March 1995 - ripe-list - mailman.ripe.net

news about the NSFNET Backbone Service
by epg＠merit.edu 31 Mar '95

31 Mar '95

Enclosed are several messages concerning the retirement of the NSFNET Backbone Service. Serveral nodes have been retired and the entire service will cease on April 30, 1995. I thought these changes might be of interest to the RIPE community, but I was not sure what was the correct list to recieve these. --Elise ------------------------first message

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RIPE21: Hotel information
by RIPE NCC Staff 31 Mar '95

31 Mar '95

General Information You can reservate rooms until the 20th of April, please use credit cards. To benefit from the cheap rate stipulated with CNR, please, mention to be RIPE meeting partecipants when you make a booking. CNR address is P.zzale Aldo Moro,7. From Leonardo da Vinci Airport you can take the Air Terminal train that arrives to Termini Station, from there and for further information about the area around the meeting site and the bus stops please look the available map. Hotel List Hotel Atlantico Ref. 1 in City Map (****) Hotel Massimo D'Azeglio Ref. 2 in City Map (****) Hotel Mediterraneo Ref. 3 in City Map (****) Hotel San Giorgio Ref. 4 in City Map (****) Hotel Canada Ref. 5 in City Map (***) Hotel Galles Ref. 6 in City Map (***) Hotel Advanture Ref. 7 in City Map (**) Hotel Palladium Ref. 8 in City Map (***) Hotel Patria Ref. 9 in City Map (***) Hotel Bled Ref. 10 in City Map (***) Hotel Globus Ref. 11 in City Map (***) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hotel Atlantico (Ref. 1) Via Cavour, 23 00184 Rome Italy phone: +39 (6) 485951 Single room: Lit. 149.000 (breakfast and tax included) Double room: Lit. 200.000 (breakfast and tax included) Bus near the hotel to meeting venue : 310 or 492 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hotel Massimo D'Azeglio (Ref. 2) Via Cavour, 18 00184 Rome Italy phone: +39 (6) 4880646 fax: +39 (6) 4827386 Single room: Lit. 170.000 (breakfast and tax included) Double room: Lit. 229.000 (breakfast and tax included) Bus near the hotel to meeting venue: 310 or 492 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hotel Mediterraneo (Ref. 3) Via Cavour, 15 00184 Rome Italy phone: +39 (6) 4884051 Fax: +39 (6) 4744105 Single room: Lit. 198.000 (breakfast and tax included) Double room: Lit. 264.000 (breakfast and tax included) Bus near the hotel to meeting venue: 310 or 492 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hotel San Giorgio (Ref. 4) Via G. Amendola, 61 00185 Rome Italy Phone: +39 (6) 4827341 Fax: +39 (6) 4883191 Single room: Lit. 149.000 (breakfast and tax included) Double room: Lit. 200.000 (breakfast and tax included) Bus near the hotel to meeting venue: 310 or 492 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hotel Canada (Ref. 5) Via Vicenza, 58 00185 Roma Italy Phone: +39 (6) 4457770 Fax: +39 (6) 4450749 Double room: Lit. 165.000 (breakfast and tax included) Bus near the hotel to meeting venue: 492 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hotel Galles (Ref. 6) Viale Castro Pretorio, 66 00185 Roma Italy Phone: +39 (6) 4454741 Fax: +39 (6) 4456993 Single room: Lit. 175.000 (breakfast and tax included) Double room: Lit. 250.000 (breakfast and tax included) Bus near the hotel to meeting venue: 492 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hotel Advanture (Ref. 7) Via Palestro, 88 00185 Roma Italy Phone: +39 (6) 4469026 Fax: +39 (6) 4460084 Double room: Lit. 130.000 (breakfast and tax included) Bus near the hotel to meeting venue: 310 or 492 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hotel Palladium (Ref. 8) Via Gioberti, 36 00185 Roma Italy Phone: +39 (6) 4466918 Fax: +39 (6) 4466937 Single room: LIt. 153.000 (breakfast and tax included) Double room: Lit. 198.000 (breakfast and tax included) Bus to meeting venue: 310 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hotel Patria (Ref. 9) Via Torino, 36 00184 Roma Italy Phone: +39 (6) 4880756 Fax: +39 (6) 4814872 Single room: Lit. 145.000 (breakfast and tax included) Double room: Lit. 224.000 (breakfast and tax included) Bus near the hotel to meeting venue: 310 or 492 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hotel Bled (Ref. 10) Via Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, 40 00185 Roma Italy Phone: +39 (6) 7027808 Fax: +39 (6) 7027935 Single room: Lit. 130.000 (breakfast and tax included) Double room: Lit. 190.000 (breakfast and tax included) Bus near the hotel to meeting venue: 9 and 310 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hotel Globus (Ref. 11) Viale Ippocrate, 119 00161 Roma Italy Phone: +39 (6) 4457001 Fax: +39 (6) 4941062 Single room: Lit.170.000 (breakfast and tax included) Double room: Lit. 210.000 (breakfast and tax included) Bus near the hotel to meeting venue: 310 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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RIPE21: What to do if you need visas
by RIPE NCC Staff 31 Mar '95

