Mirjam Kühne 1 RIPE 33, May 1999 Introduction to the RIPE NCC presented by Mirjam Kühne

RIPE 33, May 1999Mirjam Kühne 2 Why an NCC? RIPE NCC in the global context Activities Internal Organisation Overview

RIPE 33, May 1999Mirjam Kühne 3 Why a NCC ? RIPE participation was increasing Too much RIPE work to be done on a voluntary basis Some activities need continuity Neutrality and impartiality is important Contact point inside & outside Europe

RIPE 33, May 1999Mirjam Kühne 4 What is the RIPE NCC? Co-ordination and support service for European Internet Service Providers Membership Association under Dutch law Formal membership –contract with Local IRs –voting mechanism –executive board –annual activity plan & budget –annual fee

RIPE 33, May 1999Mirjam Kühne 5 RIPE NCC Activities (1) Registration Services –IPv4 addresses –IPv6 addresses –AS numbers –Reveres domain name delegation Co-ordination –RIPE database maintenance –Routing Registry Maintenance (RR) –RIRs co-ordination

RIPE 33, May 1999Mirjam Kühne 6 RIPE NCC Activities (2) RIPE support Local-IR Training Courses Projects –CENTR –Test Traffic Project Information dissemination

RIPE 33, May 1999Mirjam Kühne 7 Vital Statistics Statistics 1992 –3 staff members –No Local IR’s –182,528 hosts in European Internet –7,955 objects in RIPE database (June ‘92) Statistics Now –55 staff (21 nationalities) –1,337+ participating Local IR’s –8,428,408+ hosts in the “European” Internet –1,834,787+ objects in the database

RIPE 33, May 1999Mirjam Kühne 8 RIPE NCC Service Region RIPE NCC APNIC ARIN

RIPE 33, May 1999Mirjam Kühne 9 RIPE NCC in Global Context Ultimate global numbers authority Sets policy and criteria for Regional Registries Regional Registries: Policies and criteria aligned but differences in local implementation RIPE NCC ARIN APNIC RIPENANOGAPRICOT IANA

RIPE 33, May 1999Mirjam Kühne 10 Internal Organisation (1) “Role” mailboxes –Registration Services –RIPE database, –Reverse delegations, –Billing

RIPE 33, May 1999Mirjam Kühne 11 Internal Organisation (2) Role Mailboxes continued: –New LIR set-up –General Questions –Local IR Training –Website questions + suggestions –RIPE Meeting

RIPE 33, May 1999Mirjam Kühne 12 QUESTIONS?