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17th RIPE meeting - Announcement
by Anne Lord 02 Dec '93

02 Dec '93

R I P E meeting announcement ============================ This is to announce that the 17th RIPE meeting will take place: Dates: 24 January 14:00h - 18:00h 25 January 09:00h - 18:00h 26 January 09:00h - 16:00h Venue: CWI Kruislaan 413 1098 SJ Amsterdam The Netherlands Host: NIKHEF Registration: Please use the registration form (which will follow in a separate mail) to give notice of your coming as soon as possible. General Information: -------------------- Currency: 1 UK pound = Hfl 3.- 1 ECU = Hfl 2.2 1 US$ = Hfl 1.90 Appended to this announcement: ------------------------------ - directions to the meeting place Documents to follow (separate mail messages): --------------------------------------------- <> details of hotels in Amsterdam close to meeting venue <> registration form for attendance at the meeting ================================================================== CWI - The RIPE meeting venue: How do I get there? ------------------------------------------------------------------ To ease any possible confusion, two postscript maps can be found in the RIPE document store. One shows the bus and tram stops around the meeting site and the other is a more general map of the area. Both maps are available by ftp: /ripe/docs/Next-Meeting/area-map.ps /ripe/docs/Next-Meeting/area-map.ps.Z /ripe/docs/Next-Meeting/local.transport-map.ps /ripe/docs/Next-Meeting/local.transport-map.ps.Z *PLEASE NOTE: The number 69 and 169 now end at Amstel station rather than Muiderpoort station. The number 15 now connects the Amstel station with Muiderpoort station. a) From Amsterdam Schipol airport: <> Take the train from the airport railway station to the Central Railway station (Amsterdam CS). Then from Amsterdam Central Station : <> Take tram number 9 till the stop at the intersection of Middenweg and Kruislaan (15 min ride). The stop is just before the intersection. <> Walk down the Kruislaan in the direction of the railway bridge. Cross under the bridge and continue. Take the 2nd entrance left and follow the signs to the meeting (15 min walk all together). Instead of walking down Kruislaan you can take the shuttlebus for 2 stops. Turn into Kruislaan and the bustop is a little way down on the right hand side of the road. or from Central Station you can: <> Take bus 22 in the direction 'Indische Buurt' to the stop at the 'Muiderpoort Station' and take shuttlebus 66 which stops outside CWI. b) Alternatively from Amsterdam Schipol <> Take the train from the airport railway station to the RAI station in Amsterdam, which is at the end of this line (10 min ride). NOTE: Amsterdam Central Station (CS) is on another line. Then from the RAI station: <> From the RAI station take the city bus number 69 or CN bus number 169 in the direction `Amstel Station'. From the Amstel Railway Station <> From the Amstel station take the city bus number 15 the direction `Muiderpoort Station' to the stop on the corner of Kruislaan and Linnaeusparkweg (15 min ride, ask the driver where to get off) or proceed to 'Muiderpoort Station' and take shuttlebus 66. You can also take the shuttlebus 66 from the Kruislaan and Linnaeusparkweg intersection as described above. d) Taxi from the airport <> Takes 15 mins and will cost approximately Hfl. 60.00 e) Connections away <> Tram 6 will take you to Leidseplein (now with conductor on tram) Tram 10 also Leidseplein (also with conductor on the tram) Tram 14 To and from Dam Square Tram 9 Rembrandtplein f) Bus 66 Timetable <> From Muiderpoort Station (Monday - Friday) 7.20 7.40 8.00 8.15 8.30 8.45 9.00 9.15 9.40 10.10 10.40 11.10 11.40 12.21 12.51 13.21 13.51 14.21 14.51 15.21 15.51 16.11 16.31 16.51 17.11 17.31 17.51 18.11 <> From CWI to Muiderpoortsation (Monday - Friday) 7.28 7.48 8.08 8.23 8.38 8.53 9.08 9.23 9.48 10.18 10.48 11.18 11.48 12.28 12.58 13.28 13.58 14.28 14.58 15.28 15.58 16.18 16.38 16.58 17.18 17.38 17.58 18.18 <> This bus is a shuttle bus that operates from Muiderpoort station in a large circle around the CWI and NIKHEF campus. ==================================================================== Public Transport - how much does it cost and where can I get tickets? -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tickets of 15 strips (`Strippenkaart' costing Hfl. 10.75) can be bought in Post Offices, railway stations and cigarette shops. Tickets of 2 and 3 strips can be bought on the bus or the tram but they are much more expensive. You have to validate the ticket yourself in the metro stations and in the trams (except on lines 4 and 13). In the buses the driver will validate the ticket. Amsterdam is divided into zones: the old city is in zone `Centrum' whereas CWI is in zone `Oost'. You need to count how many zones you will be travelling through (from the centre - CWI is 2 zones) and count up that number of strips on your ticket + 1 extra. So in the above example you will need to stamp the 3rd strip. In case of overflow you stamp the last strip of the first ticket and start counting the remaining strips on the next ticket. Confused? Warning: BEWARE of pickpockets in crowded places.

