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Re: possible protest of the NTIA/NIST/ICANN/IANA contract action.
by Jay Fenello 18 Jan '99

18 Jan '99

ORSC has lead the fight to make ICANN more open. Many people have supported us in these efforts. Now, we have another opportunity to do so. While I'm not a government contracts expert, it would appear that this NIST transfer of responsibility is giving ICANN control over the assets that will be delegated to the PSO and the ASO. If this is true, then the USG is giving up their oversight over these functions. And this is happening without ICANN being open, without ICANN having a membership structure, and without ICANN having any SOs (supporting organizations) defined and/or constituted. If ORSC is to object to this single source award, my suggestion is that we do so *only* to force ICANN to present a business and a financial plan to the Internet community -- not an unreasonable expectation. With that said, I am copying this to the IFWP, POISED, and the RIR lists for comments and suggestions!? Jay. At 1/18/99, 12:19 PM, Richard J. Sexton wrote: >I think we should send it. > >At 01:01 AM 1/18/99 -0800, Einar Stefferud wrote: >>I have looked carefully at the question of whether ORSC should send >>the following protest letter to the US Government in an effort to stop >>this contract action and subject it to serious review. >> >>I find that, as Chair of the ORSC Board of Directors, it will not be a >>good thing for ORSC so do as an organization in its current state and >>situation. >> >>However, those who might disagree are, or course, free to do as they >>please, so you are all free to protest as yourselves, or as your own >>company organization, but not as a representative of ORSC. >> >>Discussion of this on the ORSC list is welcome, as some of you will >>want to better understand what this is all about before taking action. >> >>The deadline for submission appears to be Tuesday, 19 January. >>You might want to FAX it to be there at the opening of business on Tuesday. >> >>Best regards...\Stef >> >> >>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>NOTE THE LETTER GOES TO THE COMPROLLER GENERAL. >>PHONES 202 512 5500 >>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >>David M. Walker >>Comptroller General, >>General Accounting Office January 19, 1999 >>Room 7100, 441 G Street NW >>Washington, DC 20548 >> >> >>Dear Mr. Walker: >> >>As _______________________, I am protesting the issuance by the >>National insititue of Standards of Sol.No.: 52SBNT9C1020 as a sole >>source solicitation to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and >>Numbers (ICANN) for operation of the Internet Assigned Numbers >>Authority. >> >>Sincerely, >> >> >>_________________ >> >>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> >>My source days that: >> >>[My source says these four lines are all that is necessary to stop >>things unless gov't can show irreparable damage. That when this is >>recieved GAO is obligated to say stop and begin fact finding. This >>particular process was designed to be very simple at the front end... >>GAO generallly assumes good faith on part of gov't but there is a >>documented record here of lack of good faith. The authority listed is >>the FAR USC 241....but what is NTIA's authority to do in the first >>place? They have cited none except the MoU stemming from their white >>house appointed and annoited role. Well the president doesn't create >>agency authority to act. Congress does! The GAO is the arm of >>Congress.] >> >>You might also want to send a copy to: >> >>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >>Lisa K. Jandovitz, January 19, 1999 >>Contracting Officer >>National Institute of Standards & Technology, >>Acq uisition & Assistance Div., >>100 Bureau Drive Stop 3572, Bldg. 301, Rm B117, >>Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3572 >> >>Dear Ms. Jandovitz, >> >>Enclosed is a copy of my letter to Mr. David M. Walker at the General >>Accounting Office. I am sasking him to over turn your decision to >>issue Solicitation No. 52SBNT9C1020 as sole Source. ORSC looks >>forward to responding istelf to a competitive solicitation. >> >>Thank you for your assistance. >> >>Sincerely, >> >> >>_____________________ >> >>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> >>Data regarding the contract action at issue, taken from the Business >>Comerce Daily... >> >> >>Category : <D> (Automatic Data Processing and Telecommunication Services) >>Address : National Institute of Standards & Technology, Acquisition & >> Assistance Div.,100 Bureau Drive Stop 3572, Bldg. 301, Rm B117, >> Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3572 Sol. no. : 52SBNT9C1020 >>Contact : Teresa A. Reefe, Contract Specialist (301) 975-6364 or Lisa K. >> Jandovitz, Contracting Officer (301) 975-6344Due : 18 Feb, >>1999 >> SOL 52SBNT9C1020 DUE 021899 POC Teresa A. Reefe, Contract Specialist >> (301) 975-6364 or Lisa K. Jandovitz, Contracting Officer (301) 975-6344 >> >>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>From Commerce Business Daily, January 6, 1999 PSA-2256 >>INTERNET ASSIGNED NUMBERS AUTHORITY >>Category : <D> (Automatic Data Processing and Telecommunication Services) >>Address : National Institute of Standards & Technology, Acquisition & >> Assistance Div.,100 Bureau Drive Stop 3572, Bldg. 301, Rm B117, >> Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3572Sol. no. : 52SBNT9C1020 >>Contact : Teresa A. Reefe, Contract Specialist (301) 975-6364 or Lisa K. >> Jandovitz, Contracting Officer (301) 975-6344Due : 18 Feb, >>1999 >> SOL 52SBNT9C1020 DUE 021899 POC Teresa A. Reefe, Contract Specialist >> (301) 975-6364 or Lisa K. Jandovitz, Contracting Officer (301) 975-6344 >> WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract.htm. >> E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract(a)nist.gov. The National Institute >> of Standards and Technology (NIST), on behalf of the National >> Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) intends to award >> a contract under the authority of 41 USC 253(c)(1), only one responsible >> source, to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers >> (ICANN) for operation of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. The >> Department of Commerce has initiated an effort to transition the >> technical management of Internet Names and Addresses from the Government >> to the private sector. In June, 1998, the Department issued its >> Statement of Policy which outlined the steps of the transition. The >> Department through NTIA has since entered into a joint project agreement >> (15 U.S.C. 1525) with ICANN, a non-profit entity. Pursuant to this JPA, >> the parties will "jointly design, develop and test the mechanisms, >> methods and procedures that should be in place and the steps necessary to >> transition management responsibility for DNS functions now performed by >> or on behalf of the U.S. Government to a private sector non-profit >> entity". NTIA is initiating this contract action to fulfill its need for >> continuity of services related to the technical management of Internet >> Names and Addresses during the transition described in the Statement of >> Policy and the JPA. This particular aspect of the technical management, >> the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), is currently covered in >> a contract between the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) >> and the University of Southern California (USC) in project known as >> Teranode Network Technology (TNT). On December 24, 1998, USC, entered a >> transition agreement under which ICANN acquired the expertise and >> resources to perform the IANA function described in the TNT contract. >> Pursuant to its agreement with USC, ICANN now possesses the unique >> attributes and characteristics specific to the IANA functional tasks. To >> ensure the success of the transition described in the Statement of >> Policy and the JPA, the Department must ensure the continuityof the >> services necessary to support the IANA function. Further, ICANN has >> unique attributes to fulfill these tasks in compliance with the >> principles in the Department's Statement of Policy, including >> comprehensive, public, and transparent processes, mechanism and >> structures for making policy determinations that the U.S. Government >> seeks to have performed during the transition. The period of performance >> is estimated to be from date of contract award through September 30, >> 2000. Posted 01/04/99 (W-SN284696). (0004) >>z >> >-- >"That's why there is a Protocol SO. To decide what the next >number after 16 is." - Dixon (tinc) >

