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Re: EOF-7 meeting minutes
by Paolo Bevilacqua 25 Oct '95

25 Oct '95

On Oct 25, 4:18pm, Lars-Johan Liman wrote: > Subject: Re: EOF-7 meeting minutes > ... > > Unit for measuring amounts of data. Amounts to 1.048.576 bits. For > more information, see http://www.BITNET/ :-). > I know this has been discussed countless times on the net... i think that one megabit of trasmissive data is 10^6 ... :) but the URL is nice! /pab

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New Document available: ripe-134
by RIPE NCC Document Annoucement Service 25 Oct '95

25 Oct '95

New/Revised RIPE Document Announcement -------------------------------------- A revised/new document is available from the RIPE document store. Ref: ripe-134 Title: RIPE NCC Revenue & Charging 1996 Author: Daniel Karrenberg, RIPE NCC Date: 25 October 1995 Format: PS=122444 TXT=22656 Obsoletes: Obsoleted by: Updates: Updated by: See also: ripe-132, ripe-133 Old: Short content description ------------------------- This memorandum describes the RIPE NCC revenue plan and charging model for the year 1996. The companion document "RIPE NCC Activities & Expenditure 1996" describes the activities funded. This document was drafted by the RIPE NCC and subse- quently amended according to the decisions of the NCC Contributors Committee about the "tariff struc- ture" as per point 3.3 of the committee's terms of reference. See the committee minutes (ripe-132) for detailed information about the decision making pro- cess. TERENA has subsequently approved the tariff structure. 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/docs/" followed by the command "get filename". The relevant filenames for this document are: ripe-134.txt for the ASCII version ripe-134.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". WAIS Access ----------- There is also a "WAIS" server at wais.ripe.net, where there is a WAIS index for RIPE documents "ripe-docs.src" WWW Access ---------- For those who wish to add this home page at the RIPE NCC to their own customized home pages, it can be accessed as: http://www.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/docs/ripe-134.txt

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New Document available: ripe-133
by RIPE NCC Document Annoucement Service 25 Oct '95

25 Oct '95

New/Revised RIPE Document Announcement -------------------------------------- A revised/new document is available from the RIPE document store. Ref: ripe-133 Title: RIPE NCC Activities & Expenditure 1996 Author: Daniel Karrenberg, RIPE NCC Date: 25 October 1995 Format: PS=221392 TXT=42640 Obsoletes: Obsoleted by: Updates: Updated by: See also: ripe-125, ripe-132, ripe-134 Old: Short content description ------------------------- This memorandum describes the RIPE NCC activities and associated expenditure for the year 1996. The companion document "RIPE NCC Revenue & Charging 1996" (ripe-134) describes ways to generate the nec- essary revenue. The "RIPE NCC Activity Plan" (ripe-125) defines the activities of the RIPE NCC desired by the RIPE com- munity. Based on this activity plan the RIPE NCC has drafted this document which was subsequently amended according to the decisions of the NCC Con- tributors Committee as per point 3.2 of the commit- tee's terms of reference. For details about those decisions see the minutes of the Spetember 1995 meeting of the committee (ripe-132). TERENA has subseuently approved the expenditure budget as pro- posed. 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/docs/" followed by the command "get filename". The relevant filenames for this document are: ripe-133.txt for the ASCII version ripe-133.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". WAIS Access ----------- There is also a "WAIS" server at wais.ripe.net, where there is a WAIS index for RIPE documents "ripe-docs.src" WWW Access ---------- For those who wish to add this home page at the RIPE NCC to their own customized home pages, it can be accessed as: http://www.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/docs/ripe-133.txt

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New Document available: ripe-132
by RIPE NCC Document Annoucement Service 25 Oct '95

25 Oct '95

New/Revised RIPE Document Announcement -------------------------------------- A revised/new document is available from the RIPE document store. Ref: ripe-132 Title: 2nd Meeting of the RIPE NCC Contributors Committee Minutes Author: RIPE NCC Date: 25 October 1995 Format: PS=212930 TXT=42214 Obsoletes: Obsoleted by: Updates: Updated by: See also: ripe-133, ripe-134 Old: Short content description ------------------------- Minutes of the 2nd Meeting of the RIPE NCC Contributors Committee held on September 1st 1995. Includes decisions about 1996 NCC Activities and Charging. 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/docs/" followed by the command "get filename". The relevant filenames for this document are: ripe-132.txt for the ASCII version ripe-132.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". WAIS Access ----------- There is also a "WAIS" server at wais.ripe.net, where there is a WAIS index for RIPE documents "ripe-docs.src" WWW Access ---------- For those who wish to add this home page at the RIPE NCC to their own customized home pages, it can be accessed as: http://www.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/docs/ripe-132.txt

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Contributors Committee Minutes, Documents
by Daniel Karrenberg 25 Oct '95

