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Re: Final transition steps
by Sean Doran 17 Apr '95

17 Apr '95

Um, are these April 21 disconnections going to be permanent, or is this just a test of limited duration (six or seven hours, say)? If the turn-off is going to last a long time then the NSFNET International Connectivity Project will need MERIT to process and have installed, no later than this Wednesday, a NACR with changes to about 16000 prefixes. We can prepare the NACR this weekend. We will also need to know whether this is a full turn-off of the NSFNET backbone service next Friday as it will affect our immediate plans for turning up an ICM DS3 connection to MAE-EAST+, effectively moving the timing of that forward a few days. (To get the ICM DS3 up and running on time for the 21st (instead of before the 30th) we have some timing issues that are pretty critical, namely provisioning the DS3 and installing all the equipment. It is unclear that this is possible on the MFS side (never mind the paperwork process, which we probably will just have to ignore in the short run). What is clear though is that current connectivity to MAE-EAST is insufficient for making 21 April a happy day -- ICM is transiting SprintLink's (too full) DS3 to MAE-EAST, and using the FIX to reach the fednets and the networks which have not yet transitioned; the current DS3 can't support moving 10Mbps from the FIX, and don't even mention the ethernet that ICM still has today). I am not opposed to the idea, nor to the implementation of this push towards finding alternate connectivity. However, I'm pretty annoyed that we got very short notice of what appears to be an early shutdown of the NSFNET backbone service. This is especially irritating as a shutdown on the 21st will dramatically affect routing worldwide, and force a rewrite of a number of transition schedules which have been in place for quite some time. However, let's run with it. We'll know early in the week when Peter, Vadim and I have spent alot more time on moving ICM transition forward how bad things will be at 9am on the 21st as opposed to the evening of the 26th, and then again late at night on the 30th. Right now, I humbly request that MERIT wearing its RA hat quickly (i.e., this weekend, and certainly no later than Wednesday morning) locates an RS at FIX-EAST so that ICM can more rapidly bring up safe peering with the FIX-EAST connectees than we had initially planned (i.e., we need to have functional peering and transit set up this week instead of using this week to debug things with the fednets who are facing disconnectivity as of the 30th). This RS should be seeded from the ENSS145 configurations rather than any other source. Having something in place at FIX-EAST which does the same filtering that the AS 690 PRDB mechanism did has now been made much more urgent than it was yesterday, so that we can avoid rushing direct peerings, which traditionally has resulted in serious routing botches that the whole world notices. Sean. - -- Sean Doran <smd(a)icm1.icp.net>

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Re: Final transition steps
by Elise Gerich 17 Apr '95

