O O L ' 94 H O T E L R E S E R V A T I O N 11-15 July 1994, Madrid, SPAIN ============================================================================== For Hotel reservations at the Madrid site near the Telecommunication Engineering School or in Hotels where transportation will be provided by the organizers, complete this form and return it to: Ms. Victoria Alarcon tf: +34 1 4313550 Viajes ECO S.A. (Summer School 94). fax: +34 1 5752646 D. Ramon de la Cruz, 36 Telex: 22503 28001, Madrid SPAIN LODGING - Please order your three first lodging preferences ( 1 as first choice, 2 as second). Prices are in Spanish Pesetas and include breakfast. Only the students residence will be within a walking distance from the Conference location (15min). A bus service will be set for the hotels. TRYP hotels are placed in the Gran Via of Madrid, a commercial and entertainment avenue which crosses the city center. H. Conde Duque is situated in a picturesque quarter (San Bernardo) of the genuine Madrid. H. Palace is very well located in the monumental and historical heart of the city very near to many interesting places of Madrid, such as Castellana, El Prado, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Thyssen, etc. ============================================================================== LODGING RESERVATION FORM Single Double Students residence ( 4.500 Pta) _______ ( 6.000 Pta) _______ TRYP hotels ( 8.000 Pta) _______ (10.000 Pta) _______ H. Conde Duque (11.000 Pta) _______ (14.000 Pta) _______ H. Palace (19.200 Pta) _______ (23.000 Pta) _______ CEC R&D Project: ____________________ Participant First Name: ____________________ Surname:_______________________ Company: _____________ Address: ____________________________________________ Post Code:_________________ Country:________________________________________ Telephone:_________________ Fax :____________________ Email:________________ Number of Nights: Total Amount: Arrival: Departure: Payment (tick one): Credit Card[ ] Check[ ] Bank Transfer(Pesetas)[ ] Credit Card type: VISA [ ], American Express [ ], Diners [ ], Eurocard [ ]. Credit Card number: Expiration date: Surname: Signature: Make Check payable to: "Viajes ECO S.A." and enclose it with this form. Make Transfer to account: "Viajes ECO S.A." c/c 60/07644-93, Banco Popular, Sucursal 14, C/Ortega y Gasset 23, 28001-Madrid, SPAIN. USE REFERENCE: SS94 . Viajes ECO can also provide special arrangements, such as excursions, visits, trip extensions,... which should be negotiated directly with Viajes ECO. ============================================================================== S U M M E R S C H O O L ' 94 R E G I S T R A T I O N 11-15 July 1994, Aveiro, PORTUGAL ============================================================================== The site located at the University of Aveiro will be open open to registration but will have a smaller auditorium. For registration at the Aveiro site, complete this form (block capitals please) and return it to: Summer School 94 Secretariat Tel: +351.34.391937 Universidade de Aveiro Fax: +351.34.391941 Dept. Electro'nica e Telecomunicac,o~es 3800 AVEIRO Portugal REGISTRATION DETAILS -------------------- All amounts in Portuguese Escudos (PTE). We do recommend early registration as the summer school has a limited number of places. ____________________________________________________________________________ Registration Fees: Early Registration Late Registration (Before June 6th) Reduced fee (*) : [ ] 55.000 PTE [ ] 70.000 PTE Regular fee : [ ] 70.000 PTE [ ] 95.000 PTE Student fee : [ ] 45.000 PTE [ ] 60.000 PTE Conference Dinner (Extra ticket): [ ] 7.000 PTE (*) Reduced fee applies to : RACE or other CEC funded project members. Proof of Student or Reduced fee status must be attached. Reduced or Regular fee covers: welcome reception, conference, proceedings, meals and conference dinner. Student fee covers: welcome reception, conference, meals and proceedings. Cancellations must be received in writing before the 30th of June 1994 and will be subject to an administration fee of 10,000 PTEs. Substitutions may be made at any time until 10th June. Payment may be made by Eurocheque (in Portuguese Escudos), a bank cheque drawn on a Portuguese bank, or by credit card. Registration payment must be made at the time of registration. No advanced payment is needed for accomodation. To register, please send this Registration Form , or a copy, to the above address with the appropriate registration fee. ============================================================================== REGISTRATION FORM CEC R&D Project: ____________________ Participant First Name: ____________________ Surname:_______________________ Company: _____________ Address: ____________________________________________ Post Code:_________________ Country:________________________________________ Telephone:_________________ Fax :____________________ Email:________________ Please fill in these questions about your profesional profile in order to facilitate the organisation of the syndicate sessions : Present/Past work and responsabilities________________________________________ University degree and year____________________________________________________ Interest in ABC_______________________________________________________________ LODGING - Please order your three first lodging preferences ( 1 as first choice, 2 as second). The organization will try to accomodate your first choice, but we can not assure it. Prices include breakfast. Please note that July is high season in Aveiro, and block reservations have been already made for Summer School participants; early registration will assure your accomodation choice. All choices are in walking distance (15min) from the University of Aveiro. Arrival at ___/07/94 Departure at ___/07/94 Single Double Hotel Imperial. (10 500 PTE) _______ (13 100 PTE) _______ Hotel D. Afonso V ( 9 850 PTE) _______ (13 150 PTE) _______ Residencial do Alboi ( 6 700 PTE) _______ ( 9 000 PTE) _______ If you have any special dietary or lodging requirements please list below. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ ] I enclose Eurocheque number _________________ payable to Fundagco Joco Jacinto de Magalhces / Universidade de Aveiro. [ ] I enclose cheque number _________________ drawn on Portuguese Bank _____ payable to Fundagco Joco Jacinto de Magalhces / Universidade de Aveiro. [ ] Please charge my credit card on the amount of ________________ as payment of my registration fee. Visa ___ Diners Club ___ Mastercard ___ Expiry Date: ________ Credit Card Number ____ ____ ____ ____ Name (as it appears on card) ______________________________________________ Participants signature: _________________________________________ Date ___/___/1994 ==============================================================================

