Address Space Managed by the RIPE NCC Leo Vegoda RIPE NCC Document ID: ripe-349 Date: July 2005 Obsoletes: ripe-211, ripe-222, ripe-242, ripe-259, ripe-264, ripe-266, ripe-269, ripe-289, ripe-295, ripe-296, ripe-299, ripe-319, ripe-325, ripe-326, ripe-328, ripe-329, ripe-332, ripe-338, ripe-341, ripe-345, ripe-347, ripe-348 Table of Contents 1. Overview 2. Special Purpose Ranges a. Internet Exchange Points b. Root Name Servers c. Address Space Used by Networks in Africa 3. Routing Decisions 4. Longest Prefix Tables 1. Overview This document details the address space managed by the RIPE NCC and the longest prefixes allocated or assigned from different address ranges. 2. Special Purpose Ranges 2.a. Internet Exchange Points Small IPv6 blocks have been assigned to Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) under the IPv6 Address Space Policy for Internet Exchange Points (ripe-256). All IPv6 IXP assignments come from the 2001:07F8::/32 range and are registered in the RIPE Whois Database. A full list of IPv