[ris-int] RRC12 announcement on www.ripe.net

I didn't keep track of it myself, but an external user noticed
this announcement on www.ripe.net yesterday, JULY 22. The date
seems wrong :(

   RIPE NCC Announcements

   [22 June 2004]
   RIPE NCC Remote Route Collector Deployed at German Internet Exchange (DE-CIX)


I was also wondering if it wouldn't be better to make the link
point to a page with the announcement that was send out to ris-users,
(copied below) rather than jump deep down into the RIS web tree. 
The announcement puts things more into context with a paragraph
summarizing the project and pointers to more RIS info at the end. 
The http://www.ripe.net/ris/rrc12.html page seems more 
targeted at people who already familiar with RIS and just
want to learn where the box is, what the peering policy and
peering details are.


-- Rene


> From: ris-users-admin at ripe.net 
> [mailto:ris-users-admin at ripe.net] On Behalf Of Matthew Williams
> Sent: 07 July 2004 19:11
> To: ris-users at ripe.net
> Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: New RIS Remote Route Collector at 
> DE-CIX (RRC12) 
> 
> [Apologies for duplicate mails]
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> The RIPE NCC is pleased to announce that the RIS Project's 
> twelth* Remote Route Collector, RRC12, is now ready to peer 
> with members at the German Internet Exchange (DE-CIX). 
> 
> RRC12 is located at the German Internet Exchange (DE-CIX), 
> and has been operational since July 2004. The RRC has an 
> interface on the shared DE-CIX fabric, running both IPv4 and 
> IPv6, and collects routing information from all exchange 
> members, who are willing to peer with us. 
> 
> The use of TCP MD5 Signatures on IPv4 BGP sessions is 
> supported on all RIS Route Collectors. MD5, however, is not 
> supported on IPv6 sessions. 
> 
> Details:
> -------- 
> - Peering address: 80.81.192.152 (IPv4); 2001:7f8::316e:0:1 (IPv6) 
> - Autonomous system: 12654 
> - Policy: http://www.ripe.net/ris/rrc12.html
> - Peering requests: 
>       * Email: rispeering at ripe.net
>       * Web form at URL: http://www.ris.ripe.net/cgi-bin/peerreg.cgi 
> 
> The Routing Information Service (RIS), which started as a 
> modest RIPE NCC project in 1999, has gradually grown to over 
> 300 IPv4 and IPv6 peers at now twelve* data collection points 
> in Europe, Japan and North America. Our mission is to collect 
> BGP routing information over a function of time, and make it 
> available to the Internet community. In essence, this means 
> devising tools that can help ISPs debug problems over time 
> without being limited to one BGP view and providing RIS raw 
> data regarding the Internet's historical development.
> 
> Useful Links:
> -------------
> RIS Info: http://www.ripe.net/ris/
> RIS Tools: http://www.ripe.net/ris/query.html
> List of RRC Locations: http://www.ris.ripe.net/cgi-bin/rrcstatus.cgi
> 
> Please send your comments to ris-int at ripe.net.
> 
> Best regards,
> The RIS Team
> 
> *) RRC09 has been decommissioned
> 
>  ---
> > Matthew Williams (MW243-RIPE)
> > Customer Liaison Engineer
> > RIPE NCC - http://www.ripe.net/np/