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New Document available: ripe-113
by RIPE NCC Document Annoucement Service 12 May '94

12 May '94

New/Revised RIPE Document Announcement -------------------------------------- A new document is available from the RIPE document store. Ref: ripe-113 Title: RIPE NCC Annual Report 1993 Author: Daniel Karrenberg, RIPE NCC Date: 1 May 1994 Format: PS=29732, TXT=7653 Obsoleted by: Updates: Updated by: Old: Short content description ------------------------- This is the very short (3 pages) report of RIPE NCC activities in 1993 including an overview of the finalised expenditure accounts. FTP Access ---------- All RIPE documents and Internet RFC`s are available via anonymous FTP from host ftp.ripe.net. Type "ftp ftp.ripe.net". Login with username "anonymous" supplying your email address as the password. After logging in, type "cd ripe/docs/" followed by the command "get filename". The relevant filenames for this document are: ripe-113.txt for the ASCII version ripe-113.ps for the PostScript version Electronic Mail Retrieval of Documents -------------------------------------- Documents can also be retrieved from the RIPE document store using a mail server program. For more information on how to use the program, send email to: mail-server(a)ripe.net with "send HELP" in the body text. RIPE NCC Interactive Information Server --------------------------------------- Type "telnet info.ripe.net". This is a menu driven service allows the document store to be browsed. After reading documents you are prompted as to whether you would like to receive an email copy of the document you have just read. If you would, you simply enter your email address and the document will be mailed to you. Below are details of alternative methods of access. Gopher Access ------------- The same documents are available via a "gopher" server at "gopher gopher.ripe.net". WAIS Access ----------- There is also a "WAIS" server at wais.ripe.net, where there is a WAIS index for RIPE documents "ripe-docs.src" WWW Access ---------- For those who wish to add this home page at the RIPE NCC to their own customized home pages, it can be accessed as: http://www.ripe.net MIME Mail Reader ---------------- Below is the data which will enable a MIME compliant Mail Reader implementation to automatically retrieve the RIPE document by FTP or mail server. SEND ripe/docs/ripe-113.txt

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Re: RIPE 17 actions status report - MAY reminder
by farrache＠ccpnxt5.in2p3.fr 11 May '94

11 May '94

Anne , I am very surprise to see the action 17.26 in the done field !!! >Action: 17.26 Rob Blokzijl, NCC >create new mailing list to enable reorganisation of RIPE discussions to >continue and announce to the ripe-list. I have never seen any announcement . Gilles

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Announcement of new mailing list
by RIPE NCC Staff 11 May '94

