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Re: Quarterdeck NewsFlash
by RIPE NCC Staff 24 May '96

24 May '96

Neil Harris <neil(a)nharris.demon.co.uk> writes: * Has anyone else recieved this annoying unsolicited commercial E-mail? We haven't, and we haven't heard from anyone else... * * I wonder where they got the list of ISP personnel from? We too. If it turns out they use the RIPE Database for this purpose, then we should probably take action. -- Roderik Muit * * Note that this was sent to my *personal* E-mail address, * as registered in the RIPE database, not an address of the start-up * ISP (sohonet.co.uk) that I am associated with. * * -- Neil Harris * * >Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 11:21:42 -0700 * >From: "ISP NewsFlash Service" <ISP-NewsFlash(a)starnine.com> * >Subject: Quarterdeck NewsFlash * >To: "ISP NewsFlash Service" <ISP-NewsFlash(a)starnine.com> * >Reply-To: ISP-NewsFlash(a)starnine.com * >Precedence: Bulk * > * > -+-newsflash-+-newsflash-+-newsflash-+-newsflash-+-newsflash-+- * > * > Dear Internet Provider, * > * > I am sure you've heard about Quarterdeck. Quarterdeck is the much * > awarded developer of leading PC Utility + Internet products sold * > through thousands of retail stores in Europe. * > * > Our company is rapidly growing--for the first half of fiscal 1996, * > Quarterdeck's revenues grew 52 percent to $88.6 million. European * > sales rose approximately 50 percent from the previous quarter and 90 * > percent from the same quarter last year. Additionally, Internet and * > Communications product revenues rose from approximately $16 million in * > the December 1995 quarter to $23 million in the March 1996 quarter * > * > Since June 1995, Quarterdeck has completed six acquisitions, the lates * t * > being DATASTORM. * > * > "The acquisition of DATASTORM's PROCOMM brand franchise, * > among the strongest in the industry, in combination with * > Quarterdeck's Internet access and collaborative computing * > software (WebTalk, InternetSuite, Global Chat and Future * > Labs' TALKShow, which we are in the process of acquiring), * > places Quarterdeck in a strong position to benefit from the * > accelerating growth of collaborative computing for the * > Internet and Intranet," says Gaston Bastiaens, * > Quarterdeck's CEO. * > * > * > In order for our Internet products to best to meet the specific * > requirements of Internet Providers, Quarterdeck has formed a special * > distribution channel for YOU: the Internet Provider Channel. * > * > As Mr. Bastiaens remarks, the growth of the Internet is accelerating. * In * > this rapidly changing environment, we want to use email--the Internet' * s * > life's blood--to keep you up-to-date on the latest What's New from * > Quarterdeck. To accomplish this, we will use the Starnine Listserver, * > another fine Internet product from Quarterdeck. * > * > * > * > NEW PRODUCTS * > ============ * > In the 2 years since Quarterdeck began investing in Internet * > development, we have introduced a number of Web products. The purpose * > of this email is to announce new versions of these and, just as * > importantly, more new products. Quarterdeck is determined to become * > the key software partner to ISPs, with software that makes the * > Internet more useful to the end-user, and thus adds more value to your * > service. * > * > All these products are available with attractive OEM licensing plans * > --the best prices Quarterdeck has to offer. When providing these * > products to your customers (or when you use them yourself), * > Quarterdeck's industry prestige will give you--as an Internet * > Provider--a competitive advantage over less quality-conscious * > providers! * > * > A selection: * > * > WebCompass Personal Edition: * > * > The mass market personal version of our award-winning WebCompass (Best * of * > Comdex95) WWW search system. WebCompass Personal Edition is built arou * nd * > the key features of WebCompass PRo including the simultaneous metasear * ch * > of multiple Web search engines and preparing an