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Change of Minumum IPv4 Allocation Size
by Filiz Yilmaz 23 Dec '03

23 Dec '03

Dear Colleagues, The final date for comments on the "Last Call" on the proposal to change the minimum IPv4 allocation size to /21 ended on 22 December 2003. There were no comments made therefore we will implement this policy change on 1 January 2004. Please note that there will be two changes. Firstly, the minimum IPv4 allocation size is /21. Secondly, it is no longer required to demonstrate efficient utilisation of a /22. Our supporting documentation and software will be updated as soon as possible. Please note that /21 allocations will only come from the 83.0.0.0/8 and 84.0.0.0/8 blocks. A full listing of the "Smallest RIPE NCC Allocation / Assignment Sizes" can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/smallest-alloc-sizes.html Kind regards, Filiz Yilmaz Snr. Hostmaster RIPE NCC

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LIR Portal maintenance
by Shane Kerr 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

Dear Colleagues, On Wednesday, 17th December, between 10:00 and 11:00 CET, there will be a temporary power outage affecting the RIPE NCC LIR Portal. Expected downtime is 15 minutes. During this period the LIR Portal will be unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience that this downtime may cause to your operations. Regards, -- Shane Kerr RIPE NCC

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Version 2.0 of the LIR Portal to be released on 15 December 2003
by Paul Rendek 15 Dec '03

15 Dec '03

[Apologies for duplicate mails.] Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the release of version 2.0 of the RIPE NCC LIR Portal, the web interface that provides LIRs with simplified access to RIPE NCC services. Version 2.0 of the LIR Portal will be released on Monday, 15 December 2003. Following input received from the RIPE NCC membership, new functionality in version 2.0 of the LIR Portal includes: - Provider Aggregatable (PA) Assignment Request Wizard The wizard is designed for users that are new to the PA request form. It guides the user through the fields, automatically completes certain fields and ensures that the user supplies all the necessary information for RIPE NCC Hostmasters to evaluate the request. This wizard is offered in addition to the existing CGI PA Request Form, which is still available. - Access to multiple LIR Portal accounts LIR Portal users who are contacts for more than one LIR can now be easily added to other LIR Portal accounts and can move between accounts without having to log out and log back in again. - Training Notifications A notification message regarding upcoming training courses in a user's country will be visible on the front page of the LIR Portal as soon as the user logs in. With the release of version 2.0, users will also notice that the navigation menu has been expanded to make navigating the LIR Portal easier. Since the LIR Portal was released in January 2003, new features have been introduced including PKI functionality, the Allocation Editor, CGI request forms and access to member tools and utilities. Bug fixes and regular updates have also been made. We welcome your feedback. Comments on features of the LIR Portal should be sent to <lirportal-feedback(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Paul Rendek Head of Member Services & Communications RIPE NCC

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New Statistics Format Released
by Shane Kerr 08 Dec '03

08 Dec '03

Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC has been working with the other Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) - APNIC, ARIN, and LACNIC - to provide Internet number resource statistics in a common format and location. The RIR Statistic files summarise the current state of Internet number resources, and are intended to provide a snapshot of their status without transactional or historical details. The following changes will be made to the existing statistics files: - Addition of IPv6 allocations - Addition of Early Registry Transfer (ERX) IPv4 networks - Addition of Provider Independent (PI) assignments - MD5 checksum provided for verification - New directory - Minor changes in format The statistics in the new format are available at: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/pub/stats/ripencc/new/ And the statistics in the current format are available at: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/pub/stats/ripencc/ The RIPE NCC will continue to produce the statistics in the current and new format until 5 January 2004. On this date, the statistics will be in the new format at: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/pub/stats/ripencc/ Statistics previously generated will be available at: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/pub/stats/ripencc/old/ Documentation of the format of these files may be found at: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/pub/stats/ripencc/new/RIR-Statistics-Exchange-Format.txt -- Shane Kerr Software Engineering Department Manager RIPE NCC

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Deprecation of "cross-nfy:" and "cross-mnt:" attributes in the RIPE Whois Database
by Katie Petrusha 05 Dec '03

