News and Announcements

The RIPE NCC (Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre) has deployed a new mirror instance of the K-root Internet root name server in Tokyo, Japan. This mirror server is the first global node outside Europe and should help stabilise the Internet infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region.

Submitted by the Number Resource Organization http://www.nro.net Name of the paper: Cluster one B3 Assessment Report Number Resource Organization Comments We appreciate the efforts that have been put into the production of this draft document. It is reassuring to see the draft documents ar

April 2005, Geoff Huston - APNIC Introduction The purpose of this document is to examine the ITU-T's proposal for introducing competition into the allocation of IP addresses through the proposed establishment of national IPv6 address registries. This document will examine some of the assumptions abo

Number Resource Organization Comments We appreciate the efforts that have been put into the production of this draft document. It is reassuring to see the draft documents are improving in quality and in accuracy, and we commend the authors for their continued efforts. Whil

Summary: The purpose of this proposal is to change the RIPE Database schema to make abuse contact information more visible, available and useful to users. The main changes we propose are: To hide attributes that contain e-mail addresses in the default

22 February 2005 - The RIPE NCC DNS Monitoring Service (DNSMON) provides a comprehensive, objective and up-to-date overview of the quality of the service offered by high-level Domain Name System (DNS) servers. It is an active measurement service. It uses our Test Traffic Measurements (TTM) network t

9 February 2005 - AfriNIC is the emerging Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for the African and Indian Ocean region. In preparation for its final recognition expected in April by ICANN, AfriNIC began operating as a fully functional RIR for the African region on 21 February 2005. LIRs in the

The UK Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA) has nominated the RIPE NCC for an Internet Hero award. UK ISPA is a Trade Association for providers of Internet services and promotes competition, self-regulation and the development of the Internet industry. The UK IS

The European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association (ETNO) has published its common position on the future of IPv6 management.

The European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association (ETNO) has published its common position on the future of IPv6 management. The ITU-TSB as an active participant in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is looking to create a role for itself alongside Regional Intern