11 May '94

A new mailing list has been created to facilitate discussions on the reorganisation of RIPE. This new mailing list is called : <new-ripe(a)ripe.net> To subscribe to the list, send a mail to <majordomo(a)ripe.net> with the body text : subscribe <new-ripe(a)ripe.net> [<your email address>] Due to a minor oversight (hmph ..cough) the announcement mail *was* sent out - just not to the right people..so apologies to everyone who didnt receive the announcement. Anne

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RIPE 18 - Agenda
by k13＠nikhef.nl 11 May '94

11 May '94

18th RIPE Meeting ----------------- Amsterdam, May 16-18 1994 AGENDA ------ (Draft) ----- M O N D A Y 16 M A Y ------ -------------- 14:00 h -------------- 1. Opening 15 min o welcome o apologies o dinner o logistics o agenda 2. Minutes RIPE-17 15 min o approval of the minutes 3. Actions RIPE-17 15 min o review of the Action List 4. RIPE NCC Report 30 min o technical report (D.Karrenberg) o staffing (D.Karrenberg) ----- break 15:30 h - 16:00 h ------------------------------------------- 5. Joint Projects - Status and Progress 15 min o PRIDE (D.Karrenberg) 6. The Merit Routing Registry (E.Gerich) 30 min 7. RIPE NCC: Finance & Management (R.Blokzijl) 15 min 8. RIPE: Restructuring the Organisation 15 min o Introduction (R.Blokzijl) ----- E N D O F D A Y 1 ------------------------ 18:00 h -------------- ----- T U E S D A Y 17 M A Y -------------------- 09:00 h -------------- Parallel Sessions: o RIPE-81++ and related issues ----- break 10:30 h - 11:00 h ------------------------------------------- o RIPE-81++ and related issues (continued) ----- lunch 12:30 h - 14:00 h ------------------------------------------- o Data Base Working Group o European Engineering and Planning Group ----- break 15:30 h - 16:00 h ------------------------------------------- o Domain Name System Working Group o Local Internet Registries Working Group ----- E N D O F D A Y 2 ------------------------ 18:00 h -------------- ----- W E D N E S D A Y 18 ---------------------- 09:00 H -------------- Parallel Sessions: o RIPE Restructuring BOF ----- break 10:30 h - 11:00 h ------------------------------------------- Parallel Sessions o Connectivity Working Group o MBONE ----- lunch 12:30 h - 14:00 h ------------------------------------------- 9. Report on the RARE ATM Working Group (V.Reijs) 30 min 10. Reports from the Working Groups 60 min 11. Next Meetings 15 min o RIPE 19: Lisbon, 12-14 September 1994 o RIPE 20: Somewhere, January 1995 o RIPE 21: Somewhere, Sometime 12. A.o.b. 13. Closing ----- E N D O F D A Y 3 ------------------------ 16:00 h --------------

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RIPE 17 actions status report - MAY reminder
by Anne Lord 11 May '94

