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[news] Closure of Members With Unpaid Invoices
by Henriette van Ingen 15 Jun '21

15 Jun '21

Dear RIPE NCC members, On 18 May 2021, we started calling the 878 RIPE NCC members with outstanding invoices for their 2021 annual contribution. There are currently 144 members that have still not paid, which is down from 231 last year. Starting today, the Standard Service Agreement (SSA) of all members with an outstanding invoice issued in February 2021 will be automatically terminated and we will begin the process to de-register their Internet number resources. This comes 90 days after the due date of the invoice / 120 days after it was first issued. De-registering resources is a critical event for members. For this reason, we spend a lot of time and effort each year attempting to contact those who will be affected. We have already sent four email reminders to these members in March, April (twice) and May. We have also attempted to contact them via their registered email and phone contacts in the LIR Portal [1]. It would help us greatly if you could make sure to pay your invoice by the due date, which is 30 days from being issued. If you would like to check the payment status of your LIR accounts, you can do so in the LIR Portal or by using the payment link on your invoice. ----------------------------------- For Members in Syria and Iran ----------------------------------- We have still not issued the 2021 invoices for our members in Iran and Syria. This means they are *not* included in the above figures and their status as RIPE NCC members will not be affected. We plan to send an update to these members soon, but for now the situation is largely unchanged since our last message in March: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2021-March/001477.html If you have questions, you can always email <billing(a)ripe.net> or call +31 20 535 4444 (9am-5pm CEST, from Monday to Friday). Kind regards, Henriette van Ingen Registry Services Assistant Manager RIPE NCC [1] Please take a moment to check that your account details in the LIR Portal are up to date: https://my.ripe.net/#/account-details

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[news] Ending Support for the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator
by Nathalie Trenaman 15 Jun '21

15 Jun '21

Dear colleagues, On Thursday, 1 July 2021, we will stop supporting the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator. This will have no impact on any of our core activities around the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI). We are still committed to strengthening the RPKI infrastructure and our main priority is to maintain a secure, stable and resilient RPKI Certificate Authority. Our RPKI Validator is one of several Relying Party software [1] that network operators can use to download and validate the global RPKI data set. This data is used to support their BGP decision making process. We created the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator over a decade ago, when RPKI had only just been implemented and there were not many options available. While there were other validators, ours came with an intuitive web-interface, which allowed operators to see in a UI how BGP announcements would be impacted by Route Origin Validation. Since then, RPKI has been widely adopted in the industry and other software developers have spent significant resources on testing and introducing new Relying Party software. After discussions we had with our members and the wider community at the Routing Working Group mailing list and my presentation at the RIPE NCC Services Working Group at RIPE 81, we agreed that this approach will allow us to focus on the core of RPKI. We strongly recommend that any network operators still running our RPKI Validator switch to an alternative software before 1 July. Some alternatives include: - Routinator - Fort - RPKI-client - OctoRPKI - Prover It is important to note that continuing to use the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator after 1 July 2021 may lead to security incidents, as we will no longer be making updates to the software. If you are interested in the rationale behind this decision, you can find out more on RIPE Labs [2] or in my presentation at RIPE 81 [3]. Best regards, Nathalie Trenaman Routing Security Programme Manager RIPE NCC ----- Links: [1] Relying Party software: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/resource-management/rpki/tools-and… [2] (RIPE Labs Article) Lifecycle of the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator: https://labs.ripe.net/author/nathalie_nathalie/lifecycle-of-the-ripe-ncc-rp… [3] (RIPE 81 Presentation) The Life Cycle of the RPKI Validator: https://ripe81.ripe.net/archives/video/478/

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[news] Recent Situation With FSB and RIPE NCC Colleague
by Hans Petter Holen 07 Jun '21

07 Jun '21

Dear colleagues, I want to update you on a situation that has developed with our colleague Alexander Semenyaka. As reported in Russian media, on 26 May, Alexander was detained by the FSB and ordered to leave the country. He is now in Ukraine with his family and we are in regular contact with him. Alexander has been temporarily suspended from his duties while we seek clarity on this issue. Our engagement efforts seek to bridge the knowledge gap between the technical community and government, regulators, and law enforcement. As a neutral organisation, we are committed to working with all stakeholders in our region to support Internet stability, including those in Russia and Ukraine. Regards, Hans Petter Holen Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[news] 143rd and 144th RIPE NCC Executive Board Meetings - Summary Notes
by Hans Petter Holen 04 Jun '21