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VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
by Bert van Pinxteren 14 Jan '99

14 Jan '99

TERENA RECRUITING CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OFFICER TERENA has a vacancy for a Chief Technical Officer in the near future. The TERENA Technical Programme is on the brink of a number of exciting new developments, and the new CTO will be expected to play a key role in the renewal process. A full description of what the position entails and of the benefits offered can be found at http://www.terena.nl/info/jobs. At the same time, TERENA is also recruiting for a Project Development Officer, to bring the technical staff to a full complement. It hopes to hold a number of interviews with interested candidates in the near future. A description of the position is at the same URL. You are encouraged to distribute this announcement and to bring the vacancies to the attention of potentially suitable candidates. Karel Vietsch, TERENA Secretary General -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bert van Pinxteren TERENA Chief Administrative Officer Singel 468 1017 AW Amsterdam, The Netherlands Tel. (direct): +31-20-530 4491; fax: +31-20-530 4499 E-mail: <pinxteren(a)terena.nl>; http://www.terena.nl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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RIPE32 Meeting Schedule - ATTENTION!!!
by k13＠nikhef.nl 13 Jan '99

13 Jan '99

Dear Colleagues, the upcoming RIPE 32 meeting has a meeting roster that is slightly different from our usual one. The reason is that we have the opportunity to have Esther Dyson, chairperson of ICANN, with us on the Wednesday. Therefore, we will have the first part of the plenary session already on the Wednesday afternoon, starting at 14:00 hours. Please see the schedule below for more details. See you all in Amsterdam! Regards, Rob Blokzijl Chairman RIPE RIPE 32 Meeting Schedule ------------------------ Tuesday 26 January: all day: - EOF afternoon: - RPSL Course - Introduction to RIPE and RIPE NCC - welcome drink Wednesday 27 January: morning: - Working Groups afternoon: - Plenary Session - part 1; Agenda below. - another drink Tuesday 28 January: all day: - Working Groups evening: - another drink, followed by the - RIPE Dinner Friday 29 January: all day: - Plenary Session - part 2 This will end before 16:00 h. Agenda Plenary Session - part 1: -------------------------------- 1. Opening 2. Agenda 3. Minutes RIPE 31 4. From the Chair 5. Reports from the RIPE NCC (D Karrenberg et al.) 6. ICANN a - Current Status (E Dyson, Chairperson of ICANN Board) b - Progress with the Address Supporting Organisation (ASO) (K Mitchel, Chairman RIPE NCC Board) c - Questions & Discussion d - Conclusions & Next Steps

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RIPE 32 Meeting in Amsterdam - 2nd Reminder
by RIPE NCC Meeting Registration 11 Jan '99

