Mirjam Kühne1 RIPE 33, May 1999

Introduction to the RIPE NCC

presented by

Mirjam Kühne

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• Why an NCC?

• RIPE NCC in the global context

• Activities

• Internal Organisation

Overview

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Why a NCC ?

• RIPE participation was increasing• Too much RIPE work to be done on a voluntary

basis• Some activities need continuity• Neutrality and impartiality is important• Contact point inside & outside Europe

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What is the RIPE NCC?• Co-ordination and support service for European

Internet Service Providers• Membership Association under Dutch law• Formal membership

– contract with Local IRs– voting mechanism– executive board– annual activity plan & budget– annual fee

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RIPE NCC Activities (1)• Registration Services

– IPv4 addresses– IPv6 addresses– AS numbers– Reveres domain name delegation

• Co-ordination– RIPE database maintenance– Routing Registry Maintenance (RR)– RIRs co-ordination

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RIPE NCC Activities (2)

• RIPE support• Local-IR Training Courses• Projects

– CENTR– Test Traffic Project

• Information dissemination

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Vital Statistics• Statistics 1992

– 3 staff members– No Local IR’s– 182,528 hosts in European Internet– 7,955 objects in RIPE database (June ‘92)

• Statistics Now– 55 staff (21 nationalities)– 1,337+ participating Local IR’s– 8,428,408+ hosts in the “European” Internet– 1,834,787+ objects in the database

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RIPE NCC Service Region

RIPE NCC

APNIC

ARIN

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RIPE NCC in Global ContextUltimate global numbers authority

Sets policy and criteria for Regional Registries

Regional Registries: Policies and criteria aligned but differences in local implementation

RIPE NCC ARIN APNIC

RIPE NANOG APRICOT

IANA

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Internal Organisation (1)

• “Role” mailboxes– Registration Services

• <hostmaster@ripe.net>

– RIPE database• <ripe-dbm@ripe.net>, <auto-dbm@ripe.net>

– Reverse delegations• <inaddr@ripe.net>, <auto-inaddr@ripe.net>

– Billing • <billing@ripe.net>

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Internal Organisation (2)• Role Mailboxes continued:

– New LIR set-up• <new-lir@ripe.net>

– General Questions • <ncc@ripe.net>

– Local IR Training• <training@ripe.net>

– Website questions + suggestions• <webmaster@ripe.net>

– RIPE Meeting • <meeting@ripe.net>

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QUESTIONS?

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