abstract of the query * > data, all through a point and click interface. * > * > Global Chat and Global Stage: * > Global Chat is an easy-to-use graphical (IRC) chat client. It is * > available as a stand-alone product but we've also incorporated it * > in InternetSuite 2.0 for free. * > Global Stage is a professional range of Chat servers. In the Unit * ed * > States, Global Stage servers are used by a number of well-known * > customers like Time Warner Pathfinder, Ziff-Davis, MTV, Apple, an * d * > Mecklermedia. We now make Global Stage available in Europe. * > * > InternetSuite 2.0: * > Our professionally integrated suite of Internet clients now * > includes the latest release of Quarterdeck Mosaic with support * > for important HTML and Netscape extensions like Tables, * > backgrounds, Cookies, Client-Pull and much more. As mentioned, th * e * > Global Chat client is now a standard part of the InternetSuite * . * > And we have some options which make the InternetSuite even more * > attractive for ISP's. Take for example CyberSitter: a filter for * > unwanted websites and newsgroups. CyberSitter gives parents cont * rol * > over the content their kids can access, but system administrators * > can also assure that Internet usage stays a serious course during * > business hours ;-) * > * > HiJaak Graphical Utilities: * > Via the acquisition of Inset, Quarterdeck has been able to add a * > range of Graphical Utility products to its portfolio. HiJaak 95 * > and HiJaak Graphical Suite are ideal products for demanding * > WebMasters who often have to maintain a large amount of graphical * > files and need powerful conversion packages at their fingertips. * > * > * > You can download demo's of most of these products on * > http://www.qdeck.com. Evaluation versions of the Quarterdeck * > InternetSuite are available at: http://www.qisp.com/uk/ * > * > But it doesn't stop here. * > * > The company is expanding its Internet product line with the * > upcoming launch of the next-generation family of WebCompass products * > and WebAuthoring tools. * > * > Along with a family of solutions for the Internet, Quarterdeck also * > offers solutions for the intranet. This was recently acknowledged by * > Novell with the signing of an agreement to include IWare technology in * > Novell's forthcoming intranet publishing software. * > * > * > NEW CUSTOMERS * > ============= * > More and more leading Internet Providers have chosen Quarterdeck as * > their Software Provider. Recently we've added: * > * > Ping in Austria; Arcadis in Belgium; CyberCity in Denmark; Cybermind * > in Germany; SchoolNet in the Netherlands; Commpol in Poland, Encomix * > in Spain; and Direct Connection, EasyNet, LandScape/CableNet and * > Vampire in the UK. * > * > Quarterdeck Internet products are now distributed via more than 25 * > leading European Internet Providers only 3 months after the forming of * > the Quarterdeck Internet Provider Channel (and still counting). So whe * n * > you chose Quarterdeck as your software provider you know you are makin * g * > the right choice! * > * > * > MEET QUARTERDECK * > ================ * > You can meet Quarterdeck during the InternetWorld Show in London <May * > 21 - 23> and the TWO BBSCON show in <Munich?>, <May 23 - 26>. Of * > course you don't have to wait until then. Whenever you feel the need * > to make an appointment, call Bruno Cappello of Internet Provider * > Relations at our France office, int + 33 1 4320 <....> or drop him a * > line at email address provider(a)qdeck.fr * > * > * > Regards, * > * > Nils Kijkuit * > Sr. Manager Quarterdeck Provider Channel * > Quarterdeck International Ltd. * > Email: kijkuit(a)quarterdeck.com * > * > -+-newsflash-+-newsflash-+-newsflash-+-newsflash-+-newsflash-+- * > * > * >If you no longer wish to receive mail from this list, send a message to * >ISP-NewsFlash(a)starnine.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject field. If you * >have further questions about Quarterdeck and/or this list please send them * to * >provider(a)qdeck.fr. * > * * * *