11 Jan '99

Dear Colleagues, [ Apologies for duplicate mails ] We would like to remind you that the registration for RIPE 32 in Amsterdam, on 27th, 28th and 29th January 1999 is still open. More information about this meeting and the registration form, can be found on this page: http://www.ripe.net/meetings/ripe/mtg.html Please note that pre-payment facilities will close on January 18th. If you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at <meeting(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Naomi de Bruyn RIPE Meeting Registrations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration is also possible and easier online at: http://www.ripe.net/meetings/ripe/form.html %START Do not change the following field %MTG [ ripe32 ] Please add a value in the 'box' area marked between the square brackets (i.e. "[" and "]" s). If values are already supplied between the brackets, please delete all values except one. PART 1 - Registration Note this is what will be used for your badge and for the attendee list, so please take care to fill it in correctly. 1) Your name Please enter your first name only. e.g. John , Mary B. %NAME [ ] Please enter your surname next e.g. Doe %SURNAME [ ] 2) Your Organisation/Institution %ORG [ ] 3) Your Organizations Complete Postal Address e.g. Singel 258, 1016 AB Amsterdam, The Netherlands %ORGADDR [ ] 4) The NCC Reg-id of your Organisation %REGID [ ] (Only if you represent a Local Internet Registry) 5) Your e-mail address %EMAIL [ ] 6) Country code of organisation e.g. IT FR DE %CTRY [ ] 7) Do you want to attend the Newcomers Orientation Talk ? (please delete one option so your choice is in the form) %INTRO-MTG [ no / yes ] 8) Do you want to attend the EOF Tutorial ? (please delete one option so your choice is in the form) %EOF-TUTOR [ no / yes ] 9) Do you want to attend the RPSL course ? (please delete one option so your choice is in the form) %RPSL-COURSE [ no / yes ] PART 2 - Payment of Registration Fees WARNING!! - Note that sending your credit card information via e-mail is in principle not secure. The payment information will be transmitted in clear via e-mail. If you do not want to do this, please leave your credit card details blank in this form, and send them to us by fax. Please do not forget to mention your name and organisation on the fax, so there will be no risk in us getting confused. Our fax number is: +31 20 535 44 45 1) Method of payment. Payment in advance is greatly preferred. (please delete all choices except one) %PMETH [in advance; credit card at meeting; credit card at meeting; cash ] 2) Type of credit card (please delete all choices except one) %CTYPE [ VISA / American Express / Mastercard ] 3) Card number %CCNUM [ ] 4) Expiry date %CCDATE [ ] 5) Card holders name %CCNAME [ ] 6) Card holders address %CCADDR [ ] 7) Amount to be paid %AMT [RIPE Meeting only; EUR 120 RIPE Meeting plus RIPE dinner; EUR 175 ] Your payment cannot be processed after January 18th, 1999 with this form. You are welcome to send in your personal data with this form to register, but the payment can only be made at the meeting itself on January 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th 1999. %END

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RIPE Region Hostcount for December 1998
by RIPE Hostcount Maintainer 05 Jan '99

