Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai. Busting Internet Myths An Introduction to the RIPE NCC presented by: Axel Pawlik Managing Director

Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai. 2 Overview Introduction RIPE NCC The role of Regional Internet Registries in Internet Management The Number Resource Organization (NRO) Common Internet Myths Resource Statistics for Arab Countries

Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai. 3 What is the RIPE NCC? Bottom up industry self-regulatory structure –Open and transparent –Neutral and impartial Not for profit membership association –under Dutch law Since 1997 (but active since 1992) Funded by members, thus autonomous –Membership open to all interested parties –Membership elects Executive Board –Membership guides activities & budget –Membership approves fees (“Charging Scheme”)

Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai. 4 RIPE NCC Service Region

Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai. 5 What are the RIPE NCC’s tasks? Co-ordination and provision of services for its members & RIPE community –Membership Services –Co-ordination Services –Information Services One of 4 Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) –Responsible stewardship of Internet Resources IPv4, IPv6 addresses, ASNs Allocation and Registration –ARIN, APNIC, LACNIC, RIPE NCC –Emerging: AfriNIC

Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai. 6 Setting RIPE NCC Activities Services WG RIPE NCC General Meeting Survey et al

Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai. 7 RIPE NCC Organisational statistics 90+ staff (24 nationalities) –Including Egypt, Morocco, Palestine, Turkey participating LIR’s / members 1,800,000+ objects in the RIPE Database Budget 10.8 M EUR (2004) We are economically, and politically, independent

Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai. 8 RIPE NCC Profile Not for profit association Legitimate and stable organisation Long standing history Bottom-up self governing structure Open and transparent Neutral and impartial

Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai. 9 International Situation APNIC (1993) ARIN (1997) LACNIC (2002) Emerging AfriNIC Number Resource Organization (NRO) Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)

Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai Operational Context (Allocation of Resources) RIPE NCCARIN APNIC RIPE ARIN Mtg.APNIC Mtg. LACNIC LACNIC Mtg. IANA members

Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai NRO RIPE NCCARIN APNIC IANA Political Context LACNIC Number Resource Organization ICANN Others

Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai The Number Resource Organisation

Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai ASO MoU NRO EC RIPE NCCLACNICAPNICARINAfriNIC NC ICANN ASO AC

Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai Myth 1: We are running out of Addresses Information Services on IPv4 Regional Internet Registries facilitate –Considerable slowing of address consumption rate –Dramatic increase in efficiency of usage Extrapolating current trends points to “Expiry Date” in between 2020 and 2040.

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Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai Myth 1a: Some Countries cannot get Addresses Addresses are held in a global pool of unallocated resources Anybody, Anytime will receive addresses based on “demonstrated need”. Ensuring longevity of resource pool while ensuring fair distribution

Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai “China vs MIT” millions of addresses IPv4 IPv6

Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai Myth 2: ICANN Makes Addressing Policies ICANN does not feature in the Policy Development Process

Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai Myth 3: US controls Root Nameservers More than 80 and the number is growing

Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai Myths 4: National address administration will make the world a better place Internet resources have no attribute that links them to geography National reserves would be wasteful and further depletion Detrimental to Internet stability –Proliferation of routing information NRO Response to ITU Memorandum –

Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai Internet Numbering Resources in Arab Countries Total Size of IPv4 Allocations

Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai Internet Numbering Resources in Arab Countries Total Size of IPv6 Allocations /32s

Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai Internet Numbering Resources in Arab Countries Active LIRs

Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai Contact Information –general questions to RIPE NCC –setting up of new Local Internet Registries –registration and other questions about RIPE Meetings –Membership Liaison –The Managing Director

Axel Pawlik. Regional Symposium on E-gov’t and IP, 24 November 2004, Dubai. Questions