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[news] RIRs Submit Remarks to ITU WTPF-13
by Paul Rendek 01 May '13

01 May '13

Dear colleagues, On 29 April 2013, the RIPE NCC, as a sector member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), formally submitted a document to the ITU Secretariat on behalf of the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). The document addresses a range of issues that will be discussed at the upcoming ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Policy Forum 2013 (WTPF-13): https://www.ripe.net/internet-coordination/internet-governance/multi-stakeh… In mid-April, various RIPE community members gave feedback on a draft of this document. It was updated ahead of its official submission and now includes more detailed information to address some of the opinions discussed by the Informal Expert Group (IEG) that was convened in preparation for the WTPF-13. An annex has been added outlining the efforts of the five RIRs to support the deployment of IPv6 and IPv6 capacity building. Representatives of all five RIRs will be present at WTPF-13 and, as always, are available for consultation on any of the points raised in this document, as well as any other aspects of RIR business. RIPE community members are encouraged to comment or raise questions on the RIPE Cooperation Working Group mailing list. Best regards, Paul Rendek Director of External Relations RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE NCC office closed on Tuesday 30 April 2013
by Saskia Oostdijck-van Gorp 24 Apr '13

24 Apr '13

Dear Colleagues, Our office is closed on Tuesday 30 April 2013 in honour of Queen's Day and the inauguration of King Willem-Alexander. Normal office hours will resume on Wednesday 1 May 2013. The office closes on all Dutch public holidays listed at: http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/contact/opening-hours Kind regards, Saskia Oostdijck - van Gorp Facilities, Administration and Reception Manager RIPE NCC

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RIRs Publish Response to ITU WTPF Opinions on Internet Governance
by Paul Rendek 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

[Apologies for duplicates] Dear colleagues, The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will hold the Fifth World Telecommunication/ICT Policy Forum (WTPF) in Geneva this May. This event is being convened specifically to look at Internet-related public policy matters. The primary input document to this meeting is a report by the ITU Secretary General, including six Opinions agreed to by an Informal Experts Group (IEG) that met three times over the past year. These Opinions touch on issues including management of Internet number resources, encouraging IPv6 adoption, support for Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), multi-stakeholder governance and Enhanced Cooperation. The five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) have drafted responses to the five Opinions that relate directly to the RIRs' areas of expertise and coordination. A document containing these responses has been published at: http://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/RIR_WTPF13_2.pdf The full Secretary General's report (including the six Opinions) is available at: http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13-C-0003/en I invite you to post any questions or comments regarding this document to the RIPE Cooperation Working Group mailing list (cooperation-wg(a)ripe.net). Best regards, Paul Rendek Director of External Relations, RIPE NCC

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ENOG 5, 27-28 May 2013 Registration open/ ENOG 5, 27-28 мая 2013 г. регистрация открыта
by Serge Radovcic 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

Dear colleagues, * *With less than two months to go, I would like to remind you that registration is now open for the ENOG 5/RIPE NCC Regional Meeting in St. Petersburg, 27-28 May 2013: <http://www.enog.org/meetings/enog-5/registration> * *Please share this message with your network. The ENOG Meeting is an ideal place for network operators in the Russian Federation, Commonwealth of Independent States and Eastern Europe to discuss challenges, tools, experiences and best practices in the following areas: * Peering and Internet exchange points * Network operations and security * Key Internet technologies * Internet development trends * Internet governance and regulatory practices * Content delivery Register now and become a part of this innovative community of network operators. Visit <http://www.enog.org> for more information. See you in St.Petersburg! Kind regards, Serge Radovcic Chief Communications Officer RIPE NCC (On behalf of the ENOG Organising Committee) ______________________________________________________ Уважаемые коллеги! Поскольку остается менее двух месяцев до региональной конференции ENOG 5/RIPE NCC, которая пройдет в Санкт-Петербурге 27-28 мая 2013 г., хотел бы напомнить вам, что регистрация участников уже началась. http://www.enog.org/meetings/enog-5/registration Просьба переслать это сообщение всем, кто может быть заинтересован в конференции. Конференции ENOG предоставляют сетевым операторам и сервис-провайдерам Российской Федерации, СНГ и стран Восточной Европы идеальную возможность обсудить общие проблемы, инструментарий, опыт работы и передовую практику в следующих областях: * пиринг и точки обмена интернет-трафиком * работа сети и безопасность * основные интернет-технологии * тенденции развития Интернета * управление использованием Интернета и методы регулирования * отдача контента Зарегистрируйтесь и станьте частью этого сообщества сетевых операторов. Для получения дополнительной информации посетите страницу www.enog.org. До встречи в Санкт-Петербурге! С уважением, Серж Радовчич Директор по связям с общественностью RIPE NCC (От имени организационного комитета ENOG)