31 Mar '95

Dear RIPE meeting attendees, This letter is intended for all of you who need a visa to come to Italy for the 21th RIPE meeting. Since getting visas takes generally more time then one expects I would suggest you apply for a visa as fast as possible. On request, we can send you an invitation. If you want us to send an invitation, please tell us how many days and which days you are planning to stay. If, after the RIPE meeting, you want to stay some additional days we can invite you for some "technical meetings" after the RIPE meeting. Furthermore, please give also your full name, birth date and passport number. If we mention these data in our invitation to you, it could facilitate getting visa. If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact me, David Kessens RIPE NCC

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RIPE21: Meeting registration form
by RIPE NCC Staff 31 Mar '95

31 Mar '95

21th RIPE meeting Registration reservation form Roma, Italia May 8-10th, 1995 %%%%%%%%%%% PLEASE NOTE %%%%%%%%%%% Our handling of ALL meeting registrations is fully automated. To register for the meeting, please complete the registration form and send it to <meeting(a)ripe.net>. PLEASE FILL THIS OUT AS SPECIFIED. Please add in a value in the `box' area marked between the square brackets (i.e. "[" and "]" s). Note this is what will be used for your badge if you have requested one and for the attendee list so please take care to fill it in correctly. You will receive a notification message that your request has been processed. If however, you have any questions about the meeting or your registration form, please send your completed form to <ncc(a)ripe.net>. Many thanks, David Kessens RIPE NCC ============================================================================== %START PART 1 - Registration 1) Your name Enter First name, Last name in FULL (remember this is on list and badge) e.g. John Doe Mary-Beth Walton # NAME [ ] 2) I already have a RIPE badge from a previous meeting. If yes please enter Y in the box below. If no please enter N in the box below. # BADGE [ ] 3) Your Organisation/Institution # ORG [ ] 4) Your e-mail address # EMAIL [ ] 5) Country code of organisation e.g. IT FR EU # CTRY [ ] %END

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RIPE21: Meeting Announcement
by RIPE NCC Staff 31 Mar '95