11 May '94

Last time you will see this before the meeting ! If anyone has completed an action which is against their name, please let me know. Completed actions that I know about, I have already moved into the "done" column. Thanks, Anne --------- Action List - RIPE 17 ===================== 1. Done Action: 16.21 Milan Sterba, Anne Lord Produce the umbrella document for the CDS. Action: 16.22 Milan Sterba (mid March) Solicit contributions to the CDS. Action: 16.23 Milan Sterba, NCC Create the cds-editor(a)ripe.net alias and establish procedures to integrate new CDS contributions and maps to the CDS. Action: 17.2 Daniel Karrenberg Propose (guarded) RIPE database object representing a local registry, mail to local-ir and db wg. Action: 17.5 Daniel Karrenberg Ask IANA for a default range of AS numbers (65530-65535 or so) in the line of the network-10 proposal. Reply was negative. Action: 17.6 NCC To organise local-ir workshop for the 18th RIPE meeting. Action: 17.9 NCC To update and re-circulate the Guarded Fields proposal and then go ahead with the implementation. Action: 17.10 NCC To investigate and propose facilities for a "template-mode" to support the maintaining database objects. Action: 17.12 Henk Steenman (notified 17.02.94) To update and re-circulate the "dom-prefix:" proposal. Action: 17.13 NCC To implement the CLNS Routing Object. Action: 17.15 NCC Propose and implement a mechanism to check the current state of the database with regard to garbage-collection and merging of guarding values. Comment: overtaken by events - new proposal submitted. Action: 17.16 NCC Propose and implement a mechanism to properly keep track of individual updates of objects and automatic merge/modification operations. Action: 17.17 Bernhard Stockman Draft a new version of the EEPG Terms of Reference and distribute this on the mailing list ASAP. Action: 17.21 NCC Announce "Support of Guarded attributes in the RIPE database" as a RIPE document. Action: 17.22 RIPE NCC To implement the AS macros. Action: 17.23 Daniel Karrenberg Write a proposal on including an "advice" tag in the AS object. Action: 17.26 Rob Blokzijl, NCC create new mailing list to enable reorganisation of RIPE discussions to continue and announce to the ripe-list. 2. Open Action: 15.10 Daniel Karrenberg To propose new tags "created" and "assigned" to the database working group for consideration - pending. Action: 16.6 Daniel Karrenberg Why return unused IP address space and be a good network citizen. Daniel to find volunteer to continue the work. Action: 16.17 Jean-Michel Jouanigot To coordinate the transition from ripe-060 to ripe-081 format for routing description. Action: 16.18 NCC Try to actually get the synchronisation of the various database going, using the recently agreed DB Exchange Format. Action is pending and dependant on the NIC handle. Action:17.1 Glenn Kowack Volunteered to write a paper for discussion which would focus on a future funding model for the RIPE NCC. Action: 17.3 Wilfried Woeber Propose a representation address space assignment/reservation status. Action: 17.4 Wilfried Woeber Propose a graphical representation address space assignment/reservation status. Action: 17.7 Wilfried Woeber, NCC To produce the necessary documentation for the new DB software. Action: 17.8 NCC To update and re-circulate the RIPE-Handle proposal and then go ahead with the implementation. Action: 17.11 NCC Investigate and propose a syntax-checking facility for the new database software. Action: 17.14 Francis Dupont DNS group to review the Domain Object and come up with either a recommendation for retirement or with an updated functionality. Action: 17.18 Bernhard Stockman Draft a new version of the EEPG Workplan and distribute this on the EEPG mailing list ASAP. Action: 17.19 Erik-Jan Bos To coordinate work relating to the new RIPE Mbone working group for the next RIPE meeting. Action: 17.20 Oleg Tabarovsky To collect data on external lines and restrictions applying to each line that will form part of the Russian back- bone. Send details to <oleg(a)ussr.eu.net>. Action: 17.24 Laurent Joncheray To circulate a paper to routing wg on including the AS Path concept in ripe-081. Action: 17.25 NCC, Juliana Tamorri To make FAQ on CIDR by Juliana available in the RIPE document store. Action: 17.27 ripe-chairs Summarise in a paper discussions on RIPE re-org and publish before next meeting.

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Interop Engineers Conference - Announcement
by k13＠nikhef.nl 11 May '94

11 May '94

First Call for Papers ------------------- Engineers Conference at NetWorld+Interop 94 Paris --------------------------------------------------------------------- Interop Company is soliciting technical papers for an Engineers Conference to be held as part of the upcoming NetWorld+Interop 94 Paris event, October 24 - 28, 1994, in Paris. The Engineers Conference, which will be held on Thursday/Friday October 27 - 28, is a two-day focused event offering approaches and solutions to practical systems and software design for networking. All participants in the conference will be able to attend the NetWorld+Interop 94, Paris exhibition, which will run from October 26 - 28. FORMAT The conference will feature the presentation of original papers which will have been selected by a review committee. All accepted papers will be published in Conference Proceedings. Accepted papers must be presented by original authors during the 2-day conference. Conference sessions typically will be 90 minutes long and will present three papers of 20 to 30 minutes duration. The Engineer's Conference will concentrate on engineering design problems in three areas: High Speed Networking, Internetworking, and Multimedia. This conference seeks to bring together research scholars, engineers, and vendors to address pragmatic engineering issues in the field of networking and distributed systems interoperability. It is an excellent forum for Engineers and Researchers to publish papers and to be brought up to date on solutions to today's engineering related problems. Papers are solicited in the following areas: * High Speed Networking: ATM, Fast Ethernet, SDH, FDDI-II, HIPPI, SMDS, Frame Relay, Broadband ISDN, etc. * Internetworking: Addressing Schemes, Routing Protocols, Support of Mobility, Design of Bridges, Routers, and Multiprotocol Brouters, Application Gateways etc. * Multimedia Networking: Multimedia technologies, Multimedia inteoperability, Packet Video and voice, Multimedia Mail and Conferencing, Tele-Presence, Virtual Reality, etc. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Interested authors are invited to submit an abstract (up to 600 words) clearly describing the problem and the solution offered. All abstracts will be reviewed and authors will be notified for acceptance or rejection of the abstract. Authors of accepted abstracts must submit the paper before the last date. These papers are reviewed by a technical committee for technical merit of the paper before final acceptance. Please note the important dates for abstract and paper submission. All abstracts must contain the authors name, address, telephone number, Fax number and e-mail address (if available). Please send your abstract to: Interop Europe 14 Place Marie-Jeanne Bassot, 92593 Levallois Peret Cedex, Paris, France Attention: Engineer's Conference or e-mail it (in ASCII or PostScript) to: Paris_Engineer(a)interop.com ** E-mail is preferred. ** =================== = Important Dates = =================== Abstracts due: 3 Jun, 1994 Notification to authors: 24 Jun, 1994 Draft paper due: 22 Jul, 1994 Feedback to authors: 5 Aug, 1994 Camera ready copy due: 9 Sep, 1994 Final camera reader papers must not exceed 10 A4 pages.

