Introduction to the RIPE NCC presented by Mirjam Kühne Mirjam Kühne RIPE 33, May 1999
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Introduction to the RIPE NCC presented by Mirjam Kühne 1 Mirjam Kühne RIPE 33, May 1999 Overview • • • • 2 Why an NCC? RIPE NCC in the global context Activities Internal Organisation Mirjam Kühne RIPE 33, May 1999 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 3 Mirjam Kühne RIPE 33, May 1999 What is the RIPE NCC? • Co-ordination and support service for European Internet Service Providers • Membership Association under Dutch law • Formal membership – – – – – 4 contract with Local IRs voting mechanism executive board annual activity plan & budget annual fee Mirjam Kühne RIPE 33, May 1999 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 5 Mirjam Kühne RIPE 33, May 1999 RIPE NCC Activities (2) • RIPE support • Local-IR Training Courses • Projects – CENTR – Test Traffic Project • Information dissemination 6 Mirjam Kühne RIPE 33, May 1999 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 – – – – 7 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 Mirjam Kühne RIPE 33, May 1999 RIPE NCC Service Region RIPE NCC ARIN APNIC 8 Mirjam Kühne RIPE 33, May 1999 RIPE NCC in Global Context Ultimate global numbers authority IANA Sets policy and criteria for Regional Registries Regional Registries: Policies and criteria aligned but differences in local implementation 9 RIPE NCC ARIN APNIC RIPE NANOG APRICOT Mirjam Kühne RIPE 33, May 1999 Internal Organisation (1) • “Role” mailboxes – Registration Services • <[email protected]> – RIPE database • <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> – Reverse delegations • <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> – Billing • <[email protected]> 10 Mirjam Kühne RIPE 33, May 1999 Internal Organisation (2) • Role Mailboxes continued: – New LIR set-up • <[email protected]> – General Questions • <[email protected]> – Local IR Training • <[email protected]> – Website questions + suggestions • <[email protected]> – RIPE Meeting • <[email protected]> 11 Mirjam Kühne RIPE 33, May 1999 QUESTIONS? http://www.ripe.net 12 Mirjam Kühne RIPE 33, May 1999