Inactive Working Groups

The RIPE Anti-Spam Working Group has been renamed to the Anti-Abuse Working Group. These pages are maintained for archive purposes. Read More

The purpose of the Test Traffic Measurements is to independently measure the performance parameters of the Internet using test traffic boxes located in the networks of participating ISP's. Read More

The NetNews working group coordinated news traffic to decrease the load on the backbones. Read More

The Technical Security Working Group (techsec-wg) acted as a forum to discuss technical issues related to improving the security of the Internet infrastructure. Read More

The now inactive RIPE TLD Working Group discussed any TLD-related matters. Read More

The goal of the Tools Working Group is to discuss the development of the NCC LIR Portal and associated tools. Read More

The European Operators Forum dealt with the operational issues of networks in Europe, such as new backbones and Internet Exchange Points. Peter Lothberg was the Chair. It was replaced first by the currently inactive EOF Working Group, and then by a the EOF @ RIPE Meetings (see below for details). Read More

The DNR Working Group existed to create a channel of communication between ccTLD registries and the wider community. Read More

The MBONE working group discussed traffic on the Multicast Backbone. Read More