05 Jan '99

Dear All, below is the hostcount for December 1998. The table shows an increase since last month of over 100,000 (or 1.3%) to a total of almost 7,900,000 hosts in the DNS in Europe and surrounding areas. The fr domain shows the highest increase for December with approximately 21,300 hosts more than in November. - Brief Notes on this Hostcount - There is again a little bit of disturbance in terms of countries coming in and out. gw was included after zone transfer problems last month were no longer present. It's contribution is shown on subtotal line 2 of the table. ae and sd were excluded due to difficulties with zone transfers at the top level, therefore their contribution last month is subtracted from the total change (on subtotal line 3). Noticeable was a large drop for se. A look at the error file shows this was due to the common 'zone transfer refusal by a major nameserver' problem. The last quarter of 1998 showed an increase of 1.3% on the previous quarter. This is the lowest quarterly increase since the hostcount started. - Other Ways to Obtain the Hostcount - The hostcount can also be found under ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/hostcount. The graphical version of the hostcount can be found at ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/hostcount/RIPE-Hostcount-{Mo,Qu}.eps The translation of the country codes can be found at ftp://ftp.ripe.net/iso3166-countrycodes All this data can also be found at http://www.ripe.net/statistics/hostcount.html - Credits - I would like to thank all people who help me to create the hostcount every month by counting hosts locally: ad Joan Marc Lauga at Gerhard Winkler be DNS-BE Registration Office ch Marcel Schneider cycz Jiri Orsag de Peter Koch dk Morten Christensen es Susana Gayo. CSIC-RedIRIS fr Annie Renard gr Dimitris Zisiadis hr Ivan Maric ie Mike Norris il Shuki Kenan is Marius Olafsson it Maurizio Martinelli Daniele Vannozzi li Marcel Schneider lt Daiva Tamulioniene mk Goran Muratovski no Havard Eidnes pl Mirek Luc pt Armando Domingues ro Eugenie Staicut ru Andrey Dobrotsvetov sk Ivan Lescak sm Maurizio Martinelli Daniele Vannozzi tr Yener Yigit uk Robert Stone Kevin Hoadley If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Kind regards, Lee Wilmot RIPE NCC RIPE DNS Hostcount Previous Count : Wed Dec 9 1998 This Count : Tue Jan 5 1998 CY SOA COUNTED DUPL REAL CHANGE ============================================================== ad 248 880 270 610 - 19 al 10 151 9 142 0 am 145 1169 218 951 + 33 at 30139 242161 69592 172569 + 7766 az 60 472 37 435 + 86 ba 66 777 72 705 + 78 be 12782 233507 24842 208665 + 5005 bf 8 280 8 272 + 74 bg 614 11638 1388 10250 - 962 bh 28 1039 121 918 + 2 bj 14 69 16 53 - 7 by 129 1264 212 1052 + 3 cf 2 6 0 6 0 ch 50210 303974 58565 245409 + 13567 ci 105 672 57 615 - 8 cm 8 166 3 163 + 1 cv 8 17 1 16 0 cy 726 5718 227 5491 + 369 cz 21634 100800 14318 86482 + 8307 de 205039 1970367 520452 1449915 + 20377 dj 3 11 2 9 0 dk 67876 353649 55374 298275 + 4348 dz 19 91 3 88 + 57 ee 2439 26200 2042 24158 + 1680 eg 796 2686 266 2420 - 25 er 1 1 0 1 0 es 12451 321722 15163 306559 + 7829 fi 10083 474735 15167 459568 - 846 fo 172 623 47 576 + 9 fr 30631 573964 62771 511193 + 21359 ga 8 27 19 8 - 2 gb 2 27 0 27 0 ge 50 769 31 738 + 39 gg 146 236 163 73 + 1 gh 13 331 44 287 + 23 gi 91 630 302 328 + 8 gl 189 2221 325 1896 + 57 gn 2 7 0 7 + 1 gq 5 11 6 5 0 gr 5721 54255 4351 49904 + 449 gw + 2 21 1 20 + 20 hr 1875 11455 1948 9507 - 2313 hu 7059 107134 11203 95931 + 6101 ie 6677 62362 6503 55859 + 1304 il 7760 139914 25330 114584 + 7062 im 182 141 52 89 + 16 iq 1 0 0 0 0 ir 65 740 68 672 - 54 is 1671 26022 1228 24794 - 34 it 41111 438810 52178 386632 + 16390 je 132 154 63 91 + 2 jo 349 1031 389 642 - 7 ke 297 1953 621 1332 + 27 kg 45 1646 119 1527 + 6 kz 374 2760 510 2250 + 198 lb 1178 4285 818 3467 + 30 li 813 1951 780 1171 + 33 lr 4 0 0 0 0 lt 1446 10641 839 9802 + 188 lu 1845 8959 1222 7737 + 281 lv 1113 17104 2772 14332 + 645 ly 2 1 0 1 0 ma 320 2527 482 2045 + 19 mc 201 578 159 419 + 14 md 126 817 204 613 + 65 mk 310 1289 159 1130 + 102 ml 16 196 8 188 + 2 mt 310 2207 369 1838 - 16 ne 11 72 3 69 - 24 ng 154 559 369 190 - 7 nl 56116 686044 60275 625769 + 13812 no 21279 338069 19076 318993 - 635 om 24 2898 11 2887 + 3 pl 19114 164832 34278 130554 + 5237 pt 7381 64800 9054 55746 + 1697 qa 27 625 6 619 + 9 ro 1915 26079 2571 23508 + 1151 ru 15673 204622 47944 156678 - 7111 sa 133 688 115 573 + 93 se 31395 413926 34471 379455 - 38439 si 3456 25643 2711 22932 + 210 sj 