From - Thu Jan 13 01:03:57 2000 Return-path: Received: from mail.datacomm.ch by fetchmail-4.6.3 POP3 for (by default); Thu, 13 Jan 2000 00:24:25 CET Received: from zeus.neteducation.com (unverified [212.55.201.2]) by mail.datacomm.ch (Vircom SMTPRS 4.0.179) with ESMTP id for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2000 16:40:57 +0100 Received: from memogw1.sbb.ch ([147.78.29.212]) by zeus.neteducation.com (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id 319 for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2000 17:13:21 +0100 Received: from sbb.ch (I26741.sbb.ch [147.78.29.212]) by memogw1.sbb.ch (2.5 Build 2640 (Berkeley 8.8.6)/8.8.4) with SMTP id QAA04866 for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2000 16:41:13 +0100 From: MARTIN.EBNOETHER@SBB.CH MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 16:40 +0100 Message-id: <200001121540.mZte@sbb.ch> To: VENTILATOR@PARODIA.CH Subject: SWITCH-Bulletin 1/00 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mozilla-Status: 8001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 --- Erhalten von I.U126173 (930) 22 2221 12.01.00 16.= 40 - =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D S W I T C H - Swiss Academic and Research Network ---------------------------------------------------- Electronic Bulletin for the User Community of SWITCH Bulletin 1/00 info@switch.ch January 12, 2000 http://www.switch.ch/switch/bulletin/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D US Link Upgrade --------------- On January 7, 2000 MCI/WorldCom has raised the bandwidth of our US connection between Zurich and New York Telehouse from 40 to 56 Mbps. Sin= ce November 1999, this connection is evenly split over two physical links w= hich use geographically diverse paths between Zurich and New York. ________________________________________________________________________= ____ New Peerings at TIX ------------------- In December 1999, SWITCH has installed a router at the Zurich Telehouse Internet Exchange (TIX) (see http://www.telehouse.ch/). The router is connected to the SWITCHlan backbone over dark fiber from diAx. As of January 11, 2000, peerings with the following providers have been = set up at TIX: - COLT Telecom - diAx Telecommunications - INSnet - Nextra Please refer to http://www.switch.ch/lan/stat/ for a complete list of ou= r peering partners. ________________________________________________________________________= ____ New Registration System in Operation ------------------------------------ End of November 1999 SWITCH has introduced a new software package for th= e registration of internet domain names. The main advantages for the user = are - improved protection mechanisms for data and - shorter processing time. For further details please consult http://www.nic.ch. During the first month of operation - December 1999 - 17'926 new domain names were registrated: a record in the history of domain name registrat= ion for .ch and .li! By end of 1999 the total number of active and inactive domain names has passed 180'000. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D SWITCH - Swiss Academic and Research Network SWITCH Bulletin - Limmatquai 138, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland Editor: Karl-Heinz Krebser Telephone: +41 1 268 15 15 Fax: +41 1 268 15 68 E-Mail: info@switch.ch WWW: http://www.switch.ch/switch/bulletin/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D ---- 12.01.00 16.40 ---- Gesendet an ---------------------------------= ---- -> VENTILATOR@PARODIA.CH .