Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC received the IPv4 address ranges 2/8 and 46/8 from the IANA in September 2009. We will begin allocating from these ranges in the near future. The minimum allocation size from these two /8s has been set at /21. You may wish to adjust any filters you have in place accordingly. More information on the IP space administered by the RIPE NCC can be found at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-ncc-managed-address-space.html Please also note that several "pilot" prefixes are being announced from each /8. These prefixes are: 2.0.0.0/16, pingable 2.0.0.1 2.1.0.0/21, pingable 2.1.0.1 2.1.24.0/24, pingable 2.1.24.1 46.0.0.0/16, pingable 46.0.0.1 46.1.0.0/21, pingable 46.1.0.1 46.1.24.0/24, pingable 46.1.24.1 They all originate in AS12654. More information on this "pilot" activity is available in the document "De-Bogonising New Address Blocks", which can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-351.html Regards, Flor Paredes Registration Services Manager RIPE NCC