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RIPE Region Hostcount for February 1999
by RIPE Hostcount Maintainer 06 Mar '99

06 Mar '99

Dear All, below is the hostcount for February 1999. The table shows a (tiny!) increase since last month of over 8,000 (or 0,1%) to a total of around 8,200,000 hosts in the DNS in Europe and surrounding areas. The uk domain shows the highest increase for February with approximately 44,500 hosts more than in January. - Brief Notes on this Hostcount - The increase this month is so small because the situation in fr has again changed dramatically. We estimate that the several huge zones which were newly included last month were not countable this month, resulting in the loss of around 160,000 hosts. - Other Ways to Obtain the Hostcount - All this data can also be found at http://www.ripe.net/statistics/hostcount/ The translation of the country codes can be found at ftp://ftp.ripe.net/iso3166-countrycodes - 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 cy Vasoula Papapetrou cz 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 mt Robert Sultana 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. Kind regards, Lee Wilmot RIPE NCC RIPE DNS Hostcount Previous Count : Thu Feb 4 1999 This Count : Fri Mar 5 1999 CY SOA COUNTED DUPL REAL CHANGE ============================================================== ad 257 929 323 606 0 ae 369 18816 566 18250 - 197 al 13 181 20 161 + 90 am 144 968 136 832 + 75 at 32092 235079 65197 169882 + 2453 az 79 404 41 363 - 70 ba 84 845 78 767 + 152 be 14444 259158 31603 227555 + 10865 bf 11 363 77 286 + 79 bg 702 14744 1779 12965 + 938 bh 28 1530 124 1406 + 480 bj 12 92 13 79 + 26 by 142 1260 241 1019 - 10 cf 2 8 0 8 + 2 ch 54953 323952 62777 261175 + 11545 ci 132 708 76 632 + 5 cm 7 167 3 164 - 1 cv 9 17 1 16 0 cy 691 4922 196 4726 - 871 cz 25300 104569 16808 87761 - 278 de 244838 2112930 593516 1519414 + 40387 dj 3 11 2 9 0 dk 70969 373726 63329 310397 + 9155 dz 20 92 11 81 - 3 ee 2711 27178 2018 25160 + 582 eg 914 2886 328 2558 + 28 er 1 0 0 0 - 1 es 12969 318757 17595 301162 - 7275 fi 10646 484332 16378 467954 - 2933 fo 186 900 47 853 + 307 fr 32972 529738 35065 494673 -128827 ga 12 42 25 17 + 7 gb 2 27 0 27 0 ge 60 889 47 842 + 51 gg 172 246 169 77 + 4 gh 14 348 55 293 + 27 gi 99 921 592 329 + 1 gl 228 2488 442 2046 + 66 gn 2 8 0 8 0 gq 5 11 6 5 0 gr 6852 59449 5525 53924 + 821 gw 2 21 1 20 0 hr 2240 16194 3382 12812 + 4888 hu 7885 115474 13934 101540 + 2289 ie 7089 68585 7286 61299 + 1959 il 8666 141137 21457 119680 + 2641 im 192 143 48 95 + 5 iq 1 0 0 0 0 ir 77 891 90 801 - 37 is 1896 26258 1483 24775 - 383 it 52335 491940 65262 426678 + 12796 je 164 179 81 98 + 10 jo 387 1083 409 674 + 189 ke 326 2029 629 1400 + 58 kg 55 1770 136 1634 + 81 kz 401 2966 555 2411 + 270 lb 1264 4802 876 3926 + 50 li 897 2016 831 1185 + 22 lr 5 0 0 0 0 lt 1612 11643 948 10695 + 528 lu 1982 9198 1365 7833 + 82 lv 1258 18874 3425 15449 + 431 ma 359 2585 536 2049 + 62 mc 222 606 176 430 + 5 md 126 670 184 486 + 28 mk 401 1538 189 1349 + 244 ml 17 196 8 188 0 mt 335 2043 423 1620 - 232 ne 14 105 5 100 + 22 ng 172 611 426 185 - 16 nl 63000 686089 71150 614939 - 25326 no 22814 348506 19820 328686 + 9522 om 24 2898 10 2888 + 1 pl 21045 187790 39921 147869 + 312 pt 7602 69650 9837 59813 + 875 qa 28 624 6 618 0 ro 2303 23388 3032 20356 - 6006 ru 18212 235483 54762 180721 + 12954 sa 221 1010 288 722 - 101 se 32469 448036 35871 412165 - 1086 si 3731 25771 2854 22917 - 74 sj 1 0 0 0 0 sk 7258 30069 6497 23572 + 501 sl 1 0 0 0 0 sm 74 322 12 310 - 15 sn 72 881 203 678 + 15 su 1418 29737 1784 27953 + 537 sy 4 1 0 1 0 td 6 8 4 4 0 tj 138 734 519 215 + 50 tm 1624 3018 1795 1223 + 9 tn 1 61 40 21 + 4 tr 7816 60273 5784 54489 + 7864 ua 2296 32695 11426 21269 + 661 ug 17 129 5 124 + 3 uk 165451 1819214 307118 1512096 + 44573 uz 196 750 346 404 - 15 va 2 8 0 8 0 ye 29 36 11 25 + 9 yu 2401 8865 1230 7635 - 58 ============================================================== 100 963780 9823294 1613679 8209615 + 8881

