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Abstract

This document provides guidelines to Local Internet Registries (LIRs) on the steps to take when the organisation operating an LIR changes ownership (due to a merger, sale or takeover) or stops serving entirely as an LIR.

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Table of Contents

1.0 Introduction Link: #1.0

2.0 LIR Ownership Change Link: #2.0

2.1 IP Address Space Link: #2.1

2.2 Service Agreement Link: #2.2

2.3 Change in Operating Organisation Link: #2.3

2.4 Contact Person(s) Link: #2.4

2.5 RegID Link: #2.5

2.6 Transfers of Address Allocations Link: #2.6

2.7 Takeover fee Link: #2.7

3.0 Closing an LIR Link: #3.0

This section is replaced by the RIPE NCC organisational document "Closure of LIR and Deregistration of Internet Number Resources Link: closure ".

4.0 When an LIR is Closed by the RIPE NCC Link: #4.0

This section is replaced by the RIPE NCC organisational document "Closure of LIR and Deregistration of Internet Number Resources Link: closure ".

1.0 Introduction

When an organisation or company operating an LIR changes ownership status or stops serving as an LIR there are financial, IP address space and RIPE Database issues that need resolving. Therefore, the RIPE NCC must always be contacted when an LIR changes ownership or closes.

2.0 LIR Ownership Change

In the case of an LIR ownership change, the LIR should contact the RIPE NCC at lir-help@ripe.net Link: mailto:lir-help@ripe.net .

Only registered LIR contact person(s) can discuss the change of an LIR ownership with the RIPE NCC.

The following steps are required to change the organisation operating an LIR:

1. Clarify the type of change:

  • A takeover of one LIR by another LIR, closing one of the LIRs.

  • A takeover of one LIR by another LIR, both remain open.

  • A takeover of an LIR by a non-LIR.

2. Outline the details of the change, stating:

  • The reason for the change of organisation.

  • The name of the company/companies involved.

  • The number of LIRs affected by the change.

  • The RegID(s) of the LIR(s) affected by the change.

3. Present the following documents to the RIPE NCC:

  • Confirmation from all parties agreeing to the change (See section 2.3).

  • Updated list of contact person(s) (See section 2.4).

  • Updated billing e-mail contact details, including any changes to VAT number.

  • A new service agreement, if applicable (See section 2.2).

  • Legal documentation supporting the name change, if applicable (See section 2.2).

  • Overview of utilisation in all allocations (See section 2.6).

2.1 IP Address Space

Following any type of change (such as mergers, acquisitions or takeovers) of an organisation operating an LIR, the RIPE NCC will review the status of any IP address allocations that are held by the new organisation.

2.2 Service Agreement

When an organisation operating an LIR changes ownership, a new service agreement may need to be signed. The RIPE NCC will need to request a new service agreement from the new owners if:

  • The organisation operating the LIR changes name, or

  • The LIR wishes to change their RegID.

The registration documentation from the relevant Chamber of Commerce, or its country equivalent, supporting the name change must be submitted to the RIPE NCC.

The Standard RIPE NCC Service Agreement is available from the RIPE Document Store at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/service-agreement Link: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/service-agreement

If the organisation operating the LIR does not change its name and keeps the original RegID, the LIR can continue operating under the same service agreement.

2.3 Change in Operating Organisation

In cases where an organisation operating an LIR takes over one or more LIRs, confirmation of the takeover from all parties involved or their legal successors must be included.

2.4 Contact Person(s)

It is very important to notify the RIPE NCC, if there is a change of contact person(s). This is essential, as only registered contact person(s) can submit Internet resource requests to the RIPE NCC and provide updates to our internal registry files.

If the contact person(s) of the affected LIR has changed, the RIPE NCC may adjust the Assignment Window of the LIR until the contact person(s) is up-to-date with RIPE NCC procedures and RIPE community policies.

If there are no current registered contacts remaining with the LIR, a fax signed by the Managing Director of the LIR on organisation letterhead is required to implement these

changes. These changes should include the new registered contact person(s) for the LIR.

2.5 RegID

It is not necessary to obtain a new Registry Identifier (RegID) if the name of the organisation that operates the LIR changes. The RegID is merely an internal identifier used by the RIPE NCC to distinguish the various LIRs. It does not have to correspond to the legal name of the organisation operating the LIR.

If an LIR insists on changing their RegID, a fee corresponding to the sign-up fee for a new LIR will be charged to cover additional administrative work generated. Please see the current version of the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme available from the RIPE Document Store at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/charging Link: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/charging

2.6 Transfers of Address Allocations

All transfers of address allocations from one LIR to another LIR (or to a non-LIR) require approval by the RIPE NCC. It is expected that all database objects relating to this allocation be correct and up-to-date before the transfer occurs. Transferred allocations containing a large amount of unassigned address space may be set aside and kept by the RIPE NCC until the other allocations held by the LIR are considered fully used (about 80%). Once the LIR has reached full utilisation in its other allocations, the reserved allocations will be made available to the LIR. For further details on allocation policy, please refer to the document "IPv4 Address Allocation and Assignment Policies in the RIPE NCC Service Region" available from the RIPE Document Store at:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ipv4-policies Link: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ipv4-policies

2.7 Takeover Fee

In cases where an organisation operating an LIR takes over one or more LIRs, a takeover fee is due for every LIR taken over (e.g. if three LIRs are taken over, the fee is paid three times). All current outstanding invoices for the LIRs being taken over will also have to be paid in full.