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NANOG 58 - New Orleans - Call For Presentations is open!
by David Temkin 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

*Fresh off of a great NANOG 57 in Orlando, your program committee is already working hard to provide a world-class program for NANOG 58 in NOLA - New Orleans, Louisiana - one of my favorite destinations in the world.* * * *As a reminder, we will be following the same Monday-Wednesday program that we started at NANOG 57, with Tutorials beginning Monday morning and closing with the Peering Track (and potentially a social) on Wednesday evening. * * * *We look forward to seeing everyone in The Big Easy!* * -------------------- The North American Network Operators' Group (NANOG) will hold its 58th meeting in New Orleans on June 3rd - 5th, 2013 Verizon Terremark will host NANOG 58. The NANOG Program Committee is now seeking proposals for presentations, panels, tutorials, tracks sessions, keynote materials, and the NOGLab experience for the NANOG 58 program. We invite presentations highlighting issues relating to technology already deployed or soon-to-be deployed in the Internet. Vendors are encouraged to work with operators to present real-world deployment experiences with the vendor's products and interoperability via the program and as part of the NOGLab. NANOG 58 submissions are welcome at http://pc.nanog.org. About NANOG NANOG is the premier meeting for network operators in North America. Meetings provide a forum for information exchange among network operators, engineers, and researchers. NANOG meets three times each year, and includes panels, presentations, tutorial sessions, tracks, informal BOFs, and a NOGLab which features interoperability demonstrations. NANOG attendees include operators from networks of all sizes, enterprise operators, peering coordinators, transport and switching equipment vendors, and network researchers. NANOG attendees will share ideas and interact with leaders in the field of network operations, discuss current operational events and issues, and learn about state-of-the-art operational techniques. Materials from NANOG 58 will be archived at: http://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog58/<http://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog55/> <http://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog55/> Key Dates for NANOG 58 • CFP Opens for NANOG 58: 25-February-2013 • CFP Deadline #1: Presentation Abstracts Due: 8-April-2013 • CFP Deadline #2: Presentation Slides Due: 29-April-2013 • NANOG Highlights Page Posted: 22-April-2013 • Preliminary Topic List Posted: 26-April-2013 • Meeting Agenda Published: 13-May-2013 • Meeting Agenda Final sent to printer: 20-May-2013 • Lightning Talk Submissions Open (Abstracts Only): 2-June-2013 • Speaker FINAL presentations to PCTool or speaker-support: 31-May-2013 • On-Site Registration: 31-May-2013 The NANOG Program Committee seeks proposals for presentations, panels, tutorial sessions, tracks, and BOFs in all areas of network operations, including (but not limited to): - Power and facilities - Topics may include power reliability and engineering, green power, power efficiency, cooling, and facilities management. - Interconnections - Topics may include IXes, intra-building, MMR, metro-wide connections, peering, and transit purchasing tactics and strategies. - Security - Topics may include routing security, route filtering of large peers/customers, and inter-AS security and cooperation. - DNS - Topics may include using DNS data for network metrics, botnet discovery, and geolocation. - IPv6 - Topics may include real-world deployment challenges, Carrier Grade NAT, NAT-PT implementations that work and scale, and allocation strategies. - Content - Topics may include Distribution (p2p, IPTV), content payment models, content distribution technologies and networks, and storage/archiving. - Disaster recovery - Topics may include risk analysis, training, agencies, planning methods, hardware portability, key tools, transport audits, and other lessons learned. In general, presentations are being sought by and for network operators of all sizes. Presentations about difficult problems (and interesting solutions) that you encounter in the course of your job are encouraged. In addition, the Program Committee, through participation with other organizations and vendor’s, will be programming a NOGLab experience. The topic of the NOGLab will be timely and feature real-world experiences faced by operators of today’s Internet. If you think you have an interesting topic but want some feedback or assistance working it into a presentation, please email the Program Committee chair (chair(a)pc.nanog.org), and a representative on the Program Committee will give you the feedback needed to work it into a presentation. Otherwise, don't delay in submitting your talk, keynote, track, or panel into the NANOG Program Committee tool, located at http://pc.nanog.org. For more information about talk types and format, please see http://nanog.org/presentations/guidelines/talktips.php<http://www.nanog.org/presentations/guidelines/talktips.php> <http://www.nanog.org/presentations/guidelines/talktips.php> How