IMPORTANT: Re-assignments now ONLY to <assign at ripe.net>

Dear Local Registrars,

on request of the DDN NIC we have changed the re-assignment procedures
slightly.  Currently you are required to send RIPE database templates
for re-assigned networks to both <ripe-dbm at ripe.net> and
<hostmaster at nic.ddn.mil>.

This is changed effective immediately.  Please send these messages ONLY
to

        <assign at ripe.net>

The RIPE NCC will coordinate incorporation of this information in the
DDN NIC database with the DDN NIC.  We expect this "one stop shopping"
:-) procedure will be more convenient to you.  It will certainly help to
reduce the clerical overhead at both the DDN NIC and the NCC.  The
change in procedure has been incorporated into the document describing
the re-assignment procedures; the current version of this document is 
now designated ripe-72. 

Please note that since the database exchange between the DDN NIC and the
NCC is just being started it can take a few weeks before all information
about re-assigned networks has been incorporated in the DDN NIC database.
We are working with the DDN NIC to place pointers to the RIPE database
where apropriate for the time being.


Regards

Daniel Karrenebrg
NCC Manager


PS: I had planned to discuss this change in the local registries session at
the Paris meeting but it fell off the agenda due to time constraints.