The transfer of address allocations also incurs a takeover fee and does not vary according to the amount of address space being transferred (e.g. if three allocations are being transferred from LIR A to LIR B, the fee is only paid once).

3.0 Closing an LIR

This section is replaced by the RIPE NCC organisational document "Closure of LIR and Deregistration of Internet Number Resources" available from the RIPE Document Store at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/closure Link: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/closure .

4.0 When an LIR is Closed by the RIPE NCC

This section is replaced by the RIPE NCC organisational document "Closure of LIR and Deregistration of Internet Number Resources"available European Internet Registry: Procedures for DNS Delegation in the IN-ADDR.ARPA Domain David Kessens June 1994 Document-ID: ripe-105++ Obsoletes: ripe-105 ABSTRACT This document describes the procedures for the delegation of zones in European subdomains of IN-ADDR.ARPA. Introduction The domain tree below IN-ADDR.ARPA is used to facilitate "reverse" mapping from IP addresses to domain names [RFC883, RFC1033]. This document describes the procedures for the delegation of zones in European subdomains of IN-ADDR.ARPA. Randomly Assigned Numbers There are two groups of European network numbers: hierarchically assigned numbers and randomly assigned ones. The hierarchically assigned numbers are part of the 193.x.y.0 and 194.x.y.0 network blocks. All other European network numbers, class A, class B and 192.x.y.0 class Cs are randomly assigned. Hierarchically Assigned Numbers The subdomains of IN-ADDR.ARPA corresponding to the hierarchically assigned network numbers are administered by the RIPE NCC. These numbers are currently: 193.0.0.0 - 194.255.255.255 The other addresses are administered by the other regional registries that might have other procedures for requesting a reverse delegation. For clarity we refer in the procedures and examples as described below to the 193.x block of addresses, although we could have as well used the other block(s) that RIPE administers. With the assignment of class C network numbers following RFC1466, large chunks of the address space are delegated to regional Internet Registries. The regional registries delegate blocks of class C net- work numbers to local Internet Registries. In this way a hierarchy in the address space is created, which is similar to the hierarchy in the domain name space. Due to this hierarchy the reverse DNS map- ping can also be delegated in a similar model as used for the normal Domain Name System. For instance, the RIPE NCC has been delegated the complete class C address space starting with 193. It is therefore possible to delegate the 193.IN-ADDR.ARPA domain completely to the RIPE NCC, instead of each and every reverse mapping in the 193.IN-ADDR.ARPA domain to be registered with the InterNIC. This implies that all 193.IN-ADDR.ARPA delegations in turn will be done by the RIPE NCC. Even better, since local registries usually receive blocks of 256 class C networks from the RIPE Document Store at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/closure Link: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/closure .

