2. Keith Mitchellhttp://www.ripe.net/ RIPE ncc IP Address Space Governance Keith Mitchell Executive Board Chairman, RIPE NCC (Chief Executive, LINX) European Information meeting, Brussels, 7th July 98

3. Keith Mitchellhttp://www.ripe.net/ RIPE ncc Current Address Space Status m Top-level is IANA m Delegates space and authority to m RIPE NCC, APNIC, ARIN m RIPE NCC moved from academic/ research-sponsored home (TERENA) to independent member-derived autonomy 1st Jan 1998

4. Keith Mitchellhttp://www.ripe.net/ RIPE ncc RIPE Organisations m Reseaux Internet Protocol European m RIPE m Open co-ordination forum m RIPE NCC m Greater European Address Space Registry m RIPE CENTR m Greater European ccTLD forum

5. Keith Mitchellhttp://www.ripe.net/ RIPE ncc RIPE NCC m Established 1992 m Delegates address space to local registries: m Approx 1100 across Europe and surrounding area m ~90% are commercial ISPs m open membership & processes

6. Keith Mitchellhttp://www.ripe.net/ RIPE ncc RIPE NCC Functions m Manages database of: m address & AS allocations m routing m domains m Maintains reverse address “in-addr” domains m Operates “k” root name server m one of 12 out of 13 possible root NSs m contract with LINX in London, UK

7. Keith Mitchellhttp://www.ripe.net/ RIPE ncc Local Registry Numbers

8. Keith Mitchellhttp://www.ripe.net/ RIPE ncc The New IANA m Evolution of existing IANA m Address allocation works and is stable m do not break it to fix DNS governance m Support US White Paper model of bottom-up accountable private entity m Must be based on global consensus

9. Keith Mitchellhttp://www.ripe.net/ RIPE ncc Address Council m Should comprise 3 elected representatives from each of the 3 regional registries m RIPE NCC, ARIN, APNIC m Plus CTO of NIANA m Defines policies m NIANA Board ratifies & implements Address Council decisions

10. Keith Mitchellhttp://www.ripe.net/ RIPE ncc Address Council & NIANA m Each regional registry elects one board member m NIANA has funding contract with each regional registry m Important that address council has autonomy from other NIANA functions

11. Keith Mitchellhttp://www.ripe.net/ RIPE ncc

12. Keith Mitchellhttp://www.ripe.net/ RIPE ncc European ISPs and the New IANA Rob Blokzijl Chairman, RIPE European Information meeting, Brussels, 7th July 98

13. Keith Mitchellhttp://www.ripe.net/ RIPE ncc RIPE Organisations m RIPE m Open co-ordination forum m RIPE NCC m Greater European Address Space Registry m RIPE CENTR m Greater European ccTLD forum

14. Keith Mitchellhttp://www.ripe.net/ RIPE ncc New IANA Activities m Address space allocation m Protocol standard identifiers m Root server authority and operations m Name space allocation m ccTLDs m gTLDs