Hi, On 07/05/2025 00:01, Rudolf E. Steiner via members-discuss wrote:
From a risk-based perspective, true operational independence and legal clarity can only be achieved through self-hosting critical infrastructure under the full control of the RIPE NCC itself. This would eliminate dependencies on commercial cloud providers and allow for full auditability, transparency, and compliance with the highest data protection standards.
Given the importance of the services RIPE NCC provides to the stability of the Internet ecosystem, I believe there is a strong case for moving toward infrastructure sovereignty – not just geographical, but technical and operational as well.
I agree that self-hosting everything would be the ideal solution, but we also need to be realistic, and conclude that this might not be possible within the current financial budget. It might be an option to self-host certain services which are not so heavy on resources, while other services (eg. object storage to replace S3) could be placed at a cloud service under EU legislation. But as Randy said, we are not here to micro manage the RIPE NCC, they are well capable of deciding what the best balance is. For the short term, i believe it is urgent to at least have a plan how to remove the dependency on US based cloud technology. Timo Hilbrink Freedom Internet