05 Dec '03

[ Apologies for duplicate messages ] Dear colleagues, "cross-nfy:" and "cross-mnt:" attributes will be deprecated in the RIPE Whois Database by 1 February 2004. The RIPE Whois Database previously had a cross notification mechanism. This mechanism used "cross-nfy:" and "cross-mnt:" attributes of route and aut-num objects to notify particular maintainers and contacts when an overlapping route object had been added or removed. In May 2003, this mechanism was deprecated, as it is already covered by Routing Policy System Security functionality. In March 2003, the proposal was circulated to deprecate "cross-nfy:" and "cross-mnt:" attributes in the RIPE Whois Database as they are no longer needed: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail-archives/db-wg/2003/msg00035.html Approximately 180 aut-num and 620 route objects will be affected by this change. These objects should be modified before 1 February 2003 and the "cross-nfy:" and/or "cross-mnt:" attributes should be removed from them. As soon as these attributes have been deprecated, they will not be accepted in the RIPE Whois Database. Therefore, we encourage everyone to make the necessary modifications in advance. The RIPE Database Administration will update the objects still requiring modifications to change deprecated attributes into "remarks:" attributes. No individual notifications will be sent. Relevant maintainers will be notified via the usual RIPE Whois Database notification mechanism. This information can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/db/cross_nfy_mnt_deprecation.html -- Katie Petrusha Software Engineering Department RIPE NCC

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Domain Cleanup Proposal
by RIPE Database Manager 04 Dec '03

04 Dec '03

Dear Colleagues, Please be aware that a Domain Clean-up Proposal has been sent to the Database WG mailing list: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail-archives/db-wg/2003/msg00738.html To comment on the proposal and to follow the discussion please use the Database WG mailing list. Regards, -- Can Bican Software Engineering Department RIPE NCC

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Call for presenations
by Kurt Erik Lindqvist 03 Dec '03

03 Dec '03

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Maintenance on RIPE Whois Server, 28 November 2003
by DB-News 27 Nov '03

27 Nov '03

Dear Colleagues, [apologies for duplicate messages] Tomorrow, 28 November 2003, we need to perform a maintenance work on the RIPE Whois Server for hardware replacement. During the maintenance work, - Whois Database updates will be stopped, - all update mails to auto-dbm(a)ripe.net will be queued to be processed later, - Webupdate and syncupdate interfaces will be unavailable, - The whois queries will _not_ be interrupted. The maintenance work will start at 07:00 UTC (08:00 Amsterdam time) on 28 November 2003, Friday, and expected to last 2 to 3 hours. We apologise for the inconvenience caused, and we are sorry for the short notice. Please do not hesitate to contact ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net for any questions. Best regards, -- Engin Gunduz Software Engineering Department RIPE NCC

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Final Reminder - RIPE NCC Dubai Meeting, Dec. 2003
by Membership Liason Officer 24 Nov '03

24 Nov '03

[Apologies for duplicate mails] Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC Regional Meeting, Middle East, will be held 7 - 9 December 2003 at the Taj Palace Hotel, Dubai, U.A.E. The meeting will focus on Internet resource management issues. Attendance to the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting is free of charge. However, attendees are responsible for covering their own travel and accommodation costs. AGENDA The agenda has been recently updated with more information about speakers and presentations. For the full agenda, please see: http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/regional-meetings/dubai-2003/plan.html REGISTRATION To register for the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting, Middle East, please see: http://www.ripe.net/cgi-bin/dubai-reg HOTEL RESERVATIONS: The RIPE NCC has arranged for a block of rooms to be held for meeting attendees at the Metropolitan Palace Hotel and the Metropolitan Hotel Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai. There are a limited number of rooms available. Please note that rooms will be held only until 25 November 2003. After this date we cannot guarantee room availability. To reserve a room directly with the hotel, please use the reservation forms at: http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/regional-meetings/dubai-2003/hotel-information.… Any further questions about the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting, Middle East, can be sent directly to: <contact(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Sabrina Wilmot Membership Liaison Officer RIPE NCC

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new autohm?
by Joerg Schumacher 14 Nov '03

14 Nov '03

Hi! In order to comply with the IPv4 address allocation and assignment policies we pass each and every address request to our local copy of the auto-hm email-robot. Gives us nice automatic record keeping and avoids silly miscalculations in the addressing plan. The latest version is AFAIK available as ftp://ftp.ripe.net/tools/autohm.1.25.tar.gz Unfortunately this version doesn't know how to handle ripe-283 forms. The "RIPE NCC Tools for Members" page http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/mem-services/tools/ lists the same version. Before we start to modify our local copy: Any plans at RIPE NCC to provide an updated version? Thanks in advance, Joerg -- Gaertner Datensysteme 38114 Braunschweig Joerg Schumacher Hamburger Str. 273a Tel: 0531-2335555 Fax: 0531-2335556

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