31 Mar '95

Dear All, This message is to announce the 21th RIPE meeting in Rome. We would like to encourage everybody and especially our new contributors to come to the 21th RIPE meeting. The meeting is hosted and organised by GARR/CNR. Antonio Blasco Bonito is the organiser with help from colleagues at CNR. If you are planning to attend the coming RIPE meeting, please help us by registering for the meeting as soon as possible. This really helps in planning enough food, coffee and seats for everyone ie. if you want to get your Italian lunch (without milk ;-)) register now! Don't forget to book your hotel as long as possible in advance. May is an extremely busy conference month in Rome. You need to do your hotel reservation *before* April 20. Information about hotels and the meeting venue are available at the www site of CNR and the RIPE NCC ftp server. We plan to announce a draft agenda 2 weeks prior to the meeting. There will be a separate announcement close to the start of the meeting about the traditional RIPE Meeting Evening Dinner. Kind regards, David Kessens RIPE NCC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- R I P E meeting announcement ============================ (This announcement can also be viewed using "finger meeting(a)ncc.ripe.net") This is to announce that the 21th RIPE meeting will take place: Dates: 8th May, 1995 begin: 09:00 9th May, 1995 10th May, 1995 end: 16:00 The Working Group and special interest group sessions will be scheduled for May 8 (full day) and May 9 (09:00-12:30). The plenary RIPE meeting will take place at May 9 (14:00-18:00) and May 10 (09:00-16:00). Venue: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche P.le Aldo Moro, 7 (Old name: P. delle Scienze) I-00185 Roma Host: GARR/CNR Registration: Please use the registration form to give notice of your coming as soon as possible. The Registration form can be obtained from: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/ripe21.registration and will also be mailed as a separate message. Agenda: The draft agenda will be published 2 weeks before the meeting starts. It will be available at: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/ripe21.draft.agenda General Information: -------------------- Currency information (950329): 1 ECU = L 2246,- 1 US$ = L 1700,- 1 DFL = L 1100,- 1 UK# = L 2742,- All information about the RIPE meeting can be obtained from: http://www.iasi.rm.cnr.it/ripe/ripe.html OR ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/ The README file in this directory contains a short description about the files available in the ftp directory, the CHANGES file contains information about (important) updates of the general information regarding the meeting: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/README ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/CHANGES Maps of Roma: http://www.iasi.rm.cnr.it/ripe/romemap.html http://www.iasi.rm.cnr.it/ripe/hotelmap.html OR ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/ripe21.map.rome.ps ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/ripe21.map.termini.ps How do I get there: ------------------- From the airport Fiumicino/Leonardo da Vinci: Take the direct non-stop train from the airport to Stazione di Termini. The train costs L 13,000 and will bring you within 30 minutes at the station. Trains depart about every 30 minutes but they might have some delays! On departure from Roma to the airport, get your train tickets from a special ticket office along platform 22. Taxis from the airport to the station (45 minutes) cost about L 60,000. The meeting site and hotels are all close to Stazione di Termini. Details of the hotels (less then 15 minute walk) to the meeting venue can be obtained from: http://www.iasi.rm.cnr.it/ripe/hotellist.html OR ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/ripe21.hotels Check the following map how to get from the station to the venue/your hotel: http://www.iasi.rm.cnr.it/ripe/hotelmap.html OR ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/ripe21.map.termini.ps Public Transport: ----------------- You can buy your bus/metro/train tickets from the automatic ticket machines *before* entering the bus/metro/train. One can pay with coins or bills. Bus/metro tickets cost L 1500,-. It might be easier to walk from most hotels to the venue. All recommended hotels are within a 15 minute walk distance to the venue. Taxis from the hotels to the meeting venue should cost about L 10,000,- depending in which hotel you stay. Tourist and other information about Roma is available from: ----------------------------------------------------------- http://campidoglio.caspur.it/ The text is in Italian but there are many pictures available which give a good impression of Roma. There will also be a document in the document store with some information about the more important touristic sites/museums in Roma: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/ripe21.tourist.info R I P E meeting announcement ============================ (This announcement can also be viewed using "finger meeting(a)ncc.ripe.net") This is to announce that the 21th RIPE meeting will take place: Dates: 8th May, 1995 begin: 09:00 9th May, 1995 10th May, 1995 end: 16:00 The Working Group and special interest group sessions will be scheduled for May 8 (full day) and May 9 (09:00-12:30). The plenary RIPE meeting will take place at May 9 (14:00-18:00) and May 10 (09:00-16:00). Venue: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche P.le Aldo Moro, 7 (Old name: P. delle Scienze) I-00185 Roma Host: GARR/CNR Registration: Please use the registration form to give notice of your coming as soon as possible. The Registration form can be obtained from: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/ripe21.registration and will also be mailed as a separate message. Agenda: The draft agenda will be published 2 weeks before the meeting starts. It will be available at: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/ripe21.draft.agenda General Information: -------------------- Currency information (950329): 1 ECU = L 2246,- 1 US$ = L 1700,- 1 DFL = L 1100,- 1 UK# = L 2742,- All information about the RIPE meeting can be obtained from: http://www.iasi.rm.cnr.it/ripe/ripe.html OR ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/ The README file in this directory contains a short description about the files available in the ftp directory, the CHANGES file contains information about (important) updates of the general information regarding the meeting: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/README ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/CHANGES Maps of Roma: http://www.iasi.rm.cnr.it/ripe/romemap.html http://www.iasi.rm.cnr.it/ripe/hotelmap.html OR ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/ripe21.map.rome.ps ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/ripe21.map.termini.ps How do I get there: ------------------- From the airport Fiumicino/Leonardo da Vinci: Take the direct non-stop train from the airport to Stazione di Termini. The train costs L 13,000 and will bring you within 30 minutes at the station. Trains depart about every 30 minutes but they might have some delays! On departure from Roma to the airport, get your train tickets from a special ticket office along platform 22. Taxis from the airport to the station (45 minutes) cost about L 60,000. The meeting site and hotels are all close to Stazione di Termini. Details of the hotels (less then 15 minute walk) to the meeting venue can be obtained from: http://www.iasi.rm.cnr.it/ripe/hotellist.html OR ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/ripe21.hotels Check the following map how to get from the station to the venue/your hotel: http://www.iasi.rm.cnr.it/ripe/hotelmap.html OR ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/ripe21.map.termini.ps Public Transport: ----------------- You can buy your bus/metro/train tickets from the automatic ticket machines *before* entering the bus/metro/train. One can pay with coins or bills. Bus/metro tickets cost L 1500,-. It might be easier to walk from most hotels to the venue. All recommended hotels are within a 15 minute walk distance to the venue. Taxis from the hotels to the meeting venue should cost about L 10,000,- depending in which hotel you stay. Tourist and other information about Roma is available from: ----------------------------------------------------------- http://campidoglio.caspur.it/ The text is in Italian but there are many pictures available which give a good impression of Roma. There will also be a document in the document store with some information about the more important touristic sites/museums in Roma: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/ripe21.tourist.info

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RIPE20: Draft Minutes available: ripe-m-20
by RIPE NCC 31 Mar '95

31 Mar '95

RIPE Minutes Announcement ------------------------- The RIPE20 draft minutes are now available from the RIPE document store : ripe-m-20 20th meeting 1995 January NIKHEF/CWI - Amsterdam Kind regards, The RIPE NCC Publishing department FTP Access ---------- All RIPE minutes (and more) are available via anonymous FTP from host ftp.ripe.net. Type "ftp ftp.ripe.net". Login with username "anonymous" supplying your email address as the password. After logging in, type "cd ripe/minutes/" followed by the command "get filename". The relevant filenames for this document are: ripe-m-20.txt for the ASCII version ripe-m-20.ps for the PostScript version Electronic Mail Retrieval of Documents -------------------------------------- Documents can also be retrieved from the RIPE document store using a mail server program. For more information on how to use the program, send email to: mail-server(a)ripe.net with "send HELP" in the body text. RIPE NCC Interactive Information Server --------------------------------------- Type "telnet info.ripe.net". This is a menu driven service allows the document store to be browsed. After reading documents you are prompted as to whether you would like to receive an email copy of the document you have just read. If you would, you simply enter your email address and the document will be mailed to you. Below are details of alternative methods of access. Gopher Access ------------- The same documents are available via a "gopher" server at "gopher gopher.ripe.net". WWW Access ---------- For those who wish to add this home page at the RIPE NCC to their own customized home pages, it can be accessed as: http://www.ripe.net MIME Mail Reader ---------------- Below is the data which will enable a MIME compliant Mail Reader implementation to automatically retrieve the RIPE document by FTP or mail server. SEND ripe/minutes/ripe-m-20.txt