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Looking for sites interested in hosting a test-box
by Henk Uijterwaal (RIPE-NCC) 01 Mar '99

01 Mar '99

Dear colleagues, The Test-Traffic Project group is pleased to announce that 20 new test-boxes have been delivered, tested and are ready to be installed at topologically interesting places around Europe. These test-boxes measure the delays on the network by sending time-stamped packets to each other. More information about the Test-Traffic Project can be found on the home-page of the Test-Traffic Project at http://www.ripe.net/test-traffic. If you are interested in hosting a test-box, please start by reading the RIPE documents 168 (version 2.1, February 1999) and 179, which should contain everything that you need to know about hosting a test-box at your site. Both documents are available from the Test Traffic project home-page. If your site can meet all requirements, please fill out the application sheet at http://www.ripe.net/test-traffic/Host_testbox. If anything is unclear or if your site is interested in hosting a test-box but cannot meet all requirements, do not hesitate to contact us. Sites that have already expressed interest in hosting a box will be contacted in a separate mail. It is our goal to distribute the test-boxes amongst topologically interesting places, while at the same time keeping the location of the test-boxes manageable from an operational point of view. Also note that the number of test-boxes is limited. This means that we may decide that we will not install a test-box at your site even though you applied for one. There is no deadline for applying. We plan to review all applications in the week after the IETF (March 19) and let the interested sites know which sites will receive a test-box. Installation of the boxes will start in the first week of April. We will continue to accept applications until all test-boxes have been installed. Kind regards, Henk Uijterwaal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Henk Uijterwaal Email: henk.uijterwaal(a)ripe.net RIPE Network Coordination Centre WWW: http://www.ripe.net/home/henk Singel 258 Phone: +31.20.535-4414, Fax -4445 1016 AB Amsterdam Home: +31.20.4195305 The Netherlands Mobile: +31.6.55861746 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Committee (...) was unable to reach a consensus that substantial merit was lacking. Thus, the appeal was deemed meritorious. (Orlando NABC #19).

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Announcement: RIPE NCC General Manager
by Keith Mitchell 24 Feb '99

24 Feb '99

Dear RIPE NCC Members, It is with great regret that the RIPE NCC Executive Board announces the resignation of Daniel Karrenberg as General Manager of the RIPE NCC effective no later than July 1999. Daniel's motivation to end his responsibilities as General Manager of the RIPE NCC is personal and family related. Daniel wishes to spend more quality time with his family and his wife looks forward to the opportunity of resuming her professional career. The executive Board fully understands and accepts the reasons behind Daniel's decision to vacate his function. The Board will shortly be advertising the position and contracting a professional recruitment organisation to help with the administrative side of finding a suitable replacement. This process is in keeping with the openness and neutrality in which the RIPE NCC operates. The new manager will be selected by the RIPE NCC Executive Board, as the RIPE NCC statutes stipulate. We hope to announce a decision before May. Daniel's absolute commitment to the success of the RIPE NCC over the past seven years is sincerely appreciated by the Board. The Board welcomes his willingness to stay with the RIPE NCC to work on new projects and services. We will work both with him and the new management to define a suitable arrangement. Regards, Keith Mitchell RIPE NCC Chairman