1 0 0 0 0 sk 6136 27781 5717 22064 + 126 sl 7 70 0 70 0 sm 41 43 1 42 - 280 sn 58 834 176 658 + 19 su 1310 27714 1712 26002 - 4046 sy 4 1 0 1 0 td 6 8 4 4 0 tj 124 564 433 131 - 78 tm 1643 2958 1787 1171 - 15 tn 1 50 35 15 - 81 tr 7719 54146 5273 48873 + 3271 ua 2048 29880 10105 19775 - 1490 ug 15 126 5 121 + 7 uk 140072 1726224 276909 1449315 + 18848 uz 190 810 356 454 - 15 va 2 8 0 8 0 ye 19 34 18 16 + 1 yu 2095 8659 947 7712 + 826 ============================================================== 99 846124 9340767 1468870 7871897 +112809 + 1 2 21 1 20 + 20 - 9378 ============================================================== 100 846126 9340788 1468871 7871917 +103451 Not included due to problems (usually AXFR): ae eh et gm kw so st tg sd

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VERY IMPORTANT: RIPE meetings 32 and 33
by RIPE NCC Meeting Registration 30 Dec '98

30 Dec '98

Dear Colleagues, [ Apologies for duplicate mails ] * Please note the following * RIPE 33 will be taking place in Vienna, Austria on Wednesday 5th, Thursday 6th and Friday 7th May 1999 and is being organized in cooperation with a local host, the University of Vienna (Computer Center). There appears to be a shortage of hotelspace in Vienna around that time, so we would like to strongly recommend you to book your accommodation as soon as possible. More information on available hotels can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/meetings/ripe/ripe-33/hotel.html Furthermore we would like to remind you that the registration for RIPE 32 in Amsterdam: on 27, 28 and 29 January 1999, has been opened. More information about this meeting and the registration form, can be found on this page: http://www.ripe.net/meetings/ripe/mtg.html If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at <meeting(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Naomi de Bruyn RIPE Meeting Registrations ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration is also possible and easier online at: http://www.ripe.net/meetings/ripe/form.html %START Do not change the following field %MTG [ ripe32 ] Please add a value in the 'box' area marked between the square brackets (i.e. "[" and "]" s). If values are already supplied between the brackets, please delete all values except one. PART 1 - Registration Note this is what will be used for your badge and for the attendee list, so please take care to fill it in correctly. 1) Your name Please enter your first name only. e.g. John , Mary B. %NAME [ ] Please enter your surname next e.g. Doe %SURNAME [ ] 2) Your Organisation/Institution %ORG [ ] 3) Your Organizations Complete Postal Address e.g. Singel 258, 1016 AB Amsterdam, The Netherlands %ORGADDR [ ] 4) The NCC Reg-id of your Organisation %REGID [ ] (Only if you represent a Local Internet Registry) 5) Your e-mail address %EMAIL [ ] 6) Country code of organisation e.g. IT FR DE %CTRY [ ] 7) Do you want to attend the Newcomers Orientation Talk ? (please delete one option so your choice is in the form) %INTRO-MTG [ no / yes ] 8) Do you want to attend the EOF Tutorial ? (please delete one option so your choice is in the form) %EOF-TUTOR [ no / yes ] 9) Do you want to attend the RPSL course ? (please delete one option so your choice is in the form) %RPSL-COURSE [ no / yes ] PART 2 - Payment of Registration Fees WARNING!! - Note that sending your credit card information via e-mail is in principle not secure. The payment information will be transmitted in clear via e-mail. If you do not want to do this, please leave your credit card details blank in this form, and send them to us by fax. Please do not forget to mention your name and organisation on the fax, so there will be no risk in us getting confused. Our fax number is: +31 20 535 44 45 1) Method of payment. Payment in advance is greatly preferred. (please delete all choices except one) %PMETH [in advance; credit card at meeting; credit card at meeting; cash ] 2) Type of credit card (please delete all choices except one) %CTYPE [ VISA / American Express / Mastercard ] 3) Card number %CCNUM [ ] 4) Expiry date %CCDATE [ ] 5) Card holders name %CCNAME [ ] 6) Card holders address %CCADDR [ ] 7) Amount to be paid %AMT [RIPE Meeting only; XEU 120 RIPE Meeting plus RIPE dinner; XEU 175 ] Your payment cannot be processed after January 18th, 1999 with this form. You are welcome to send in your personal data with this form to register, but the payment can only be made at the meeting itself on January 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th 1999. %END

