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World IPv6 Launch: RIPE NCC Activities
by Axel Pawlik 06 Jun '12

06 Jun '12

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear Colleagues, World IPv6 Launch takes place today, 6 June 2012, marking a key milestone in the development of the Internet. Major Internet service providers (ISPs), manufacturers and content providers around the world are coming together to permanently enable IPv6 for their products and services. RIPE NCC is heavily involved in both the local and global events surrounding the Launch. Measurements ------------- We will monitor and analyse many of the participating websites from a number of vantage points before, during and after the Launch: http://v6launch.ripe.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi Local Event ----------- We've joined forces with several Dutch organisations to organise the World IPv6 Launch NL event at Science Park Amsterdam. The local technical community and future Internet leaders are attending the RIPE NCC's IPv6 tutorial, various IPv6-related presentations, hands-on workshops and plenary sessions. We'll be tracking the global Launch with live statistics throughout the day and Daniel Karrenberg, Chief Scientist, will give the keynote speech: http://ipv6launch.nl/ Global Activities ----------------- Find out more about our other IPv6 Launch activities, including the RIPEstat World IPv6 Launch Widget, how to test IPv6 reachability using RIPE Atlas and using the IPv6 Eye Chart to find out if you will have problems accessing websites, at: http://www.ripe.net/internet-coordination/ipv6/world-ipv6-launch Regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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2012 Global IPv6 Deployment Monitoring Survey - Open Now Until 30 June
by Axel Pawlik 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear colleagues, The Number Resource Organization (NRO), on behalf of all the Regional Internet Registries, invites you to participate in the 3rd consecutive Global IPv6 Deployment Monitoring Survey on the current and future use of IPv6. The purpose of the survey is to better understand where the community is moving, and what can be done to ensure that the Internet community is ready and moving toward widespread adoption of IPv6. As it is mostly the same as the survey carried out globally in 2010 and 2011, comparison of progress will be possible. The IPv6 Deployment Monitoring Survey is now online, and we encourage all members of our community to participate: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GlobalIPv6survey2012 The survey will be open for a month and will close on 30 June 2012. We anticipate a good response rate as 94% of last year's over 1600 respondents from around the globe indicated that they were interested in participating again. We encourage all organisations to participate in order for the results to establish a comprehensive view of present IPv6 penetration and future plans for IPv6 deployment. The survey is composed of 23 questions and can be completed in about 15 minutes. For those without IPv6 allocations or assignments, or who have not yet deployed IPv6, the questions will be fewer in number. For those interested, the results of last year's survey are available: http://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/ipv6_deployment_survey.pdf. Results of this year's survey will be presented and discussed widely. Please provide your name and contact information on the survey form if you wish to receive the draft survey analysis when available. Please also indicate whether you are willing to share additional data with the TNO and GNKS Consult IPv6 Deployment Monitoring team. We appreciate your time and interest in completing this survey. If you have any questions concerning the survey, please send an email to info(a)gnksconsult.com. Regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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New Online Payment Options
by RIPE NCC Billing Department 30 May '12

30 May '12

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear member, Following feedback received in the Membership and Stakeholder Survey 2011, the RIPE NCC has introduced new online payment options that members can use to settle their invoices. In addition to the credit card and bank transfer methods, Paypal and debit cards have been enabled as online payment options. You will be able to select your payment option when you click the secure payment transaction link in your invoice. If you have any questions regarding your billing, please contact <billing(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Billing Department RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC Returns Legacy Address Space to IANA
by Axel Pawlik 23 May '12

23 May '12

Dear colleagues, On 6 May 2012, the ICANN Board ratified GPP-IPv4-2011, "Global Policy for Post Exhaustion IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms" by IANA. This global policy enables IANA to redistribute any recovered IPv4 address space equally amongst the RIRs. Following the ratification of this global policy, on 22 May 2012 the RIPE NCC returned to IANA the 1,368,576 legacy IPv4 addresses that have been returned to the RIPE NCC and plans to return any other legacy IPv4 address space that is returned to the organisation in the future. For more information about this, please see: http://www.ripe.net/internet-coordination/news/announcements/returned-legac… The ICANN Board Resolution is available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-06may12-en.htm The full text of Global Policy GPP-IPv4-2011 is available at: https://www.icann.org/en/news/in-focus/global-addressing/allocation-ipv4-po… Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC office closed on 17 May and 28 May 2012
by Saskia Oostdijck-van Gorp 14 May '12