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RIPE Region Hostcount for January 1999
by RIPE Hostcount Maintainer 05 Feb '99

05 Feb '99

Dear All, below is the hostcount for January 1999. The table shows an increase since last month of around 330,000 hosts (or 4,2%) to a total of almost exactly 8,200,000 hosts in the DNS in Europe and surrounding areas. The fr domain shows the highest increase for January with approximately 112,000 hosts more than in December. - More Information - More detailed information on the hostcount can be found at http://www.ripe.net/statistics/hostcount/ The translation of the country codes can be found at ftp://ftp.ripe.net/iso3166-countrycodes - Brief Notes on this Hostcount - The increase for fr is quite noteworthy. Most of the new hosts come from the 84 zones with 1000+ hosts. The subtraction of 1 host in one of the subtotals lines at the end of the table comes from the ly TLD, for which transfers were restricted this month. ly contributed a single host last month. Other TLD's from the RIPE Region which were not included, usually due to zone transfer problems at the top level: eh et gm kw sd so st tg - 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 cy vasoula(a)ucy.ac.cy cz 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 mt Robert Sultana 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. Kind regards, Lee Wilmot RIPE NCC RIPE DNS Hostcount Previous Count : Tue Jan 5 1998 This Count : Thu Feb 4 1999 CY SOA COUNTED DUPL REAL CHANGE ============================================================== ad 257 925 319 606 - 4 ae + 356 19026 579 18447 + 18447 al 9 78 7 71 - 71 am 128 905 148 757 - 194 at 31447 230223 62794 167429 - 5140 az 68 469 36 433 - 2 ba 63 672 57 615 - 90 be 13732 243579 26889 216690 + 8025 bf 8 213 6 207 - 65 bg 673 13906 1879 12027 + 1777 bh 28 1046 120 926 + 8 bj 13 68 15 53 0 by 122 1239 210 1029 - 23 cf 2 6 0 6 0 ch 52006 310652 61022 249630 + 4221 ci 116 694 67 627 + 12 cm 7 168 3 165 + 2 cv 8 17 1 16 0 cy 744 5833 236 5597 + 106 cz 23220 103413 15374 88039 + 1557 de 219373 2044831 565804 1479027 + 29112 dj 3 11 2 9 0 dk 67076 356489 55247 301242 + 2967 dz 16 87 3 84 - 4 ee 2527 26498 1920 24578 + 420 eg 837 2825 295 2530 + 110 er 1 1 0 1 0 es 12594 322599 14162 308437 + 1878 fi 10258 486613 15726 470887 + 11319 fo 121 570 24 546 - 30 fr 32511 686781 63281 623500 +112307 ga 10 31 21 10 + 2 gb 2 27 0 27 0 ge 59 836 45 791 + 53 gg 167 242 169 73 0 gh 12 316 50 266 - 21 gi 95 633 305 328 0 gl 210 2380 400 1980 + 84 gn 2 8 0 8 + 1 gq 5 11 6 5 0 gr 6248 58252 5149 53103 + 3199 gw 2 21 1 20 0 hr 1322 10730 2806 7924 - 1583 hu 7397 111422 12171 99251 + 3320 ie 6894 66442 7102 59340 + 3481 il 8150 142931 25892 117039 + 2455 im 188 137 47 90 + 1 iq 1 0 0 0 0 ir 72 915 77 838 + 166 is 1796 26504 1346 25158 + 364 it 42562 470270 56388 413882 + 27250 je 155 164 76 88 - 3 jo 341 875 390 485 - 157 ke 309 1963 621 1342 + 10 kg 46 1676 123 1553 + 26 kz 373 2653 512 2141 - 109 lb 1205 4718 842 3876 + 409 li 851 1955 792 1163 - 8 lr 4 0 0 0 0 lt 1513 11050 883 10167 + 365 lu 1954 9001 1250 7751 + 14 lv 1175 18124 3106 15018 + 686 ma 323 2485 498 1987 - 58 mc 212 590 165 425 + 6 md 125 628 170 458 - 155 mk 359 1254 149 1105 - 25 ml 17 196 8 188 0 mt 308 2218 366 1852 + 14 ne 12 81 3 78 + 9 ng 145 515 314 201 + 11 nl 59318 705140 64875 640265 + 14496 no 21995 338103 18939 319164 + 171 om 24 2898 11 2887 0 pl 20125 185593 38036 147557 + 17003 pt 7415 68203 9265 58938 + 3192 qa 19 622 4 618 - 1 ro 2321 29593 3231 26362 + 2854 ru 16913 215812 48045 167767 + 11089 sa 175 981 158 823 + 250 se 32200 448496 35245 413251 + 33796 si 3686 25919 2928 22991 + 59 sj 1 0 0 0 0 sk 6843 29198 6127 23071 + 1007 sl 1 0 0 0 - 70 sm 68 334 9 325 + 283 sn 61 843 180 663 + 5 su 1379 29135 1719 27416 + 1414 sy 4 1 0 1 0 td 6 8 4 4 0 tj 132 642 477 165 + 34 tm 1644 3028 1814 1214 + 43 tn 1 53 36 17 + 2 tr 6743 51269 4644 46625 - 2248 ua 2154 32039 11431 20608 + 833 ug 16 126 5 121 0 uk 147417 1756238 288715 1467523 + 18208 uz 195 771 352 419 - 35 va 2 8 0 8 0 ye 19 34 18 16 0 yu 2214 8706 1013 7693 - 19 ============================================================== 99 885680 9727458 1545171 8182287 +310371 + 1 356 19026 579 18447 + 18447 - 1 -1 ============================================================== 100 886036 9746484 1545750 8200734 +328817