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ENSS 133 retired
by epg＠merit.edu 31 Mar '95

31 Mar '95

As of March 31, 1995, the NSFNET Backbone Service to NYSERnet, Cornell Theory Center, and PSI at Ithaca, NY (ENSS 133) will be retired. This termination of service means that there are two regional networks, SURAnet and NYSERnet, which are totally dependent on their new service providers, internetMCI and Sprintlink. In addition, the Cornell Theory Center is the first super- computer center to terminate its dependence on the NSFNET Backbone Service. Merit thanks NYSERnet, Cornell Theory Center, and PSI for their cooperation since 1988 and during the transition. --Elise -------------------end of forwarded messages

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ENSS 136 retired
by Elise Gerich 24 Mar '95

24 Mar '95

As of March 22, 1995, the NSFNET Backbone Service to SURAnet at College Park, Maryland (ENSS 136) was retired. This node was also the interconnection point with MAE-East. All NSFNET service directly to the SURAnet regional was eliminated with the retirement of ENSS 136. SURAnet is the first regional to be totally dependent upon its new service provider. The NSFNET Backbone service will continue to have connectivity to MAE-East+ until April 30, 1995. --Elise -----------------------third message

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Questionnaire
by Fabio Mariani 17 Mar '95

17 Mar '95

Dear colleague, we are epidemiologists of the Italian National Research Council interested in exploring the potentiality of INTERNET for performing some epidemiological investigations at international level. As far as we know it is the first attemp of this type in epidemiological research. If you are interested in joining, you are kindly requested to fill in the following questionnaire for one day (at your choice) in the week 27 March - 1 April 1995 and send it back to (EPID(a)CNUCE.CNR.IT) We will pleased to answer any questions concerning the results of the investigation (a gopher named "EPID.CNUCE.CNR.IT" will be available at the IP port =7000). Thank you very much for your co-operation Yours sincerely Fabio Mariani Fabrizio Bianchi Departement of Epidemiology Institute of Clinical Physiology National Research Council - ITALY e-mail: marifa(a)nsifc.ifc.pi.cnr.it +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QUESTIONNAIRE What country do you work in? !______________________________! How many people live in the town where you work? !__! Up to 100,000 !__! From 100,000 to 500,000 !__! From 500,000 to 1,000,000 !__! Greater than 1,000,000 Sex? Male !__! Female !__! When were you born? Year: !__!__!__!__! What is the highest level of schooling that you have completed? !__! Completed primary school or less !__! Secondary school !__! Completed secondary school !__! College or university !__! completed college or university !__! Don't know, or does not apply How long have you been working with a video terminal (VDT) or a personal computer (PC)? (if less than 1 year code 1) (Years) !__!__! The next three questions require information abaut your habits during the last 30 days. How many hours have you worked weekly with a VDT or PC? (number of hours) !__!__! How many times (if any) have you staed up until the small hours working with a VDT or PC? (number of occasion) !__!__! Which of the following best describes your average distance from the screen? !__! Up to 15 inches !__! 15-30 inches !__! greater tan 30 inches On how many occasions (if any) have you ever had any of the following problems for which you have taken medicine or consulted a physician? Number of occasions in your lifetime Never 1-2 3-5 6-9 10 or more pain in the lower back !__! !__! !__! !__! !__! pain in the neck !__! !__! !__! !__! !__! pain in the shoulder !__! !__! !__! !__! !__! puffy eyes !__! !__! !__! !__! !__! weak eyesight !__! !__! !__! !__! !__! a severe headache !__! !__! !__! !__! !__! Number of occasions during the last 12 months Never 1-2 3-5 6-9 10 or more pain in the lower back !__! !__! !__! !__! !__! pain in the neck !__! !__! !__! !__! !__! pain in the shoulder !__! !__! !__! !__! !__! puffy eyes !__! !__! !__! !__! !__! weak eyesight !__! !__! !__! !__! !__! a severe headache !__! !__! !__! !__! !__! Number of accasions during the last 30 days Never 1-2 3-5 6-9 10 or more pain in the lower back !__! !__! !__! !__! !__! pain in the neck !__! !__! !__! !__! !__! pain in the shoulder !__! !__! !__! !__! !__! puffy eyes !__! !__! !__! !__! !__! weak eyesight !__! !__! !__! !__! !__! a severe headache !__! !__! !__! !__! !__! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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2nd Call for Proposals - Telematics Applications Programme
by martin＠terena.nl 14 Mar '95

14 Mar '95

(Apologies if you recieve this more than once). The 2nd Call for Proposals for the Telematics Applications Programme is now available on the TERENA World-Wide Web server: http://www.terena.nl/telematics/cfp.html The closing date for submission of proposals is the 15th June 1995. This call addresses the following sectors: Area / Sector (designations from | Task Numbers the Work-Programme) | ______________________________________|____________________________________ | Area B: Telematics for Knowledge | | Sector B/5- Libraries | All | Area D: Horizontal RTD activities: | | Sector D/11 - Telematics Engineering | All | Sector D/12 - Language Engineering | LE 2.1 and LE 2.2 | Sector D/13 - Information Engineering | All | Area E: Programme Support Actions | The Programme Support Actions topics | open in this call will be announced | to all persons who have expressed an | interest in Area E, as soon as the | results of the first call have been | analysed, and by mid-April at the | latest. This call will address only | those topics not covered sufficiently | in the first call. You can retrieve a complete Proposers Pack by ftp from: ftp://ftp.terena.nl/telematics/proposers-pack-PS.tar.Z (Postscript) ftp://ftp.terena.nl/telematics/proposers-pack-RTF.tar.Z (RTF) or you can use the WWW form to order one by surface mail. Specific queries about the call should be addressed to the European Commission <telematics(a)mhsg.cec.be> and _not_ to me. Feel free to pass this on. John