04 Jun '21

Dear RIPE NCC members, The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 143rd Meeting on 14 May 2021 and its 144th Meeting on 21 May 2021. The minutes of the meetings are now available. Minutes of the 143rd Meeting: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2021/minutes-143rd-ex… Minutes of the 144th Meeting: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2021/minutes-144th-ex… The Executive Board publishes the minutes of its meetings so that the workings of the Board and the decisions it makes are transparent for the membership that it represents. The following is a summary of the main items from the meeting. Further details are available in the minutes. ----------------------- Main Items ----------------------- After the election of Job Snijders and the re-election of Piotr Strzyżewski, the RIPE NCC Executive Board members agreed to assign the functions as required by the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. Christian Kaufmann will continue as the Chairman, Ondřej Filip as the Treasurer and Piotr Strzyżewski as the Secretary. The Board also thanked Falk von Bornstaedt for his excellent contributions and dedicated work during his term as RIPE NCC Executive Board Member from 2018 until 2021. In particular, Falk was involved in the Rob Blokzijl Foundation and he was engaged in the transition to a new Managing Director as a member of the hiring committee. ----------------------- Resolutions Adopted ----------------------- The following resolution was adopted: - The RIPE NCC Executive Board appoints Samaneh Tajalizadehkhoob and Flavio Luciani to the available seats on the Community Projects Fund Selection Committee. Kind regards, Hans Petter Holen Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update: May 2021
by Boris Duval 27 May '21

