From no-reply at ripe.net Wed Dec 1 11:23:10 2010 From: no-reply at ripe.net (Axel Pawlik) Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 11:23:10 +0100 Subject: Four /8s Allocated to RIRs; 2.73% Remains Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Today, 30 November 2010, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) distributed four of the remaining eleven /8s to the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs): 5/8 and 37/8 to the RIPE NCC and 23/8 and 100/8 to ARIN. The IANA free pool of IPv4 addresses now stands at seven /8s, or 2.73% of the total IPv4 address pool. When only five /8s remain, the IANA will simultaneously distribute these equally among five RIRs, in accordance with global policy: http://www.icann.org/en/general/allocation-remaining-ipv4-space.htm There are now only two IPv4 blocks available under the normal distribution method. If you have not already adopted the next generation of Internet Protocol, IPv6, I strongly urge you to act now. For more information on IPv6 adoption, visit: http://www.ipv6actnow.org/ If you have any questions or comments, please email . Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director, RIPE NCC From alexb at ripe.net Wed Dec 1 17:15:59 2010 From: alexb at ripe.net (Alex Band) Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 17:15:59 +0100 Subject: RIPE NCC Resource Certification System: Initial Deployment 1 January 2011 Message-ID: <49C756F5-32D3-4DB6-A105-BBA4E145905E@ripe.net> Dear colleagues, With just seven IPv4 address blocks available in the IANA pool, we are hurtling towards the end of an era. With this prospect, the registry function of the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) is going to be crucial to the Internet community. More than ever, it is important to know who is the legitimate holder of a block of IP addresses. With this as a primary driver, the RIPE NCC (in coordination with the other four RIRs) is planning to deploy a system that attaches digital certificates to Internet number resources (IP address blocks and Autonomous System (AS) Numbers). A more complete description of the benefits of resource certification can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/certification/ The RIPE NCC has had a beta platform for certification up and running for several months now. More than 100 RIPE NCC members have enabled certification under this pilot program, providing the RIPE NCC with valuable feedback. On 1 January 2011, the RIPE NCC will launch a hosted production system, which will allow all LIRs to generate a certificate of holdership, which will be held in a repository maintained by the RIPE NCC. Network operators will also be able to start making routing decisions based on the system as of this date. Further iterations of this system will be deployed over the coming 12 months, including the option for LIRs to host their own Certificate Authority and generate certificates for their own customers. Digital certificates have helped make business on the Internet more secure. Now we are using resource certificates to make the Internet itself more secure. For more information, please visit: http://ripe.net/certification If you have any questions or comments, please email . Best regards, Alex Band Product Manager, RIPE NCC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From randy at psg.com Wed Dec 1 19:35:41 2010 From: randy at psg.com (Randy Bush) Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 03:35:41 +0900 Subject: [ncc-services-wg] RIPE NCC Resource Certification System: Initial Deployment 1 January 2011 In-Reply-To: <49C756F5-32D3-4DB6-A105-BBA4E145905E@ripe.net> References: <49C756F5-32D3-4DB6-A105-BBA4E145905E@ripe.net> Message-ID: > On 1 January 2011, the RIPE NCC will launch a hosted production > system, which will allow all LIRs to generate a certificate of > holdership, not exactly. it will allow LIRs to ask NCC to generate a cert for the LIR's holdings. > which will be held in a repository maintained by the RIPE NCC. along with the LIR's [not so} private keys. this is sorely broken. > Network operators will also be able to start making routing decisions > based on the system as of this date. Further iterations of this system > will be deployed over the coming 12 months, including the option for > LIRs to host their own Certificate Authority and generate certificates > for their own customers. and hold their own private keys. randy From Woeber at CC.UniVie.ac.at Wed Dec 1 19:43:18 2010 From: Woeber at CC.UniVie.ac.at (Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet) Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:43:18 +0000 Subject: [ncc-services-wg] RIPE NCC Resource Certification System: Initial Deployment 1 January 2011 In-Reply-To: References: <49C756F5-32D3-4DB6-A105-BBA4E145905E@ripe.net> Message-ID: <4CF69746.5000705@CC.UniVie.ac.at> Randy Bush wrote: > > >>On 1 January 2011, the RIPE NCC will launch a hosted production >>system, which will allow all LIRs to generate a certificate of >>holdership, > > > not exactly. it will allow LIRs to ask NCC to generate a cert for the > LIR's holdings. Regarding the "ask" - one of my private comments regarding the proposed certification policy was to suggest that the NCC, upon request, MUST (in IETF terminology] issue such a certificate. :-) >>which will be held in a repository maintained by the RIPE NCC. > > > along with the LIR's [not so} private keys. this is sorely broken. > > >>Network operators will also be able to start making routing decisions >>based on the system as of this date. Further iterations of this system >>will be deployed over the coming 12 months, including the option for >>LIRs to host their own Certificate Authority and generate certificates >>for their own customers. > > > and hold their own private keys. > > randy Wilfried From saskia at ripe.net Thu Dec 23 11:43:35 2010 From: saskia at ripe.net (Saskia van Gorp) Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:43:35 +0100 Subject: RIPE NCC closed on Friday 24 December 2010 Message-ID: <4D1327D7.7000604@ripe.net> Dear Colleagues, Our offices will be closed on Friday 24 December 2010 due to Christmas Eve. Normal office hours will resume on Monday, 27 December 2010. The RIPE NCC wishes you Happy Holidays and all the best for 2011. Regards, Saskia van Gorp Facilities, Administration and Reception Manager RIPE NCC