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RIPE NCC Staff Position: Junior Hostmaster
by Daniel Karrenberg 14 Mar '95

14 Mar '95

Please distribute this announcement to all possibly interested parties. Thank you RIPE: Coordinating the Internet in Europe. Due to the continuing explosive growth of the European Internet there is an immediate opening at the RIPE NCC for a Junior Hostmaster Every host directly connected to the Internet needs an address. NCC hostmasters play a key role in the distribution of the Internet address space throughout Europe. Duties The general duties NCC hostmasters comprise: - to handle all address space related requests - to help maintain the databases the RIPE NCC keeps - to propose new activities, where needed - to report to the RIPE NCC Manager The specific duties of the junior hostmaster are: - to allocate address space to local Internet registries - to support local registries where needed - to assign address space - to review assignments made by other registries - to answer address space related queries - to refer non-routine requests to appropriate senior staff Almost all communications with customers and other organisations involved in Internet address space assignment is via the Internet itself. The position provides an excellent opportunity to work at the very heart of the European Internet industry. Qualifications Essential - willingness to learn quickly about the Internet environment - ability to perform administrative tasks reliably - good knowledge of written and spoken English - good communication skills - ability to learn and use Unix and X-windows based computer tools Desirable - work experience in an international environment - previous exposure to the Internet - basic experience with Unix and X-windows based computer tools The position is suitable both for those with administrative skills willing to learn about the Internet and to recent graduates with Internet experience willing to do administrative work. Female applicants and applicants from all European countries are explicitly encouraged. Depending on their ambitions and abilities junior hostmasters can be promoted to senior positions at the NCC. R I P E RIPE (Reseaux IP Europeens) is a collaborative organisation open to all European Internet service providers. The objective of RIPE is to ensure the necessary administrative and technical coordination to allow the operation of a pan- European IP network. RIPE does not operate a network of its own. RIPE has been functioning since 1989. Currently more than 80 organisations participate in the work. The result of the RIPE coordination effort is that the individual end-user is presented on his desk top with a uniform IP service irrespective of the particular network his or her workstation is attached to. In January 1995 1197911 hosts were registered on RIPE coordinated networks. The total number of systems reachable on the Internet worldwide is estimated at almost five million. R I P E N C C The RIPE Network Coordination Centre supports all those RIPE activities which cannot be effectively performed by volunteers from the participating organisations. Besides supporting RIPE activities in general the NCC provides the following services to network operators: o NETWORK MANAGEMENT DATABASE containing information about address space, routing, DNS domains and contact persons o DELEGATED INTERNET REGISTRY a clearing house distributing IP address space o RIPE INTERNET ROUTING REGISTRY o RIPE DOCUMENT STORE o RIPE INTERACTIVE INFORMATION SERVICE A detailed description of these activities can be found in the RIPE NCC Activity Plan (document ripe-110). This document can be obtained from the RIPE document store. The RIPE NCC is currently staffed by 5 full time employees: one NCC manager three NCC technical staff one NCC administrative staff In addition there is a conscienscious objector performing administrative duties. The NCC is funded by all Internet service providers in Europe who operate local Internet registries. NCC staff are formally employed by TERENA. TERENA TERENA is the European Association of research networking organisations and their users. TERENA has been created by a merger of the RARE and EARN associations. TERENA carries out technical activities and provides a platform for discussion and education to encourage the development of a high-quality computer networking infrastructure for the European research community. Conditions RIPE NCC personnel is employed by the TERENA association under their standard employment conditions. The salary will depend on qualifications and experience. Costs of relocation to the Netherlands will be met. The appointment will be for one year with possible extension. Location The RIPE NCC is located at the Scientific Center Watergraafsmeer (WCW) in Amsterdam. The offices will be situated at NIKHEF, the Dutch National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics. Further Information For further information about the RIPE NCC, please see the RIPE document store at http://www.ripe.net/ ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ gopher://gopher.ripe.net/ telnet://info.ripe.net/ For further information about this position please contact: Daniel Karrenberg RIPE NCC Manager Kruislaan 409 NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam Netherlands Tel.: +31 20 592 5065 <Daniel.Karrenberg(a)ripe.net> How to Apply Applications, including a CV and references should be submitted in confidence to the address above and should be received no later than Friday March 24th 1994.

