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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update May 2016
by Fergal Cunningham 23 May '16

23 May '16

Dear colleagues, To consolidate the information we send to members and reduce the number of individual mails you receive from us, the RIPE NCC Member Update will be published from now on in a monthly email format. The update will focus on timely and operationally useful information. If you have feedback about the contents of this mail or the new format of the Member Update, please reply and let me know. If there is information about particular services or activities you would like to see included, we can add it to future issues. RIPE NCC Member Update: May 2016 Number of LIRs: 13,553 LIRs with IPv6: 10,279 IPv4 addresses transferred in April: 259,584 https://labs.ripe.net/statistics RESOURCE REGISTRATION The RIPE NCC Executive Board has asked the RIPE NCC to broaden the definition of policy transfers by including network acquisitions in the scope of the transfer policy. All network acquisitions now fall under the RIPE transfer policy unless they are part of an organisation merger, organisation acquisition, bankruptcy or liquidation. The Board has also instructed the RIPE NCC to strengthen its due diligence procedures to clarify that transfer agreements are signed by a party that is officially authorised to do so according to national authority registration. The RIPE NCC is proactively checking that all signatures meet the criteria. Further details are available in the original mail from the Chairman of the Executive Board: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2016-April/001031.html RIPE DATABASE We have been working to improve the usability of the RIPE Database over the last year and the latest change will address an area that has caused much confusion for members in the past. Our Product Manager Alex Band explains how we are improving the management of RIPE Database objects that have joint responsibility: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/AlexBand/improving-the-management-of-ripe-dat… We've also worked on improving "Syncupdates", which allows users to create or update multiple objects in a single text area and get an immediate response from the RIPE Database server on the result. There is a beta version of the new Syncupdates available, and you can find out all about it at: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/AlexBand/improving-syncupdates-in-the-ripe-da… TRAINING SERVICES Is there a RIPE NCC Training Course coming to your country? In June, courses will be held in Estonia, Russia, Austria, Malta and Iceland. There will also be online training for new LIRs and an advanced RIPE Atlas webinar. Register to secure your place at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/ And in June, we will add the online LIR Training Course to the suite of certified training courses available through the RIPE NCC Academy: https://academy.ripe.net/ RIPE NCC GENERAL MEETING (GM) Are you registered for the GM yet? The meeting takes place this week from 25-27 May in Copenhagen with full remote participation options for all members. There are four resolutions to be voted on and an election to fill two seats on the RIPE NCC Executive Board. Currently, there are over 900 members across the service region registered to vote, and we hope to see this number increase before the meeting takes place. All information on the GM, including how to register, is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2016 RIPE ATLAS We’ve updated the RIPE Atlas APIs and created a comprehensive user manual that explains everything you need to know about how to use them: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/new-ripe-atlas-apis The latest RIPE Atlas updates include making the DNSMON code available on GitHub for personal use, displaying IPv4 vs IPv6 comparisons in LatencyMON, new credit sharing options, and new limits on probes per measurement and results per day: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-altas-update-dnsmo… MEETINGS The RIPE 72 Meeting takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark this week from Monday to Friday. You can check out the full meeting plan at: https://ripe72.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/ Can’t make it to Copenhagen? You can view all the sessions and join the discussion no matter where you are: https://ripe72.ripe.net/live/main/ The SEE 5 Meeting took place in Tirana, Albania in April. Videos of all sessions are now available on the South East Europe Regional Meetings YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/1GOnWIU ENOG 11 takes place in Moscow from 7-8 June: https://www.enog.org/meetings/enog-11/ RECENT ON RIPE LABS Rene Wilhelm published an article on RIPE Labs last week giving details on RIPE NCC membership growth and available IPv4 statistics: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/wilhelm/ripe-ncc-membership-and-available-ipv… There are also two articles by Romain Fontugne and Stéphane Bortzmeyer about detecting and debugging network problems using RIPE Atlas. All the RIPE Atlas-related articles are available at: https://labs.ripe.net/atlas INTERNET GOVERNANCE The RIPE NCC will be contributing to the 2016 European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG), which is being held in Brussels from 9-10 June: http://www.eurodig.org/eurodig-2016/ The RIPE NCC will also participate at the ICANN 56 Meeting in Helsinki from 27-30 June: https://meetings.icann.org/en/helsinki56 RIPE NCC SURVEY 2016 Every three years, we conduct a large-scale anonymous survey of our members and other stakeholders to see how we can improve our services. The 2016 survey launches on 27 May and will run until the end of June. We've made this year's survey much shorter than in previous years and the questions are more focused on practical improvements. We'll also be giving away five iPads during the course of the survey, so watch out for the announcement this week. REMEMBER: The earlier you take part, the better your chance of winning a prize! MAILING LIST MANAGEMENT We use tags so you can filter RIPE NCC emails in your own mail client depending on the topics you’re interested in: [meetings], [news], [GM], [service] and [training]. SOCIAL MEDIA Why not follow us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn? https://www.ripe.net/support/contact/social-networking Best regards, Fergal Cunningham Membership Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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[meeting] RIPE 72 Opening Today
by Martina De Mas 23 May '16