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Internet Service Provider's Forum (ISPF), San Diego, 8-10 March
by ray＠ispc.org 30 Jan '99

30 Jan '99

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ISPF -- Three days of clues, news, and views from the ISP industry's best and brightest. Press Contact: Deborah Howard, Executive Director (310) 827-8466, <deb.howard(a)ispc.org> The Internet Service Provider's Consortium (ISP/C) is pleased to announce that the second Internet Service Provider's Forum (ISPF) will be held from March 8 to 10, 1999 at the Town and Country Inn in San Diego. Dave Baker, Vice President, Legal And Regulatory Affairs, MindSpring Enterprises, Inc., will be the keynote speaker. Mr. Baker's keynote, titled "Open Access Should Not Be A Pipe Dream", will address the problems facing ISPs who seek to offer customers high-bandwidth access. As the race to construct broadband connections intensifies, Baker will present a carefully reasoned and compelling keynote argument for enforcing open systems. The speaker roster for ISPF 2 currently includes Internet notables such as Paul Vixie, Doug Humphrey, John Curran and many more industry figures. Pre-conference workshops include Avi Freedman (Netaxs) on BGP, Patrick Gilmore (Pacific Gateway Exchange) on IGPs, Jason Zigmont (Critical Path) on sales and marketing, and a first of its kind, a free, all-day Spam Panel sponsored by Critical Path. Other ISPF scheduled events include three days of educational sessions, panel discussions, and round-table meetings, a vendor exhibit hall and presentations as well as two days of intensive pre-conference training sessions. "Our sessions will be organized into specific tracks to help ISPs make most efficient use of their time," ISPF Conference Chair Jason Simonds says. "We have a dynamic mix of hand-on workshops, interactive discussions, and educational sessions planned that will benefit ISPs of all sizes. And everything will take place under one roof, which we feel is the most efficient setup for attendees and vendors alike." ISPF 2 has already confirmed AboveNet Communications, CacheFlow, ChooseYourMail.com, Critical Path, Fort NOCs, GigaNews.Com, IBeam, Internet Finance & Equipment, SkyCache, Solunet, Starcom, Texas.Net and many more as participating vendors. Additional information concerning the ISPF may be found at http://www.ispf.com ============ About the ISP/C: The ISP/C is an international association of Internet service providers and related members of the Internet industry. ISP/C has over 275 members who provide local and backbone Internet access, on-line content, and hardware and software products. ISP/C has members in more than 45 states and 8 countries. Additional information concerning the ISP/C may be found at the ISP/C's Web site, located at http://www.ispc.org. XXX ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Deborah A. Howard, ISP/C Executive Director http://www.ispc.org http://www.euro.ispc.org Internet Service Providers' Forum (ISPF) http://www.ispf.com info(a)ispf.com (310) 827-8466 (310) 827-8434 (facsimile) -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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ICANN Mailing List
by Jay Fenello 27 Jan '99