27 May '21

Hello RIPE NCC members, Here’s everything you need to know about our services and what’s happening in the RIPE community this month: 1. What We're Doing For You -- LIR Stats -- RIPE NCC General Meeting Results -- What Happened at RIPE 82? -- Information for Members with Outstanding Invoices -- Microlearning: New in the RIPE NCC Academy -- Training Courses in June -- RIPE NCC Anti-Abuse Support - What to Do if It Happens to You -- RACI Project Funding 2. Your Technical Update -- RIPEstat -- RIS -- New Look for the RIPE Database and LIR Portal -- Improvements to the RIPE Atlas Datasets on Google BigQuery -- Now There's an Idea - Research Pitches from Our R&D Team -- RPKI Repositories and the RIPE Database in the Cloud -- Service Announcements 3. What's Happening in Our Community? -- DBTF: BoF Feedback and Next Steps -- Caught in the Middle - Regulatory Impact and our Mission as the RIPE NCC -- RIPE Community Resilience -- NRO Updates 4. Join Us for These Virtual Events -- RIPE NCC Open House: Organising Network Operator Groups -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Hungary -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Spain -- ENOG 18 1. What We're Doing For You -- LIR Stats Number of LIRs: 23,635 (-69) LIRs with IPv6: 16,127 (-19) IPv4 Addresses Transferred in April: 1,155,968 (-990,336) -- RIPE NCC General Meeting Results Congratulations to Job Snijders and Piotr Strzyżewski for being elected to the RIPE NCC Executive Board. A full voting report detailing the voting numbers is available: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2021/voting-report The membership adopted three resolutions during the meeting including the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2020, Charging Scheme 2022 and discharged the Executive Board with regard to its actions as they appear from the Annual Report 2020 and Financial Report 2020. -- What Happened at RIPE 82? RIPE 82 took place from 17-21 May 2021 and saw 1,172 people registered, of whom 274 were newcomers, and had an average of 550 viewers per day. You can catch up on the meeting highlights by reading our daily meeting report: https://ripe82.ripe.net/programme/report/ -- Information for Members with Outstanding Invoices The Standard Service Agreement (SSA) and/or LIR Account Agreements (LAA) of members who have an outstanding invoice issued in February 2021 will be automatically terminated on 15 June 2021. On this date, we will also start the de-registration process for the Internet resources held by these LIR accounts. If you would like to check the payment status for your LIR account(s), you can do so in the LIR Portal or by using the payment link on your invoice. You will soon receive a separate email on this topic. -- Microlearning: New in the RIPE NCC Academy The RIPE NCC Academy now offers you short, bite-sized lessons that you can complete in under 15 minutes. Our first tiny tutorials are on the ping and traceroute commands: https://academy.ripe.net -- Training Courses in June Our webinars for the month of June are open for registrations: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses Here's the schedule: IPv6 Host Configuration Wednesday, 2 June 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) Basic IPv6 Protocol Security Wednesday, 9 June 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) Introduction to IPv6 Thursday, 17 June 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) Introduction to RPKI Tuesday, 22 June 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) IPv6 in the RIPE Database Wednesday, 23 June 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) Internet Routing Registry Tuesday, 29 June 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) LIRs: Managing IP Addresses and ASNs Wednesday, 30 June 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) Interested in something that you can't find on our upcoming course page? Let us know which topics you would like to see covered in future webinars: https://forms.gle/rhyExMhb7BTCCXyU8 -- RIPE NCC Anti-Abuse Support - What to Do if It Happens to You At the RIPE NCC, we get lots of requests for assistance from people dealing with online abuse. In this article, we clarify how you can use our tools to help resolve abuse issues, but also what you can do when further steps need to be taken: https://labs.ripe.net/author/angela_dallara/ripe-ncc-anti-abuse-support-wha… -- RACI Project Funding We invite academic and research institutes in the RIPE NCC service region to apply for funding to work on projects in these areas: - Apply machine learning and big data analytics to the collected routing data to identify and predict trends - Apply and customise big data visualisation frameworks to the collected routing data to better display the data to users If you are interested, please send us a proposal by 31 May 2021: https://www.ripe.net/raci-funding 2. Your Technical Update -- RIPEstat --- 10 Years of RIPEstat The celebration for 10 Years of RIPEstat took place at RIPE 82 - watch the anniversary presentation: https://ripe82.ripe.net/archives/video/574/ --- New RIPEstat UI Launched The new RIPEstat UI brings big changes to the look and feel of RIPEstat. It's an updated, clean, responsive design built on a modern framework and equipped with a whole host of new features: https://labs.ripe.net/author/stephen_suess_1/a-tour-of-the-new-ripestat-ui/ --- #RIPEstatWidgets As a tribute to the good old widgets, Christian Teuschel (@christian_toysh) featured 51 of the most outstanding widgets on Twitter. Our next plan is to open source the code base. -- RIS Emile Aben presented an update on RIS at RIPE 82: https://ripe82.ripe.net/wp-content/uploads/presentations/79-RIS-update-ripe… -- New Look for the RIPE Database and LIR Portal We deployed a new look for the RIPE Database and LIR Portal to match the UX/UI guidelines of the RIPE NCC applications. There was no change in functionality: https://labs.ripe.net/author/theodoros_polychniatis/new-look-for-the-ripe-d… -- Improvements to the RIPE Atlas Datasets on Google BigQuery We've been publishing RIPE Atlas measurement results publicly on Google BigQuery since late last year. Now, with a little more experience under our belts, we're improving the ways we expose public data on the platform: https://labs.ripe.net/author/stephen_strowes/improvements-to-the-ripe-atlas… -- Now There's an Idea - Research Pitches from Our R&D Team In this new article on RIPE Labs, Robert Kisteleki kicks off an experiment to expose some ideas for research topics and tools that can be of good use to the community: https://labs.ripe.net/author/kistel/now-theres-an-idea-research-pitches-fro… -- RPKI Repositories and the RIPE Database in the Cloud The mission critical services the RIPE NCC provides to the Internet community require a solid technical foundation. Felipe Silveira looks at plans to use cloud infrastructure as a means to that end: https://labs.ripe.net/author/felipe_victolla_silveira/rpki-repositories-and… -- Service Announcements --- Recent RIPEstat and RIS Data Issues (11 May 2021): https://www.ripe.net/support/service-announcements/ripestat-and-ris-data-is… RIPE Atlas Issues (11 May 2021): https://www.ripe.net/support/service-announcements/ripe-atlas-issues 3. What's Happening in Our Community? -- DBTF: BoF Feedback and Next Steps The minutes and recording of the third RIPE Database Requirements Task Force (DBTF) BoF are available online: https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/bof/dbtf-bof-5-may-2021 Following this BoF, the task force decided to postpone the publication of their final draft originally scheduled for publication ahead of RIPE 82: https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/tf/rdb-requirements-tf -- Caught in the Middle - Regulatory Impact and our Mission as the RIPE NCC How are policy-making institutions reacting to challenges posed by AI? Read about the Council of Europe's initiative to examine the feasibility of a legal framework covering developments in AI, in the first of a new series of articles: https://labs.ripe.net/author/athina/caught-in-the-middle-regulatory-impact-… -- RIPE Community Resilience: All layers of the pyramid of needs are important for physical and mental health just as all layers of the Internet stack are important for the resilient Internet. In these articles, Vesna Manojlovic goes to the fifth and sixth layers: --- RIPE Community Resilience: Nature is Healing https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/ripe-community-resilience-nature-is-heal… --- RIPE Community Resilience: Embracing Neurodiversity https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/ripe-community-resilience-embracing-neur… -- NRO Updates --- May 2021 NRO NC Election Results James Kennedy has been elected to the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC), following Filiz Yilmaz's decision to step down from her seat as of 31 May 2021. James will begin his term on 1 June 2021 and his term will end on 31 December 2022. Details on the election process and the NRO NC are available online: https://www.ripe.net/participate/internet-governance/internet-technical-com… 4. Join Us for These Virtual Events RIPE NCC Open House: Organising Network Operator Groups, 2 June 2021: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-or… RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Hungary, 9 June 2021: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-in… RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Spain, 23 June 2021: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-in… -- ENOG 18, 7-8 June 2021: The ENOG Programme Committee (PC) is seeking content proposals for the plenary sessions, tutorials, lightning talks and BoFs. You can submit your presentation proposals online: https://www.enog.org/enog-18/cfp/ Registration is free of charge: https://www.enog.org/enog-18/register/ Thank you for reading to the end. We’ll be back next month with more news! Best regards, Boris Boris Duval Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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[service] RPKI Planned Downtime
by Nathalie Trenaman 26 May '21

