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Network Maintenance: 08/12/2010 17:00-19:00UTC
by Menno Schepers 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear Colleagues, On Wednesday, 8 December 2010 between 17:00 and 19:00 (UTC), the RIPE NCC will carry out maintenance work on its core network infrastructure in its office datacentre. Although we expect any outage to be minimal, it is possible that there will be intermittent access to all services hosted by the RIPE NCC during this period. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions, please contact: ops(a)ripe.net. Regards, Menno Schepers RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC Resource Certification System: Initial Deployment 1 January 2011
by Alex Band 01 Dec '10

01 Dec '10

Dear colleagues, With just seven IPv4 address blocks available in the IANA pool, we are hurtling towards the end of an era. With this prospect, the registry function of the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) is going to be crucial to the Internet community. More than ever, it is important to know who is the legitimate holder of a block of IP addresses. With this as a primary driver, the RIPE NCC (in coordination with the other four RIRs) is planning to deploy a system that attaches digital certificates to Internet number resources (IP address blocks and Autonomous System (AS) Numbers). A more complete description of the benefits of resource certification can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/certification/ The RIPE NCC has had a beta platform for certification up and running for several months now. More than 100 RIPE NCC members have enabled certification under this pilot program, providing the RIPE NCC with valuable feedback. On 1 January 2011, the RIPE NCC will launch a hosted production system, which will allow all LIRs to generate a certificate of holdership, which will be held in a repository maintained by the RIPE NCC. Network operators will also be able to start making routing decisions based on the system as of this date. Further iterations of this system will be deployed over the coming 12 months, including the option for LIRs to host their own Certificate Authority and generate certificates for their own customers. Digital certificates have helped make business on the Internet more secure. Now we are using resource certificates to make the Internet itself more secure. For more information, please visit: http://ripe.net/certification If you have any questions or comments, please email <ncc(a)ripe.net>. Best regards, Alex Band Product Manager, RIPE NCC

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Four /8s Allocated to RIRs; 2.73% Remains
by Axel Pawlik 01 Dec '10

01 Dec '10

Dear colleagues, Today, 30 November 2010, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) distributed four of the remaining eleven /8s to the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs): 5/8 and 37/8 to the RIPE NCC and 23/8 and 100/8 to ARIN. The IANA free pool of IPv4 addresses now stands at seven /8s, or 2.73% of the total IPv4 address pool. When only five /8s remain, the IANA will simultaneously distribute these equally among five RIRs, in accordance with global policy: http://www.icann.org/en/general/allocation-remaining-ipv4-space.htm There are now only two IPv4 blocks available under the normal distribution method. If you have not already adopted the next generation of Internet Protocol, IPv6, I strongly urge you to act now. For more information on IPv6 adoption, visit: http://www.ipv6actnow.org/ If you have any questions or comments, please email <ncc(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director, RIPE NCC

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Network Maintenance: 02/12/2010 17:00-19:00UTC
by Menno Schepers 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear Colleagues, On Thursday, 2 December 2010 between 17:00 and 19:00 (UTC), the RIPE NCC will carry out maintenance work on its core network infrastructure in its office datacentre. Although we expect any outage to be minimal, it is possible that there will be intermittent access to all services hosted by the RIPE NCC during this period. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions, please contact: ops(a)ripe.net. Regards, Menno Schepers RIPE NCC

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RIPE 61: Another record meeting
by RIPE NCC Meeting Coordinator 25 Nov '10

25 Nov '10

Dear Colleagues, RIPE 61 took place last week from 15-19 November 2010. More than 430 people attended, making it the the most well-attended RIPE Meeting to date. RIPE 61 Meeting Report ---------------------- The full RIPE 61 Meeting Report is now available at: www.ripe.net/news/2010-ripe61-report.html Sessions Archive ----------------- Presentations from the week can be found at: http://ripe61.ripe.net/programme/presentations/ Webcasts, chat logs and stenography transcripts can be found at: http://ripe61.ripe.net/archives/ Thanks ------ We would like to thank everyone who participated at RIPE 61 - onsite and remotely - who helped to make this such a successful meeting. We would also like to thank the RIPE 61 sponsors: AMS-IX, Colt, Consortium GARR, TINET, Telecom Italia Sparkle and Unidata And special thanks goes to the local hosts of this meeting, Nautilus Mediterranean eXchange Point (NaMeX) and CASPUR. Next Meeting ------------ RIPE 62 will take place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands from 2-6 May 2011. We hope to see you there. Your Opinion ------------ As always we appreciate your feedback. You can either send an email to <meeting(a)ripe.net> or fill in the anonymous feedback form at: http://ripe61.ripe.net/help/feedback/ Best regards, The RIPE Meeting Team