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Document Announcement
by Anne Lord 29 Nov '93

29 Nov '93

New/Revised RIPE Document Announcement -------------------------------------- A new document below is available from the RIPE document store. Ref: ripe-101 Title: List of Internet Registries in Europe Author: RIPE NCC Date: 29 November 1993 Format: TXT=29262 Short content description ------------------------- This is a list of Local Internet Registries in Europe. The document is intended to clarify who to contact if IP network numbers are needed. 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/ripe-docs" followed by the command "get ripe-101.txt". 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 host 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/ripe/default.html MIME Mail Reader ---------------- Below is the data which will enable a MIME compliant Mail Reader implementation to automatically retrieve the ASCII version of the RIPE document. SEND ripe/docs/ripe-docs/ripe-101.txt

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IXI/EMPB X.25 Access to the RIPE NCC Terminated
by Daniel Karrenberg 22 Nov '93

22 Nov '93

The IXI/EMPB access point serving the RIPE NCC has been taken out of service last week. Since there have been a number of misunderstandings about the consequences of this, here are some clarifications: 1) This has no consequences whatsoever to the Internet (IP) connectivity of the NCC. If you where concerned about that, read no further. 2) The only service affected by this is the PAD (XXX, X.25) access to the Interactive Information Server directly from IXI/EMPB. IXI/EMPB access to the IIS was a convenience service outside the RIPE NCC core services. There are currently no efforts underway to restore it. 3) The Interactive Information Server is still reachable from the public X.25 networks (PPSDN) at (0)204129004331. This also makes it technically still reachable for IXI/EMPB subscribers, albeit at the additional expense of PPSDN charges for which many users are not authorised. 4) The IIS is of course still accessible from the Internet by telnetting to info.ripe.net. 5) The NCC was notified about the actual cut-off only at the date it happened. That the cutoff whould happen had however been announced a long time in advance and has been reported in the NCC Quarterly Reports and at RIPE meetings. Regards Daniel Karrenberg RIPE NCC Manager

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RIPE DNS Hostcount October 1993
by Marten Terpstra 02 Nov '93