26 May '21

Dear colleagues, On Monday, 31 May from 10:30-12:30 (UTC+2), we plan to upgrade the infrastructure supporting our RPKI service. You will not be able to access the RPKI dashboard or API during this period. The rsync and RRDP repositories will remain available. You can always check the status of our services on our website: https://www.ripe.net/support/service-announcements Kind regards, Nathalie Trenaman Routing Security Programme Manager

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[news] The RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2021
by Hans Petter Holen 21 May '21

21 May '21

Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2021 took place virtually from 19–21 May 2021. A total of 1,469 members cast their votes on three resolutions and in the Executive Board election. Not all members cast votes in all ballots. The following resolutions were approved by the General Meeting: Resolution 1: “The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2020.” Resolution 2: "The General Meeting discharges the Executive Board with regard to its actions as they appear from the Annual Report 2020 and Financial Report 2020." Resolution 3: "The General Meeting approves the adoption of the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2022." Executive Board Elections: The following two candidates were elected to the RIPE NCC Executive Board: - Job Snijders - Piotr Strzyżewski A full voting report is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2021/voting-report Congratulations to Job and Piotr on their election to the RIPE NCC Executive Board. I look forward to working with them and the rest of the Board. And I would like to thank Falk von Bornstaedt for his significant contribution to the work of the Executive Board and the RIPE NCC over the past three years. My appreciation to everyone who contributed to the important discussions and voted at the GM. Kind regards, Hans Petter Holen Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[GM] The RIPE NCC General Meeting is Today
by General Meeting Organisation Team 19 May '21

19 May '21

Dear RIPE NCC members, The RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2021 (GM) will take place today at 18:00 (UTC+2). The GM is your opportunity as a member to discuss the activities of the RIPE NCC. At this GM, members will vote on three resolutions, including the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2022 and in the election to fill two seats on the RIPE NCC Executive Board. REGISTER BEFORE 16:00 (UTC+2) TODAY Registration to participate and vote will close at 16:00 (UTC+2) today. If you would like to participate in the GM, please register now at: https://my.ripe.net/#/meetings/active PARTICIPATING IN THE GM You must register in order to participate in the GM. All registered attendees will receive an email shortly after registration closes at 16:00 (UTC+2) with the link to the virtual meeting platform. The link to vote in the GM will be sent just before the GM begins, and voting will become active after the Chairman declares it to be open. The agenda, information about Executive Board candidates and supporting documents for the GM are available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2021 RIPE 82 Relevant presentations for the GM also take place in the RIPE NCC Services Working Group session at RIPE 82. You can watch the livestream of this session on the RIPE 82 website or register for free for RIPE 82 to enjoy full discussion rights on the meeting platform. You can watch the livestream at: https://ripe82.ripe.net For any GM-related questions, please email <agm(a)ripe.net>. We welcome your participation in this important membership meeting. Kind regards, General Meeting Organisation Team The RIPE NCC