to Present The deadline for accepting abstracts and slides is April 8, 2013 . While the majority of speaking slots may be filled by that date, a limited number of slots may be available after that date for topics that are exceptionally timely, important, or critical to the operations of the Internet. Complete Presentation Guidelines can be found at http://nanog.org/presentations/ <http://www.nanog.org/presentations/> <http://www.nanog.org/presentations/> The primary speaker, moderator, or author should submit presentation information and an abstract online at: http://pc.nanog.org once you have done this, you will receive instructions for submitting your draft slides. - Author's name(s) - Preferred contact email address - A preferred phone number for contact - Submission category (General Session, Panel, Tutorial, or Research Forum) - Presentation title - Abstract - Slides (attachment or URL), in PDF (preferred) or PowerPoint format. We look forward to reviewing your submission. Talks Keynote Presentation: The Program Committee invites speakers to submit materials for up to one-hour keynote presentations. Speakers should indicate that their submission is for a keynote in their abstracts. Speaker must submit slides for a Keynote Presentation. General Session Talk: A General Session presentation should be on a topic of interest to the general NANOG audience, and may be up to 30-minutes long (including time for Q&A). Speakers must submit slides for a General Session presentation. General Session Panel: Panels are 60-90-minute discussion sessions between a moderator and a team of panelists. The panel moderator should submit an abstract on the panel topic, a list of panelists, and how the panel will be organized. Panel selection will be based on the importance, originality, focus and timeliness of the topic, expertise of proposed panelists, as well as the potential for informative and controversial discussion. After acceptance the panel leader will be given the option to invite panel authors to submit their presentations to the NANOG program Committee for review. Until then authors should not submit their individual presentations for the panel. Tracks: Tracks are 90-minute informal agenda blocks on topics, which are of interest to a portion of the NANOG community. The 90-minute block can be subdivided into a number of smaller, highly related presentations, panels or open discussion. A moderator coordinates content within the 90-minute block of time, and must submit a detailed outline to the Program Committee, including sub-topics and presenters Peering ISP Security Tools Typically two tracks or three tracks will be run concurrently. Tutorials: Tutorials are 90-minute sessions. A presentation from the introductory through advanced level on all related topics, including: Disaster Recovery Planning Troubleshooting BGP Best Practices for Determining Traffic Matrices Options for Blackhole and Discard Routing BGP/MPLS Layer 3 VPNs Peering business and engineering basics A tutorial submission should include an abstract and slides. BOFs: BOFs (Birds of a Feather sessions) are informal sessions on topics, which are of interest to a portion of the NANOG community. BOFs may be held in the hallways, breakout areas or in an unscheduled tutorial room. Requests for scheduled BOFs will be take place on site at the meeting. A typical BOF session may include some structure or presentations, but usually is focused on community discussion and interaction. Frequent BOF topics include: R&D collaboration Hot-topics in the media The less structured nature of BOF sessions allows for the greatest flexibility from a timing perspective. Lightning Talks: A lightning talk is a very short presentation or speech by any attendee on any topic relevant to the NANOG audience. These are limited to ten minutes; this will be strictly enforced. If you have a topic that's timely, interesting, or even a crackpot idea you want to share, we encourage you to consider presenting it. The Program Committee will vote on all Lightning Talk submissions onsite at the meeting, and a submitter will be notified about his or her submission one day prior to the scheduled talk time. Submit your lightning talk proposal at http://pc.nanog.org starting June 2, 2013. Research Forum: Researchers are invited to present short (10-minute) summaries of their work for operator feedback. Topics include routing, network performance, statistical measurement and analysis, and protocol development and implementation. Studies presented may be works in progress. Researchers from academia, government, and industry are encouraged to present. The NANOG registration fee is waived for: - For General Session presentations, the registration fee will be waived for a maximum of one speaker. - For General Session panels, fees will be waived for one panel moderator and all panelists. - For Tracks, fees will be waived for one moderator. - For Research Forum presentations, fees will be waived for one speaker. - For Tutorials, fees will be waived for one instructor. *