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IETF Report Abstract
by Donal Hanna 20 May '96

20 May '96

Apologies if you receive more than one copy of this message. IETF - Los Angeles: March 4th - 8th 1996 Trip Report: Donal Hanna - Newcastle University Netskills Programmer Jill Foster - Newcastle University Mailbase Director Netskills Director Abstract: The IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) met for a week in L.A. in March. A wide range of working group sessions which took place are covered in the report, including: HyperText Markup Language Applications/Transport Joint Session BOF User Services Working Group Applications Area Open Meeting Multiparty Multimedia Session Control WG HTTP Working Group IPNG Transition Integrated Directory Services Network Training Materials Access, Searching and Indexing of Directories WG Technical Session The report is available from: http://www.netskills.ac.uk/staff/hanna/confs/IETF-Mar96.html -- Donal Hanna, Netskills Programmer, University Computing Service, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, NE1 7RU Tel: +44 191 222 5003 URL: http://www.netskills.ac.uk/

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NetStar Seminar Invitation
by Ray Davis 17 May '96

17 May '96

Just FYI... Ray ------- Forwarded Message From: helmut(a)cocos.de (Helmut Muhl-Kuhner) Subject: NetStar Seminar Invitation Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 18:03:20 +0200 (MET DST) Dear Internet User and/or Internet Service Provider, NetStar is known for its GigaRouter Product which is used as part of the very highspeed Internet backbone and as a Gigabit Router by Internet Service Providers and large computer centers in critical, high speed interconnects. For more information on NetStar, please look up the NetStar web site: http://www.netstar.com NetStar Inc. and HMK Computer GmbH invite you or a representative of your organization to attend a limited seating presentation on: "Changing the Internet Hardware Infrastructure" --------------------------------------------- by Kimberly Lorencic Senior Research Analyst for the Yankee Group on: June 3, 1996 at: Schlosshotel Kronberg 11:00 - 13:00 phone: +49-(0)6173-701-01 Imbiss fax: +49-(0)6173-701-267 on: June 4, 1996 at: Mariott Hotel in Munich 13:00 - 15:00 phone: +49-(0)89-36002-0 Imbiss fax: +49-(0)89-36002-200 Ms. Lorencic will discuss the results of recent Yankee group research with leading Internet service and access providers on the hardware direction for the Internet infrastructure and the factors impacting that direction. She will relay their concerns about congestion at the private and public access points, discuss the router and switch equation, bandwidth and resource reservation methods, ATM - a strategic versus tactical decision, and what is the infrastructure's bottom line. Two Yankee Watch whitepapers, typically reserved for subscribers, will also be available at the presentation. The first is titled "Internet Infrastructure Evolution" and is the basis for Ms. Lorencic's presentation. The second is titled "On-Line and Internet Services in Europe", a product of Yankee Group's Euroscope Communications Group. Following Ms. Lorencic's presentation and a short break for questions NetStar and HMK Computer GmbH present "An Architecture Designed for the Internet" ----------------------------------------- by Robert Enk Director, Internet Business Development for NetStar This interactive presentation will focus on a brief overview of the architecture for NetStar's GigaRouter, the first and only high performance switch-based IP router. Current and planned features, including IP over SDH/Sonet with ATM/STM, will be discussed as they relate to the Internet infrastructure, their benefits to infrastructure, and ending with a lively, open discussion of your ideas and questions. Speaker Biographies Kimberly Lorencic is a Senior Analyst for the Yankee Group's Data Communications Research Group. Her research specialty is in the LAN/WAN internetworking and Internet marketplace, specifically routers, high speed LAN technologies, Internet Service Provider infrastructure evolution and security issues related to the Internet. Prior to joining the Yankee Group, Ms. Lorencic was a Competitive Analyst for Wellfleet/Bay Networks with responsibiblity for tracking more than 80 vendors in the router market and producing competitive positioning reports for use by Bay's internal and external organizations. Before joining Bay Netwroks, she held product marketing, industry marketing and marketing communications positions at Digital Equipment Corporation. Ms. Lorencic holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from National College in Rapid City, South Dakota. The Yankee group is a well respected US-based, but with a worldwide presence, research and consulting firm. The Yankee Group is the only research group in the US actively and professionally following the worldwide Internet. Best regards, Mark Garver Helmut Muehl-Kuehner VP Sales & Marketing NetStar Deutschland ----- cut here -------- cut here ------ cut here --- Please inform us if you would like to attend and we will prepare a seminar package for you. We can be reached by e-mail (info(a)cocos.de) phone (+49-6196-533 177), fax (+49-6196-533 199), or post to: HMK Computer GmbH Am Kronberger Hang 2 D-65824 Schwalbach/Ts. ___ Yes I would like to attend your seminar in ____ Kronberg or in ____ Munich Name ________________________ Company _____________________ Address _____________________ _____________________________ Phone _______________________ Email _______________________ Attendance is free of charge. With our confirmation we will send you hotel information and the agenda. We hope to see you there! Best regards, Helmut Muehl-Kuehner helmut(a)netstar.com Tel:+49-6196-533 177 Fax: +49-6196-533 199 http://www.netstar.com http://www.hmk.carpe.net/ ------- End of Forwarded Message

