[ncc-services-wg] Request Forms: updated and available on LIR Portal

Dear Colleagues,

The RIPE NCC is pleased to announce the release of version 1.1 of the  
IPv4, IPv6 and AS Number request forms.

This update has been necessary in order to accommodate the new  
ORGANISATION object and "mnt-domains:" attribute. More detailed  
information about the new object and attribute has already been sent to  
this mailing list. Archived copies of the announcements can be found  
at:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail-archives/dns-wg/2004/msg00006.html and
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail-archives/ncc-services-wg/2004/ 
msg00104.html

Following feedback from our members we have made other adjustments to  
the request forms. The main changes include the following:

- The submission of network diagrams for IPv6 requests is now optional
- The IPv4 First Allocation request form has been adapted to conform
   with the new minimum allocation policy. 
- The IPv4 Additional Allocation request form no longer has overall
   usage or allocation usage templates.
- It is possible to use integers to describe the number of IP addresses
   used in subnets in IPv4 PA and PI assignment request forms

During the transition period ending 19 July, 2004, both versions 1.0  
and 1.1 of the request forms will be accepted and given the highest  
priority. After this date, version 1.0 request forms will be processed  
with a lower priority via the <lir-help at ripe.net> mailbox.

Requests can be completed and submitted directly via the LIR Portal,  
which also provides real-time syntax checking and help. The LIR Portal  
can be found at:

https://lirportal.ripe.net/

Text versions of the updated forms and their supporting notes (with  
examples of completed requests) are available for download from the  
RIPE Document Store found at:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/internet-registries.html#request

If you have any questions regarding the forms, please contact  
<lir-help at ripe.net>.

Suggestions for improvements to the forms and the LIR Portal are  
welcome at <lirportal-feedback at ripe.net>.

Kind regards,

-- 
leo vegoda
Registration Services Manager
RIPE NCC