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PRIDE Courses in November
by Daniel Karrenberg 04 Oct '94

04 Oct '94

Announcing the PRIDE courses November 1995 ------------------------------------------ This is a preliminary announcement for the forthcoming one-day PRIDE courses in November 1995. The course will be based around the second edition of the PRIDE guide. The courses are aimed at Internet Service Providers with the following benefits: o Gain a better understanding of routing policy techniques. o Understanding of the concept of a Routing Registry. o Learn how to use/maintain routing policy information in the routing registry. o Learn how to use the PRIDE tools to diagnose and check routing policy problems. o Give Service Providers a chance to feedback ideas on the Routing Registry and the tools that are needed now and in the future. This course will be based on the revised RIPE Routing Registry (ripe-118). It will also give participants a firsthand look at newest developments around the routing registry and associated tools. Participant feedback will be appreciated. For a rough overview about the material covered, please refer to ftp://ftp.ripe.net/pride/docs/guide-1.0.ps.tar.Z. Note that this document refers to the old style RR (ripe-81). The course will be based on the new style RR (ripe-181). This course will be offered at the following locations and dates: Amsterdam November 7th Monday Pisa November 11th Friday London November 14th Monday Vienna November 18th Friday Washington DC first week of December The DC date will be announced as soon as arrangements have been made. The course will be funded by the PRIDE project and thus be free of charge. We might even throw in a free lunch ;-). Space is limited to a maximum of 12 participants per course and reservations will be taken on a first-come-first-served basis. The definite details will be announced to those who have reserved by October 14th. Attendees from or sponsored by the PRIDE funding organisations will be given preference. If you plan to attend this course please fill in the form below and return to "pride-rsvp(a)ripe.net". %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) Your Organisation/Institution # ORG [ ] 3) Your e-mail address # EMAIL [ ] 4) Country code of organisation e.g. IT FR # CTRY [ ] 5) Location you wish to attend at e.g. Amsterdam London Pisa Vienna Washington # LOC [ ] 6) Are you sponsored by a PRIDE funding partner Y yes N no (if in doubt you are probably not) # SPONS [ ] %END

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RIPE NCC Opening: Junior Administrative Staff Member
by Daniel Karrenberg 29 Sep '94

29 Sep '94

Dear Colleagues, please bring this to the attention of anyone you consider interested at all. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Regards Daniel Karrenberg RIPE NCC Manager ------- There currently is an opening at the RIPE NCC for a Junior Administrative Staff Member The position provides an excellent opportunity to work at the very heart of the European Internet industry. Junior administrative staff can be promoted to administrative or technical staff positions based on the experience gained, their abilities and preferences. In fact the position will become vacant because the previous occupant will be promoted to a technical staff position. Duties The duties of the RIPE NCC Administrative Staff comprise: - to organise and support all administrative tasks of the RIPE NCC - to maintain the databases the RIPE NCC keeps - to report on administrative issues to the RIPE NCC Manager - propose new activities, where needed, to the RIPE NCC Manager The specific duties of the junior administrative staff member are: - answering general telephone calls and electronic mail - dealing with routine inquiries and administrative requests - referring non-routine requests to the appropriate staff member - maintain the NCC Library and Documentation Qualifications Essential - willingness to learn quickly about the Internet environment - ability to perform administrative tasks reliably - ability to learn and use computerised tools - good knowledge of written and spoken English - good communication skills Desirable - work experience in an international environment - previous exposure to the Internet - knowledge of spoken Dutch The position is suitable both to those with administrative skills willing to learn about the Internet and to recent graduates with Internet experience willing and able to do administrative work. Time Frame The position is open immediately and will be filled as soon as possible but no later than November 1994. R I P E N C C The RIPE Network Coordination Centre is funded by all European Internet service providers. Its task is to ensure the necessary administrative and technical coordination to allow the operation of a pan-European IP network. RIPE does not operate a network of its own. A detailed description of these activities can be found in the RIPE NCC Activity Plan ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-110.txt. The latest report on those activities can be found in ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-116.txt. The RIPE NCC is staffed by 4 full time employees: one NCC manager two NCC technical staff one NCC administrative staff The RARE association provides the legal and financial framework for the NCC. NCC staff are employed by RARE. Further information about the RIPE and the RIPE NCC can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/ or gopher://gopher.ripe.net/ or ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ or telnet://telnet.ripe.net/ Conditions RIPE NCC personnel will be employed under the standard RARE association employment conditions. The salary will depend on qualifications and experience. Costs of relocation to the Netherlands will be met. The appointment will be for one year with possible extension. Location The RIPE NCC is currently located at the Scientific Center Watergraafsmeer (WCW) in Amsterdam. Relocation of the office to the center of Amsterdam is currently under consideration. Further Information For further information about this position please contact: Daniel Karrenberg RIPE NCC Manager Kruislaan 409 NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam Netherlands Tel.: +31 20 592 5065 <Daniel.Karrenberg(a)ripe.net> How to Apply Applications, including a curriculum vitae and references should be submitted in confidence to: Dr. T. Kalin RARE Secretary General Ref: NCC Staff Application Singel 466 - 468 NL-1017 AW Amsterdam Netherlands <kalin(a)rare.nl> Applications have to be received before October 9th 1994.