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First ENSS retired
by Elise Gerich 14 Mar '95

14 Mar '95

The first router of the NSFNET backbone service has been retired. ENSS 138 (in Atlanta, Georgia) was retired on March 11, 1995. It was a pleasure working with Georgia Tech and SURAnet to provide connectivity to the NSFNET Backbone for that part of the US. One down. --Elise ------------------------second message

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hostcount for .am
by Mirjam Kuehne 06 Mar '95

06 Mar '95

Dear all, I have missed the .am domain in the hostcount. It is not possible to recalculate the european hostcount for last month but I have included the output for .am in the ftp directory ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/hostcount. The result is attached below. Next month it will be included in the table. Regards, Mirjam CY SOA COUNTED DUPL REAL CHANGE ============================================================ am 3 21 2 19 + 19

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Re: problems with 194.in-addr.arpa (update)
by Geert Jan de Groot 06 Mar '95

06 Mar '95

I have been in touch with the Internic and the problem has been resolved at the primary root nameserver. It looks like the secondaries have picked this up too. If your nameservers have bad NS records for 194.in-addr.arpa, please restart them. There is nothing more the RIPE NCC can do at this time. The bad records need to be timed out, which only time (and a few restarts!) can do. Again my apologies for the inconvienence caused by this problem, which is was out of our control. Kind regards, Geert Jan de Groot RIPE NCC staff ---- Old message: (Message outbox:4283) -- using template mhl.format -- Date: Mon, 06 Mar 1995 00:51:52 MET To: ripe-list(a)ripe.net, ripe-op(a)ripe.net From: Geert Jan de Groot <GeertJan.deGroot(a)ripe.net> Subject: Severe problems with 194.in-addr.arpa X-Organization: RIPE Network Coordination Centre X-Phone: +31 20 592 5065 Probably due to an administrative error, the Internic replaced the NS records for 194.in-addr.arpa with something incorrect. This means that reverse-lookups for netnumbers starting with 194.in-addr.arpa will fail, and anonymous ftp, etc, will likely not work. The RIPE NCC does not have means to reach the Internic people at home in the weekend. This means that the problem can only be fixed as soon as we can get in touch of someone. I have used all means available to me, but these do not include phone numbers of people at home so unless someone is monitoring his private mailbox, we will be stuck with this for Monday at least. What can you do? 1. Don't call the NCC ;-). The problem is known, but out of our control. I have done my utmost to get in touch with the Internic already. There is nothing more I can do now. 2. Don't call the Internic either ;-). They have been informed though private channels (which doesn't include home phone numbers. By calling them you would make their overload worse! 3. Check ns.internic.net for new zone information for this zone. As soon as it is updated, please reload your local nameservers to delete the old (bad) records in the cache. 4. In emergency cases, consider running a stealth secondary for 194.in-addr.arpa, primary is ns.ripe.net [193.0.0.193]. To avoid overload, please only consider this in emergency cases! We fully understand the consequences of this problem, but it is out of control of the RIPE NCC. We apologise for any inconvienence caused by (probably) a software error at the Internic. Kind regards, Geert Jan de Groot RIPE NCC --8<--nip-nip--------------------------------------------------------------- Geert Jan de Groot, 'Typos hapen' RIPE NCC, Kruislaan 409, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands Internet:GeertJan.deGroot@ripe.net Phone:+31 20 5925065 FAX:+31 20 5925090 (Message inbox:2308) -- using template mhl.format -- Date: Sun, 05 Mar 1995 15:18:04 MET To: nanog(a)merit.edu From: Per Gregers Bilse <bilse(a)EU.net> Subject: URGENT: ns.internic.net blown Replied: Mon, 06 Mar 1995 00:14:22 +0100 Replied: staff(a)ripe.net Replied: Per Gregers Bilse <bilse(a)eu.net> Replied: nanog(a)merit.edu Organization: EUnet Communications Services BV Sender: Per Gregers Bilse <bilse(a)EU.net> X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.2 4/12/91) Can somebody get in touch with the right people? ns.internic.net has blown 194.in-addr.arpa . Can't get anybody on the telephone. --- Forwarded mail from Stef Van Dessel <stef(a)INnet.net> From: Stef Van Dessel <stef(a)INnet.net> Subject: NS records for 194.in-addr.arpa To: ripe-op(a)ripe.net Date: Sun, 5 Mar 1995 14:31:12 +0100 (MET) hello, I'm thinking someone screwed up, somewhere.: NS records for 194.in-addr.arpa are $&"%. ; <<>> DiG 2.0 <<>> @ns.internic.net -x ns ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY , status: NOERROR, id: 10 ;; flags: qr rd ; Ques: 1, Ans: 2, Auth: 2, Addit: 2 ;; QUESTIONS: ;; 194.in-addr.arpa, type = NS, class = IN ;; ANSWERS: 194.in-addr.arpa. 518400 NS DNS1.KEMA.NL. 194.in-addr.arpa. 518400 NS NS1.SURFNET.NL. ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS: 194.in-addr.arpa. 518400 NS DNS1.KEMA.NL. 194.in-addr.arpa. 518400 NS NS1.SURFNET.NL. ;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS: DNS1.KEMA.NL. 68866 A 194.53.253.50 NS1.SURFNET.NL. 518400 A 192.87.106.101 ;; Sent 1 pkts, answer found in time: 739 msec ;; FROM: news.INbe.net to SERVER: ns.internic.net 198.41.0.4 ;; WHEN: Sun Mar 5 14:24:23 1995 ;; MSG SIZE sent: 34 rcvd: 146 - -- Stef Van Dessel stef(a)INbe.net INnet support Posthoflei 3, B-2600 Berchem, Belgium Office: +32-3-2814983 Fax: +32-3-2814985 - -- Stef Van Dessel stef(a)INbe.net INnet support Posthoflei 3, B-2600 Berchem, Belgium Office: +32-3-2814983 Fax: +32-3-2814985 --- End of forwarded message from Stef Van Dessel <stef(a)INnet.net> The correct list of nameservers is: ;; ANSWERS: 194.in-addr.arpa. 518400 NS ns.uu.net. 194.in-addr.arpa. 518400 NS layon.inria.fr. 194.in-addr.arpa. 518400 NS sunic.sunet.se. 194.in-addr.arpa. 518400 NS munnari.oz.au. 194.in-addr.arpa. 518400 NS sparky.arl.mil. 194.in-addr.arpa. 518400 NS ns.ripe.net. 194.in-addr.arpa. 518400 NS ns.eu.net. This is causing bad problems for everybody in 194.* . Hummm ... as a side-issue, is it too much to ask that widely publicized 24hour emergency telephone numbers exist for root nameserver operations? -- bilse, EUnet NOC +31 20 592 5110; 24hr +31 20 592 5165 (emergencies only) EUnet Comm. Svcs. +31 20 623 3803; fax +31 20 622 4657 http://www.EU.net

