Hi, Rene Wilhelm <wilhelm@ripe.net> writes: * * > > Matthew, * > > * > > We're working with Jeroen on updating the RIS pages for the new web server * > > now, and I'd prefer not to have multiple people working on the site. * > > * > > What is the basic idea and/or scope behind this risintro page? * > * > This came up when the announcement for rrc12 was put online. The text * > there assumes that one knows what the RIS is. Somebody then suggested to * > have a short 1 page intro to the RIS for people who get the announcement * > but haven't heard of the project. * * Linking the news flash on www to the risintro page is fine with me, * better than diving immediately to the RRC12 specific page, but to set * the record straight, all I suggested was to have a page with text similar * to the announcement that was send out to the ris-users mailing list. * * Visitors to www.ripe.net see a news flash "Route Collector deployed at xyz-IX" * and when they want to read more on this, the link should bring them to a page * with relevant information. (which, next to details on deployement at the * specific location, could have some words on RIS in general too). * * As such a page can easily be reused when a next RRC comes online, * maybe it's an idea to design some template in the context of the current * RIS pages restructuring work? * The page that Matthew came up with is good as an 'about-ris' page. Adrian kindly revised it a little so maybe you can use the following: =================================================================== The Routing Information Service (RIS) started as a RIPE NCC project in 1999. Currently there are over 300 IPv4 and IPv6 peers at 12 data collection points in Europe, Japan and North America The project aims to collect and store Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing information and make it publicly available for the Internet community. Network operators can troubleshoot routing problems by looking at data collected over time without being limited to a single BGP view. Archived raw RIS data is also available, which can be used for research purposes. You can improve the RIS by providing a BGP feed. You can find a list of RIS peering locations at: http://www.ris.ripe.net/cgi-bin/rrcstatus.cgi Peering requests can be sent to <rispeering@ripe.net> or through a web form, you can find at: http://www.ris.ripe.net/cgi-bin/peerreg.cgi ============================================================ I agree with Rene that we can just copy the announcement for the link page. -J * Cheers, * * -- Rene * * P.S. All this was triggered by an external user pointing out to me * the date on the announcement at www.ripe.net was wrong :) *