ripe51 secret working group the extremely secret report of the ultra secret cabal that calls itself...

RIPE51 Secret Working Group

The Extremely Secret Report of the Ultra Secret Cabal That Calls Itself the

Secret Working GroupAnd Which Will Deny Any Rumours Concerning its

Existence.(don’t’ even bother asking)

RIPE51 Secret Working Group

RIPE51 Secret Working Group

Todaysspecial

RIPE51 Secret Working Group

RIPE51 Secret Working Group

Anybody wants to rearrange the chairs?

Geoff from Oz showed a problem we thinkHis Powerpoint graphs made us blinkWe have only 9 yearsWhere we banish our fearsGo V6, or ignore it, and sink

RIPE51 Secret Working Group

RIPE51 Secret Working Group

BatmanNetnod is in caves in the groundSort of place where a troll might be

foundSo Kurtis talks fastTo make nightime hours lastAnd at daybreak is back

underground.

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RIPE51 Secret Working Group

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AMSIX has a fine, cunning planFor a party in old AmsterdamThere is booze in your cupBut when you wake upThere's 10 gig on your contract,

Oh Damm!

Sign here:

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RIPE51 Secret Working Group

Jochem just said: no

If you attempt LIR registrationRIPE requires notarised corp informationThis causes delayswhich continue for daysAnd creates a lot of frustration

RIPE51 Secret Working Group

RIPE51 Secret Working Group

RIPE51 Secret Working Group

Kurz: “The Horror, The Horror”Oh horror! IP version 6 is seenAnd Doomesday looms much closer than we thoughtTwo thousand ten, September, seventeenThe AS free pool number drops to nought.

A brief respite, some light relief we seeThe glorious 4 byte number draft springs outAnd 2 byte routers shunned by all will beTheir BGP announcements viewed with doubt

RIPE51 Secret Working Group

Two thousand twelve, five August, Geoff explainsIANA closes shop, the shelf is bareof V4, only version 6 remains

And RIRs look at their stockpile, whereTwo thousand fourteen, second May, five pastNine in the morning, Version 6 at last

RIPE51 Secret Working Group

RIPE51 Secret Working Group

Deja Vu

Fifth of August two thousand and twelveThe final v4 leaves the shelvesOn the second of May2 years later, they sayRIRs will run out for themselves

RIPE51 Secret Working Group

RIPE51 Secret Working Group

From the mountainside high came a flame

‘bout the dot at the end of a name‘Open’ mirrors the root‘till they cash in and lootBut ‘till then he is sure they’re the

same

RIPE51 Secret Working Group

RIPE51 Secret Working Group

8 bit prefix length‘Bulldozer’ the topic of rhymeWithdrawn and and announced, not

sublimeThey come and they goAnd let everyone knowThat they’re having a mighty fine

time

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Thanks, See you RIPE52

Don’t forget to look over your shoulder on your way out

RIPE51 Secret Working Group

RIPE51 Secret Working Group

RIPE51 Secret Working Group