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IANA IPv4 Address Pool Dips Below 10%
by Paul Rendek 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

[Apologies for duplicates] Dear Colleagues, With the distribution of two /8 blocks to APNIC, the Number Resource Organization (NRO) today announced that less than ten percent of available IPv4 addresses remain unallocated. “This is a key milestone in the growth and development of the global Internet,” noted Axel Pawlik, Chairman of the NRO. “With less than ten percent of the entire IPv4 address range still available for allocation to RIRs, it is vital that the Internet community take considered and determined action to ensure the global adoption of IPv6. The limited IPv4 addresses will not allow us enough resources to achieve the ambitions we all hold for global Internet access. The deployment of IPv6 is a key infrastructure development that will enable the network to support the billions of people and devices that will connect in the coming years.” You can view the NRO press release in its entirety at: http://www.nro.net/media/less-than-10-percent-ipv4-addresses-remain-unalloc… Please contact <ncc(a)ripe.net> if you have any questions or comments. Regards, Paul Rendek Head of External Relations and Communications RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC offices closed on 25 December 2009 and 1 January 2010
by Saskia van Gorp 22 Dec '09

22 Dec '09

Dear Colleagues, Our offices will be closed on Friday 25 December (Christmas Day) and Friday 1 January (New Year's Day). Normal office hours will resume on respectively Monday 28 December 2009 and Monday 4 January 2010. The RIPE NCC wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Regards, Saskia van Gorp Front Office Manager RIPE NCC

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New RIPE NCC PGP Key
by Laura Cobley 17 Dec '09

17 Dec '09

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, On Wednesday, 6 January 2010 we will start using our 2010 key to sign e-mail from our ticketing system. The new key has been signed by the old key as described in the key-management policy on our web site: https://www.ripe.net/rs/pgp/index.html The old key remains valid until Wednesday, 10 February 2010. If you have any questions about this, please contact <ncc(a)ripe.net>. Kind Regards, Laura Cobley RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC Confirms Commitment to DNSSEC Deployment in the Root Zone
by Andrei Robachevsky 16 Dec '09

16 Dec '09

Dear Colleagues, On 1 December 2009, ICANN and VeriSign began to deploy DNSSEC across the root server system when they signed the root zone using DNSSEC. They noted that the signing would become public from January 2010, when the process of signing each of the 13 root servers in turn would begin. This process will continue until July 2010, when ICANN publishes the root zone trust anchor and root operators begin to serve the signed root zone with actual keys. On 15 December 2009, the root zone DNSSEC deployment team launched a website that provides information about DNSSEC for the root zone: http://www.root-dnssec.org/ The website is a repository for the documentation relating to the deployment of DNSSEC in the root zone, and it includes information such as technical status updates and the full timetable for the deployment of DNSSEC. The RIPE NCC, operator of K-root, confirms its commitment to support the ICANN/VeriSign initiative and coordinate with the other root zone server operators in the deployment of DNSSEC in the root zone. The RIPE NCC also provides data collection and measurements that allows monitoring of the effects the transition has on the overall performance of the root server system. This information is available on RIPE Labs at: http://labs.ripe.net/content/preparing-k-root-signed-root-zone Further details on the RIPE NCC's operation of K-root are available at: http://k.root-servers.org Best regards, Andrei Robachevsky Chief Technical Officer RIPE NCC

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2009-08 Implementation: IPv6 PI Assignments for LIRs
by Nathalie Trenaman 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that RIPE Policy Proposal 2009-08,"IPv6 Provider Independent (PI) Assignments for LIRs", has been implemented. The RIPE NCC is now ready to accept requests for IPv6 address space under the new policy. This proposal can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2009-08.html The updated "IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Policy" document is available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ipv6-policies.html The following document has also been updated to reflect this policy implementation: http://ripe.net/ripe/docs/ipv6-pi-support.html Regards, Nathalie Trenaman Registration Services RIPE NCC

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Maintenance work on NCC services - 17/11/2009
by Ben O'Hara 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails.] Dear Colleagues, On Tuesday, 17 November, between 18:00 and 21:00 (UTC), the RIPE NCC will carry out maintenance work on our infrastructure. During this period you may experience outages when trying to use the following services: - www.ripe.net We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions please contact: ops(a)ripe.net Kind regards, -- Ben O'Hara RIPE Network Coordination Center Systems Engineer Singel 258, Amsterdam, NL http://www.ripe.net +31 20 535 4444 PGP Fingerprint: 080A 52FF BF0A A7FB F176 E7DB 513D 9A3D E968 7DBC

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Maintenance work on NCC services - 12/11/2009
by Ben O'Hara 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails.] Dear Colleagues, On Thursday, 12 November, between 18:00 and 21:00 (UTC), the RIPE NCC will carry out maintenance work on our infrastructure. During this period you may experience outages when trying to use the following services: - ftp.ripe.net We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions please contact: ops(a)ripe.net Kind regards, -- Ben O'Hara RIPE Network Coordination Center Systems Engineer Singel 258, Amsterdam, NL http://www.ripe.net +31 20 535 4444 PGP Fingerprint: 080A 52FF BF0A A7FB F176 E7DB 513D 9A3D E968 7DBC

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Announcement: RIPE NCC Training Courses
by Training Mailbox 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

[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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ASO AC Call for Nominations for Seat 10 on ICANN Board
by ASO Secretariat 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear Colleagues, In line with the ASO Memorandum of Understanding and ICANN Bylaws, the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) calls for nominations for Seat Number 10 on the ICANN Board. The nomination period will close at 23:59 UTC on 10 January 2010. All candidates must sign a Letter of Certification detailing previous conduct and character. We will send this letter to each applicant along with instructions on what to do next. We are unable to consider candidates who fail to follow these instructions. If the ASO AC decides to conduct face-to-face interviews, candidates may need to travel (once) during March 2010. We expect all candidates to complete one or more questionnaires. Failure to do this by the advised deadlines may rule them out of the selection process. Submit nominations by email to nominations2010(a)aso.icann.org including the following information: - Full name of the person being nominated - Contact email address for the person being nominated - Contact telephone number (if available) of the person being nominated - Full name of the person making the nomination - Contact email address for the person making the nomination - Contact telephone number of the person making the nomination The full timeframe for the selection process is as follows: - Nomination Phase - 12 November 2009 to 10 January 2010 - Comment Phase - 11 January 2010 to 10 March 2010 - Interview Phase - 10 February 2010 to 10 March 2010 (The deadline for return of written questionnaires is 20 February 2010. Face-to-face interviews with selected candidates will take place adjacent to the ICANN meeting in Nairobi, Kenya in March 2010.) - Selection Phase - 10 March 2010 to 24 March 2010 All phases will conclude at 23:59 UTC on the date specified. Regards, The ASO Secretariat

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RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2009 - Minutes Published
by Axel Pawlik 26 Oct '09

26 Oct '09

Dear Colleagues, The minutes of the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) that was held on 7 October 2009 are now published. Links to the presentations given during the GM are included. The minutes are available at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-october2009/minutes.html If you have any questions or comments regarding the GM, please email <agm(a)ripe.net>. Best regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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