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Amended RIPE NCC Activity Plan
by RIPE NCC Document Annoucement Service 19 Sep '94

19 Sep '94

Short content description ------------------------- The PRIDE project will end in October this year. At the 19th meeting RIPE decided to add maintenance of the Routing Registry and PRIDE tools to the NCC core activities. The amended NCC activity plan is now available as a draft. The only change is the addition of activities 3.9 and 3.10. For 1995 the effort required by these activities will be 1 engineer FTE. The text of this amended activity plan is up for approval at the 20th RIPE meeting in January 1995. FTP Access ---------- All RIPE documents and Internet RFC`s are available via anonymous FTP from host ftp.ripe.net. Type "ftp ftp.ripe.net". Login with username "anonymous" supplying your email address as the password. After logging in, type "cd ripe/drafts/" followed by the command "get filename". The relevant filenames for this document are: ncc-act.txt for the ASCII version ncc-act.ps for the PostScript version Electronic Mail Retrieval of Documents -------------------------------------- Documents can also be retrieved from the RIPE document store using a mail server program. For more information on how to use the program, send email to: mail-server(a)ripe.net with "send HELP" in the body text. RIPE NCC Interactive Information Server --------------------------------------- Type "telnet info.ripe.net". This is a menu driven service allows the document store to be browsed. After reading documents you are prompted as to whether you would like to receive an email copy of the document you have just read. If you would, you simply enter your email address and the document will be mailed to you. Below are details of alternative methods of access. Gopher Access ------------- The same documents are available via a "gopher" server at "gopher gopher.ripe.net". MIME Mail Reader ---------------- Below is the data which will enable a MIME compliant Mail Reader implementation to automatically retrieve the RIPE document by FTP or mail server. SEND ripe/drafts/ncc-act.txt

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NSC'94 - Conference Announcement
by A79＠VM.TAU.AC.IL 15 Sep '94