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[GM] RIPE NCC General Meeting: One Week To Go
by General Meeting Organisation Team 12 May '21

12 May '21

Dear RIPE NCC members, There is one week left to register for the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM), which takes place from Wednesday, 19 May at 18:00 (UTC+2). *Registration for the GM closes at 16:00 (UTC+2) on Wednesday, 19 May.* You can register at: https://my.ripe.net/#/meetings/active Over 1,100 members have registered to vote, and we hope to see this number increase before the GM opens. Members who register for the GM will receive links to participate and vote remotely on 19 May. At this GM, you can vote on three resolutions, including the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2022. All resolutions are contained in the agenda for the meeting: https://www.ripe.net/gm/may-2021/agenda There will also be elections to fill two seats on the RIPE NCC Executive Board. There are five confirmed candidates for the election, more information including candidate biographies, can be found at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2021/eb-elections If you missed the RIPE NCC Open House: Meet the Executive Board Candidates where the five candidates explained why they should be on the Board, the recording is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/meet-the-executive-boa… There is also a dedicated mailing list where you can interact with the Executive Board candidates and submit questions to them. Please note that only members subscribed to <eb-candidates(a)ripe.net> can post to this list: https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/ripe-ncc-mailing-lists/executive-boar… All information on the GM, including links to the supporting documents, can be found on the GM webpages: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2021 We look forward to your participation in this important meeting for the RIPE NCC and its members. Best regards, General Meeting Organisation Team RIPE NCC

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[GM] Executive Board Engagement for the Upcoming General Meeting
by Christian Kaufmann 11 May '21

11 May '21

Dear members, The RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) takes place next week. The agenda is finalised and you can see that here: https://www.ripe.net/gm/may-2021/agenda As always, the GM is a good opportunity for us to hear from you on important issues. It also gives you the chance to ask the Board about issues that matter. And for this GM, there are also several ways to interact with those standing for election to become Board members. *Open Mic Slot* The GM agenda now includes a specific open mic slot, during which you can ask questions or share comments on topics not covered elsewhere in the agenda. We feel this has been missed by members in recent years and by adding it we hope to accommodate any topics you wish to bring up. You can also send questions for the GM in advance to <agm(a)ripe.net> and we'll make sure to address them at the meeting. *Charging Scheme Discussion* We have also allotted time to discuss the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme model under Agenda point 7. With this discussion, we are again starting a conversation on the future of our charging model that we hope to continue after the GM and up to the next GM in November. Among the questions to consider ahead of this discussion: - What are the problems you see with the One LIR-One Fee model? - Should charging be based on resource-intensive requests? - Should there be an administration fee for transfers? - Should the sign-up fee be lower to allow easier entry to the market as independent network operators? - Should there be charging related to ASNs or IPv6? Of course, we would also like to see discussion on this topic on the <members-discuss(a)ripe.net> mailing list, which we follow closely. *Interact with Executive Board Candidates* Tomorrow, 12 May at 10:00 UTC, there will be a RIPE NCC Open House where the five candidates will be able to explain why they should be on the Board, and you can pose important questions for them. You can also send questions in advance to <agm(a)ripe.net>. This session will be recorded. We hope to see many members take part, and you can register now at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/meet-the-executive-boa… There is also an active mailing list where you can interact with the candidates until the election takes place: https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/ripe-ncc-mailing-lists/executive-boar… The people elected at this GM will represent your interests for the next three years, so please take the time to find out about where they stand on the issues you feel are important. Their details and biographies are listed at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2021/eb-elections… *Register for the GM* Most importantly, we want members to register for the GM and exercise their voting rights. You can register now at: https://my.ripe.net/#/meetings/active *Talk to Us Informally* The Board is available during RIPE 82 to hear your feedback. We invite you to meet us on SpatialChat for more informal conversations during the ‘Meet the Executive Board’ session on Monday, 17 May. You will need to register for RIPE 82 to participate in this session, and registration is free and open to all: https://ripe82.ripe.net/attend/register/ Finally, the Executive Board can be reached on <exec-board(a)ripe.net> if you want to contact us directly. We look forward to seeing you (virtually) at the GM and RIPE 82. Best wishes, Christian Kaufmann Chairman of the RIPE NCC Executive Board

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