02 Nov '93

Dear folks, Please find below the RIPE DNS hoctcount for October 1993. - we have reached 500,000 hosts in the DNS in Europe, this means that the number of hosts in the DNS in Europe has doubled in exactly 1 year (254,000 in October 1992) - Germany is the first European country to reach 100,000, they doubled the number of hosts in 13 months (52,000 in Sep 1992) - some countries went down after initial count; they have been recounted (in order to reach 500,000 ;-) - Macedonia (MK) has been left out of this count (sorry, forgot), but will be included in the next one. For those interested, there are no hosts currently in the DNS for MK. - All output again on ftp.ripe.net:ripe/hostcount - detailed history appended below. - also, a short description of the various columns appended below. Enjoy, -Marten CY = country SOA = number of different SOAs found in the Top level domain COUNTED = number of hosts found DUPL = number of hosts found more than once (multiple A records with the same address) REAL = COUNTED - DUPL, the real number of machines found CHANGE = change since last time. RIPE DNS Hostcount Previous Count : Sat Sep 25 1993 This Count : Sun Oct 31 1993 CY SOA COUNTED DUPL REAL CHANGE ============================================================ al 0 0 0 0 0 at 321 13790 242 13548 + 1304 be 75 6118 92 6026 + 587 bg 3 21 5 16 + 16 by 0 0 0 0 0 ch 187 35371 720 34651 + 2024 cs 97 2827 55 2772 + 99 cy 5 32 2 30 0 cz 98 4004 89 3915 + 514 de 1508 103708 3594 100114 + 3836 dk 124 7650 157 7493 + 432 dz 0 0 0 0 0 ee 20 360 2 358 + 87 eg 0 0 0 0 0 es 284 12452 93 12359 + 1267 fi 288 30661 637 30024 + 1795 fo 1 0 0 0 0 fr 601 48642 682 47960 + 1332 gb 1 16 0 16 0 ge 1 0 0 0 0 gr 90 1677 236 1441 + 349 hr 35 604 4 600 + 407 hu 37 2426 11 2415 + 590 ie 44 2161 51 2110 + 143 is 40 1516 12 1504 + 90 it 416 15513 309 15204 + 722 il 89 5477 67 5410 - 318 li 2 17 0 17 0 lt 1 0 0 0 0 lu 13 277 2 275 + 24 lv 2 48 0 48 + 10 mt 1 0 0 0 0 nl 428 40622 416 40206 + 2550 no 439 27689 238 27451 + 1184 pl 185 4038 70 3968 + 78 pt 102 3254 73 3181 + 163 ro 1 20 0 20 + 3 se 510 38568 488 38080 + 2384 si 12 511 3 508 + 27 sk 31 508 11 497 + 33 su 143 1067 54 1013 + 65 tn 1 0 0 0 0 tr 20 561 6 555 + 79 ua 35 170 14 156 + 11 uk 715 106901 10825 96076 + 8775 va 0 0 0 0 0 yu 1 1 0 1 0 ============================================================ 7007 519278 19260 500018 +30662 This is an overview of the History of the RIPE hostcounts. It only contains the totals. The totals for 1990-1991 should be considered rather unstable and unreliable because the program used then was not really tuned, plus the count was not done as regular as it is now. Count : total hostcount for all European top level domains Delta : delta since previous count Delta % : delta as percentage of previous count Q Delta : delta over the past quarter Q Delta%: delta over last quarter as percentage of end of last quarter count For the Q Deltas I have not calculated those back before 1992, because the figures for 1990-1991 are not reliable. *) Dec 1991 hostcount estimated at 135,000. Count Delta Delta % Q Delta Q Delta % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 1990 31724 Nov 1990 33665 + 1941 + 6.1% Dec 1990 29230 - 4435 - 13.2% Jan 1991 43832 + 14602 + 50.0% Feb 1991 - Mar 1991 44506 + 674 + 1.5% Apr 1991 46948 + 2442 + 5.5% May 1991 - Jun 1991 63267 + 16319 + 34.8% Jul 1991 - Aug 1991 73069 + 9802 + 15.5% Sep 1991 92834 + 19765 + 27.0% Oct 1991 104824 + 11990 + 12.9% Nov 1991 129652 + 24828 + 23.7% Dec 1991 - Jan 1992 141308 + 11656 + 9.0% Feb 1992 161434 + 20126 + 14.2% Mar 1992 167939 + 6505 + 4.0% + 32939 *) + 24.4% *) Apr 1992 170050 + 2111 + 1.3% May 1992 182528 + 12478 + 7.3% Jun 1992 196758 + 14230 + 7.8% + 28819 + 17.2% Jul 1992 213017 + 16259 + 8.3% Aug 1992 221951 + 8934 + 4.2% Sep 1992 232522 + 10571 + 4.8% + 35764 + 18.2% Oct 1992 254585 + 22063 + 9.5% Nov 1992 271795 + 17210 + 6.8% Dec 1992 284374 + 12579 + 4.6% + 51852 + 22.3% Jan 1993 303828 + 19454 + 6.8% Feb 1993 322902 + 19074 + 6.3% Mar 1993 355140 + 32238 + 10.0% + 70766 + 24.9% Apr 1993 366164 + 11024 + 3.1% May 1993 385522 + 19358 + 5.3% Jun 1993 404930 + 19408 + 5.0% + 49790 + 14.0% Jul 1993 426827 + 21897 + 5.4% Aug 1993 451116 + 24289 + 5.7% Sep 1993 469356 + 18240 + 4.0% + 64424 + 15.9% Oct 1993 500018 + 30662 + 6.5%

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New document Announcent
by Anne Lord 26 Oct '93

26 Oct '93

New/Revised RIPE Document Announcement -------------------------------------- A new document below ripe-100 is available from the RIPE document store. Ref: ripe-100 Title: RIPE NCC Quarterly Report, Issue 6, September 1993 Author: RIPE NCC Date: 26 October, 1993 Format: PS=292256 TXT=66894 Short content description ------------------------- This is the 6th Quarterly Report to be produced by the NCC. As usual comments and suggestions are very welcome. 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/ripe-docs" followed by the command "get ripe-100.{txt,ps}". 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 host 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 ASCII version of the RIPE document. SEND ripe/docs/ripe-docs/ripe-100.txt

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New document announcement
by Anne Lord 26 Oct '93

26 Oct '93

New/Revised RIPE Document Announcement -------------------------------------- A new document ripe-099 is available from the RIPE document store. Ref: ripe-099 Title: RIPE NCC Review - Final Report Author: R.Blokzijl, M.Sterba, W.Woeber Date: 25 October, 1993 Format: TXT=28471 only Short content description ------------------------- This report reviews and evaluates the activities of the RIPE Network Coordination Centre after one year of operation. 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/ripe-docs" followed by the command "get ripe-099.txt". 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 host 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 ASCII version of the RIPE document. SEND ripe/docs/ripe-docs/ripe-099.txt

