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RIPE 48 Meeting

Remote Feedback Trials

During RIPE 48, the RIPE NCC will be holding trials in collecting feedback from participants watching the webcast who are unable to attend the RIPE Meeting. The mediums used for this are irc and jabber.

Beyond providing technical support for the feedback, the RIPE NCC is not moderating the discussion/questions related to each session. It is up to the chair of each session to nominate someone to read out questions submitted by remote feedback and to type in a brief summary of what is hapening in the room. Please note that feedback submitted through IRC/Jabber will be archived and made available on the RIPE 48 section of www.ripe.net.

IRC

IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is an implementation of RFC1459 / RFC2812 . To connect to the RIPE Meeting IRC network, please point your client at one of the servers listed below as appropriate. You may choose any nickname, as long as it does not conflict with an existing or reserved nickname.

  • irc.ripemtg.ripe.net - For RIPE Meeting Attendees only.
  • irc.ripe.net - For people not physically attending the RIPE Meeting.

To join a specific channel, the usual command is '/join #channel-name' . (See below for the channel name for each of the sessions.)

Any IRC client may be used with this service. The NCC knows that the following clients will work:

Jabber

Jabber is a set of streaming XML protocols and technologies that is being worked on by the Jabber Software Foundation and the IETF XMPP group.

There is one server for all users, being:

  • jabber.ripe.net

If you do not have a Jabber account, you will need to register your preferred handle in the form 'yourname@jabber.ripe.net'. If you do have an existing Jabber account, you do not need to register, but please note the message below.

To join a specific room, you will need to 'Join Group Chat' (or something equivalent) with:

  • Group/Room: room name
  • Server: conference.ripe.net

(See below for the room name for each of the sessions).

IMPORTANT: The RIPE Jabber server is not SSL-enabled. If you are using SSL for your current Jabber account, you may not be able to connect to the group chat rooms. Either disable SSL in your client (not recommended due to password exposure issues), or create an account as mentioned above.

Various clients exist (not all have been tested), such as:

Room / Channel Name for Sessions

Irrespective of which interface you use, each named 'room' or 'channel' listed below will be connected with its matching equivalent on the other interface. The names reflect the shortened form of the Working Group session:

All of the above rooms/channels will be recorded by the RIPE NCC. There is also a virtual 'hallway' room:

  • hallway

Questions

Please e-mail: <ops@ripe.net> . To give any assistance, we will need the following details:

  • OS
  • Client
  • IP address at the time
  • Possibly a traceroute to the appropriate server
.