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[news] RIPE NCC office closed on 29 March and 1 April 2013
by Saskia Oostdijck-van Gorp 26 Mar '13

26 Mar '13

Dear Colleagues, Our office is closed on following days: - Friday 29 March 2013 (Good Friday) - Monday 1 April (Easter Monday) Normal office hours will resume on Tuesday 2 April 2013. The office closes on all Dutch public holidays listed at: http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/contact/opening-hours Regards, Saskia Oostdijck - van Gorp Facilities, Administration and Reception Manager RIPE NCC

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DNS outage
by Romeo Zwart 05 Mar '13

05 Mar '13

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear colleagues, This morning, the RIPE NCC briefly experienced a problem on the ripe.net DNS servers. Operation of K-root and other public DNS services was not impacted at any time during this outage. At 11:45 UTC this morning, an error in the deployment script used to update the ripe.net zone caused a partial zone file to be activated. This caused the ripe.net DNS servers to return NX-domain responses for some valid hosts and/or subdomains in the ripe.net zone, which effectively rendered some of the RIPE NCC services unavailable during this period. DNS resolution for ripe.net was fully restored at 12:15 UTC. Caching of the erroneous responses may have caused reachability problems until 13:15 UTC. The error in the script has been identified and is only triggered in a specific corner case. This error will be corrected today. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Incident start: 05-Mar-2013 11:45:01 UTC Incident end: 05-Mar-2013 12:14:58 UTC Regards, Romeo Zwart GII Services Manager RIPE NCC

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Mailing List for proposed OpenSource WG
by Martin Winter 04 Mar '13

04 Mar '13

At the last RIPE meeting we discussed the start of a new working group related to Open Source Software in the RIPE community. The (current proposed version) of the charter was discussed a bit in this list in last october. The idea is to make a final decision (to go forward or not) on the WG at the upcoming RIPE meeting in Dublin and I invite everyone who is interested to join the mailing list https://www.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/opensource-wg Feel free to subscribe and join the discussion on creating the new working group and the topics we try to cover at the upcoming RIPE meeting. If you have an opinion on what should (or should not) be part of the working group, then please join the list and express your opinion. Regards, Martin Winter & Ondrej Filip

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[news] RPKI and PI End Users Proposal - Feedback Requested
by Axel Pawlik 11 Feb '13