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Revised RIPE Region Hostcount for November 1998
by RIPE Hostcount Maintainer 09 Dec '98

09 Dec '98

Dear All, below is the *revised* hostcount for November 1998. The table had to be revised because it previous incorrectly reported one TLD (gw) as having approximately 40000 hosts, when in fact no hosts could be counted. The table shows an increase since last month of over 120,000 (or 1,6%) to a total of almost 7,770,000 hosts in the DNS in Europe and surrounding areas. The de domain now shows the highest increase for November with approximately 25,000 hosts more than in October. A complication of circumstances resulted in me not being able to get *any* data for cz, thus the table shows last months values. - Brief Notes on this Hostcount - This month we have added 47 TLDs to the 54 which have been fairly constant for some years. We would expect this to result in a boost to the overall increase for this month, but in fact the increase is around the usual range, due to the 'traditional' TLDs having lower increases than usual (another demonstration that the per-month figures are less interesting than the long-term trend). The table this month has a few extra features to highlight the newcomers: - The new TLDs are indicated with a '+' in the far left column. - There are two subtotal lines before the grand total. The first indicates what the hostcount *would* have been without the newcomers. The second shows the total contribution of the newcomers to the overall count. - The 'CHANGE' field for TLDs that were introduced this month is the same as the 'REAL' field (the number of non-duplicate hosts counted), because for the purposes of the hostcount they had 0 hosts last month. - Other Ways to Obtain the Hostcount - The hostcount can also be found under ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/hostcount. The graphical version of the hostcount can be found at ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/hostcount/RIPE-Hostcount-{Mo,Qu}.eps The translation of the country codes can be found at ftp://ftp.ripe.net/iso3166-countrycodes All this data can also be found at http://www.ripe.net/statistics/hostcount.html - Credits - I would like to thank all people who help me to create the hostcount every month by counting hosts locally: ad Joan Marc Lauga at Gerhard Winkler be DNS-BE Registration Office ch Marcel Schneider cycz Jiri Orsag de Peter Koch dk Morten Christensen es Susana Gayo. CSIC-RedIRIS fr Annie Renard gr Dimitris Zisiadis hr Ivan Maric ie Mike Norris il Shuki Kenan is Marius Olafsson it Maurizio Martinelli Daniele Vannozzi li Marcel Schneider lt Daiva Tamulioniene mk Goran Muratovski no Havard Eidnes pl Mirek Luc pt Armando Domingues ro Eugenie Staicut ru Andrey Dobrotsvetov sk Lubos Elias sm Maurizio Martinelli Daniele Vannozzi tr Yener Yigit uk Robert Stone Kevin Hoadley If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. I apologise that the figures for one of the TLD's was previously incorrect. Lee Wilmot RIPE NCC RIPE DNS Hostcount Previous Count : Thu Nov 5 1998 This Count : Wed Dec 9 1998 CY SOA COUNTED DUPL REAL CHANGE ============================================================== ad + 237 885 256 629 + 629 ae + 304 9609 233 9376 + 9376 al 9 148 6 142 + 4 am 132 1133 215 918 + 39 at 28812 230337 65534 164803 + 5220 az 51 376 27 349 - 43 ba 57 689 62 627 + 524 be 12233 229092 25432 203660 + 1276 bf + 7 205 7 198 + 198 bg 633 12828 1616 11212 + 438 bh + 28 1036 120 916 + 916 bj + 13 76 16 60 + 60 by 124 1250 201 1049 - 45 cf + 2 6 0 6 + 6 ch 46804 285652 53810 231842 + 748 ci + 106 673 50 623 + 623 cm + 8 163 1 162 + 162 cv + 8 17 1 16 + 16 cy 657 5310 188 5122 + 54 cz 18640 90849 12674 78175 0 de 184901 1883085 453547 1429538 + 24843 dj + 3 11 2 9 + 9 dk 63983 344227 50300 293927 + 4605 dz 13 33 2 31 + 14 ee 2329 24160 1682 22478 - 56 eg 764 2708 263 2445 - 4 er + 1 1 0 1 + 1 es 12251 312337 13607 298730 + 10691 fi 9769 475627 15213 460414 - 4919 fo 168 599 32 567 + 9 fr 29275 551755 61921 489834 + 11901 ga + 9 29 19 10 + 10 gb 2 27 0 27 0 ge 50 734 35 699 - 35 gg + 143 235 163 72 + 72 gh + 9 301 37 264 + 264 gi + 85 620 300 320 + 320 gl + 181 1943 104 1839 + 1839 gn + 2 6 0 6 + 6 gq + 5 11 6 5 + 5 gr 9478 53186 3731 49455 + 3772 hr 1853 14354 2534 11820 + 167 hu 6668 100031 10201 89830 + 2132 ie 6553 61562 7007 54555 + 2446 il 7378 132207 24685 107522 - 601 im + 162 113 40 73 + 73 iq + 1 0 0 0 0 ir + 60 798 72 726 + 726 is 1622 26037 1209 24828 + 768 it 45238 427761 57519 370242 - 22962 je + 137 153 64 89 + 89 jo + 328 1019 370 649 + 649 ke + 295 1842 537 1305 + 1305 kg + 44 1630 109 1521 + 1521 kz + 327 2523 471 2052 + 2052 lb + 1120 4186 749 3437 + 3437 li 746 1859 721 1138 + 47 lr + 3 0 0 0 0 lt 1342 10379 765 9614 + 14 lu 1734 8643 1187 7456 + 528 lv 1034 16301 2614 13687 + 1319 ly + 2 1 0 1 + 1 ma 292 2492 466 2026 + 395 mc + 195 560 155 405 + 405 md 106 722 174 548 - 95 mk 294 1175 147 1028 + 83 ml + 15 194 8 186 + 186 mt 284 2217 363 1854 + 38 ne + 12 96 3 93 + 93 ng + 159 589 392 197 + 197 nl 52641 670924 58967 611957 + 17410 no 22590 337645 18017 319628 + 3529 om + 22 2893 9 2884 + 2884 pl 19570 162541 37224 125317 - 1125 pt 7154 62725 8676 54049 + 1221 qa + 25 614 4 610 + 610 ro 1749 24605 2248 22357 + 1616 ru 15597 210351 46562 163789 + 9887 sa + 97 533 53 480 + 480 sd + 1 4 2 2 + 2 se 30722 450302 32408 417894 + 13520 si 3358 25416 2694 22722 + 500 sj + 1 0 0 0 0 sk 5849 27338 5400 21938 + 190 sl + 6 70 0 70 + 70 sm 55 331 9 322 + 75 sn + 56 813 174 639 + 639 su 1299 31866 1818 30048 + 295 sy + 4 1 0 1 + 1 td + 6 8 4 4 + 4 tj + 136 1389 1180 209 + 209 tm + 1670 2959 1773 1186 + 1186 tn 227 161 65 96 + 85 tr 7240 50648 5046 45602 + 4435 ua 1922 30721 9456 21265 + 138 ug + 14 119 5 114 + 114 uk 138211 1693823 263356 1430467 - 5984 uz + 164 821 352 469 + 469 va 2 8 0 8 0 ye + 19 33 18 15 + 15 yu 1905 7713 827 6886 - 114 ============================================================== 54 806370 9099000 1362463 7736537 + 88993 + 47 6232 39788 7859 31929 + 31929 ============================================================== 101 812602 9138788 1370322 7768466 +120922 et gm gw kw so st tg: these TLDs were not included due to problems of one sort or another running the count (mostly related to zone transfers).

