From denis at ripe.net  Thu Jan  3 14:17:07 2008
From: denis at ripe.net (Denis Walker)
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:17:07 +0100
Subject: [ncc-services-wg] Unreferenced person/role objects
Message-ID: <477CE053.5030100@ripe.net>

[Apologies for duplicates]


Dear Colleagues,

The RIPE Data Protection Task Force asked the RIPE NCC to look at why so
many unreferenced person/role objects are being created.

We found that one organisation was responsible for about 80% of all 
objects that became unreferenced over the course of 2007. At the time of 
investigation, this same organisation was responsible for about 30% of 
all existing unreferenced objects in the RIPE Database.

We contacted them and they responded very quickly. They gave the RIPE 
NCC permission to delete all these unreferenced objects, and they have 
now adjusted their procedures.

Over the New Year period, when we expected the load on the RIPE Database 
to be quite low, we deleted 161062 person/role objects. You can see the 
drop in the graph here:

http://www.ripe.net/projects/dbconstat/cons-unrefpero.html

This problem was caused by deleting inetnum objects, but not deleting
the referenced person/role objects.

We would like to ask you to please check your own assignment procedures.
As customers come and go and you delete or re-assign address space, 
please delete any person/role objects that are no longer referenced.

In the long term, the RIPE NCC will implement an automatic clean-up 
process, but this may take some time to develop.

Regards
Denis Walker
Business Analyst, RIPE NCC



From trudy at ripe.net  Mon Jan  7 12:29:57 2008
From: trudy at ripe.net (Trudy Prins)
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:29:57 +0100
Subject: [ncc-services-wg] LIR Portal Upgrade
Message-ID: <47820D35.1030603@ripe.net>

Dear Colleagues,

A software upgrade for the LIR Portal is planned during the service's
maintenance window on Wednesday, 9 January from 17:00-18:00 (UTC).
During this time the LIR Portal may not be available.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any
questions, please contact <sw-bugs at ripe.net>.

Regards,

Trudy Prins
Manager
Business Applications Department



From ncc at ripe.net  Wed Jan 30 14:02:01 2008
From: ncc at ripe.net (Brian Riddle)
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:02:01 +0100
Subject: [ncc-services-wg] Maintenance Announcement
Message-ID: <47A07549.6000009@ripe.net>

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails.]

Dear Colleagues,

 From 10:00 - 17:00 (UTC) on Saturday, 2 February 2008, we will perform 
maintenance on our central file server.


During this period, the following will be unavailable at times:
- www.ripe.net
- ftp.ripe.net

The following services will be unavailable for the entire maintenance 
period:
- e-learning.ripe.net
- lirportal.ripe.net


We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any 
questions or concerns about this, please e-mail ops at ripe.net

Regards,

Brian Riddle

IT Manager
RIPE NCC