News and Announcements
-
RIPE Community Requests that ICANN Signs DNS Root
13 June 2007 - During the RIPE 54 Meeting in Tallinn, Estonia on 7 -11 May, the RIPE DNS Working Group agreed that a formal request should be made to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for it to sign the DNS root as soon as possible. The working group formulated a
NewsItem • dnssec news -
ASO AC Selects Raimundo Beca to Serve New Term on ICANN Board
5 May 2007 - The Address Supporting Organization (ASO) is pleased to announce that the ASO Address Council (AC) has selected Raimundo Beca to serve a new term on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Board. Mr Beca's appointment follows a lengthy selection process, includi
NewsItem • icann internet governance aso internet coordination news announcement -
Verio Renamed NTTCOM in RIPE Database
28 March 2007 - On 31 March 2007, the Verio routing registry database was renamed NTTCOM. This change of name has been incorporated in the RIPE Database server which mirrors a number of public databases including the NTTCOM routing registry. More information about the NTTCOM routing registry is a
NewsItem • ripe database news announcement -
RIPE NCC Hosts Comcast DHCPv6 Bake-Off
27 March 2007 - The Comcast interoperability workshop on the DHCPv6 server software recently released by the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) was held at the RIPE NCC offices in Amsterdam on Friday, 16 March. The workshop was attended by engineers from various organisations who developed DHCPv6 sof
NewsItem • news announcement -
RIPE NCC Makes Increased Number of IPv6 Allocations
17 March 2007 - The months of October and November 2007 saw an increase in the number of IPv6 allocations made in a single month by the RIPE NCC. There were 24 allocations made to RIPE NCC members in October, a record immediately broken by the 31 allocations made in November. The previous peak w
NewsItem • ipv6 news -
RIPE Database CRYPT-PW Deprecation Project
27 February 2007 - As agreed at the RIPE 53 Database Working Group session, the use of CRYPT-PW authentication method for MAINTAINER object passwords is no longer available and has been removed from the RIPE Database. In addition all CRYPT-PW auth: lines have been removed from existing MAINTAINER ob
NewsItem • ripe database news announcement -
First Middle East Network Operators Group (MENOG) Meeting in Bahrain
The Middle East Network Operators Group (MENOG) will hold its first meeting between 3 - 5 April 2007, at the Diplomat Radisson SAS Hotel in Bahrain.
NewsItem • menog news -
Global Root Server System Stands Firm Against DDoS Attack
Overnight attempts to disrupt global computer traffic were foiled in part thanks to the RIPE NCC managed K-root server.
NewsItem • news dnsmon k-root internet governance -
RIPE NCC Accepting Requests for 32-bit Autonomous System Numbers
We are pleased to announce that on 1 January 2007, the RIPE NCC began accepting requests for 4-byte (32-bit) Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs). Assignments come from the range: 3.0 - 3.1023. The request form and supporting notes are available in the RIPE Document Store at: http://www.ripe.net/
NewsItem • as numbers news announcement -
The Internet Pavilion: Where Participation Makes the Difference
Hong Kong: 5 December 2006 - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced on Tuesday that the Internet community organisations that enable the processes for Internet development and administration will partner at ITU Telecom World 2006 in Hong Kong at the Internet Pav
NewsItem • isoc itu icann internet governance news announcement