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About / NewsChange of Minumum IPv4 Allocation Size
The final date for comments on the proposal to change the minimum IPv4 allocation size to /21 ended on 22 December 2003. The RIPE NCC implemented this policy change on 1 January 2004. The policy change consists of two parts: The minimum initial IPv4 allocation size is reduced from /20 to /21. It i
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About / NewsRIPE Database - Redirecting reverse DNS updates
From 8 December 2003, as part of the effort to streamline reverse DNS operations, domain updates that contain in-addr.arpa or ip6.arpa type entries sent to <[email protected]> will automatically be forwarded to <[email protected]> for processing. This will continue until the two processes
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About / NewsRIPE Database Deprecation of "cross-nfy:" and "cross-mnt:" attribute
"cross-nfy:" and "cross-mnt:" attributes will be deprecated in the RIPE Whois Database by 1 February 2004. The RIPE Database previously had a cross notification mechanism. This mechanism used "cross-nfy:" and "cross-mnt:" attributes of route and aut-num objects to notify particular maintainers an
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About / NewsISC Announces Start of OARC Operations
RIPE NCC working with ISC to protect the Internet's global Domain Name System (DNS)
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About / NewsIPv4 Address Space: October 2003
There have been press articles posted over the past year that make statements about the remaining pool of IPv4 address space. A recent article states there is a shortage and that Internet Protocol Numbers will run out some time in the year 2005.
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About / NewsThe Number Resource Organization (NRO)
After considering all comments received, the RIR Boards have developed a further revision of the proposed NRO MoU, as shown below. This document has been signed by the RIR CEOs during the ARIN members meeting in Chicago, USA, at 0900 24 October 2003 (local time). The RIR Boards would like to stre
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About / NewsThe RDNS Project
The Reverse Domain Name System (RDNS) project was an effort to streamline reverse DNS operations and make it easier for network range users to manipulate related domain objects. There were two parts to the project: The introduction of a new authorisation mechanism f
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About / NewsEarly Registration Transfer [ERX] Project
We completed the transfer of ASN Registrations in 2002. On 29 July 2004, we started the final stage of the Early Registration Transfer [ERX] Project. This transfer involved the Class C registrations. The AfriNIC ERX transfer was completed on 14 February 2007. This involved the transfer of some regi
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About / NewsSupport for "chronos.eu.net" will stop on 1/11/2003
5 September 2003 - Last year, during the shutdown of the EUnet network, the RIPE NCC offered to temporarily host its NTP server, "chronos.eu.net" (192.16.202.3), by aliasing the address to one of our NTP servers. The idea was to give people a chance to find an alternative
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About / News2003 Nominations for Representatives to the ASO Address Council - RIPE NCC Region
The RIPE NCC is pleased to announce the nominations for the representatives to the ASO Address Council - RIPE NCC Region.The selection takes place at the RIPE 46 Meeting, 1 - 5 September 2003 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and follows an open call for nominations published on 30 May 2003. Original c
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