NCC, the NCC can delegate the reverse registrations for such complete blocks to these local registries. This implies that customers of these service providers no longer have to register their reverse domain mapping with the InterNIC or the NCC, but the service providers have authority over that part of the reverse mapping. This decreases the workload on the InterNIC and the RIPE NCC, and at the same time improves the service a provider can offer its customers by improving response times for reverse mapping changes. In order to provide a reliable service some procedures have been agreed and must be followed in order to avoid confusion and inconsistencies. These procedures are covered in the procedure section. The registration of the reverse zones for individual class C net- works will usually be done by the registry administering the class C block this network has been assigned from. If the subdomain has not yet been delegated to the registry con- cerned the RIPE NCC will register the individual networks. However this service is only provided at a "best-effort" level and no ser- vice guarantees are given. The local registries should whenever possible provide this service locally. Responsibilities for the DNS administrator of a reverse block delegation: As with all domain name space, running the reverse server for class C blocks does not imply that one controls that part of the reverse domain. It only implies that one administers that part of the reverse domain. If after repeated complaints the delegated name space is still not administered properly the RIPE NCC has to revoke the delegation. Before adding individual nets, the administrator of a reverse domain must check whether all servers to be added for these nets are indeed set up properly. There are some serious implications when a customer that uses address space out of the service provider class C blocks, moves to another service provider. The previous service provider cannot force its ex-customer to change network addresses, and will have to continue to provide the appropriate delegation records for reverse mapping of these addresses, even though they are no longer belonging to a customer. The registration of the reverse zones for individual class C networks will usually be done by the registry administering the class C block this network has been assigned from. The registry will make the necessary changes to the zone files. The registry will also make sure that the network objects in the RIPE database for these networks are updated with the correct "rev-srv" attributes. In case the RIPE NCC receives a request for the reverse zone of an individual class C network out of a block that has been delegated, the request will be forwarded to the mailbox speci- field in the SOA RR for the zone concerned and to the zone- contact registered in the RIPE database for that zone. The NCC also suggests that similar procedures are set up for the delegation of reverse zones for individual class C networks from the registries to individual organisations. Procedures The procedure for asking the reverse delegation of a block (256 C's) of addresses or network (1 or more C's) addresses is quite similar but there are some differences. Therefor they are described as one procedure with clear remarks when something only applies for block or network delegations. Note that we will be a little bit more stringent on the rules for block delegations since we need to be sure that other people can rely on you for proper operation of the DNS system. Above procedures are defined to ensure the necessary high availabil- ity for the reverse domains, and to minimise confusion. The NCC will ensure fast response times for addition requests, and will in principle update the 193.IN-ADDR.ARPA domain at least once per working day, if needed. Any problems regarding the reverse zones in 193.IN-ADDR.ARPA should be reported to <inaddr@ripe.net>. 1. We only reverse delegate when all addresses are assigned to you. 2. Your nameservers should be configured and running and should have good reachability on the internet. Nameservers for block delegations must meet similar connectivity requirements as top-level domain servers. The NCC recommends to use the following timers and counters (as advised by RFC1537): 28800 ;refresh period (8 hours) 7200 ;retry interval (2 hours) 604800 ;expire time (1 week) 86400 ;default ttl (1 day) It is mandatory for network (C) reverse delegations: - ns.ripe.net is NOT one of the secondary/primary nameservers - at least two nameservers should be used - We need a RIPE database 'inetnum' object with 'rev-srv:' attributes for the name (not IP address) of each nameserver. It is mandatory for block reverse delegations: - ns.ripe.net is one the secondary (never primary) nameservers - at least two other nameservers that don't reside on the same ethernet are required - Operators of the primary nameservers should be familiar with RFC1537 and this document - We need a RIPE database 'domain' object for each delegation with 'nserver:' attributes for the name (not IP address) of each nameserver 3. Send an E-mail request to <auto-inaddr@ripe.net> with: - In the header (or body if not possible) of your E-mail message: X-NCC-RegID: Country.RegistryName This is not required, though easy for keeping track of the requests. Of course, we don't need your local registry ID if you are not from a RIPE local registry. For network (C) reverse delegations: - We need a RIPE database 'inetnum' object with 'rev-srv:' attributes for the name (not IP address) of each nameserver For block reverse delegations: - State in your request that you know about RFC1537 & this document - A RIPE database 'domain' object for each delegation with 'nserver:' attributes for the name (not IP address) of each nameserver 4. Your request will first go through to an automatic checking program. The program will check your zone files and report you about errors (that should be fixed), warnings (that you might want to change), or that no errors have been found. If errors are found, you will be asked to fix them and resubmit your request and the automatic checks will be done again. If no errors (warnings are allowed, but we strongly suggest that you at least take a look at them) are found your request will be acknowledged and your request will be forwarded to the person in charge of the reverse delegation requests. He/she processes the request further. If no additional problems are found the object will included in the database and the block/network reverse delegated. You will always receive an acknowledgment when the delegation has been done or an explanation why not. Example of a network delegation request: From: "Anne X. Ample" <anne.x.ample@ample.nl> To: RIPE Hostmaster <auto-inaddr@ripe.net> Subject: LONGACK 2.1.193.in-addr.arpa delegation please Please delegate 2.1.193.in-addr.arpa as specified below. Thank you! For the AMPLE Corporation Anne X. Ample inetnum: 193.1.2.0 - 193.1.3.255 netname: AMPLE descr: AMPLE Corporation descr: Amsterdam, Netherlands country: NL admin-c: Anne X. Ample tech-c: G. E. K. Ample aut-sys: 4711 rev-srv: ns.ample.nl rev-srv: ns.elpma.ln changed: anne.x.ample@ample.nl 930101 source: RIPE Example of a block (256 C's) reverse delegation: From: Marten Terpstra <marten@in.ter.net> To: RIPE Hostmaster <auto-inaddr@ripe.net> Subject: LONGACK 202.193.in-addr.arpa delegation please Dear NCC people, I have read and understood ripe-105++ and RFC1537. Could you please delegate 202.193.in-addr.arpa as specified below. Thank you! Marten Terpstra domain: 202.193.in-addr.arpa descr: Pan European Organisations class C block admin-c: Daniel Karrenberg tech-c: Marten Terpstra zone-c: Marten Terpstra nserver: ns.eu.net nserver: sunic.sunet.se nserver: ns.ripe.net changed: marten@ripe.net 930319 source: RIPE Some notes on the automatic checking program: You can use some keywords in the 'Subject:' line of your E-mail to control the checking process. The use of the LONGACK keyword is very recommended. For changing an existing delegation put the keyword CHANGE in the 'Subject:' line of your E-mail message. HELP - will send you this document CHANGE - is needed if you want to change an existing reverse delegation LONGACK - will give you the most verbose output as possible TEST - will only test your zone files without actually doing the request When you want to to a request for a block delegation and you want to know if there are already reverse zones registered within the zone of the requested block delegation, just send in your request and you will receive an error report that includes a copy of our zone file regarding this zone!