New RIPE Document Announcement -------------------------------------- A new document is available from the RIPE document store. Ref: ripe-136 Title: European Internet Registry Policies and Procedures Author: S. Dolderer, D. Karrenberg, M. Kuehne, M. Norris, C. Orange, W. Woeber, J. Zsako Date: 24 May 1996 Format: PS=670749 TXT=150515 bytes Obsoletes: ripe-104, ripe-105 Obsoleted by: Updates: Updated by: See also: Short content description ------------------------- A new document, ripe-136 , often referred to as "ripe-104++" is now available in the RIPE document store. The contents of this document regarding the policies and procedures for the distribution of public IP address space in Europe and surrounding areas, were approved by the RIPE community during the RIPE-23 meeting held in January 1996. The document contains five sections which describe the European Internet Registry system, policies and procedures for address space assignments and allocations, and finally procedures for reverse delegations related to the address space. The document should be used as a reference by all local IRs in the RIPE community. The document will be updated later in 1996 with sections added on Internet Registry operations and Routing Registry policies and procedures. The sections published may be modified according to the wishes of the RIPE contributors committee prior to the update. However, given the agreement of the RIPE community on the first sections, any changes are expected to be minor. A set of address space assignment forms and supporting notes for implementing the policies described in this document will follow shortly. Carol Orange RIPE NCC 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-136.txt for the ASCII version ripe-136.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@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-136.txt