Hi folks, better late than never here is the July host count. I did not take as much time as Marten usually does to re-count unreachable nameservers, so the count may be a little low. A list of domains for which no servers responded is attached below. Generally one can say that growth continues as expected. There are still a lot of networks referenced which are not in the RIPE database. Please spread the word about the database in your vicinity. I have also heared quite some implicit and explicit critisism of the counting and the numbers published. They have been called "wild guesses" and "unrealistic estimates". Just to make it perfectly clear: We count all hosts registered in the DNS. There is no guessing involved. Files which list all hostnames counted can be found in directory ftp.ripe.net:~ftp/ripe/hostcount which is accessible via the usual RIPE document store access methods. Since usually some nameservers cannot be reached at the time of the count the numbers are actually a lower bound of the real number of hosts registered. Another critisism has been that the count uses network bandwidth which could be used for more useful things. The answer to that is that we count during the weekend when in most regions of the net there is sufficient bandwith for all applications. For DNS administrators it might be a good idea to look at the error files in the hostcount directory mentioned above. It might give you some suggestions for improving your DNS setup. Regards Daniel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- RIPE DNS Hostcount Previous Count : Mon Jun 29 This Count : Mon Aug 3 CY SOA COUNTED DUPL REAL CHANGE ============================================================ al 1 0 0 0 0 at 142 6550 22 6528 + 328 be 17 1489 52 1437 + 321 bg 1 0 0 0 0 by 0 0 0 0 0 ch 57 17138 118 17020 + 685 cs 10 634 61 573 + 29 de 827 46903 1075 45828 + 4845 dk 67 2822 43 2779 + 298 dz 0 0 0 0 0 ee 1 39 0 39 + 16 es 148 3776 57 3719 + 566 fi 125 16007 144 15863 + 683 fr 279 19006 233 18773 + 607 gb 1 0 0 0 0 gr 32 485 121 364 - 106 hr 0 0 0 0 0 hu 4 101 2 99 + 28 ie 19 628 2 626 + 50 is 8 401 1 400 + 21 it 163 4950 98 4852 + 20 il 40 2829 48 2781 + 112 lt 1 0 0 0 0 lu 5 78 0 78 + 2 lv 1 0 0 0 0 nl 261 20637 376 20261 + 721 no 271 14411 167 14244 + 791 pl 47 583 6 577 + 27 pt 47 1347 22 1325 + 59 ro 0 0 0 0 0 se 315 21037 178 20859 + 611 si 1 0 0 0 0 su 2 18 2 16 + 16 tn 2 8 0 8 0 ua 0 0 0 0 0 uk 305 38372 4417 33955 + 5516 va 0 0 0 0 0 yu 2 13 0 13 0 ============================================================ 3202 220262 7245 213017 +16246 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For the domains below no name server responded and consequently the hosts in these domains could not be included in the count. at: No nameservers for gis.univie.ac.at responded be: No nameservers for tew.kuleuven.ac.be responded ch: No nameservers for po.ciba-geigy.ch responded ch: No nameservers for pp.ciba-geigy.ch responded ch: No nameservers for ad.ciba-geigy.ch responded ch: No nameservers for is.ciba-geigy.ch responded ch: No nameservers for pi.ciba-geigy.ch responded ch: No nameservers for ah.ciba-geigy.ch responded cs: No nameservers for uakom.cs responded cs: No nameservers for utc.cs responded cs: No nameservers for mff.uniba.cs responded de: No nameservers for cs.TU-Berlin.DE responded de: No nameservers for usm.uni-muenchen.de responded de: No nameservers for mathematik.uni-muenchen.de responded de: No nameservers for geophysik.uni-muenchen.de responded de: No nameservers for theo-phys.GWDG.DE responded de: No nameservers for rz-pool.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de responded de: No nameservers for tp-pool.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de responded de: No nameservers for decnet.iao.fhg.de responded de: No nameservers for localhost.artcom.DE responded de: No nameservers for pflanzenbau.fal-braunschweig.de responded de: No nameservers for pflanzenernaehrung.fal-braunschweig.de responded de: No nameservers for marktforschung.fal-braunschweig.de responded de: No nameservers for biosystemtechnik.fal-braunschweig.de responded de: No nameservers for dv.fal-braunschweig.de responded de: No nameservers for techem.ruhr-uni-bochum.de responded de: No nameservers for swt.ruhr-uni-bochum.de responded de: No nameservers for geophysik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de responded de: No nameservers for ep2.ruhr-uni-bochum.de responded de: No nameservers for leit.CCI.DE responded de: No nameservers for sch.CCI.DE responded de: No nameservers for qs.CCI.DE responded de: No nameservers for fa.CCI.DE responded de: No nameservers for rz.CCI.DE responded de: No nameservers for sim.CCI.DE responded de: No nameservers for im.CCI.DE responded de: No nameservers for is.CCI.DE responded de: No nameservers for ada.CCI.DE responded de: No nameservers for Uni-Bamberg.DE responded de: No nameservers for ap.pdb.sni.de responded de: No nameservers for ind.e-technik.ind.