25 Oct '95

Dear colleagues, since we are getting frequent questions about the contributors committee minutes as well as the 1996 Activities and Charging I will publish these three documents as RIPE documents to make them more easily accessible. The minutes include all comments we have received. The documents include all amendments according to the decisions by the committee. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Regards Daniel Karrenberg RIPE NCC Manager

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Re: Abbreviations (was: EOF-7 meeting minutes)
by Havard.Eidnes＠runit.sintef.no 25 Oct '95

25 Oct '95

Hi, here are some of the expansions / explanations that correspond to what could loosely be referred to as "my neck of the woods". I have touched on some not directly under my hat as well, with the danger of possible misrepresentation. Are you collecting the expansions for inclusion in some web page? Note that there is a general issue here of what to include and what to leave out (either intentionally or by accident). Tread carefully here... > FICIX Finnish Commercial Internet eXchange. > FUNET The finnish academic & research network organization. > GIX Global Internet eXchange. Note: some confusion may arise here, if you see the term "the GIX", this usually means the MAE-East Internet exchange point in Washington DC, USA, which could also be referred to as a "de-facto NAP". There has been plans to physically distribute the GIX and thereby create a "D-GIX". The technical/strategic plan is to create a market for providing bandwidth at layer 2 between the individual GIX installations. However, this has not yet happened, at least not as an operational infra- structure. The internet exchange located at KTH is however usually referred to as "the Stockholm D-GIX" or "the D-GIX at KTH" or possibly simply "the D-GIX" (which could be confusing). > IntIS Internet Iceland. This is the successor of SURIS, which used to be the academic and research network in Iceland. > KTH The Royal institute of technology in Stockholm (really "Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan"). > MFS As I do not think there are any on the RIPE list from this company (?), I can say a bit with the danger of being inaccurate: Metropolitan Fiber Systems. They are perhaps most known in our circles for operating the physcal infrastructure of the MAE- East internet exchange, and are also involved in MAE-West. This is a PTT-style organization with its outspring in the US, however they are beginning to establish themselves with a presence in cities in europe as well (I've heard of Stockholm and Paris, I'm sure there are more). > NORDUnet The network service provider which has as its primary goal to take care of the common needs for international Internet connectivity for the academic and research networks in the nordic countries. > Oslonett Commercial Internet service provider in Norway, with "home base" in Oslo (as the name should indicate). Currently has a large chunk of the dial-up Internet access market in Norway. > PowerTech Commercial Internet service provider in Norway, also in Oslo. Seems to aim at the lower end of the market. > STUPI Peter Lothberg's private consulting company. > SWIPnet Commercial internet service provider in Sweden. Daughter company of Tele2, one of the PTTs in Sweden. > Telia One of the PTTs in Sweden. This PTT was at one time the only PTT in Sweden, and is (AFAIK) by far the largest in the current swedish "general" PTT market. > Uninett The norwegian academic & research network organization. > Ommissions are simply gaps in the original minutes... Eh? The minutes were not intended to contain a complete list of abbreviations for the european Internet networking scene. - Håvard

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Re: EOF-7 meeting minutes
by Dave Morton 25 Oct '95

25 Oct '95

>These minutes had so many acronyms in it that were unfamiliar to US members >of the Internet community that Ole Jacobson of Connexions suggest I >write an article about the European Internet scene.... > >So I'm asking people as good cyber-citezens to help out > >Basically, a glossary (that would end up on a web site or two) is all >thats needed for now > >if someone knows of a searchable website that i can hit first without >bothering you'all, let me know (and i do know about 50% of the thigns >below, but I want to get them accurately describves by them that owns >them!) > >here are the terms: > >They fall into 3 basic categories > >1/ Network >2/ Organisation (ISP or other) >3/ Unknown > >ACOnet >BTnet >CableTel >Clinet >Dante >DAXnet >EBONE >ECRC Jon - check out http://www.ecrc.de/networking/ for ECRC. Cheers, Dave >EMPB >EU >EUnet >FICIX >FUNET >GIX >IBR >INRIA >INSnet >IntIS >InterNet >KTH >LINX >LanLink >MFS >Mbit >NIKHEF >NORDUnet >Netkonect >Oslonett >PIPEX >PTT's >PNO >PowerTech >STUPI >SURFnet >SWIPnet >Technocom >Telia >Ten34 >Transpac >UKERNA >UUnet >Uninett >Unisource >VUCC > > >Ommissions are simply gaps in the original minutes...