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Severe problems with 194.in-addr.arpa
by Geert Jan de Groot 06 Mar '95

06 Mar '95

Probably due to an administrative error, the Internic replaced the NS records for 194.in-addr.arpa with something incorrect. This means that reverse-lookups for netnumbers starting with 194.in-addr.arpa will fail, and anonymous ftp, etc, will likely not work. The RIPE NCC does not have means to reach the Internic people at home in the weekend. This means that the problem can only be fixed as soon as we can get in touch of someone. I have used all means available to me, but these do not include phone numbers of people at home so unless someone is monitoring his private mailbox, we will be stuck with this for Monday at least. What can you do? 1. Don't call the NCC ;-). The problem is known, but out of our control. I have done my utmost to get in touch with the Internic already. There is nothing more I can do now. 2. Don't call the Internic either ;-). They have been informed though private channels (which doesn't include home phone numbers. By calling them you would make their overload worse! 3. Check ns.internic.net for new zone information for this zone. As soon as it is updated, please reload your local nameservers to delete the old (bad) records in the cache. 4. In emergency cases, consider running a stealth secondary for 194.in-addr.arpa, primary is ns.ripe.net [193.0.0.193]. To avoid overload, please only consider this in emergency cases! We fully understand the consequences of this problem, but it is out of control of the RIPE NCC. We apologise for any inconvienence caused by (probably) a software error at the Internic. Kind regards, Geert Jan de Groot RIPE NCC --8<--nip-nip--------------------------------------------------------------- Geert Jan de Groot, 'Typos hapen' RIPE NCC, Kruislaan 409, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands Internet:GeertJan.deGroot@ripe.net Phone:+31 20 5925065 FAX:+31 20 5925090 (Message inbox:2308) -- using template mhl.format -- Date: Sun, 05 Mar 1995 15:18:04 MET To: nanog(a)merit.edu From: Per Gregers Bilse <bilse(a)EU.net> Subject: URGENT: ns.internic.net blown Replied: Mon, 06 Mar 1995 00:14:22 +0100 Replied: staff(a)ripe.net Replied: Per Gregers Bilse <bilse(a)eu.net> Replied: nanog(a)merit.edu Organization: EUnet Communications Services BV Sender: Per Gregers Bilse <bilse(a)EU.net> X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.2 4/12/91) Can somebody get in touch with the right people? ns.internic.net has blown 194.in-addr.arpa . Can't get anybody on the telephone. --- Forwarded mail from Stef Van Dessel <stef(a)INnet.net> From: Stef Van Dessel <stef(a)INnet.net> Subject: NS records for 194.in-addr.arpa To: ripe-op(a)ripe.net Date: Sun, 5 Mar 1995 14:31:12 +0100 (MET) hello, I'm thinking someone screwed up, somewhere.: NS records for 194.in-addr.arpa are $&"%. ; <<>> DiG 2.0 <<>> @ns.internic.net -x ns ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY , status: NOERROR, id: 10 ;; flags: qr rd ; Ques: 1, Ans: 2, Auth: 2, Addit: 2 ;; QUESTIONS: ;; 194.in-addr.arpa, type = NS, class = IN ;; ANSWERS: 194.in-addr.arpa. 518400 NS DNS1.KEMA.NL. 194.in-addr.arpa. 518400 NS NS1.SURFNET.NL. ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS: 194.in-addr.arpa. 518400 NS DNS1.KEMA.NL. 194.in-addr.arpa. 518400 NS NS1.SURFNET.NL. ;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS: DNS1.KEMA.NL. 68866 A 194.53.253.50 NS1.SURFNET.NL. 518400 A 192.87.106.101 ;; Sent 1 pkts, answer found in time: 739 msec ;; FROM: news.INbe.net to SERVER: ns.internic.net 198.41.0.4 ;; WHEN: Sun Mar 5 14:24:23 1995 ;; MSG SIZE sent: 34 rcvd: 146 - -- Stef Van Dessel stef(a)INbe.net INnet support Posthoflei 3, B-2600 Berchem, Belgium Office: +32-3-2814983 Fax: +32-3-2814985 - -- Stef Van Dessel stef(a)INbe.net INnet support Posthoflei 3, B-2600 Berchem, Belgium Office: +32-3-2814983 Fax: +32-3-2814985 --- End of forwarded message from Stef Van Dessel <stef(a)INnet.net> The correct list of nameservers is: ;; ANSWERS: 194.in-addr.arpa. 518400 NS ns.uu.net. 194.in-addr.arpa. 518400 NS layon.inria.fr. 194.in-addr.arpa. 518400 NS sunic.sunet.se. 194.in-addr.arpa. 518400 NS munnari.oz.au. 194.in-addr.arpa. 518400 NS sparky.arl.mil. 194.in-addr.arpa. 518400 NS ns.ripe.net. 194.in-addr.arpa. 518400 NS ns.eu.net. This is causing bad problems for everybody in 194.* . Hummm ... as a side-issue, is it too much to ask that widely publicized 24hour emergency telephone numbers exist for root nameserver operations? -- bilse, EUnet NOC +31 20 592 5110; 24hr +31 20 592 5165 (emergencies only) EUnet Comm. Svcs. +31 20 623 3803; fax +31 20 622 4657 http://www.EU.net