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Ticket CERN.960507.1830 CLOSE: Cern-ebs1 software upgrade
by Denise Heagerty 07 May '96

07 May '96

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Ticket Number: CERN.960507.1830 Ticket Status: CLOSED Ticket Type: SCHEDULED Ticket Source: CERN Ticket Scope: Router Site/Line: Cern-EBS1.Ebone.NET Ticket Owner: Denise Heagerty Problem Fixer: CERN Ticket Opened: 960507.1830 Problem Starts: 08-MAY-1996 17:50 MET Scheduled End: 08-MAY-1996 18:00 MET Closed: 960508.1800 Ended: 08-MAY-1996 18:00 MET %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Problem Description: Reload Cern-EBS1.Ebone.NET with new image: c4500-p-mz.19139.163 and enable SPD Affected: Cern-EBS1 connected networks Actions: Reload + configure SPD Time to fix: 10 minutes ==============================================================================

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Hostcount for April 1996
by Mirjam Kuehne 06 May '96

06 May '96

Dear all, Here is the hostcount for April 1996. The table shows an increase since last month of more than 116,000 (or 4.7%) to a total of almost 2,600,000 hosts in the DNS in Europe. FI shows the highest increase for April with more than 23,000 hosts than in March. However, we must take into account that Finland showed a decrease of 7233 hosts in March indicating a possible error due to connectivity. Last month we saw a decrease of 940 hosts in the IE zone due to a collapse of one of the irish service providers. The figures have now stabilized because new connections have been taken up with alternative providers. The hostcount can also be found under ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/hostcount. The graphical version of the hostcount can be found at ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/hostcount/RIPE-Hostcount-{Mo,Qu}.eps The translation of the country codes can be found at ftp://ftp.ripe.net/iso3166-countrycodes I would like to thank all people who help me to create the hostcount every month by counting hosts locally: at Gerhard Winkler <winkler(a)cc.univie.ac.at> be Herman Moons <Herman.Moons(a)CS.kuleuven.ac.be> ch Christoph Graf <graf(a)chx400.switch.ch> cy Panagiotis Tzounakis <pj(a)ics.forth.gr> cz Jiri Orsag <Jiri.Orsag(a)eunet.cz> de Peter Koch <pk(a)TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE> dk Robert Martin-Legene <robert(a)dknet.dk> es Jose Sanchez-Seco <jose.sanchez(a)rediris.es> fi Petri Ojala <ojala(a)eunet.fi> fr Annie Renard <Annie.Renard(a)inria.fr> gr Dimitris Zisiadis <zisiadis(a)forthnet.gr> hr Ivan Maric <Ivan.Maric(a)stribor.srce.hr> hu Gabor Kiss <kissg(a)sztaki.hu> ie Mike Norris <mnorris(a)dalkey.hea.ie> il Sason Levi <sason(a)NetVision.net.il> it Antonio_Blasco Bonito <bonito(a)nis.garr.it> no Havard Eidnes <Havard.Eidnes(a)runit.sintef.no> pl Irek Neska <irek(a)nask.pl> pt Armando Domingues <fccn(a)dns.pt> ru Andrey Dobrotsvetov <adbr(a)argo.net.kiae.su> sk Ivan Lescak <Ivan.Lescak(a)Slovakia.EU.net> Lubos Elias <Lubos.Elias(a)uakom.sk> sm Antonio_Blasco Bonito <bonito(a)nis.garr.it> tr Yener Yigit <yener(a)knidos.cc.metu.edu.tr> uk Kevin Hoadley <K.Hoadley(a)nosc.ja.net> If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC RIPE DNS Hostcount Previous Count : Sun Mar 31 1996 This Count : Tue Apr 30 1996 CY SOA COUNTED DUPL REAL CHANGE ============================================================ al 5 76 0 76 + 17 am 9 226 9 217 + 119 at 1731 69820 4265 65555 + 2981 az 3 16 0 16 0 be 1808 38735 1315 37420 + 1514 bg 93 1816 74 1742 + 218 by 10 60 2 58 + 4 ch 2410 98768 3040 95728 + 4137 cy 71 609 11 598 + 44 cz 632 27907 523 27384 + 1305 de 9906 545126 20221 524905 + 8563 dk 1120 56189 2771 53418 - 6433 dz 2 16 0 16 0 ee 258 5657 164 5493 + 599 eg 25 712 10 702 + 6 es 1614 70467 1005 69462 + 4483 fi 1923 258278 3740 254538 +23836 fo 5 21 0 21 + 1 fr 3292 175709 4830 170879 +16849 gb 1 42 0 42 + 2 ge 9 75 0 75 + 9 gr 463 11363 721 10642 + 3988 hr 251 3487 688 2799 - 216 hu 509 22593 367 22226 + 4777 ie 353 14138 217 13921 + 715 il 964 38852 2690 36162 + 1536 is 161 10081 92 9989 + 94 it 3868 102369 8942 93427 + 1122 li 26 91 10 81 + 17 lt 66 1025 6 1019 + 144 lu 137 2457 79 2378 + 1538 lv 85 3701 67 3634 + 507 ma 9 367 50 317 - 19 md 9 6 0 6 + 4 mk 13 148 20 128 + 5 mt 24 403 61 342 + 95 nl 3282 203445 4156 199289 +13664 no 2800 109800 3778 106022 + 1179 pl 998 33368 1479 31889 + 1530 pt 198 12398 162 12236 - 1010 ro 253 2858 85 2773 + 322 ru 697 21062 1412 19650 + 3944 se 4816 179335 7429 171906 +14176 si 315 8979 704 8275 + 733 sk 166 4525 106 4419 + 180 sm 6 326 153 173 + 31 su 485 14220 663 13557 + 939 tn 3 50 4 46 - 14 tr 140 3174 49 3125 - 5102 ua 186 4361 883 3478 + 241 uk 15705 567904 50356 517548 +12598 va 1 3 0 3 0 yu 6 134 2 132 + 132 ============================================================ 61922 2727348 127411 2599937 +116104