15 Sep '94

----------------- Announcement / Preliminary Program / Registration Form NSC'94 The Network Services Conference 1994 Great Western Royal Hotel London, England, 28-30 November 1994 Invitation ---------- Open computer networking is no longer the sole domain of universities and research institutions. Today, governments, schools, public organizations, commercial enterprises and private individuals are actively using and supplying information over the global Internet. How will these various network communities cooperate and interact? How will the academic and research community adapt to the new network reality? How will the network and networking tools now available stand up to the explosion in number of users and amount of information available? How will we train novices? What will we pay for and what will be for free as the commercialization of the network progresses? Will we be inundated by advertising over the net? These are only a few of the questions facing network service providers and users alike. Building on the success of the previous Network Services Conferences in Pisa (1992) and Warsaw (1993), NSC'94 will focus on the issue of providing services to customers, paying special attention to the exciting developments in global tools and services. We will address the impact of the new global tools on service development and support, the changing function of traditional tools and services (such as archives), new services (such as multi-media communications), the future role of the library and the effects of commercialization on networks and network services. Customer support at all levels, and the role of support in accessing global services, will also be covered. Talks, tutorials, demonstrations and other conference activities will address the needs of the research, academic, educational, government, industrial, and commercial network communities. NSC'94 is being organized by the EARN (European Academic and Research Network) Association in cooperation with the Internet Society, RARE, RIPE, NORDUnet and EUnet. Sessions and Presentations -------------------------- Note: exact titles and speakers to be confirmed Monday, November 28 9:00-10:30 Plenary Session Keynote Talk Steve Cisler, Apple 11:00-12:30 Parallel Sessions Session A1 - Delivering Information over the Net George Brett Overview of Information Delivery Projects and Tools Alan Emtage Identifying Resources in the Global Information Infrastructure Session B1 - Quality of Network Services Miriam Farber The Quality of Information on the Internet Manfred A. Bogen Handling of QoS Characteristics Hans-Ludwig Hausen Rainer Worst 12:30 Lunch 14:00-15:30 Parallel Sessions Session A2 - Scholarly Electronic Publishing Stevan Harnad Universal FTP archives for esoteric science and scholarship: a subversive proposal Hermann Maurer J.UCS - The Next Generation in Klaus Schmaranz Electronic Journal Publishing Session B2 - Multimedia Communications I Anne M. Mumford Supporting Multimedia Across the Network in UK Higher Education 26 3,6b Davide Caramella Multimedia Communication in Radiology: Enzo Dalle Mese the experience of the Tuscany MAN Massimo Del Sarto Stefano Giordano Franco Russo 16:00-17:30 Parallel Sessions Session A3 - Information Services in the former Soviet bloc Alexei P. Platonov RELARN Project: the Support of Telecommunications for Research & Education in Russia Magdalena Smolenova The reasons and goals of using Directory Services at the Slovak Academic Network Session B3 - Network Services for Special Interest Communities Reinhard Doelz Mastering the Challenge: Network Resources in Biology Joachim Luegger New Perspectives of a Distributed Electronic Information System for Mathematics 18:00 Panel discussions, Birds of a Feather Sessions (BOFs) Panel discussions are planned on law and ethics in electronic publishing and building the networking infrastucture in the former Soviet bloc. Birds of a Feather sessions may be convened at the request of any delegate to discuss a specific product, problem or concern. Other delegates, either with the same concern or who can provide a solution are invited to sign up for attendance. Tuesday, November 29 9:00-10:30 Parallel Sessions Session A4 - The Past and Future of Networking Klaus Birkenbihl With Bureaucrats and Freaks Ake Gronlund Public computer systems: a challenge for organizational learning Session B4 - Multimedia Communications II Pierre Ageron Images Data-Base Management System Patrick Desfarges on Local Network and on Internet Francois Besson Carlo Gaibisso Multimedia Conferencing on Packet Giorgio Gambosi Switched Networks: Testing and Maurizio Lancia Evaluation Maurizio Vitale 11:00-12:30 Parallel Sessions Session A5 - Commercial Network Services David Chaum Effective rules in cyberspace: what we may wish to do and what we can do Alan Emtage Publishers on the Net Session B5 - Beyond E-mail Susan Thomas A Model for Thinking about E-mail Systems Serge Desaranno Coordinating group communication Ferdi Put Dimitri Dimitroyannis Virtual Classroom: A case Study 12:30 Lunch 14:00-15:30 Parallel Sessions Session A6 - Libraries and Networking Andrew Colleran Aims Objectives and Practical Aspects of Project LIRN Christopher Doutney IBSS Online Terry Morrow Supporting a Networked Bibliographic Data Service - Hits and (a few) Misses Session B6 - Network Information Technology Louis Perrochon Translation Servers: Gateways Between Stateless and State-Oriented Information Systems Tomaz Klobucar An Application for User Support Denis Trcek in Using Global Security Services Borka Jerman-Blazic Franc Bracun 16:00-17:30 Parallel Sessions Session A7 - Networking non-HighTech Communities Miklos Pasztor Delivering information for Istvan Tetenyi the "poor" Anthea Tillyer International Teacher Training by LISTSERV Christian de Local Community Networks and Larrinaga Development Programmes - the key to sustainable development in the 21st century Session B7 - Scholarly Electronic Publishing II Mary Keeler A New Approach to Digital Resource Christian Kloesel Development (A New Method for Susan Lewis Marketing Digital Technology) Toby Paff Robert Rosenberg Rich Giordano The Text Encoding Initiative - Using the TEI Header 19:30 Banquet - Royal Cafe Wednesday, November 30 9:00-10:30 Parallel Sessions Session A8 - Networking in Schools Janet Ward Schofield The Internet in School: Lessons Gail Clark Futoran Learned from the First Year of a Rebecca Eurich-Fulcer National Testbed Oleg Smertin The Past, Present and Future of Rimas Janusauskas Lithuanian Networking for Schools Session B8 - Navigating the Web Tom Baker What's a Web without pages? Inke Bruening Lothar Klein Michael Lenz Jon Crowcroft Touring and Navigating a Global Learning Environment 11:00-12:30 Plenary Session Keynote Talk George Brett, CNIDR 12:30 Closing Cocktail Conference