11 Feb '13

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear colleagues, Since the launch of the RIPE NCC resource certification (RPKI) system on 1 January 2011, more than 1,300 RIPE NCC members have requested a resource certificate. Together, they have created statements about BGP routing for over 3,000 prefixes, covering more than five /8 blocks. Currently, this system is only applicable to Provider Aggregatable (PA) address space held by RIPE NCC members. The functionality that we most commonly receive requests for is to make address space held by Provider Independent (PI) End Users eligible for certification. During the RIPE 65 Meeting in Amsterdam, there were discussions on this and the RIPE NCC Executive Board extensively deliberated the issue. Based on these discussions, the Executive Board now submits this proposal for consideration and discussion to you, the RIPE NCC membership and the RIPE community. One of the most important considerations when issuing a resource certificate is that it be given to the legitimate holder of the address space. This is fundamental to the reliability and trustworthiness of the system and to the goal of making our registry as robust as possible. To ensure that the resource certificate retains its authoritative value over time, it is important that the RIPE NCC periodically verifies the association between the resource and its holder. With our members, this is a straightforward process because we have direct contact with them at least once a year. Under current RIPE Policy, PI End Users who are not RIPE NCC members must have a contractual agreement with a sponsoring LIR (as detailed in ripe-452). Periodic verification of the resource holder could be handled by the sponsoring LIR. Also note that the RIPE NCC cannot enter into any contractual agreement with PI End Users, other than the "RIPE NCC Standard Service Agreement" (ripe-435). Therefore, the Executive Board proposes that PI End Users in the RIPE NCC service region who want to certify their resources be given both of the following two options: 1. Sign an agreement with their sponsoring LIR (a RIPE NCC member) to have the resources certified by the RIPE NCC via the sponsoring LIR. In this case, the sponsoring LIR would be responsible for periodically verifying that the PI End User is the legitimate holder of the resources. However, the RIPE NCC will in all cases be responsible for issuing the resource certificate and providing access to the RPKI management interface. Therefore, PI End Users should, at all times, be able to change from one sponsoring LIR to another while still retaining the same certificate for the resources that they hold. The cost associated with this option lies in building a framework in the LIR Portal to facilitate the process, some administrative overhead, and the additional burden on the RPKI infrastructure, that would not be funded by the direct beneficiary of the resource certification service. These costs would come out of the general RIPE NCC budget and would therefore be funded by all RIPE NCC members, however it is unlikely that this would have any direct impact on future membership fees. Alternatively a PI End User may choose to: 2. Become a RIPE NCC member, pay the full annual membership fee and receive a certificate directly through the RIPE NCC. The Executive Board feels that offering both of these options will result in relatively little impact on membership fees while offering all PI End Users the opportunity to certify their Internet number resources without being forced to become a member of the RIPE NCC. For the sake of completeness, we also present a third scenario discussed by the Executive Board that would involve giving PI End Users that have received resources through a sponsoring LIR the option to deal directly with the RIPE NCC without becoming a RIPE NCC member or needing to make contact with their sponsoring LIR. They could do this by authenticating the relevant INETNUM object using their MNTNER, and supplying additional information directly to the RIPE NCC (company registration papers, business address details, contact email, etc.) on a periodic basis (probably every 12-18 months). This option would not entail any fee or contractual agreement for the PI End User. However the Executive Board does not see this as a viable option, as the amount of resources required to check the necessary supporting documentation and other administrative overheads would be too large a financial burden on the RIPE NCC membership. The lack of a periodically-renewed contractual relationship with the PI End User, while providing them this service, may also cause complications. *IMPORTANT* Your opinions and feedback on this proposal are vital in shaping a resource certification system that best suits your needs. We encourage you to discuss this matter on the RIPE NCC members-discuss mailing list. Following approximately six weeks of discussion (ending on 30 March 2013), the Executive Board will consider feedback from the list and propose options on moving forward on this matter which will be properly communicated. Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE NCC Survey 2011 - Key Findings and Actions
by Axel Pawlik 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear Colleagues, In 2011, the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) carried out the RIPE NCC Membership and Stakeholder Survey 2011 on our behalf. There were 825 full responses, the most ever received for a RIPE NCC survey. The RIPE NCC is extremely grateful to all those who participated in the survey. The OII analysed the survey data and produced 52 key findings. Over the past 18 months, the RIPE NCC examined the key findings and took action on them where appropriate. The PDF document detailing all 52 key findings and the actions taken by the RIPE NCC is now available at: http://www.ripe.net/survey2011/key-findings-and-actions The document outlines the actions taken by the RIPE NCC so far, but it should be noted that work continues in all areas. If you would like to comment on the findings and actions, or on the document itself, please let us know at <feedback(a)ripe.net>. Any feedback received in the coming weeks would be particularly timely as we are currently preparing the RIPE NCC Survey 2013. This feedback will inform the 2013 survey and consequently the actions carried out by the RIPE NCC in response. The new survey will launch at the RIPE 66 Meeting in Dublin in May 2013. We look forward to your support in this project and hope you will participate in the survey. Best regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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