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de responded de: No nameservers for zgdv.uni-rostock.de responded dk: No nameservers for nmr.chem.ou.dk responded dk: No nameservers for teknik.icl.dk responded fi: No nameservers for atk.tpo.fi responded fi: No nameservers for kkt.tpo.fi responded fr: No nameservers for iie.cnam.fr responded fr: No nameservers for univ-compiegne.fr responded fr: No nameservers for berger-levrault.fr responded fr: No nameservers for ief-paris-sud.fr responded fr: No nameservers for anl.fr responded gr: No nameservers for ucr.gr responded gr: No nameservers for auth.gr responded gr: No nameservers for csd.uch.gr responded gr: No nameservers for cc.uch.gr responded gr: No nameservers for y-net.gr responded gr: No nameservers for admin.forth.gr responded gr: No nameservers for iacm.forth.gr responded gr: No nameservers for imbb.forth.gr responded gr: No nameservers for iesl.forth.gr responded gr: No nameservers for duth.gr responded ie: No nameservers for maths.may.ie responded it: No nameservers for csr.pmn.it responded it: No nameservers for iss.infn.it responded it: No nameservers for ist.unige.it responded it: No nameservers for die.unige.it responded it: No nameservers for dibe.unige.it.unige.it responded it: No nameservers for die.unige.it.unige.it responded it: No nameservers for cisi.unige.it.unige.it responded it: No nameservers for di.unito.it responded it: No nameservers for x400.IT responded it: No nameservers for area.trieste.IT responded it: No nameservers for icgeb.trieste.IT responded it: No nameservers for univ.trieste.IT responded it: No nameservers for tbs.trieste.IT responded it: No nameservers for elettra.trieste.IT responded it: No nameservers for icc.trieste.IT responded nl: No nameservers for stc.nl responded nl: No nameservers for cdij.rhij.nl responded nl: No nameservers for hto.rhij.nl responded nl: No nameservers for heo.rhij.nl responded nl: No nameservers for t.estec.esa.nl responded nl: No nameservers for bcv.estec.esa.nl responded nl: No nameservers for wd.estec.esa.nl responded nl: No nameservers for wg.estec.esa.nl responded nl: No nameservers for xe.estec.esa.nl responded nl: No nameservers for wgs.estec.esa.nl responded nl: No nameservers for yc.estec.esa.nl responded nl: No nameservers for icin.nl responded no: No nameservers for bodolh.no responded no: No nameservers for krssh.no responded no: No nameservers for sarpih.no responded no: No nameservers for bergenbsh.no responded no: No nameservers for oslodsh.no responded no: No nameservers for epac.no responded no: No nameservers for hedmarksh.no responded pl: No nameservers for if.pw.edu.pl responded pl: No nameservers for coi.pw.edu.pl responded pl: No nameservers for ii.pw.edu.pl responded pl: No nameservers for it.pw.edu.pl responded pl: No nameservers for il.pw.edu.pl responded pt: No nameservers for ci.uminho.pt responded pt: No nameservers for di.uminho.pt responded pt: No nameservers for di-ia.uminho.pt responded se: No nameservers for interop.snus.se responded se: No nameservers for uppsala.kda.se responded se: No nameservers for eritel.tvt.se responded uk: No nameservers for cs.keele.ac.uk responded uk: No nameservers for srd.bt.co.uk responded uk: No nameservers for mround.bt.co.uk responded uk: No nameservers for lacanja.bt.co.uk responded uk: No nameservers for lssec.bt.co.uk responded uk: No nameservers for pasture.bt.co.uk responded uk: No nameservers for cartoon.bt.co.uk responded uk: No nameservers for nmd-cmc.bt.co.uk responded uk: No nameservers for asms.bt.co.uk responded uk: No nameservers for btcase.bt.co.uk responded uk: No nameservers for bt-sys.bt.co.uk responded uk: No nameservers for hfnet.bt.co.uk responded uk: No nameservers for summer.bt.co.uk responded uk: No nameservers for perf.bt.co.uk responded uk: No nameservers for aom.bt.co.uk responded uk: No nameservers for zoo.bt.co.uk responded uk: No nameservers for pmanwser.bt.co.uk responded uk: No nameservers for usup.uk22.bull.co.uk responded