Venue ---------------- What can be said about London in a few meagre paragraphs that has not been said in thousands of pages written throughout the centuries? Instead, we invite you to browse the information on London available from the EARN World-Wide Web server at: http://www.earn.net/nsc94/venue.html (and if you don't know about the World-Wide Web, then you MUST attend this conference!). The conference will be held at the Great Western Royal Hotel, near the Paddington railway station. The Great Western is one of the best 3 star conference venues in London, and very easy to get to, as it is situated on 4 underground lines, a railway station and is on a main road into central London. Great Western Royal Hotel Praed Street Paddington London W2 1HE UK Phone: +44 71 723 8064 Fax: +44 71 723 1739 Organizing Secretariat ---------------------- NSC'94 Conference Secretariat Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Chilton Didcot OX11 0QX UK Phone: +44 235 44 6750 Fax: +44 235 44 6665 Internet: nsc94(a)rl.ac.uk EARN/BITNET: nsc94(a)ukacrl.bitnet Language -------- The official language of the conference will be English. Posters, Connectivity and Demonstrations ---------------------------------------- Poster boards will be available to participants for the display of their posters and projects. Proposals for posters should be sent to: NSC94(a)EARNCC.EARN.NET (or NSC94(a)EARNCC.BITNET) A terminal room with connectivity to the Internet will be available to delegates. Space will be available for workstations and PCs to be used for demonstrations. An Ethernet connected to the Internet will be available in this room. People interested in setting up demonstrations may send their proposals to NSC94(a)EARNCC.EARN.NET (or NSC94(a)EARNCC.BITNET) by 16 September 1994. Registration ------------ Please complete the enclosed registration/accommodation form and return it by electronic mail to the address given in the form. You can also register by fax or ordinary mail using the information in the form. Note that forms will be processed when the required payment is received. The conference fee covers entry to all conference sessions and demonstrations, conference material, coffee breaks, lunches and the banquet (fees are listed in pounds sterling): EARLY Registration by 10 October UKL 220 (ca. ECU 275) LATE Registration by 10 November UKL 250 (ca. ECU 312) DESK Registration UKL 280 (ca. ECU 350) To qualify for the early registration rate, your form and payment for registration must be sent to the Organizing Secretariat by 10 October 1994. The late registration rate applies to all payments sent after October 10 and before November 10, 1994. Registration will take place in the Great Western Royal Hotel at the conference office on Sunday, 27 November 1994, from 17:00 to 21:00 and throughout the whole conference. Payment ------- All payments must be in pounds sterling. For the cheques and the bank transfers, please ensure that your payment is made net of all bank charges. The preferred way of paying is by credit card (VISA, MASTERCARD, EUROCARD). International cheques or bankers drafts must be payable to: EPSRC, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0QX, UK. Please state on the cheque "NSC'94" and the name(s) of the participant(s). Payments can be made by bank transfer to: Lloyds Bank Didcot, Sort Code 30-93-93, Account number 0143698. Please state "NSC'94" and the name(s) of the participant(s). Cancellation and Refunds ------------------------ Payments made for registration will be refunded, minus 30%, if cancellation reaches the Organizing Secretariat with a postal date of no later than 14 November 1994. Accommodation ------------- Hotel rooms have already been reserved for the conference participants. Please fill in the hotel reservation section of the form and return it to the Organizing Secretariat. Early reservation is recommended to obtain a room in the hotel preferred. Hotel costs will be paid on departure from the hotel. Final bills may be settled by credit card. The daily room charges in pounds sterling are as follows: Hotel Single Double UKL. UKL. Great Western Royal *** 70 90 Pavillion 48 60 Henry VIII 48 60 Blakemore 36 48 Prices indicated include breakfast, services and tax. All bedrooms have private bath or shower, and WC. All the hotels are within 10 minutes walking distance of the conference hotel. *** The Great Western Royal Hotel is the conference site. Lunches ------- Lunch will be served in the Great Western Royal on Monday and Tuesday. Lunch tickets will be distributed with the conference materials. Extra tickets may be purchased on-site. The menus will be arranged to cover most dietary needs. Indicate any special dietary needs on the registration form. Banquet ------- The banquet will be held on the evening of 29 November at the Cafe Royal. The price for the banquet is included in the delegate registration fee. Tickets for accompanying persons may be purchased (see the registration/accommodation form). The price for one ticket is UKL 45. The Cafe Royal is 100 metres from the Piccadilly Underground station in Regent Street. The Piccadilly station is on the Bakerloo Line which also passes through Paddington. From all the hotels travel from Paddington is recommended. Tutorial -------- There will be a hands-on tutorial session on using the World Wide Web at the end of the conference, on Wednesday, 30 November 1994, from 14:00 to 18:00. The session will provide hands-on experience in accessing the Web using popular clients such as NCSA Mosaic. Participants will have the opportunity to explore some of the multimedia resources available on the Web and to use searching tools to discover new resources. Participants will also have the opportunity to create material on the World Wide Web. The number of participants is limited. The tutorial fee covers participation in the tutorial, printed materials and a coffee break. The tutorial fee is: EARLY Tutorial fee by 10 October UKL 40 (ca. ECU 50) LATE Tutorial fee by 10 November UKL 45 (ca. ECU 56) DESK Tutorial fee UKL 50 (ca. ECU 63) EARN and RARE Technical Meetings -------------------------------- The following EARN and RARE meetings will be held in conjunction with the Conference. Meeting rooms will be located in the Great Western Royal. - Convened by EARN: Note that these meetings are by invitation only. Performance Evaluation Group (EARN-PEG): Wednesday, November 23 14:00 - 18:00 Routing Project Group (EARN-RPG): Thursday, November 24 9:00 - 18:00 Network Operations Group (EARN-NOG): Friday, November 25 9:00 - 18:00 Executive Committee: Sunday, November 27 14:00 - 18:00 Board of Directors: Wednesday, November 30 14:00 - 18:00 Thursday, December 1 9:00 - 16:00 - Convened by RARE: Note that these technical working groups are open to anyone willing to participate. 