Dear colleagues, According to January's updated migration plan to remove all MD5 hashed passwords from the RIPE database in 2025 : https://mailman.ripe.net/archives/list/db-wg@ripe.net/thread/NGCRQWJPF7MT24V... And to update my previous mail from 31st March: https://mailman.ripe.net/archives/list/db-wg@ripe.net/thread/4QNPE24MIDFRSG4... In Q2 2025, the RIPE NCC plans to remove all MD5 hashed passwords that have not been used for authentication since 1st January 2024, to reduce the risk of having so many MD5 hashes in the database in case of a data breach. We found this will affect approximately 17,000 out of 62,000 maintainers. We have now split these maintainers into four batches and will notify the first batch by email *tomorrow* 11th June. We will send a reminder email for this first batch in one week (18th June), and then finally remove any inactive password hashes for the first batch in two weeks (25th June). We will wait one week before starting on the next batch of maintainers, and also give each batch two weeks notice. This should be enough time to suffiently notify affected maintainers, and to complete the process by mid-July, so we can begin to notify maintainers who are *actively* using password hashes (giving them 6 months notice before support for passwords is removed by end 2025). If maintainers need more time, or if we have many support requests, then we can adjust the timeline accordingly. Please let us know your comments and/or questions regarding this planned change. Regards Ed Shryane RIPE NCC