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RIPE NCC General Meeting 17 November 2010
by Axel Pawlik 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) November 2010 was held Wednesday, 17 November, adjacent to the RIPE 61 Meeting, at the Westin Excelsior Hotel in Rome. There were 89 attendees, excluding RIPE NCC staff and observers from the other Regional Internet Registries. The RIPE NCC members approved the following formal resolutions at the GM: - "The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2011" - "The General Meeting in accordance with Article 21 of the Articles of Association adopts the amendments to the Articles of Association as proposed and announced by the Executive Board on 20 October 2010." "Furthermore, the General Meeting instructs and authorises the Executive Board to perform or to have performed all that is required to have the amendments executed before a Dutch civil law notary, including but not limited to the translation into Dutch by certified translator and final amendment at the request of the notary or RIPE NCC's lawyer of the exact wording of the amendments in Dutch, and the amendment of any cross-references to the Articles of Association in other documents to bring these in conformity with the Articles of Association as adopted in this General Meeting." - "The General Meeting approves the new RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure." - "The General Meeting approves the addition of Pierre Baume to the RIPE NCC Arbiters Panel." - "The General Meeting approves the addition of Conor Dufficy to the RIPE NCC Arbiters Panel." - "The General Meeting approves the addition of Ronald Duncan to the RIPE NCC Arbiters Panel." - "The General Meeting approves the addition of Alireza Ghafarallahi to the RIPE NCC Arbiters Panel." - "The General Meeting approves the addition of James Hickman to the RIPE NCC Arbiters Panel." - "The General Meeting approves the addition of Ondřej Surý to the RIPE NCC Arbiters Panel." - "The General Meeting approves the addition of Nick Williams to the RIPE NCC Arbiters Panel." 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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Announcement: RIPE NCC Training Courses
by Training Mailbox 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC invites you to register for one of our upcoming training courses: - The LIR Training Course This course teaches LIRs how to request Internet number resources and interact with the RIPE NCC. A course outline is available at: http://www.ripe.net/training/lir/outline.html - The Routing Registry Training Course This course teaches LIRs how to use the RIPE Database for routing. A course outline is available at: http://www.ripe.net/training/rr/outline.html - The IPv6 Training Course This course teaches LIRs about the need for IPv6 and includes basic information on how to plan your deployment. A course outline is available at: http://www.ripe.net/training/ipv6/outline.html To see the location of upcoming courses and to register, please use the LIR Portal or complete the registration form on our website at: RIPE NCC Upcoming Courses List & Registration https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/training/course-list.html If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at <training(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Rumy Kanis Training Services Manager RIPE NCC

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LIR Portal Migration is done
by Kaveh Ranjbar 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

Dear RIPE NCC members, We are proud to announce that the LIR Portal migration project is completed. This means we migrated the LIR Portal to a completely new platform that supports the RIPE NCC's modern back-end technologies. We will be able to respond much faster to changes and will be better able to maintain the LIR Portal. Please email <sw-bugs(a)ripe.net> if you have any issue or suggestion concerning the LIR Portal. More detailed technical information will be published on RIPE Labs shortly. Kind regards, Kaveh Ranjbar, Senior Software Engineer, Business Applications Department, RIPE NCC

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RIPE 61 Starts Today
by RIPE NCC Meeting Coordinator 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

Dear Colleagues, The RIPE 61 Meeting, taking place at the Westin Excelsior in Rome, Italy, begins today at 14:00. Although online registration is now closed, it's still possible to attend RIPE 61 by registering on-site at the meeting venue. Even if you are unable to attend in person, you can take part remotely. All meeting sessions are webcast live and you can take part in discussions using the chat facility on the RIPE Meeting Live page at: http://ripe61.ripe.net/live/ Further information about how to participate remotely can be found at: http://ripe61.ripe.net/programme/remote-participation/ Regards, The RIPE Meeting Team

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RIPE NCC General Meeting - Remote Participation
by Axel Pawlik 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

Dear RIPE NCC member, The RIPE NCC Executive Board invites you to participate remotely in the the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) to be held on Wednesday, 17 November 2010. All RIPE NCC members will today receive an email from <agm(a)ripe.net> containing instructions on how to participate remotely via webcast and the chat facility. The email will contain a link that will redirect members to a secure webpage hosted by a third party, BigPulse. BigPulse will provide data that will let the Executive Board and RIPE NCC membership know the level of remote participation during the GM. The webcast itself will be hosted by the RIPE NCC. Information on BigPulse is available at: http://www.bigpulse.com/ The webcast will be active from 17:30 (UTC +1) on Wednesday, 17 November 2010. If you do not receive an email from <agm(a)ripe.net> containing the remote participation details by Tuesday, 16 November 2010, please send an email to <agm(a)ripe.net>. For more information on the GM, including the agenda, please see: https://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-november2010/ Best regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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