4th Framework & Telematics for Research (UPTURN) Wednesday, November 30 14:00 - 18:00 Lower Layer Technology (LLT) Thursday, December 1 9:00 - 13:00 Network Operations (NOP) Thursday, December 1 9:00 - 13:00 Information Services and User Support (ISUS) Thursday, December 1 9:00 - 18:00 Friday, December 2 9:00 - 18:00 - Convened by EARN & RARE: Note that this meeting is open. EARN Information Services (EARNINFO) & RARE Information Services and User Support (WG-ISUS): Thursday, December 1 9:00 - 18:00 How to reach the hotels ----------------------- >From Heathrow airport: There is a bus, The Heathrow Link, which stops outside the conference hotel. The cost is UKL 5. Approximately one hour travel time. By Underground, take the Piccadilly line to Gloucester Road and change to the Circle line which is on a different platform. The cost is UKL 3. Approximately 45 minutes travel time. By taxi the cost is UKL 35. Approximately 45 minutes travel time. >From Gatwick airport: There is a train from Gatwick to Victoria Station which takes 30 minutes. The cost is UKL 7.50 or UKL 8.50 by express. From Victoria Station take the Underground Circle line. There is very little car parking at the hotels and spaces should be reserved in advance with the hotels. Further Information and General Inquiry --------------------------------------- Further information will be available through the conference mailing list, NSC94-L(a)EARNCC.EARN.NET (or NSC94-L(a)EARNCC.BITNET) If you want to make sure you receive the preliminary program and other information of interest to conference participants, join the list by sending e-mail to: LISTSERV(a)EARNCC.EARN.NET (or LISTSERV(a)EARNCC.BITNET) with the line: SUB NSC94-L Your Name Conference information is also available from the EARN anonymous FTP server (ftp.earn.net) Gopher server (gopher.earn.net) and WWW server (http://www.earn.net/nsc94/nsc94.html) If you have any questions or require any assistance, you can contact the conference organizers at: NSC'94 EARN Office PSI - Batiment 211 91405 Orsay CEDEX FRANCE Tel: +33 1 6941 2426 Fax: +33 1 6941 6683 Internet: nsc94(a)earncc.earn.net EARN/BITNET: nsc94(a)earncc.bitnet The Network Services Conference 1994 is being organized by the EARN (European Academic and Research Network) Association in cooperation with the following organizations: Internet Society RARE RIPE NORDUnet EUnet Program and Organizing Committees --------------------------------- Program Committee George Brett, USA (Chair); David Sitman, Israel (Vice-Chair); Rob Blokzijl, The Netherlands; Manfred Bogen, Germany; Paul Bryant, United Kingdom; Nadine Grange, France; Glenn Kowack, The Netherlands; Joyce K. Reynolds, USA; Jean Ritchie, United Kingdom; Eric Thomas, Sweden. Organizing Committee Paul Bryant, United Kingdom (Chair); Daniele Bovio, France; Nadine Grange, France; Frode Greisen, Denmark; David Sitman, Israel. ------------------ REGISTRATION/ACCOMMODATION FORM ----------------------------- NSC'94 The Network Services Conference 1994 London, United Kingdom, 28-30 November 1994 Please complete this form in block capitals and return it with your payment to: NSC'94 Conference Secretariat Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Chilton Didcot OX11 0QX UK Forms may be returned by fax to: +44 235 44 6665 or by electronic mail to: Internet: nsc94(a)rl.ac.uk EARN/BITNET: NSC94(a)UKACRL.BITNET Telephone enquiries: +44 235 44 6750 DELEGATE Family name ............................. First name .................... Mr/Mrs/Ms/Dr/Prof Organisation/Company: .......................................................... Mailing address: .......................................................... .......................................................... .......................................................... Country ................................................ Telephone .............................................. Facsimile (or Telex) ................................... E-mail ................................................. HOTEL RESERVATION Hotel costs will be paid on departure from the hotel. Hotel Single Double UKL per night UKL per night Great Western Royal 70 90 Pavillion 48 60 Henry VIII 48 60 Blakemore 36 48 All the hotels are within 10 minutes walking distance of the conference hotel. HOTEL PREFERRED: Please state preferred hotel: .............................. Second preference : .............................. Room (please mark one): O single O double Arrival date: .......... Departure date: ......... No. of nights ........... If possible I would like to stay at the same hotel as ................................................. O Please note that I am arranging my own accommodation. My conference address will be: ..................................... O Please state any dietary requirements.................. I will join the following EARN or RARE meetings, held in conjunction with the Conference: Convened by EARN: O EARN-PEG on 23 November afternoon O EARN-RPG on 24 November O EARN-NOG on 25 November O EARN-EXEC on 27 November afternoon O EARN-BoD on 30 November afternoon and 1 December morning O EARN-INFO on 1 December (joint session with RARE WG-ISUS) Convened by RARE: O UPTURN on 30 November afternoon O WG-NOP on 1 December morning O WG-LLT on 1 December Morning O WG-ISUS on 1 and 2 December ------------------------------ PAYMENTS ---------------------------------------- 1. REGISTRATION ONE Registration fee UKL ............. Early - by 10 October: UKL 220 Late - by 10 November: UKL 250 Desk: UKL 280 2. BANQUET .... Extra tickets for banquet on 29 November UKL ............. (Delegate free; Accompanying persons: UKL 45) 3. TUTORIAL ONE Tutorial fee UKL ............. Early - by 10 October: UKL 40 Late - by 10 November: UKL 45 Desk: UKL 50 ----------------- T O T A L UKL ............. O Credit card |__| VISA |__| MASTERCARD |__| EUROCARD I authorise payment of UKL .............to EPSRC Card No. .............................. expiry date ............... Holder's full name on card (PRINT) .................................... Holder's address .................................... .................................... .................................... .................................... Date ........................ Signature ....................... (Only for ordinary mail or fax) O I enclose an international cheque or bankers draft in pounds Sterling for the sum of UKL ............. payable to: EPSRC, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0QX, UK. Please state on the cheque NSC'94 and the name(s) of the participant(s). O I wish to pay by bank transfer in UKL net of bank charges. Please state clearly "NSC'94" and the name of the participant on the transfer document. Transfers should be sent to: Lloyds Bank Didcot, Sort Code 30-93-93, Account number 0143698.