17 Apr '95

Push, The following peering sessions will be unaffected: PacBell NAP ----------- CRL AS 2041 Net99 AS 4388 Route server AS 2882 ANS AS 1321 AS 1688 ANS CIX AS 1957 Sprint NAP ---------- Sprintlink AS 1239 CERFnet AS 1740 Route server AS 2884 Test-RS AS 2886 networkMCI AS 3561 MAE-East -------- Netcomm AS 2551 Route server AS 2885 Interpath AS 3407 networkMCI AS 3561 Net99 AS 3830 B3net AS 4136 Alternet AS 701 Sprintlink AS 1239 CERN/Dante AS 1674 PIPEX AS 1849 Europe RS AS 1879 PSI AS 2149 AADS NAP -------- networkMCI AS 3561 AADS AS 3421 ANS AS 1323 AS 1688 FIX-West -------- NASA AS 297 AS 372 ESnet AS 293 AS 3429 DREN AS 668 DSI AS 2699 Milnet AS 568 network MCI AS 3561 NASA-test AS 1263 Sprintlink AS 1239 Anyone wishing to peer with ANS post-April 30 should contact ANS directly. --Elise >Pushpendra Mohta writes: > > > Sorry- Last nagging question. AS1740 has a AS690 peer at the NY NAP. > Since I dont see the NY NAP ENSS on this list, should I assume > that that peering wont be affected ? > > > > Elise Gerich writes: > > > > >Pushpendra Mohta writes: > > > > > > Elise > > > > > > Will this apply to the peers at the NAPs ? The New York NAP > > > in particular ? > > > > > > --pushpendra > > > > > > Pushpendra Mohta pushp(a)cerf.net +1 619 455 3908 > > > Director, CERFnet http://www.cerf.net +1 800 876 2373 > > > > > > > To better clarify which Autonomous Systems will be effected by the > > April 21, 1995 action, here is a list of the NSFNET Backbone Service > > nodes and the associated Autonomous Systems that are proposed to be > > effected. Due to some information that we have received from one > > or two organizations, this list may be modified. > > > > --Elise > > > > City ENSS# Associated AS# > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Ann Arbor, MI 131 237 MICHnet > > 1225 CICnet > > > > Argonne, IL 130 683 Argonne > > 1225 CICnet > > > > Boston, MA 134 560 NEARnet > > 701 Alternet > > > > Boulder, CO 141 58 Los Alamos > > 278 MexNet > > 297 NASA > > 2648 NIST > > > > Champaign, IL 129 38 UIUC > > 555 MSC > > 698 UIRnet > > 1224 NCSA > > 1225 CICnet > > > > College Park, MD > > (FIX-East) 145 293 ESnet > > 297 NASA > > 568 Milnet > > 668 DREN > > 699 DSI > > 1800 ICM > > > > Houston, TX 139 114 Sesquinet > > 297 NASA > > 3354 THEnet > > > > Ithaca, NY 133 174 PSI/NYSERnet > > 133 gated testing > > > > Lincoln, NE 140 93 MIDnet > > > > Palo Alto, CA 128 199 BARRnet > > 200 BARRnet > > > > Pittsburgh, PA 132 204 PSCnet > > 1206 PSCnet > > 3577 Prepnet > > > > Princeton, NJ 137 97 GES/Jvncnet > > 1250 Princeton > > > > Salt Lake City,UT 142 210 Westnet > > > > Seattle, WA 143 685 NorthWestNet > > 73 NorthWestNet > > > > San Diego, CA 135 195 SDSC > > 1740 CERFnet > > 1838 CERFnet > > 2150 CSUnet > > 22 NOSC > > > > NASA Ames, CA 144 200 BARRnet > > > > > > --pushpendra > > Pushpendra Mohta pushp(a)cerf.net +1 619 455 3908 > Director, CERFnet http://www.cerf.net +1 800 876 2373 > >

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Final transition steps
by Elise Gerich 14 Apr '95

14 Apr '95

We are approaching the last weeks of the NSFNET Backbone Service. Despite good intentions, only seven (7) organizations have completely severed their relationship with the NSFNET Backbone service. Those seven (7) are: Argonne National Laboratory CA*net Cornell Supercomputer Center DARPA Michnet NYSERnet SURAnet Many other organizations depend on a new service provider and they continue to maintain the NSFNET connectivity for backup purposes. Merit has encouraged organizations who maintain redundant connectivity to voluntarily discontinue connectivity to the NSFNET service in advance of April 30,1995. The reason prompting this request is that it is difficult to identify outstanding reachability issues as long as there are still dependencies on the NSFNET Backbone service. If an organization can confirm reachability to all destinations that are currently reachable, the chances for an uneventful changing of the guard on April 30 increase. To this aim, Merit is encouraging all organizations which will lose direct access to AS 690 on April 30, 1995 to decommission their peering sessions with AS 690 before April 21, 1995. On April 21, 1995 at 09:00 EDT, Merit will terminate peering sessions with all organizations still attached to the NSFNET Backbone service. The goal of this action is to identify where there are pockets of unreachable destinations. At the NSFNET Executive Committee meeting which took place on April 12, 1995, the committee expressed concern over the large amount of traffic still traversing the NSFNET service. Based on this concern, the committee requested that Merit take the actions described in this message. If an organization identifies a reachability problem between April 21 and April 28, it should send a message to merit-ie(a)merit.edu. We will work with the organization to resolve the problem and will reestablish temporary access to the NSFNET service as necessary. On April 28, 1995, all sessions with the NSFNET service will be permanently terminated and ANS will terminate operation of the NSFNET Backbone service on April 30, 1995. The following locations where access to the NSFNET service is provided will be impacted by this discontinuation of service on April 21, 1995: Ann Arbor, MI Argonne, IL Boston, MA Boulder, CO Champaign, IL College Park, MD (FIX-East) Houston, TX Ithaca, NY Lincoln, NE Palo Alto, CA Pittsburgh, PA Princeton, NJ Salt Lake City, UT Seattle, WA San Diego, CA Please send any questions regarding this plan to merit-ie(a)merit.edu. Thank you. --Elise Gerich Manager, Internet Engineers Merit Network Inc.