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IETF Report Abstract
by Jill.Foster＠newcastle.ac.uk 11 May '94

11 May '94

IETF - Seattle: March 28th - April 1st, 1994 ============================================ Trip Report: Jill Foster - Newcastle University, UK RARE Information Services and User Support Project Development Officer and Mailbase Manager Abstract ======== The IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) met for a week in Seattle. The report deals mainly with the areas of User Support, Networked Information Retrieval and Directory Services, although reports of some of the plenary sessions are also included. Security was a major theme of the meeting. This report is stored on the UK Mailbase Server. file: pub/lists/wg-isus/files/ietf.03.94 It is also available via gopher and WWW from mailbase.ac.uk To retrieve a copy via email, send a message to: Mailbase(a)mailbase.ac.uk with the following command in the body of the message: send wg-isus ietf.03.94 -- Jill Foster

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Some thoughts on the "Restructuring of RIPE"
by Willem van der Scheun 11 May '94

11 May '94

At the last RIPE meeting we had a BOF on the structure of RIPE. It was stated there that further discussions would be held over the mailing list. Up till now this subject has been very quiet and the next meeting is in 1 1/2 week. Therefore I would like to share with you some of my personal thoughts on this subject. Having attended the last IEPG and IETF meeting in Seattle I saw some very nice parrallels with the discussion at the RIPE BOF. I will come to these in thes message. In the oldest RIPE document, ripe-001, "Terms of reference", I see, i.a. the following bullets: - RIPE acts as a forum for the exchange of technical information and the creation of expertise on IP networking. - RIPE promotes and coordinates interconnection of IP networks within Europe and to other continents. - RIPE establishes agreement on common network management practices and the operational management of the interconnected networks. - RIPE serves as a focal point for other common activities of the participants related to IP networking. This document is dated "29 November 1989", so it is 3 1/2 years old, which is ofcourse very, very old in networking land. Never the less these points, especially the first and the last one, seem to me as valid as they were at the time of writing. If I compare this with the recently established IEPG charter, I see a striking resemblance: IEPG CHARTER Internet Engineering and Planning Group Domain of Activity The Internet Engineering and Planning Group (IEPG) is a group principally comprised of Internet Service Operators. Goal The common objective of the group is to promote a technically coordinated operational environment of the Global Internet. Activities The activities of the IEPG will be within the following areas: - To facilitate the operations and management of Global Internet services, - To promote the introduction of new Internet services within the Global Internet, and - Liaison with related Internet Operations groups and liaison with technical development groups. Both documents talk about operations and coordination. Also I think the "feeling" behind both is about the same. This gets me to my first point: RIPE as a body still has the same reason to exist as it had when it started. Perhaps some wording needs to be changed, removing explicit reference to IP. To me the two focal points in the terms of reference and in the work that is being done within RIPE are "coordination" and "information exchange". Another absolutely key word is "technical". RIPE (and I think IEPG and other bodies with about the same goal) are technical fora and not meant for political discussions. This does not preclude "politicians" to attend RIPE meetings and being active in them. I think it is very worthwile they do, as RIPE is the forum to discuss the technical implications and (im)possibilities of the things the politicians come up with. But these discussions should be on a technical level and open minded. Coming back to the focal points I mentioned, "coordination" and "information exchange", I think I am right in presuming "information exchange" is a sine qua non for "coordination". Since RIPE started the European Internet has changed quite dramatically, in the sense that in the old days we had more or less a bunch of international lines owned by the two parties at both ends of the line (some times in collaboration with more parties), that were - slightly exagerated - randomly put all over Europe. Nowadays there are a number of European Internet Service Providers that have brought at least some structure in the chaos. The point I want to make is that the level or type of coordination related to getting a Pan-European Internet Structure has also become different. This means that we'll see a more compex level of interaction at RIPE meetings because