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connectivity WG mailing list announcement
by Milan Sterba 09 Sep '94

09 Sep '94

Dear colleagues, As agreed on the last RIPE Connectivity WG meeting it has been decided to set up a mailing list for the members of the WG and all people interested. you can subscribe to the list by sending mail to <majordomo(a)ripe.net> with the following text in the message body : subscribe connectivity-wg [your-address] If you don't use the "your-address" parameter, you will be subscribed under an address derived from the header of your subscription mail. See you on the list See you in Lisbon Best regards Milan Sterba ------------------------------------------------------------------ P.S. HAVE YOU ALREADY SUBMITTED/UPDATED YOUR CONNECTIVITY DOCUMENT Store factsheet ? See http://www.ripe.net/ripe/cds.html or ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/drafts/connectivity-report-plan.txt on how to submit. -- ====================================================================== Prague University of Economics e-mail : Milan.Sterba(a)vse.cz Computing Center tel : moving - try +42 2 24095851 nam. W. Churchilla 4 home: +42 2 823 78 59 130 67 Praha 3 fax : +42 2 24 22 42 66 Czech republic =======================================================================

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DRAFT Agenda : RIPE 19 : Lisbon
by Anne Lord 07 Sep '94

07 Sep '94

This is a first draft agenda. If you have any comments, please send them to Rob by tomorrow afternoon (Thursday 7th September) at the latest. Many thanks, Anne - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - 19th RIPE Meeting Sept 12-14, Lisbon, Portugal draft - AGENDA - draft ######################### Monday 12 September 14:00 h ###################### 1. Opening (Rob Blokzijl) 15 min o welcome o dinner for Tuesday evening o logistics o no Mbone 2. Welcome from the Head of Faculty of Science, 15 min University of Lisbon. 3. Agenda (Rob Blokzijl) 15 min 4. Minutes of the last meeting (Rob Blokzijl) 15 min 5. Action List(Rob Blokzijl) 15 min 6. RIPE NCC Report (Daniel Karrenberg) 30 min 7. PRIDE Project (Tony Bates) 15 min o status and progress ......................... Break 16:00 h - 16:30 h ....................... 8. RIPE NCC Finance & Management (Rob Blokzijl) 15 min 9. RIPE: Restructuring the Organisation (Rob Blokzijl) 15 min 10. European Operators Forum (EOF) 30 min o Background (Rob Blokzijl) o Report (Peter Lothberg) ......................... End of day 1: 17:30 h ........................... ######################### Tuesday 13 September 09:00 h ##################### Parallel Sessions of Working Groups. ######################## Wednesday 14 September 09:00 h ##################### 11. Reports from the parellel sessions (convenors) 60 min o RIPE WG sessions o BoF sessions 12. RIPE: Restructuring the Organisation (Rob Blokzijl) 30 min ......................... Break 10:30 h - 11:00 h ....................... 13. Network Status Reports 30 min o EBONE 14. Next Meetings 30 min o RIPE 20 o RIPE 21 o RIPE 22 15. AOB 15 min 16. Closing ......................... Lunch 12:30 h - 14:30 h .......................

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Networld + Interop - call for CAT volunteers
by k13＠nikhef.nl 07 Sep '94