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hostcount for February 1995
by Mirjam Kuehne 03 Mar '95

03 Mar '95

Dear all, Here is the hostcount for February 1995. The hosts in the following domains are now counted locally: at be cy cz de fr gr ie il it pt sk uk I made two hostcounts for February: one was calculated in the usual way and the other was calculated incorporating the local counts for the domains above. I made some comparisons between the two sets of data and have published only the latter. When the hosts are counted centrally a significant number of zones are missed and not included in the total numbers. It seems clear therefor that the results are more reliable if they are produced locally for each domain. A few countries have made big increases again, to a total increase since last month of over 91,000 (or 8.3%) to almost 1,200,000 machines in the DNS in Europe. There is one thing to note about the de domain: It shows an enormous increase since last month. The person responsible for the hostcount in Germany did some research on that and found a zone with the following kind of A RR's: host.x.y.z.1. a x.y.z.1 host.x.y.z.2. a x.y.z.2 host.x.y.z.3. a x.y.z.3 host.x.y.z.4. a x.y.z.4 host.x.y.z.5. a x.y.z.5 host.x.y.z.6. a x.y.z.6 host.x.y.z.7. a x.y.z.7 host.x.y.z.8. a x.y.z.8 [...] 65,000 A RR's. In the actual hostcount are only 25,000 A RR's included because the host command contains a limit for hosts per zone: *** maximum of 25000 hostnames reached This implies that you can add another 40,000 hosts to the figures for the de domain. This incident shows what the hostcount actually represents: Technically, it is a count of A records in all zones that could be retrieved. Heuristically, it gives an approximate overview of the current machine population. This should remind us to be careful with the objectivity of the hostcount and the purposes we use it for. The hostcount can also be found under ftp.ripe.net/ripe/hostcount If you have any comments or questions please do not hesitate to contact me. Best regards, Mirjam RIPE NCC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RIPE DNS Hostcount Previous Count : Tue Jan 31 1995 This Count : Tue Feb 28 1995 CY SOA COUNTED DUPL REAL CHANGE ============================================================ al 3 0 0 0 0 at 578 32052 319 31733 + 2805 az 3 16 0 0 - 16 be 330 19885 334 19551 + 486 bg 20 196 25 171 + 5 by 1 2 0 2 0 ch 380 54785 380 54405 + 2169 cy 4 8 3 5 - 82 cz 211 12750 185 12565 + 891 de 2839 251388 6508 244880 +35612 dk 323 28332 344 27988 + 640 dz 2 10 0 10 0 ee 63 1302 10 1292 - 124 eg 6 170 2 168 0 es 568 31905 533 31372 + 4332 fi 655 78914 1507 77407 + 5768 fo 13 438 0 438 + 436 fr 1281 99979 1300 98679 + 4567 gb 1 27 0 27 0 ge 1 0 0 0 0 gr 170 4015 221 3794 - 236 hr 73 1466 31 1435 - 21 hu 106 9003 52 8951 + 290 ie 67 6171 82 6089 - 238 il 255 14437 366 14071 + 429 is 87 5027 41 4986 + 229 it 1019 37432 1256 36176 + 3842 li 4 30 3 0 - 27 lt 17 166 2 164 + 9 lu 45 712 5 707 + 92 lv 20 642 6 636 + 18 ma 0 0 0 0 0 mk 1 0 0 0 0 mt 1 0 0 0 0 nl 739 93771 2482 91289 + 2010 no 891 54848 1626 53222 + 2960 pl 397 10952 854 10098 - 1255 pt 138 6380 70 6310 + 789 ro 24 536 37 499 + 1 ru 248 2713 271 2442 + 342 se 1077 89181 2691 86490 + 6832 si 115 2164 76 2088 + 255 sk 86 1712 32 1680 + 117 su 271 5784 297 5487 + 355 tn 3 64 7 57 0 tr 50 958 11 947 - 1174 ua 72 707 95 612 + 10 uk 3187 284070 25082 258988 +18689 va 0 0 0 0 0 yu 3 0 0 0 0 ============================================================ 16448 1245100 47146 1197911 +91807

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