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GMD will establish an EBONE EBS in Germany
by Dave Morton 11 Sep '92

11 Sep '92

>Colleagues, > >you all are aware of the suboptimal IP-connectivity within Europe in general >and to and from Germany specifically. After talks with the german national >network organization (DFN) GMD decided to make the following commitment: > >GMD will establish an EBONE EBS in Germany. This shall be done by providing >at least 2x256Kb bandwidth to two other EBSs in short term. The selection >of the endpoints of the lines will be negotiated within EBONE as well as the >embedding in a new financial structure of EBONE. Add ons on the bandwith by >the other endpoints or other contributors are welcome. We are in contact with >the German IP service providers to organize the national setup and connectivity >of the EBS. We plan to be operational by Feb. 93. Klaus, This is extremly good news for whole community in Germany. Well done. >We also shall participate in the EMPB activities and shall continuosly evaluate >both services to provide the best possible connectivity for our clients. > >We talked to a number of people on this plan and got mostly a very possitive >response. We hope this step to improve internet connectivity in Europe gets >support from everybody in the arena. As you are, aware ECRC supports this new and much needed initiative. Congratulations to all concerned at the GMD. Dave Morton

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by Klaus Birkenbihl 11 Sep '92

11 Sep '92

Colleagues, you all are aware of the suboptimal IP-connectivity within Europe in general and to and from Germany specifically. After talks with the german national network organization (DFN) GMD decided to make the following commitment: GMD will establish an EBONE EBS in Germany. This shall be done by providing at least 2x256Kb bandwidth to two other EBSs in short term. The selection of the endpoints of the lines will be negotiated within EBONE as well as the embedding in a new financial structure of EBONE. Add ons on the bandwith by the other endpoints or other contributors are welcome. We are in contact with the German IP service providers to organize the national setup and connectivity of the EBS. We plan to be operational by Feb. 93. We also shall participate in the EMPB activities and shall continuosly evaluate both services to provide the best possible connectivity for our clients. We talked to a number of people on this plan and got mostly a very possitive response. We hope this step to improve internet connectivity in Europe gets support from everybody in the arena. Best regards, Klaus Birkenbihl GMD - Center for Science Networks

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what's needed to be taken serious
by Urs Eppenberger 11 Sep '92

11 Sep '92

Hello Piet, your message could only be understood as slightly offensive: > its already some time ago, that I have sent an e-mail to the wg-dns > list. In that e-mail SWITCH was offering to run a secondary root name > server at a location with good connectivity (2 Mbit/s) to CERN. I have > heard whether positive nor negative responses to this proposal. >Well, I've seen a couple of reactions floating by. >The DNS group is the place to discuss this issue. >But such an offer from a network service provider >within RIPE that blocks traffic from certain other >RIPE networks is not to be taken serious. > Piet And you managed! Some Swiss problems to find out about who is allowed to use whose resources at which cost is used by you to consider one party as not serious just because the other party used every means to throw mud around. And you are fully inline with this game. This leads me to start thinking if I can take you serious if you are not able to consider proposals on objective and technical grounds and show this also by Cc-ing to the full RIPE-list. EUNET is known to contribute valuable technical expertise to keep a European IP service running. Your comments count on the negative side. Best regards, Urs.

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RIPE meeting - agenda (draft)
by Willi Huber 10 Sep '92

10 Sep '92

Dear colleagues, its already some time ago, that I have sent an e-mail to the wg-dns list. In that e-mail SWITCH was offering to run a secondary root name server at a location with good connectivity (2 Mbit/s) to CERN. I have heard whether positive nor negative responses to this proposal. The matter will be discussed in the DNS working group, I assume. Whether it should be a point on the main agenda, you Rob or Francis have to decide. Willi Huber

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RIPE meeting - directions (CHANGED)
by k13＠nikhef.nl 10 Sep '92

10 Sep '92

Dear Colleagues, after extensive fieldtesting from Norway, the last :-) bugs have been from the directions to the next meeting of RIPE: a turn to the LEFT has turned into a turn to the RIGHT Please take note of this, otherwise you will have a nice walk in Paris, but will miss the meeting. Sorry for the trouble. Rob ############################################################################## How to reach the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications ================================================================== - Take the RER-B to Chatelet from the airport. - Transfer to Line 7, direction Mairie d'Ivry/Villejuif. Don't get lost, it's a bit of a labyrinth. - Get off at the metro station Place d'Italie. - Exit onto "rue Bobillot". - Walk south-west down rue Bobillot until you come to the second set of traffic lights and a church on the right-hand corner. - Turn RIGHT (was: left) and walk west on rue Tolbiac. - After 4 short blocks, you will find yourself standing in front of a large, fairly modern apartment build with a highly visible "La Poste" sign in front. - Turn right up the street (rue Barrault), go 20m, and you will be standing in front of the main entrance of the school. - Directions will be posted inside.

