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Administering the Internet
A brief introduction

8/25/99


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Table of Contents

Administering the Internet. A brief introduction

Questions always welcome!!

Authority in the Net??

Structure of ICANN

Address Supporting Organization

RIPE and the RIPE NCC

What is RIPE?

Service Regions of the Registries

How RIPE Works

RIPE Working Groups

RIPE Mailing Lists

RIPE Meetings

RIPE Meeting attendees for 1998

RIPE Meetings

RIPE Network Coordination Centre

Why a NCC ?

RIPE NCC History

Formal Decision Making

Vital Statistics

Goals of the Internet Registry System

Some Core RIPE NCC Activities

Registration Services

Address distribution to RIPE region

How do you get IP addresses?

1.5 New LIRs per Day

Address Space Usage

DNS Management

Reverse DNS Quality Report

RIPE DNS Hostcount

Additional RIPE NCC Activities

IPv6

The RIPE Database Its usage and its usefulness

RIPE Database

RIPE Database

Some Database Objects

DB Objects Break 2 Million Mark

‘person’ Object

‘role’ Object

Network Object

Querying the Database

DB Queries Reach 4.5/sec

Example query

whois -h and -a

whois -t (person)

whois -i

Example Query

RIPE whois Flags

More RIPE whois Flags

DB Update Procedure

E-mail Interface

Syntax Checking

Example Error Message

Deleting an Object

Nic-hdl’s (Example)

Questions and Answers

Organizations

Organizations

Author: John Crain

Email: webmaster@ripe.net