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Mistake in November hostcount
by Hostcount Maintainer 08 Dec '98

08 Dec '98

Hi all, I'm sorry to say that there was a subtle processing error in the hostcount this month which nevertheless possibly resulted in gross inaccuracy. The revised figures will be released once the problem is corrected, certainly within the next 24 hours. Apologies and thanks for your patience, Lee Wilmot RIPE NCC

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RIPE Region Hostcount for November 1998
by RIPE Hostcount Maintainer 07 Dec '98

07 Dec '98

Dear All, below is the hostcount for November 1998. The table shows an increase since last month of over 160,000 (or 2.2%) to a total of almost 7,820,000 hosts in the DNS in Europe and surrounding areas. The gw domain shows the highest increase for November with approximately 47,000 hosts more than in October. A complication of circumstances resulted in me not being able to get *any* data for cz, thus the table shows last months values. - Brief Notes on this Hostcount - This month we have added 48 TLDs to the 54 which have been fairly constant for some years. We would expect this to result in a boost to the overall increase for this month, but in fact the increase is around the usual range, due to the 'traditional' TLDs having lower increases than usual (another demonstration that the per-month figures are less interesting than the long-term trend). The table this month has a few extra features to highlight the newcomers: - The new TLDs are indicated with a '+' in the far left column. - There are two subtotal lines before the grand total. The first indicates what the hostcount *would* have been without the newcomers. The second shows the total contribution of the newcomers to the overall count. - The 'CHANGE' field for TLDs that were introduced this month is the same as the 'REAL' field (the number of non-duplicate hosts counted), because for the purposes of the hostcount they had 0 hosts last month. This is the reason why gw has the highest change for this month. - Other Ways to Obtain the Hostcount - The hostcount can also be found under ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/hostcount The graphical version of the hostcount can be found at ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/hostcount/RIPE-Hostcount-{Mo,Qu}.eps The translation of the country codes can be found at ftp://ftp.ripe.net/iso3166-countrycodes All this data can also be found at http://www.ripe.net/statistics/hostcount.html - Credits - I would like to thank all people who help me to create the hostcount every month by counting hosts locally: ad Joan Marc Lauga <Postmaster(a)DINIS.AD> at Gerhard Winkler <Gerhard.Winkler(a)univie.ac.at> be DNS-BE Registration Office <tech(a)dns.be> ch Marcel Schneider <schneider(a)switch.ch> cycz Jiri Orsag <Jiri.Orsag(a)eunet.cz> de Peter Koch <pk(a)TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE> dk Morten Christensen <morten(a)dk-hostmaster.dk> es Susana Gayo. CSIC-RedIRIS <susana.gayo(a)rediris.es> fr Annie Renard <Annie.Renard(a)inria.fr> gr Dimitris Zisiadis <zisiadis(a)forthnet.gr> hr Ivan Maric <Ivan.Maric(a)stribor.srce.hr> ie Mike Norris <mnorris(a)heanet.ie> il Shuki Kenan <shuki(a)netvision.net.il> is Marius Olafsson <marius(a)isgate.is> it Maurizio Martinelli <M.Martinelli(a)cnuce.cnr.it> Daniele Vannozzi <D.Vannozzi(a)cnuce.cnr.it> li Marcel Schneider <schneider(a)switch.ch> lt Daiva Tamulioniene <daiva(a)sc-uni.ktu.lt> mk Goran Muratovski <gone(a)MARNET.MK> no Havard Eidnes <Havard.Eidnes(a)runit.sintef.no> pl Mirek Luc <mirek(a)nask.pl> pt Armando Domingues <armando(a)rccn.net> ro Eugenie Staicut <estaicut(a)linkguide.ici.ro> ru Andrey Dobrotsvetov <adbr(a)ripn.net> sk Lubos Elias <Lubos.Elias(a)uakom.sk> sm Maurizio Martinelli <M.Martinelli(a)cnuce.cnr.it> Daniele Vannozzi <D.Vannozzi(a)cnuce.cnr.it> tr Yener Yigit <yener(a)knidos.cc.metu.edu.tr> uk Robert Stone <robert(a)nosc.ja.net> Kevin Hoadley <K.Hoadley(a)nosc.ja.net> If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Kind regards, Lee Wilmot RIPE NCC RIPE DNS Hostcount Previous Count : Thu Nov 5 1998 This Count : Mon Dec 7 1998 CY SOA COUNTED DUPL REAL CHANGE ============================================================== ad + 237 885 256 629 + 629 ae + 304 9609 233 9376 + 9376 al 9 148 6 142 + 4 am 132 1133 215 918 + 39 at 28812 230337 65534 164803 + 5220 az 51 376 27 349 - 43 ba 57 689 62 627 + 524 be 12233 229092 25432 203660 + 1276 bf + 7 205 7 198 + 198 bg 633 12828 1616 11212 + 438 bh + 28 1036 120 916 + 916 bj + 13 76 16 60 + 60 by 124 1250 201 1049 - 45 cf + 2 6 0 6 + 6 ch 46804 285652 53810 231842 + 748 ci + 106 673 50 623 + 623 cm + 8 163 1 162 + 162 cv + 8 17 1 16 + 16 cy 657 5310 188 5122 + 54 cz 18640 90849 12674 78175 0 de 184901 1883085 453547 1429538 + 24843 dj + 3 11 2 9 + 9 dk 63983 344227 50300 293927 + 4605 dz 13 33 2 31 + 14 ee 2329 24160 1682 22478 - 56 eg 764 2708 263 2445 - 4 er + 1 1 0 1 + 1 es 12251 312337 13607 298730 + 10691 fi 9769 475627 15213 460414 - 4919 fo 168 599 32 567 + 9 fr 29275 551755 61921 489834 + 11901 ga + 9 29 19 10 + 10 gb 2 27 0 27 0 ge 50 734 35 699 - 35 gg + 143 235 163 72 + 72 gh + 9 301 37 264 + 264 gi + 85 620 300 320 + 320 gl + 181 1943 104 1839 + 1839 gn + 2 6 0 6 + 6 gq + 5 11 6 5 + 5 gr 9478 53186 3731 49455 + 3772 gw + 9351 50859 3784 47075 + 47075 hr 1853 14354 2534 11820 + 167 hu 6668 100031 10201 89830 + 2132 ie 6553 61562 7007 54555 + 2446 il 7378 132207 24685 107522 - 601 im + 162 113 40 73 + 73 iq + 1 0 0 0 0 ir + 60 798 72 726 + 726 is 1622 26037 1209 24828 + 768 it 45238 427761 57519 370242 - 22962 je + 137 153 64 89 + 89 jo + 328 1019 370 649 + 649 ke + 295 1842 537 1305 + 1305 kg + 44 1630 109 1521 + 1521 kz + 327 2523 471 2052 + 2052 lb + 1120 4186 749 3437 + 3437 li 746 1859 721 1138 + 47 lr + 3 0 0 0 0 lt 1342 10379 765 9614 + 14 lu 1734 8643 1187 7456 + 528 lv 1034 16301 2614 13687 + 1319 ly + 2 1 0 1 + 1 ma 292 2492 466 2026 + 395 mc + 195 560 155 405 + 405 md 106 722 174 548 - 95 mk 294 1175 147 1028 + 83 ml + 15 194 8 186 + 186 mt 284 2217 363 1854 + 38 ne + 12 96 3 93 + 93 ng + 159 589 392 197 + 197 nl 52641 670924 58967 611957 + 17410 no 22590 337645 18017 319628 + 3529 om + 22 2893 9 2884 + 2884 pl 19570 162541 37224 125317 - 1125 pt 7154 62725 8676 54049 + 1221 qa + 25 614 4 610 + 610 ro 1749 24605 2248 22357 + 1616 ru 15597 210351 46562 163789 + 9887 sa + 97 533 53 480 + 480 sd + 1 4 2 2 + 2 se 30722 450302 32408 417894 + 13520 si 3358 25416 2694 22722 + 500 sj + 1 0 0 0 0 sk 5849 27338 5400 21938 + 190 sl + 6 70 0 70 + 70 sm 55 331 9 322 + 75 sn + 56 813 174 639 + 639 su 1299 31866 1818 30048 + 295 sy + 4 1 0 1 + 1 td + 6 8 4 4 + 4 tj + 136 1389 1180 209 + 209 tm + 1670 2959 1773 1186 + 1186 tn 1 46 33 13 + 2 tr 7240 50648 5046 45602 + 4435 ua 1922 30721 9456 21265 + 138 ug + 14 119 5 114 + 114 uk 138211 1693823 263356 1430467 - 5984 uz + 164 821 352 469 + 469 va 2 8 0 8 0 ye + 19 33 18 15 + 15 yu 1905 7713 827 6886 - 114 ============================================================== 54 806144 9098885 1362431 7736454 + 88910 48 + 15583 90647 11643 79004 + 79004 ============================================================== 102 821727 9189532 1374074 7815458 +167914 tg gm so kw st et: these TLDs were not included due to problems of one sort or another running the count (mostly related to zone transfers).