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I found these on my desk...
by Johnny Eriksson 09 Sep '92

09 Sep '92

... and I typed them in, for all of you to see. * * * COMMISSION Brussels, * * SH\kd\030692a * * OF THE EUROPEAN A\13\009262 * * DGXIII A-2 * * * COMMUNITIES Mr. Kees Neggers RARE President c/o RARE Secretariat Singel 466-468 NL - 1017 AW Amsterdam Dear Mr. Neggers, Thank you for your letter ref COA(92)051 concerning the proposal for a gateway between IXI and the participants in the Ebone initiative. I find the proposals to further the integration of the European research networks highly encouraging. In particular, your intention, stated in our meeting of 8 May, to bring the Ebone initiative to an end at the end of 1992 and to unite the participants with the IXI production service is a major advance which will reinforce the cohesion of the research community which COSINE has promoted. Clearly there is a need for urgent action to coordinate Ebone and IXI as they now operate. I have in mind the imminent disconnection of the NIKHEF access point, which has until now carried a large proportion of the traffic between IXI and the various users of IP in Europe. Since RARE has not yet responded to the request of the COSINE Policy Gruop to coordinate funding for the NIKHEF access point, the gateway will in all probability be closed at the end of June 1992. This underlines the requirement, which we both recognise, for coordination in the research community, and proper management of network resources. Your points concerning peripheral countries, in particular, emphasise the importance of the managed network solution, as apposed to the current reliance on individual leased lines. My understanding, then, is that Ebone '92 will conclude at the end of 1992, at which time it will migrate to the IXI multi-protocol backbone service, and that it is not intended to be a rival organisation. On this basis, I find installation of the proposed gateway a desirable action, and am prepared to expedite its installation. I would be grateful if you could confirm my understanding. Yours sincerely, H. Hunke Mr Horst Hunke Ref. EC(92)065 CEC DG XIII Amsterdam, 15.07.92 BA29 1/68 200 rue de la Loi 1049 Bruxelles Belgium Dear Mr. Hunke, Thank you for your reaction SH\kd\030692a to our letter concerning the proposed gateway between IXI and Ebone. As stated before, we share your feeling on the requerement of coordination and integration of networking in the European research community. You will be pleased to know that the Ebone Management Committee, in its last meeting of 25 June, has decided to propose to the Ebone Consortium members that they agree that the Operational Unit takes full organizational and operational control over the Ebone '93 IP services. It is our understanding that the Operational Unit Steering Committee has welcomed this proposal and is working along the lines of the proposal (full statement is attached). We hope that the Operational Unit shareholders will accept this offer. In the meantime, it is important to achieve integration to a level currently possible and therefore we would welcome the expedited installation of the proposed IXI-Ebone gateway, for which you have to communicate the formal apporoval to PTT Telecom. Yours sincerely, Tomaz Kalin RARE Secretary General [attachment: Ebone Management Committee's full statement] cc: RARE Executive Committee

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Re: RIPE and EBONE-93
by rafal＠cocos.fuw.edu.pl 08 Sep '92

08 Sep '92

> Date: Tue, 08 Sep 92 12:46:56 +0200 > From: matsb(a)sics.se > > [deleted] > > - is the OU a service provider or a service contractor? Good question. Everybody seem to have different opinion on that. Rafal

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Re: RIPE and EBONE-93
by Hank Nussbacher 08 Sep '92

08 Sep '92

As a non-European member of Ebone (RBS), Israel would like to present the following questions to the OU proposal: 1) There is no mention of the lines to the USA in the budget. Who will be funding these lines? If the NSF will agree to 50% of the costs, wouldn't that mean that the OU would have to include the other 50% of the costs in its 'total accepted costs', thereby increasing it from 1,800,000ECU? Or is this proposal based on the NSF picking up all the costs of all the lines? 2) Will the line cost to Israel be the model used for all non-European countries? As opposed to the rest of Europe, where the OU pays 75% of both ends of the line, in the Israeli case, the OU is picking up 100% of only the European end of the line. Will this be the same arrangement for places like Japan or the Far East that will connect to the OU? 3) What is the definition of 3rd party traffic? Can you give some concrete examples of 3rd party national traffic as stated in section 6b? 4) Who is the owner of the physical line if the OU pays 75% of the cost? 5) Who is the owner of the RBS equipment or to use USA terms the POP (Point Of Presence) in each country? Does the OU supply this equipment or does the OU just commit to a physical IP termination point with no end point equipment? If the OU is not responsible for the POP, can any equipment be used (i.e. other than cisco) and what will be the OU's commitment to integrate such equipment into the OU cloud? Thanks, Hank Nussbacher ILAN - Israel

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RIPE and EBONE-93
by Marten Terpstra 08 Sep '92

08 Sep '92

The following I ask on behalf of the EBONE as a request to the RIPE community. The EAT would like to get the RIPE peoples wish-list for Ebone 93, Proposals, ideas or any other input is welcome. Please send any reply to Berhard Stockman (boss(a)ebone.net) of Peter Lothberg (roll(a)stupi.se) or to the whole list if you think it is of general interest. They will compile it into a document, which will be presented at the ECCO meeting coming Monday. Time is rather limited, so please send in any ideas before Friday noon, so that the Berhard and Peter will have time to compile it into something. Among matter of interest that need input are - Financial models for EBONE - High speed pilot on EBONE - AUP free implementation of Transatlantic links - Multicast support in EBONE - Other subjects ? Peter and Bernhard will appreciate any ideas/suggestions that you may have. Thanks all, -Marten

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Re: FYI: Someone wants to build a monopoly.
by Peter Lothberg 07 Sep '92

07 Sep '92

> > matsb(a)sics.se writes: > > PS > > > > I am not saying anything about the need for the open structure to > > allow for routing arbitration for ALL providers et c...) > > > Mats, > > could you share with us what this means. Do you think it is not necessary or > that it *is* necessary? Do you think it is achievable. > > I think it is necessary and achievable and that the right place to do it > is RIPE. > > Daniel Daniel is right, Ripe just have to add X25, and 55 man staff to move papers around. -:) -Peter

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