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New Document available: ripe-131
by RIPE NCC Document Annoucement Service 23 Oct '95

23 Oct '95

New/Revised RIPE Document Announcement -------------------------------------- A revised/new document is available from the RIPE document store. Ref: ripe-131 Title: The Advisory Attribute Author: David Kessens, RIPE NCC Date: 23 October 1995 Format: Obsoletes: ripe-130 Obsoleted by: Updates: ripe-181 Updated by: Old: Short content description ------------------------- Adds 'advisory' attributes to 'aut-num' objects. Use with care. 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/docs/" followed by the command "get filename". The relevant filenames for this document are: ripe-131.txt for the ASCII version ripe-131.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". WAIS Access ----------- There is also a "WAIS" server at wais.ripe.net, where there is a WAIS index for RIPE documents "ripe-docs.src" WWW Access ---------- For those who wish to add this home page at the RIPE NCC to their own customized home pages, it can be accessed as: http://www.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/docs/ripe-131.txt

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NCC seeks Business Manager
by Daniel Karrenberg 11 Oct '95

11 Oct '95

Dear colleagues, it has turned out to be impossible for all practical purposes to find suitable candidates for deputy NCC manager with a solid Internet service provision background. With hindsight this is of course not surprising given the current demand for such people. On suggestion of the contributors committee we have therefore decided to look for a business manager who will take responsibility for the business aspects of running the NCC. This will allow the NCC manager (me) to concentrate more on the technical aspects of the work. As you can imagine I am quite keen to have this person on board as soon as possible. Could you please be so kind and give the advert below the appropriate circulation and point good people to it. Thank you very much Daniel Karrenberg RIPE: Coordinating the Internet in Europe. The RIPE Network Coordination Centre provides coordination services to all European Internet service providers. Due to the continuing explosive growth of the European Internet there is an immediate opening at the RIPE NCC for a Business Manager Duties The business manager will be responsible for NCC finances, reporting, general customer relations and some specific services. The business manager will be closely involved in planning, budgeting, hiring personnel and the development of new projects and services. The specific responsibilities of the business manager include: o the Quarterly RIPE NCC Reports o the Annual Report o budgetary control o customer billing o customer training programme o support the NCC manager in planning and budgeting o identify the need for and plan new projects and services Essential Qualifications o work experience in an international environment o experience with financial controls o very good knowledge of written and spoken English o good communication skills o ability to learn and use Unix and X-windows based computer tools Desirable Qualifications o experience in Internet service provision The position provides an excellent opportunity to work at the very heart of the European Internet industry. R I P E RIPE (Reseaux IP Europeens) is a collaborative organisation open to all European Internet service providers. The objective of RIPE 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. RIPE has been functioning since 1989. The result of the RIPE coordination effort is that the individual end-user is presented on his desk top with a uniform IP service irrespective of the particular network his or her computer is attached to. R I P E N C C The RIPE Network Coordination Centre providers coordination services to European Internet service provider. The NCC's widely recognised neutrality and impartiality are a key requirement for its success. The NCC also supports RIPE activities where appropriate. For more information about NCC services and activities see the RIPE document store. The NCC is funded by all Internet service providers in Europe who operate local Internet registries. The RIPE NCC currently employs eight staff (1 part time). NCC staff are formally employed by TERENA. TERENA TERENA is the European Association of research networking organisations and their users. TERENA has been created by a merger of the RARE and EARN associations. TERENA carries out technical activities and provides a platform for discussion and education to encourage the development of a high-quality computer networking infrastructure for the European research community. Conditions RIPE NCC personnel is employed by the TERENA association under their standard employment conditions. The salary will be compatible with a managerial position with significant responsibilities and depend on qualifications and experience. Costs of relocation to the Netherlands will be fully met. The appointment will be for one year with possible extension. Location The RIPE NCC is located at the Scientific Center Watergraafsmeer (WCW) in Amsterdam. The offices are situated at NIKHEF, the Dutch National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics. Further Information For further information about the RIPE NCC, please see the RIPE document store at http://www.ripe.net/ ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ gopher://gopher.ripe.net/ telnet://info.ripe.net/ 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 the address above and should be received no later than Wednesday November 1st 1996. October 11, 1995

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Weather
by Daniel Karrenberg 10 Oct '95

10 Oct '95

For those planning to attend the RIPE meeting, a five day prognosis of Dutch weather can be found at http://www.knmi.nl/WEER/INFO/meerdaagse.html. It is in Dutch. Short vocabulary: Zonneschijn [%] = chance of sunshine in % Neerslag [%] = chance of precipitation % Minimum temp. [graad] = expected minumum temperature in centigrades/clesius Middag temp. [graad] = (after)noon temperature Windrichting = wind direction Windkracht = wind force (beaufort) Maandag = Monday Dinsdag = Tuesday Woensdag = Wednesday Donderdag = Thursday Vrijdag = Friday Zaterdag = [exercise to the reader] Zondag = [secret day] Here is an ASCII representation of the current page: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In cijfers, gemiddeld over Nederland: woensdag donderdagvrijdag zaterdag zondag Zonneschijn [%] 50 60 40 70 40 Neerslag [%] 10 10 10 10 20 Minimum temp. [graad] 10 10 9 9 9 Middag temp. [graad] 20 18 17 17 18 Windrichting [Image] [Image] [Image] [Image] [Image] Windkracht 3 3 3 3 4 (Windrichting en windkracht gelden voor overdag boven open gebieden) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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