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Operational Co-ordination in the RIPE Region. presented by: Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC. Overview. RIPE RIPE NCC Policy Development RIPE - RIPE NCC Relationship. RIPE (Réseaux IP Européens). What is RIPE. RIPE (Réseaux IP Européens) - 1989
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Operational Co-ordination in the RIPE Region presented by: Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC
Overview • RIPE • RIPE NCC • Policy Development • RIPE - RIPE NCC Relationship
What is RIPE • RIPE (Réseaux IP Européens) - 1989 • RIPE is a collaborative org. open to all parties interested in Internet administration • open forum • no formal or legal structure • voluntary participation, no fees • works by consensus
How RIPE Works • RIPE chair <chair@ripe.net> • Chair: Rob Blokzijl • How does it work? • Working groups • voluntary chair • elected by WG • agendas, minutes, decisions published • Public mailing lists • Open meetings
RIPE Working Groups • Local Internet Registries WG • IPv4 and IPv6 policy development • Database WG • development of RIPE whois DB • IPv6 WG • co-ordination of technical IPv6 issues • Routing • routing issues in the RIPE region • DNS WG • technical aspects of DNS
RIPE Working Groups (2) • European Internet Exchange Points WG • co-ordination of IXPs in the RIPE region • Anti-Spam WG • how ISPs can help to fight Spam • Netnews WG • how ISPs can co-ordinate netnews traffic • Test Traffic Measurements WG • specification and co-ordination of TTM • European Operators Forum • general operational issues (similar to AfNOG)
IETF IEPG NANOG RIPE APRICOT Europen Operators USA Operators AfNOG African Operators RIPE in a Global Context Internet Engineering Task Force World-wide Operators Forum AP Operators
RIPE Mailing Lists • General announcement list • <ripe-list@ripe.net> • Working group lists • <lir-wg@ripe.net> • <dns-wg@ripe.net> • etc. • For more information • Send “help” to <majordomo@ripe.net> • Join the mailing lists and get informed http://www.ripe.net/info/maillists.html
RIPE Meetings • 3 RIPE Meetings a year • 3.5 day meetings • 300+ participants • Working group meetings • Plenary presentations • Long breaks, hallway chats
RIPE NCC RIPE Network Coordination Centre
What is the RIPE NCC? • Network Coordination Centre • co-ordination and support service for Internet service providers (ISP’s) in RIPE region • Why a NCC ? • RIPE participation was increasing • too much RIPE work to be done on a voluntary basis • some activities need continuity • neutrality and impartiality is important • contact point inside & outside Europe
RIPE NCC Development • 1992: TERENA umbrella • financed by TERENA members and sponsors • 1995: membership • formal fee structure to cover costs • 1998: not-for-profit association
Total LIRs per Region Europe & Central Asia: 2397 (+841) Middle-East: 109 (+27) Africa: 24 (+8)
RIPE NCC Activities (1) Member Services • Registration Services • IPv4 & IPv6 addresses / AS numbers • DNS management • reverse delegation & secondary for TLDs • LIR Training Courses • Test Traffic Measurements
RIPE NCC Activities (2) Public Services • RIPE support • RIPE database maintenance • Co-ordination & liaison: • LIRs / RIRs / ICANN / etc … • Information dissemination • New technical projects
Activity Development Process RIPE Working Groups • define requirements, suggest activities RIPE NCC Staff • produces activity plan & budget RIPE NCC Executive Board • submits to membership RIPE NCC Membership • approves and sets fees
Global Policy Development • Developed in open policy meetings • Implemented by Regional Internet Registries • Open, controlled by membership • Co-ordinated among RIRs
ICANN RIR ASO LIR (ISP/Enterprise) Policy Development ISP / End Users
RIPE NCC in the Global Context ICANN PSO ASO DNSO At Large IETF, w3c, ETSI, ... RIPE NCC LACNIC ARIN APNIC AfriNIC ? RIPE ARIN mtg. APNIC mtg. ?