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Date RIPE25
by RIPE NCC Staff 02 May '96

02 May '96

Dear ladies and gentlemen, The date for the next RIPE meeting in Amsterdam has been set to: Wednesday 25th September - Friday 27th September Thank you for your attention. (You may now all complain about the date ;-) (No honestly, I tried to, but could not find any clashes with other meetings in September.) Best regards, Roderik Muit RIPE NCC

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Re: Date RIPE25
by Bernard.Tuy＠renater.fr 02 May '96

02 May '96

| From: RIPE NCC Staff <ncc(a)ripe.net> | Date: Thu, 02 May 1996 09:18:51 +0200 | | The date for the next RIPE meeting in Amsterdam has been set to: | | | Wednesday 25th September - Friday 27th September | | | Thank you for your attention. (You may now all complain about the date ;-) | (No honestly, I tried to, but could not find any clashes with other | meetings in September.) ====BT: sorry, there's one -at least : Cisco Networker's 96 .The Hague (NL) and I guess many people want to attend it. Cheers, +Bernard Tuy.

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FINAL PROGRAMME - 7th Joint European Networking Conference, May 13-16 1996, Hungary, Budapest
by Carol Orange 01 May '96

01 May '96

I've been asked to post the following from those organizing the conference. -- Carol Orange ------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th Joint European Networking Conference (JENC7) MAY 13 - 16, 1996 The Final Programme for JENC7 is now available via the Web. Please visit the JENC7 conference Web site for a registration form and further information at: http://www.iif.hu/jenc For general enquiries please send an email message to <jenc7-sec(a)TERENA.nl> or contact TERENA Secretariat Singel 466-468 NL - 1017 AW Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel: +31 20 639 1131 Fax: +31 20 639 3289 Email: jenc7-sec(a)TERENA.nl

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