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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