07 Sep '94

Call for Volunteers: The NetWorld+Interop 94 Paris Conference Assessment Team (CAT) Ziff-Davis Exposition and Conference Company is seeking student volunteers to serve as quality control monitors for NetWorld+Interop 94, to be held in Paris, France, October 26-28, 1994. This is a unique opportunity for students to attend the industry's premier networking conference and tradeshow, while helping us improve the quality and consistency of the conference. As a CAT member you will receive: * Complimentary conference registration for all three conference days * Complimentary NetWord+Interop General Conference notes * Complimentary lunch all three days * Special NetWorld+Interop 94 T-shirt, and * Entrance to the NetWorld+Interop Exhibition. As a CAT member you will be asked to: * Monitor FOUR preassigned conference sessions, by submitting written reports and acting as the "eyes and ears" of the conference organizers. We will provide you with a basic evaluation form to aid the preparation of the reports. (You will be free to attend any conference session and the NetWorld+Interop exhibition on your "time off.") * Provide an accurate count of the number of people attending the sessions you are assigned to. ("Clickers" will be provided!) Successful CAT candidates will be students currently enrolled in a computer science or electrical engineering course at graduate or post-graduate level. Applicants should have some understanding of (and interest in) computer networking issues. All applications must be received by October 1, 1994. Please note that as a CAT member you will NOT receive any travel or subsistence expenses of any nature from Ziff-Davis Exposition and Conference Company. You will be required to fund all your own expenses. To apply, send e-mail to: egille(a)interop.com with a brief biography and relevant contact information. Emmanuelle Gille Programs Manager ZD Expos France

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Re: number of routes (was EOF Minutes)
by Peter Lothberg 04 Sep '94

04 Sep '94

> I note in the EOF minutes the following phrases: > > >For example, we know that the networks numbers from 193.x.x.x to 194.x.x.x > >are dedicated to europe and on the other end the networks numbers from > >198.x.x.x to 199.x.x.x are dedicated to the US. So, it seems to be possible > >to announce these routes with only four routes, but how ? > > I don't want to reduce your enthusiasm, but I would like to observe that we > currently have over 25000 routes. Reducing 25000 to 4 is an interesting > objective, but reducing it to e.g. 250 would already be a very good > result. Or even 2500, for that matter. > Christian Huitema Cutting the number of routes to 10.000 is still a real win, and even more important than the actual number of routes, we have to cut down the amount of routing updates injected into the global Internet. Unfortenly, a lot of network operators/owners out there are not wery helpfull, and they basically force the rest of the network to pay for their (some nasty words here). ---Peter

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RIPE DNS Hostcount August 1994
by Marten Terpstra 01 Sep '94

01 Sep '94

All, To make up for the belated hostcount of last month, here's the August hostcount already. - most countries have made up for their loss in last month's count - a few countries have taken some quite big steps again, to a total increase of over 45,000 (or 5.7%) to almost 835,000 machines in the DNS in Europe. - The total of 835,000 shows that the number has doubled in slightly over a year (July 1993 - 420,000 machines). One million machines should hopefully be reached at the end of the year. - historical overview appended below - all output on ftp.ripe.net:ripe/hostcount. Enjoy, -Marten RIPE DNS Hostcount Previous Count : Sun Jul 31 1994 This Count : Wed Aug 31 1994 CY SOA COUNTED DUPL REAL CHANGE ============================================================ al 2 0 0 0 0 at 433 22824 803 22021 + 1003 az 1 0 0 0 0 be 169 13513 233 13280 + 477 bg 11 95 12 83 + 73 by 1 0 0 0 0 ch 324 50641 404 50237 + 1709 cs 43 1957 133 1824 + 41 cy 8 42 2 40 + 23 cz 150 7721 140 7581 + 325 de 2181 164911 4897 160014 + 6493 dk 209 13299 510 12789 + 392 dz 1 0 0 0 - 9 ee 30 748 4 744 + 56 eg 0 0 0 0 - 57 es 390 21909 165 21744 + 230 fi 430 53360 983 52377 + 1976 fo 1 0 0 0 0 fr 947 75927 1061 74866 + 1594 gb 1 23 0 23 + 1 ge 1 0 0 0 0 gr 151 3222 217 3005 + 222 hr 73 854 13 841 + 71 hu 94 6038 36 6002 + 435 ie 71 3579 59 3520 + 1658 il 158 7954 160 7794 - 907 is 69 3423 22 3401 + 75 it 611 25961 518 25443 + 3940 li 4 30 3 27 0 lt 10 65 0 65 + 13 lu 22 439 2 437 + 13 lv 14 212 1 211 - 2 ma 1 0 0 0 0 mk 1 0 0 0 0 mt 1 0 0 0 0 nl 629 71123 2085 69038 + 7278 no 643 40954 684 40270 + 2386 pl 343 7258 259 6999 + 106 pt 146 4737 73 4664 + 115 ro 20 427 30 397 - 60 ru 86 788 79 709 + 97 se 808 60691 1143 59548 + 2313 si 31 1213 26 1187 + 60 sk 68 1129 13 1116 - 94 su 224 3945 224 3721 + 198 tn 3 47 1 46 + 12 tr 55 1720 36 1684 + 356 ua 46 397 33 364 - 25 uk 2060 194293 17460 176833 +12611 va 0 0 0 0 0 yu 3 0 0 0 0 ============================================================ 11778 867469 32524 834945 +45198 This is an overview of the History of the RIPE hostcounts. It only contains the totals. The totals for 1990-1991 should be considered rather unstable and unreliable because the program used then was not really tuned, plus the count was not done as regular as it is now. Count : total hostcount for all European top level domains Delta : delta since previous count Delta % : delta as percentage of previous count Q Delta : delta over the past quarter Q Delta%: delta over last quarter as percentage of end of last quarter count For the Q Deltas I have not calculated those back before 1992, because the figures for 1990-1991 are not too reliable. *) Dec 1991 hostcount estimated at 135,000. Count Delta Delta % Q Delta Q Delta % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 1990 31724 Nov 1990 33665 + 1941 + 6.1% Dec 1990 29230 - 4435 - 13.2% Jan 1991 43832 + 14602 + 50.0% Feb 1991 - Mar 1991 44506 + 674 + 1.5% Apr 1991 46948 + 2442 + 5.5% May 1991 - Jun 1991 63267 + 16319 + 34.8% Jul 1991 - Aug 1991 73069 + 9802 + 15.5% Sep 1991 92834 + 19765 + 27.0% Oct 1991 104824 + 11990 + 12.9% Nov 1991 129652 + 24828 + 23.7% Dec 1991 - Jan 1992 141308 + 11656 + 9.0% Feb 1992 161434 + 20126 + 14.2% Mar 1992 167939 + 6505 + 4.0% + 32939 *) + 24.4% *) Apr 1992 170050 + 2111 + 1.3% May 1992 182528 + 12478 + 7.3% Jun 1992 196758 + 14230 + 7.8% + 28819 + 17.2% Jul 1992 213017 + 16259 + 8.3% Aug 1992 221951 + 8934 + 4.2% Sep 1992 232522 + 10571 + 4.8% + 35764 + 18.2% Oct 1992 254585 + 22063 + 9.5% Nov 1992 271795 + 17210 + 6.8% Dec 1992 284374 + 12579 + 4.6% + 51852 + 22.3% Jan 1993 303828 + 19454 + 6.8% Feb 1993 322902 + 19074 + 6.3% Mar 1993 355140 + 32238 + 10.0% + 70766 + 24.9% Apr 1993 366164 + 11024 + 3.1% May 1993 385522 + 19358 + 5.3% Jun 1993 404930 + 19408 + 5.0% + 49790 + 14.0% Jul 1993 426827 + 21897 + 5.4% Aug 1993 451116 + 24289 + 5.7% Sep 1993 469356 + 18240 + 4.0% + 64424 + 15.9% Oct 1993 500018 + 30662 + 6.5% Nov 1993 533701 + 33683 + 6.7% Dec 1993 553357 + 19656 + 3.7% + 84001 + 17.9% Jan 1994 587135 + 33778 + 6.1% Feb 1994 623158 + 36023 + 6.1% Mar 1994 655164 + 32006 + 5.1% +101807 + 18.4% Apr 1994 693346 + 38182 + 5.8% May 1994 735317 + 41971 + 6.1% Jun 1994 760385 + 25076 + 3.4% +105221 + 16.1% Jul 1994 789747 + 29362 + 3.8% Aug 1994 834945 + 45198 + 5.7%

