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The Internet Registry System

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2 RIPE & The RIPE NCC • RIPE (Réseaux IP Européens) – open forum (informal membership, no fees) – 10 years of history – diverse participation • RIPE NCC – not-for-profit association – 7 years of history – 1400+ members from 83 countries (mainly ISPs, but open to anyone)

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3 RIPE Meeting attendees for 1998

NL EU SE US FR UK FI IT BE CH AT DK ES PL HU RU DE SI PT SK UA CM GR AE BA GM JP LU NO IE CZ Total:669

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4 RIPE NCC Membership

1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996

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1997 1998 UK DE RU IT FR CH NL AT SE BE UA ES FI EU TR DK HU CZ NO SK PL BG PT GR IE SI LV JO EE IL LU YU LT MK LB KZ CY SA MT MD KW KE BY BA RO MC IR EG AZ AM UZ NG MA KG IS HR GI ZZ YE VA TM SN SM SD OM GM GL GH GE DZ CM BH AD BF AE US SY SU MR CI AP AL

RIPE NCC • Not-for-profit association • Legitimate and stable organisation • Open and transparent • Neutral and impartial • Long standing history • Bottom up self governing structure 5

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RIPE NCC Activities (1) • RIPE support – support for RIPE Meeting / working groups • Information Dissemination – mailing lists / document store / www site – training courses • Coordination & Liaison – ISPs, RIRs, IANA/ICANN 6

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RIPE NCC Activities (2) • Registration Services – IP / AS number assignments / allocations • DNS management – reverse delegations – secondary for TLDs • RIPE database maintenance – IP networks / domains / routing / contacts 7

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70,000,000 60,000,000 50,000,000 40,000,000 30,000,000 20,000,000 10,000,000 0 96

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Addresses Allocated

97 98 99

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212/8 62/8 195/8 194/8 193/8

Activity Development Process 9 RIPE Working Groups – define requirements, suggest activities RIPE NCC Staff – produces activity plan & budget RIPE NCC Executive Board – submits to membership RIPE NCC Membership – approves and sets fees

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Address Space Policies • Developed in RIPE LIR WG • open-open-open-open • Implemented by RIPE NCC • open, controlled by membership 10

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Internet Registry System Regional Registries RIPE NCC Ultimate global numbers authority IANA ICANN Policies and criteria aligned but differences in local implementation ARIN APNIC RIPE 11

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NANOG APRICOT

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Areas of Operation

RIPE NCC INTERNIC

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APNIC

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IR System Conclusion • well established and stable • co-ordinated on a global level • widely used and supported • open, transparent • neutral, impartial • working self regulation 13

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