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Revised Document Announcement
by Anne Lord 15 Oct '93

15 Oct '93

#<text/plain [Document Announcement] Revised RIPE Document Announcement -------------------------------------- A revised document is available from the RIPE document store: Ref: ripe-098 Title: European Internet Network Number Application Form Title: and Supporting Notes Author: Anne Lord, Daniel Karrenberg Date: 15th October, 1993 Format: PS=63386 TXT=26031 bytes Obsoletes: ripe-095 Obsoleted by: ripe-098 This document can also be retrieved from the ftp directory as file: ftp:ftp.ripe.net:ripe/forms/netnum-appl.{txt,ps} Short content description ------------------------- This document is revised slightly to include a recommendation that local ir`s consult the RIPE NCC on applications for 32 class C's and above. #<text/plain [Retrieval Methods] 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/ripe-docs" followed by the command "get <ripe-098.txt>". 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 host 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 ASCII version of the RIPE document. #@text/plain; \ type=text [FTP ASCII version] \ access-type=anon-ftp; \ name="ripe-098.txt"; \ directory="ripe/docs/ripe-docs"; \ site="ftp.ripe.net" #@text/plain; \ type=text [Have mail-server send document] \ access-type=mail-server; \ server="mail-server(a)ripe.net"; \ body="SEND ripe/docs/ripe-docs/ripe.098.txt" #@application/postscript; \ type=postscript [FTP PostScript version] \ access-type=anon-ftp; \ name="ripe-098.ps"; \ directory="ripe/docs/ripe-docs"; \ site="ftp.ripe.net"

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New RIPE whois client available
by Daniel Karrenberg 15 Oct '93

15 Oct '93

A new version of the RIPE whois client for Unix systems is now available in ftp.ripe.net:tools/ripe-whois.tar.Z. It supports several new options of the RIPE whois server. >From the manual page: ----------------------------------------------------------------- -r This option is only available for the RIPE whois server. suppress recursive lookup of related entries. Normally the RIPE whois server will automatically look up contact persons associated with an object. Specify this flag if you do not want this behavior. Only objects matching the iden- tifier will be printed. -a This option is only available for the RIPE whois server. This causes the server to include informa- tion from non-RIPE whois databases in the reply. Currently these are the public parts of the US NIC and NSFnet databases. Please note that the RIPE NCC does not maintain these databases. The information is included for for your convenience only. -s source This option is only available for the RIPE whois server. selects a database with the requested ----------------------------------------------------------------- These options can also be used without installing the client by connecting directly to the RIPE whois server at port 43 of host whois.ripe.net and entering the option flags followed by the search key(s). Note that there is no prompt and the connection will be closed after the answer to the query is output. Comments welcome RIPE NCC

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Current RIPE Forms and Procedures Available in Fixed Place
by Daniel Karrenberg 15 Oct '93

15 Oct '93

The files with the current RIPE forms and procedures can from now on always be found in a fixed place in the RIPE dcoument store. This makes it possible to refer to the current version of these documents in other documentation. There are two subdirectories in the document store called "forms" and "procedures" respectively. forms: This directory contains the current RIPE NCC application forms. All of these are links to the current RIPE documents also available in ~ftp/ripe/docs/ripe-docs. as-appl - Application for an Autonomous System Number netmum-appl - Application for an IP network number (IP address space) procedures: This directory contains descriptions of RIPE NCC procedures. All of these are links to the current RIPE documents also available in ~ftp/ripe/docs/ripe-docs. inaddr-delegation Delegation of subdomains of 193.in-addr.arpa and 194.in-addr.arpa ncc-funding Fnding of NCC core activities. netnum-assignment Assignment of IP netowrk numbers by European Internet Registries routing-registry Description of the RIPE Routing Registry

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Revised Document Announcement
by Anne Lord 13 Oct '93

13 Oct '93

Revised RIPE Document Announcement -------------------------------------- A revised document ripe-097 is available from the RIPE document store. Ref: ripe-097 Title: European Autonomous System Number Application Form Title: & Supporting Notes Author: Tony Bates, Anne Lord Date: 13 Oct 1993 Format: PS=49268 TXT=18295 Obsoletes: ripe-091 Short content description ------------------------- This AS number template includes explanation and text for the PERSON object, which was omitted from the previous version. It was felt that this was important should be included in the new template. 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/ripe-docs" followed by the command "get ripe-097.txt". 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 host 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 ASCII version of the RIPE document. SEND ripe/docs/ripe-docs/ripe-097.txt

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