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IP traffic per month
by Lubos Elias 13 Apr '95

13 Apr '95

Hi, I would like to ask you to send me info about your country ( network ) IP traffic per month ( if your NOC does this kind of measurement and if it's not secret ). I mean amount of [G]bytes. thanks a lot, Lubos Elias elias(a)uakom.sk SANET Slovakia

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hostcount March 1995
by Mirjam Kuehne 03 Apr '95

03 Apr '95

Dear all, Here is the hostcount for March 1995. The table shows an increase since last month of over 128,000 (or 10.7%) to a total of almost 1,390,000 hosts in the DNS in Europe. This comes to a total increase of 22.11% during the last three month. The german domain shows again a big increase. The zone I have mentioned last month gives still the same result. This time all 65,000 A RR's are counted since the new version of the host command allows an unlimited amount of hosts per zone (not limited to 25,000 hosts per zone anymore). This gives a real increase of over 18,000 machines (A RR's) in the DE domain (the remaining 40,000 existed last month already but were not counted). The hostcount can also be found under ftp.ripe.net/ripe/hostcount. Regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC RIPE DNS Hostcount Previous Count : Tue Feb 28 1995 This Count : Fri Mar 31 1995 CY SOA COUNTED DUPL REAL CHANGE ============================================================ al 3 0 0 0 0 am 2 25 1 24 + 5 at 635 34040 398 33642 + 1909 az 3 16 0 0 - 16 be 417 19968 339 19629 + 78 bg 40 461 25 436 + 265 by 1 2 0 2 0 ch 428 57875 435 57440 + 3035 cy 4 8 3 0 - 5 cz 230 13961 199 13762 + 1197 de 3147 316955 13163 303792 +58912 dk 334 30002 476 29526 + 1538 dz 2 11 0 11 + 1 ee 76 1717 10 1707 + 415 eg 6 170 2 168 0 es 588 33273 553 32720 + 1348 fi 826 98547 1724 96823 +19416 fo 13 438 0 438 0 fr 1349 104244 1446 102798 + 4119 gb 1 27 0 27 0 ge 1 0 0 0 0 gr 189 4321 269 4052 + 258 hr 80 1726 359 1367 - 68 hu 128 9669 52 9617 + 666 ie 58 7620 107 7513 + 1424 il 255 14437 366 14071 0 is 97 5109 64 5045 + 59 it 1117 39279 1462 37817 + 1641 li 4 16 0 0 - 16 lt 23 189 2 187 + 23 lu 53 941 8 933 + 226 lv 29 784 21 763 + 127 ma 1 0 0 0 0 mk 2 0 0 0 0 mt 1 0 0 0 0 nl 786 98979 2439 96540 + 5251 no 952 57830 2335 55495 + 2273 pl 489 14344 891 13453 + 3355 pt 146 6933 80 6853 + 543 ro 30 558 39 519 + 20 ru 285 3592 315 3277 + 835 se 1182 96416 3059 93357 + 6867 si 85 2523 69 2454 + 366 sk 86 1712 32 1680 0 su 292 6424 337 6087 + 600 tn 3 64 7 57 0 tr 5 49 1 48 - 899 ua 87 1109 147 962 + 350 uk 3436 297626 26640 270986 +11998 va 0 0 0 0 0 yu 3 0 0 0 0 ============================================================ 18010 1383990 57875 1326078 +128116

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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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