14 May '12

Dear Colleagues, Our office is closed on Thursday 17 May 2012 (Ascension Day) and Monday 28 May 2012 (Whit Monday). Normal office hours will resume respectively on Friday 18 May 2012 and Tuesday 29 May 2012. The office closes on all Dutch public holidays listed at: http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/contact/opening-hours Regards, Saskia Oostdijck-van Gorp RIPE NCC

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Scheduled Maintenance on RIPE Database Update Server - 10 May, at 14:00 UTC
by Denis Walker 08 May '12

08 May '12

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear colleagues, On Thursday, 10 May at 14:00 UTC (16:00 CEST), we will migrate the update service to a new server as part of our RIPE Database infrastructure upgrade. We expect the migration to take up to four hours. Part of this migration requires us to reload both the live and test database contents onto the new server. ----------------------------------- No changes during migration window ----------------------------------- No changes can be made to the RIPE Database or TEST Database during the migration. This includes the use of Syncupdates, Webupdates, RESTful API and the use of object editors provided through the LIR Portal. ----------------------------------- Hold off on sending email updates ----------------------------------- We also kindly request that you hold off on sending updates to the email update service (<auto-dbm(a)ripe.net>, <test-dbm(a)ripe.net>) during the migration window to allow us to make a clean restart of the new server and perform significant testing before processing any live updates. If any updates are sent to the email update service, they will be queued and run following the migration. If you do submit email updates during this time we recommend that you check the results later. ---------------------------------- RIPE Database queries unaffected ---------------------------------- Querying the RIPE Database will not be affected as this service is completely separated from the update service. However it will not be possible to query the TEST Database. We appreciate your cooperation and apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Regards, Denis Walker Business Analyst RIPE NCC Database Group

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RIPE NCC closed on Monday 30 April 2012
by Saskia Oostdijck-van Gorp 25 Apr '12

25 Apr '12

Dear Colleagues, Our office is closed on Monday 30 April 2012 (Queen's Day). Normal office hours will resume on Tuesday 1 May 2012. The office closes on all Dutch public holidays listed at: http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/contact/opening-hours Regards, Saskia Oostdijck-van Gorp RIPE NCC

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MENOG 10/RIPE NCC Regional Meeting: Agenda Updates
by MENOG Coordination 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

Dear colleagues, There is less than one week to go until the MENOG 10/RIPE NCC Regional Meeting. The event will be held from 30 April-1 May 2012 at the Grosvenor House Dubai Marina. The MENOG 10/RIPE NCC Regional Meeting agenda has been updated and posted at: http://www.menog.net/meetings/menog10/agenda If you have yet to register, you can do so at: http://www.menog.net/meetings/menog10/registration We look forward to meeting you and your colleagues at the MENOG10/RIPE NCC Regional Meeting in Dubai. Regards, The MENOG Coordination Team Kais Al-Essa, Osama Al-Dosary, Sultan Al-Shamsi, Sandra Gijzen, Gaurab Raj Upadhaya, Paul Rendek, Philip Smith

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RIPE NCC General Meeting April 2012
by Axel Pawlik 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

Dear members, The RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) was held 18-19 April 2012 adjacent to the RIPE 64 Meeting in Ljubljana. There were 99 attendees, excluding RIPE NCC staff and observers from the other Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). There were two resolutions to be voted on at the GM. The results of voting on the resolutions were as follows: Resolution 1: The General Meeting adopts the 2011 Financial Report of the RIPE NCC. Yes 270 No 5 Abstain 28 Resolution 2: The General Meeting discharges the Executive Board with regard to its actions as they appear from the Annual Report 2011. Yes 244 No 12 Abstain 45 There was also an election to fill one seat on the RIPE NCC Executive Board. The results of the election were as follows: First Count: Dmitry Burkov 174 Ulf Kieber 85 Dmitry Kohmanyuk 44 Dmitry Burkov was elected and retained his seat on the Executive Board. More information on the GM is available at: https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/gm/april-2012 The RIPE NCC would like to thank its membership for the input and support given at the General Meeting. Regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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Win a fatboy! RIPE NCC Webinars "Get Comfy" Photo Competition
by Sandra Bras 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

Dear colleagues, Want to win a Fatboy in the colour of your choice? We've just launched a photo competition for the RIPE NCC Webinars where we offer you just that. All you need to do is submit a photo of yourself "getting comfy" with a mobile device to the RIPE NCC Facebook timeline: www.facebook.com/ripencc We'll then upload your photo to the "Get Comfy" photo album. Tell your friends about your photo and get as many "likes" as you can. The photo with the most "likes" by 15 May will win! The top four photos will be made into postcards. More information is available at: https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/training/e-learning/photo-competition Get snapping! Kind regards, Sandra Brás Trainer/E-Learning Project Manager RIPE NCC

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