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RIPE 32 Meeting Announcement
by RIPE NCC Meeting Registration 07 Dec '98

07 Dec '98

Dear Colleagues, [ Apologies for duplicate mails ] It is our pleasure to open registration for the 32nd RIPE meeting, which will be held at: Krasnapolsky Hotel, Damsquare, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The RIPE meeting will take place on the following days: Wednesday 27th, Thursday 28th and Friday 29th January 1999. Registration on site will open on Tuesday 26th January. The registration form and information about other meetings taking place on that day can be found on this page: http://www.ripe.net/meetings/ripe/mtg.html The registration fee of XEU 120 includes refreshments and lunch but doesn't include the RIPE dinner. The admission charge including the RIPE dinner event is XEU 175. Pre-payment facilities will close on January 18th. Registration forms will be accepted after this date, however in that case payment will not be processed and has to take place on site. For those of you who wish to attend the RIPE meeting and need a visa we would also like to advise you to begin these procedures as soon as possible. We will send invitations on request to those requiring them. If you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at <meeting(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Naomi de Bruyn RIPE Meeting Registrations ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration is also possible and easier online at: http://www.ripe.net/meetings/ripe/form.html %START Do not change the following field %MTG [ ripe32 ] Please add a value in the 'box' area marked between the square brackets (i.e. "[" and "]" s). If values are already supplied between the brackets, please delete all values except one. PART 1 - Registration Note this is what will be used for your badge and for the attendee list, so please take care to fill it in correctly. 1) Your name Please enter your first name only. e.g. John , Mary B. %NAME [ ] Please enter your surname next e.g. Doe %SURNAME [ ] 2) Your Organisation/Institution %ORG [ ] 3) Your Organizations Complete Postal Address e.g. Singel 258, 1016 AB Amsterdam, The Netherlands %ORGADDR [ ] 4) The NCC Reg-id of your Organisation %REGID [ ] (Only if you represent a Local Internet Registry) 5) Your e-mail address %EMAIL [ ] 6) Country code of organisation e.g. IT FR DE %CTRY [ ] 7) Do you want to attend the Newcomers Orientation Talk ? (please delete one option so your choice is in the form) %INTRO-MTG [ no / yes ] 8) Do you want to attend the EOF Tutorial ? (please delete one option so your choice is in the form) %EOF-TUTOR [ no / yes ] 9) Do you want to attend the RPSL course ? (please delete one option so your choice is in the form) %RPSL-COURSE [ no / yes ] PART 2 - Payment of Registration Fees WARNING!! - Note that sending your credit card information via e-mail is in principle not secure. The payment information will be transmitted in clear via e-mail. If you do not want to do this, please leave your credit card details blank in this form, and send them to us by fax. Please do not forget to mention your name and organisation on the fax, so there will be no risk in us getting confused. Our fax number is: +31 20 535 44 45 1) Method of payment. Payment in advance is greatly preferred. (please delete all choices except one) %PMETH [in advance; credit card at meeting; credit card at meeting; cash ] 2) Type of credit card (please delete all choices except one) %CTYPE [ VISA / American Express / Mastercard ] 3) Card number %CCNUM [ ] 4) Expiry date %CCDATE [ ] 5) Card holders name %CCNAME [ ] 6) Card holders address %CCADDR [ ] 7) Amount to be paid %AMT [RIPE Meeting only; XEU 120 RIPE Meeting plus RIPE dinner; XEU 175 ] Your payment cannot be processed after January 18th, 1999 with this form. You are welcome to send in your personal data with this form to register, but the payment can only be made at the meeting itself on January 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th 1999. %END

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