we see two types af attendants, one from the "national" or "regional" level, and one from the "european service provider" level. It is the service providers who have to do most of the coordination and ofcourse RIPE is the perfect forum for this because it is here that all the best and brightest in (at least) European networking are assembled. Let me try to define some areas where coordination may be needed. This list is by no means meant to be complete. Some of these items are taken from the Opera BOF at the Seattle IETF (BTW I am very fond of opera!) - routing - CIDR - routing registries - route servers - infrastructure - exchange points - transatlantic connectivity - Central and Eastern European developments - registries - Address allocation - routing - databases - "virtual" networks/systems - Mbone - Information systems like Gopher, WWW - Directory services lik DNS, X.500 - security - CERT - Security issues related to IP - Security issues related to routing - network management - trouble ticket hand-off - reporting The above mentioned areas could be the base for the structure of RIPE. I think "area" is a better wording for these groups than "working group", because the main goal is coordination and information exchange and not so much "work" in the sense that there are clearly defined deliverables. Of course within a area some documents could be needed and for the writing of such a document a working group could be formed. Also other reasons for working groups can be thought off. The point is that working groups are supposed to have a limited TTL and a clear deliverable, where areas are much longer living creatures. At the RIPE restructuring BOF the need was mentioned for a mechanism to start working groups. I think this is indeed needed, and would have to be defined both for areas and working groups in the sense I have defined them. Some of the areas mentoned above already have a working group in the current sense, like routing. Infrastructure could be the subject of the EEPG working group. Where information exchange is at the one hand needed in order to be able to coordinate on the other hand it also is a topic of its own. One of my goals in attending RIPE meetings is to learn things. And one of the means is attending presentations, either by the RIPE NCC people about their wonderfull new tools or by people who want to tell about the things they are doing. This can be on almost any level, f.i. the presentations on the status of Ebone or EUnet or Dante, or the talk Brian Carpenter gave last meeting on IPng. This "information exchange" or "learning" topic also relates to the issue raised at the last RIPE meeting (and one that was also raised at the open plenary at the last IETF) about the size of the meeting (both plenary and working groups). Bigger amounts of people will change the character of a meeting and will get a smaller percentage of the people who are active and participating in the discussion. I do not see this a s a problem, because by listening to discussions that have a fair amount of openness, you can learn quite a lot. Having a discussion by knowledgable people is a way to disseminate this knowledge to relative newcomers. So I should say, the bigger the RIPE meetings are, the better RIPE can fulfill its goals. I hope the points mentioned above can be used to help the discussion about the goal and structure of RIPE along a little. -- Willem

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RIPE Meeting Dinner Announcement
by Anne Lord 10 May '94

10 May '94

18th RIPE Meeting Evening Dinner May 17th, 7.30 pm. Amsterdams Brouwhuis Maximiliaan Kloveniersburgwal 608, on Nieuwmarkt The dinner for this RIPE meeting will be taking place in a local brewery. I thought this might warm the hearts of some, as well as make a change from where we have previously eaten. Beer is brewed on-site in copper kettles (so I am told) so during the dinner you will have the opportunity to sample some of the local beers. - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - MENU Baked mushrooms and rauweham with mustard creme-fraiche dressing **** Leek soup **** Lamb with thyme and apples in a beer sauce Salad Potato dish **** Chocolate mousse **** Coffee - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - -- - - - - -- - The cost of the dinner is Hfl. 70,- and includes a welcome drink, coffee at the end of the meal, and 3 drinks during the dinner. If you drink any more than this, it's fine, but you have to pay for what you drink. If you would like to attend, then please complete and send the form below to <ncc(a)ripe.net> - - - - - - -- - - - - 8< cut here - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -- I would like to attend the 18th RIPE Meeting Evening Dinner. Please reserve a place for : name: guest: Vegeatarian meals can be arranged on request. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - -- -

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