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Announcement of 19th RIPE Evening Dinner - Lisbon, Portugal
by Anne Lord 29 Aug '94

29 Aug '94

* ANNOUNCEMENT * * ANNOUNCEMENT * * ANNOUNCEMENT * * ANNOUNCEMENT * * 19th RIPE Meeting Dinner Tuesday, September 13th, Lisbon Venue: FAIA Rua da Barroca, 54/56 Bairro Alto Lisbon Time: 8:30pm The RIPE Evening Dinner for this meeting has been kindly organised by Graca Carvalho. The dinner will be in a "Fado" restaurant. "Fado" is a very special kind of music and song that can only be found in Lisbon. The food that will be served is typically Portugese. The menu for the dinner is as follows: Linguica Portuguesa (Portugese sausage) Carapaus de Escabeche (Mackerel with onion sauce) -00- Melao com presunto (Melon with smoked ham) -00- Escalopes de vitela recheados com presunto (Veal Scallops stuffed with smoked ham) -00- Trouxas de ovos com gelado (Sweet Egg rolls with ice-cream) -00- Cafe' (Coffee) -00- Vinho do Douro (Wine from the Douro region) Please note: *The cost of the dinner is fixed at Hfl. 70,- inc. drinks. The exact price to be paid in Portugese Escudos will depend on the exchange rate on the day of the dinner. At todays rate, the dinner will cost Price: 7.000$00 Escudos. This will be payable in CASH on the day of the dinner. Please reply to Graca Carvalho <graca(a)rccn.net> if would like to have a place reserved for you at the dinner. Unfortunately you will not be able to attend without prior registration, so please let us know asap. Thanks! Anne and Graca. - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - -- - - - - - - -- - - - - - -- 19th RIPE Meeting, Lisbon Evening Dinner 13th September, 1994 < > I will be attending the RIPE Evening Dinner < > I will be bringing a guest(s). Please state below how many guests you will be bringing No. of guests: < > Please indicate if you are a vegetarian or have special dietary needs vegetarian : special diet, please specify : < > Name: < > Email address: - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - -- - - - - - - -- - - - - - --

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