27 Jan '99

Hello Esther, As we approach the public comment period on the various proposals expected by ICANN, the Internet community is left without a mailing list of record -- the IFWP list is dead! This is unacceptable!!! To accommodate the discussions surrounding the PSO, ASO, DNSO, and MAC proposals, I humbly suggest that ICANN host a generic policy list ASAP. At the very least, ICANN should designate a single external list as the list of record. I suspect that ORSC and others would be happy to host such a list, and could have one operational within 24 hours. This needs to be addressed quickly. To do otherwise is inconsistent with the open process requirements of the White Paper. Respectfully, Jay Fenello President, Iperdome, Inc. 404-943-0524 http://www.iperdome.com

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First DESIRE II Web Cache Managers Workshop, 25-26 Feb. 1999, Utrecht
by John Martin 26 Jan '99

26 Jan '99

First DESIRE-II Web Cache Managers Workshop 25-26 Feb. 1999 Utrecht, The Netherlands The first DESIRE-II Web Cache Managers Workshop will be held in Utrecht on the 25th and 26th February, 1999. This is a training workshop aimed at existing web cache managers who are interested in learning more about the technology and related utilities. Attendance at the workshop is free of charge but numbers are STRICTLY LIMITED so registration is essential. To register, please return the attached form to d2-cache(a)terena.nl. Topics covered by the workshop will include: - Cost / Benefit Analysis of web caching - Building cache meshes - Log Analysis and Statistics - Benchmarking, Testing and Measurement - Transparent Caching The workshop will involve both presentation and practical hands-on sessions. DESIRE II is a large, pan- European co-operative development project to promote the use of the World Wide Web (WWW) in the European research community. The project has attracted substantial funding from the European Union's Fourth Framework Programme. For more details, please see www.desire.org. --end ------8<------8<------8<------ cut here ------8<------8<------8<------ APPLICATION For DESIRE II Web Cache Managers Workshop ===================================================== Please complete *all* sections as fully as possible and return to: d2-cache(a)terena.nl Any additional information should be appended in plain text format. 1. Personal data FAMILY NAME: First Name: Sex: Male / Female (please delete) Date-of-birth: Employer: Business Address: Country[1]: Business Telephone: Business Fax: E-mail: 2. Description of the candidate's role in Web Caching Activities: 3. Please append any additional information in support of your application here, in plain text: ------8<------8<------8<------ cut here ------8<------8<------8<------ Notes: [1] Please note that preference will be given to those attending from Europe.

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Plenary minutes RIPE 31 - 2nd Draft
by RIPE NCC Meeting Registration 25 Jan '99

25 Jan '99

Dear Colleagues, On Monday 7th December 1998 the first draft of the minutes of the plenary session of RIPE 31 was published. In the meantime we have received the following additions/requests for changes: - missing reports from working group meetings have been added - minor change to action point in the IPv6 working group report Draft version 2 is available on our website: http://www.ripe.net/meetings/ripe/ripe-31/plenary.html Kind regards, Naomi de Bruyn RIPE Meeting Administration

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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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