Inactive Working Groups

The ENUM Working Group discusses developments relating to Internet resource mapping using E.164 telephone numbers as identifiers, commonly known as ENUM.

The EIX working group provided a means for the RIPE Internet Service Provider (ISP) community to find out about the status and activities of Internet Exchange Points (IXP) within the region. It was discontinued at the RIPE 67 Meeting in Athens in October 2013. The Connect BoF was established to discuss a charter for a potential new working group that would serve the needs of the interconnection community. These pages are maintained for archive purposes.

The RIPE Anti-Spam Working Group has been renamed to the Anti-Abuse Working Group. These pages are maintained for archive purposes.

The purpose of the Test Traffic Measurements is to independently measure the performance parameters of the Internet.

Please note that this working group is non-active. As decided by the RIPE community at RIPE 45, the LIR Working Group has been split into new working groups, RIPE NCC Services Working Group and Address Policy Working Group. Subscribers to this working group mailing l

The NetNews working group coordinated news traffic to decrease the load on the backbones.

The Technical Security Working Group (techsec-wg) acted as a forum to discuss technical issues related to improving the security of the Internet infrastructure.

The now inactive RIPE TLD Working Group discussed any TLD-related matters.

The goal of the Tools Working Group is to discuss the development of the NCC LIR Portal and associated tools.

The European Operators Forum dealt with the operational issues of networks in Europe, such as new backbones and Internet Exchange Points. Peter Lothberg was the Chair. It was replaced first by the currently inactive EOF Working Group, and then by a the EOF @ RIPE Meetings (see below for details).