RIPE 49 Meeting Report

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RIPE 49 MEETING REPORT

Dear Colleagues,

The RIPE 49 Meeting was held from 20 - 24 September 2004 at the Renaissance 
Hotel, Manchester, United Kingdom.

There were 301 participants at the meeting.

Attendees also included government representatives and representatives from 
AfriNIC, APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC and ICANN.

HIGHLIGHTS

Highlights of RIPE 49 included an update on the Number Resource 
Organization from Axel Pawlik, Managing Director, RIPE NCC; a discussion on 
the RIPE policy development process; a proposal to restructure RIPE 
Meetings into three days on operational/technical content followed by two 
days on policy related issues.

The ASO held an election for a seat on the ASO Address Council. Hans Petter 
Holen was re-elected.
Geoff Huston, APNIC, gave a report on the routing table status for IPv4 and 
IPv6.

This presentation is available at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-49/presentations/ripe49-plenary-bgp.pdf

The European Operators Forum (EOF) featured presentations on peering and 
core network security.
EOF presentations can be viewed at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-49/eof.html

The RIPE NCC, LINX, TeleCity, Telecomplete and XChange Point Europe are 
thanked for the support they provided to the meeting.

BT Net are thanked for the excellent provision of the meeting Internet 
connectivity.

SUMMARY

ADDRESS POLICY WORKING GROUP

- It was agreed that IPv6 allocations from IANA to the RIRs had to be 
increased in terms of block size, and that /12 was the best allocation size 
to use.

- RIPE Chair, Rob Blokzijl, announced that he would publish a draft of the 
policy development process for the RIPE region.

- There was discussion on the usage of HD ratio for IPv4 and the 
forthcoming formal proposal regarding this.

- The 200 End Users requirement for receiving an IPv6 allocation was 
discussed and it was agreed that a formal proposal to remove it should be 
sent to the community.

Address Policy Working Group presentations can be viewed at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-49/presentations/index.html#ap

DATABASE WORKING GROUP

- It was agreed that the RIPE NCC should implement the 'abuse-c:' attribute 
in the 'irt', 'person', 'role' and 'inet[6]num' object classes.

- It was agreed that the RIPE NCC should implement the 'poem' object in the 
RIPE Database.

Database Working Group presentations can be viewed at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-49/presentations/index.html#db

TEST TRAFFIC MEASUREMENT (TTM) WORKING GROUP

- It was noted that ten test boxes, throughout the RIPE region, have been 
added to the RIPE NCC Test Traffic Measurements matrix in 2004.

Test Traffic Working Group presentations can be viewed at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-49/presentations/index.html#tt

ANTI-SPAM WORKING GROUP

- A tutorial on message headers was given by Rodney Tillotson, Working 
Group Chair.

- The group discussed the issue of improving the RIPE Database for abuse 
contacts. There was a majority support for a combination of 'irt' objects 
with some modifications, and for changes to the default Whois behaviour.

Anti-Spam Working Group presentations can be viewed at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-49/presentations/index.html#anti-spam

IPv6 WORKING GROUP

- The RIPE NCC announced that K-root has been IPv6-enabled since August 2004.

- Geoff Huston, APNIC, gave an update on multihoming in IPv6.

- There was discussion about IPv6 glue for root name servers.

IPv6 Working Group presentations can be viewed at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-49/presentations/index.html#ipv6

EIX WORKING GROUP

- It was noted that the switching wish list is in last call and that the 
final review will take place at the Euro-IX meeting in Athens (October 2004).

- It was noted that an Inter Providers Traffic Analyzer tool is available 
from the Milan Internet Exchange.

EIX Working Group presentations can be viewed at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-49/presentations/index.html#eix

ENUM WORKING GROUP

- There was a presentation from the United Kingdom's Department of Trade 
and Industry (DTI) on an ENUM Consultation regarding how ENUM should be 
operated in the UK.

- There was a presentation on ENUM deployment in Sweden.

ENUM Working Group Presentations can be viewed at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-49/presentations/index.html#enum

DNS WORKING GROUP

- It was agreed that the DNS Working Group should take up responsibility 
for documenting the issues around DNS server migration.

- It was noted that the DNS Working Group Chair would collect requirements 
for the DNS samples and statistics.

- It was noted that the DNS Working Group Chair would coordinate the 
production of a RIPE Document based on Fernando Garcia's DNS Server 
Migration document.

DNS Working Group presentations can be viewed at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-49/presentations/index.html#dns

ROUTING WORKING GROUP

- It was announced that the maintenance of the IRR Toolset has been 
transferred from the RIPE NCC to the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC).

- There was discussion on securing the network through hiding the core.

- There was an overview of the RIS project and discussion on the various 
uses of the myASn BGP monitoring tool.

Routing Working Group presentations can be viewed at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-49/presentations/index.html#routing

RIPE NCC SERVICES WORKING GROUP

- It was agreed that the RIPE Chair would look at the possibilities of 
reworking the framework of RIPE meetings, so that operational content would 
come at the beginning of the meeting week and policy discussions would come 
at the end of the week.

- It was agreed that the RIPE NCC would generate statistics on the quantity 
of spam on the RIPE NCC servers.
RIPE NCC Services Working Group presentations can be viewed at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-49/presentations/index.html#ncc-services

TUTORIALS

The RIPE NCC Training Team presented the RIPE NCC IP Request Tutorial. It 
explained address space assignment and allocation procedures in the RIPE 
NCC region:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-49/lir-course/index.html

RIPE 49 WEBCASTING AND ARCHIVES

During RIPE 49, the RIPE NCC held trials in collecting feedback from 
participants watching the webcast. The mediums used for this were IRC and 
Jabber.

Archives of presentations, webcasts and IRC/Jabber feedback from RIPE 49 
are available at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-49/sessions-archive.html

HOSTMASTER CONSULTATION CENTRE (HCC)

The RIPE NCC Hostmaster Consultation Centre was open at RIPE 49, allowing 
RIPE NCC Members to discuss issues relating to their business directly with 
RIPE NCC Hostmasters.

"MEET & GREET"

The RIPE NCC's "Meet & Greet" was available for first-time RIPE Meeting 
attendees at RIPE 49. "Meet & Greet" introduces newcomers to the meetings, 
to key attendees from the RIPE community and to social events throughout 
the week. More information can be obtained by contacting <meet-greet at ripe.net>.

RIPE 49 REFERENCE PAGE

A complete list of RIPE 49 sessions, tutorials and presentations can be 
found at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-49/index.html

RIPE 50

RIPE 50 will be held in Stockholm, Sweden from 2 - 6 May 2005.

Information on RIPE 50 will soon be made available at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-50/

If you have any questions about RIPE Meetings, please contact 
<meeting at ripe.net>.

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