23 May '16

Dear colleagues, RIPE Chair Hans Petter Holen will open the RIPE 72 Meeting in Copenhagen today at 14:00 local time (UTC +2). If you cannot be at RIPE 72 in person, you can follow the meeting and participate remotely by viewing the live webcast and using the chat facilities here: https://ripe72.ripe.net/attend/about-remote-participation To stay up-to-date with all RIPE Meeting updates, follow us on Twitter: @ripemeeting, #ripe72 Kind regards, Martina -- Martina de Mas Conference Coordinator RIPE Network Coordination Centre Singel 258, 1016 AB Amsterdam, The Netherlands T: +31 20 535 4444 www.ripe.net

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[news] RIPE Policy Proposals - May Update
by Marco Schmidt 19 May '16

19 May '16

Dear colleagues, Here is our monthly overview of open policy proposals and their stage in the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP). If you wish to join the discussion about a particular proposal, please do so on the relevant working group mailing list. Proposals Open for Discussion: NEW: 2016-02, "Resource Authentication Key ( RAK ) code for third party authentication" NEW: 2016-03, "Locking Down the Final /8 Policy" Proposals Awaiting Input: 2015-05, "Revision of Last /8 Allocation Criteria" 2015-04, "RIPE Resource Transfer Policies" 2016-01, "Include Legacy Internet Resource Holders in the Abuse-c Policy" Proposal Overviews: NEW PROPOSAL: 2016-02, "Resource Authentication Key ( RAK ) code for third party authentication" OVERVIEW: Aims to allow all number resources, in exacts and more specifics, to be authenticated via an API-key that expires on a certain date. STATUS: Discussion Phase WHERE TO COMMENT: RIPE NCC Services Working Group: ncc-services-wg(a)ripe.net DEADLINE: 31 May 2016 FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2016-02 NEW PROPOSAL: 2016-03, "Locking Down the Final /8 Policy" OVERVIEW: Aims to limit IPv4 from the remaining address pool to one /22 per LIR (regardless of how they were received). These allocations will receive a separate status with several restrictions, including that the address space will not be transferrable. STATUS: Discussion Phase WHERE TO COMMENT: Address Policy Working Group: address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net DEADLINE: 15 June 2016 FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2016-03 ===== The following proposals are awaiting input before they can go any further in the PDP. PROPOSAL: 2015-04, "RIPE Resource Transfer Policies" OVERVIEW: Aims to create a single transfer policy with all relevant information on the transfer of Internet number resources, replacing text in several RIPE Policies. The proposal also introduces a 24-month holding period for IPv4 addresses and 16-bit ASNs after any change of holdership. RIPE NCC IMPACT ANALYSIS: Describes how the 24-month holding period for scarce resources will be applied. STATUS: Review Phase – Awaiting decision from working group chair FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2015-04 PROPOSAL: 2015-05, "Revision of Last /8 Allocation Criteria" OVERVIEW: Aims to allow LIRs to request an additional /22 IPv4 allocation from the RIPE NCC every 18 months. The latest version of the proposal introduces several requirements, such as that the LIR cannot hold more than a /20 of IPv4, must document their IPv6 deployment, and must not have transferred any IPv4 address space before. STATUS: Discussion Phase – Awaiting decision from proposer FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2015-05 PROPOSAL: 2016-01, "Include Legacy Internet Resource Holders in the Abuse-c Policy" OVERVIEW: Aims for a mandatory abuse contact for Legacy Internet Resource holders in the RIPE Database. STATUS: Discussion Phase – Awaiting decision from proposer FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2016-01 The RIPE NCC provides an overview of current RIPE Policy Proposals on www.ripe.net: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/current-proposals/current-policy-… During the upcoming RIPE Meeting, the Address Policy Working Group will hold two sessions where ongoing and possible future policy proposals will be discussed. If you can not attend the RIPE Meeting in person, we invite you to join remotely. A live webcast and IRC chat facility will be available for remote participation. The two sessions will begin on 25 May at 7:00 and 9:00 (UTC). The remote participation will be available at: https://ripe72.ripe.net/ We look forward to your involvement in the PDP. Kind regards, Marco Schmidt RIPE Policy Development Officer RIPE NCC

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[news] Improving the Management of RIPE Database Objects with Joint Responsibility
by Alex Band 18 May '16

18 May '16

Dear colleagues, As announced to the RIPE NCC Services Working Group on 22 April, we have been working on simplifying information management in the RIPE Database. Some objects in the RIPE Database have joint responsibility: allocations for IP resources and the ORGANISATION object. The result is that some attributes can only be changed by the RIPE NCC, and others could only be changed through the so-called LIR Portal Object Editors. Today we have deployed business rules in the RIPE Database to determine which attributes you can change and which ones can only be changed by the RIPE NCC. In addition, we have made improvements to the LIR Portal, making the Object Editors obsolete. What this means for you: 1. In the LIR Portal, users will have to go through a one-time operation of selecting a "default" maintainer, which is placed on all existing and new objects that have joint responsibility 2. Changes such as selecting another technical or administrative contact for an allocation for IP resources should be done in the RIPE Database from now on Please note that it is not required to take action immediately. It is only when you want to change information in one of your allocations for IP resources and the ORGANISATION object that you will first have to select the "default" maintainer on this page: https://my.ripe.net/#/account-details You can read more on this functionality in this article on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/AlexBand/improving-the-management-of-ripe-dat… Kind regards, Alex Band Product Manager RIPE NCC

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[meeting] Plan Your RIPE 72
by Martina De Mas 16 May '16

16 May '16

Dear colleagues, RIPE 72 is just a few weeks away. If you haven’t yet registered, follow this link to secure your place: https://ripe72.ripe.net/register ------------------------ Check out the Programme! ------------------------ RIPE 72 Plenary agenda: https://ripe72.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/plenary/ Monday morning tutorials: https://ripe72.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/tutorials/ BoFs: https://ripe72.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/bof/ ------- Socials ------- RIPE Meetings are famed for their socials. Here’s what we have planned in Copenhagen: https://ripe72.ripe.net/programme/social-events/ ------------ Social Media ------------ Stay up-to-date via Twitter: @ripemeeting, #ripe72 Or via Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ripemeetings See you in Copenhagen! Best regards, Martina -- Martina de Mas Conference Coordinator RIPE Network Coordination Centre Singel 258, 1016 AB Amsterdam, The Netherlands T: +31 20 535 4444 www.ripe.net

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[GM] Confirmed Candidates for RIPE NCC Executive Board Election
by Axel Pawlik 09 May '16

09 May '16

Dear colleagues, The deadline for making nominations for the RIPE NCC Executive Board election has passed. There are four confirmed candidates: - Mohammadreza Karimi Badrabadi - Piery Garot - Remco van Mook - Nigel Titley The election is to fill two seats and will take place at the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM), and the voting period for electronic voters will remain open from 25-27 May 2016. The submitted candidate biographies are posted at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2016/candidate-bi… The agenda for the meeting also contains the four resolutions that the membership will be asked to vote on at the GM: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2016/agenda The RIPE NCC Executive Board strongly encourages all RIPE NCC members to register for the GM and exercise their voting rights. Over 700 RIPE NCC members are currently registered to vote at the GM, and we hope to see this number increase before the meeting takes place. You can register directly by clicking the GM Preferences link in the My LIR section in the LIR Portal: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-may-2016 All information about the meeting, including the supporting documentation and information on how to participate, is available from the GM pages: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2016 If you have any questions about the GM or you have problems with registration, please contact <agm(a)ripe.net>. We look forward to your participation in this important meeting for the RIPE NCC membership. Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE Policy Proposals - April Update
by Marco Schmidt 29 Apr '16

29 Apr '16

Dear colleagues, Here is our monthly overview of open policy proposals and their stage in the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP). If you wish to join the discussion about a particular proposal, please do so on the relevant working group mailing list. Proposals Open for Discussion: 2015-05, "Revision of Last /8 Allocation Criteria" Proposals Awaiting Input: 2015-04, "RIPE Resource Transfer Policies" 2016-01, "Include Legacy Internet Resource Holders in the Abuse-c Policy" Proposal Overviews: PROPOSAL: 2015-05, "Revision of Last /8 Allocation Criteria" OVERVIEW: Aims to allow LIRs to request an additional /22 IPv4 allocation from the RIPE NCC every 18 months. The latest version of the proposal suggests several requirements, such as the LIR cannot hold more than a /20 IPv4, must document their IPv6 deployment and has not transferred any IPv4 address space before. STATUS: Discussion Phase WHERE TO COMMENT: Address Policy Working Group: address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net DEADLINE: 13 May 2016 FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2015-05 ===== The following proposals are awaiting input before they can go any further in the PDP. PROPOSAL: 2015-04, "RIPE Resource Transfer Policies" OVERVIEW: Aims to create a single transfer policy with all relevant information on the transfer of Internet number resources, replacing text in several RIPE Policies. The proposal also introduces a 24-month holding period for IPv4 addresses and 16-bit ASNs after any change of holdership. RIPE NCC IMPACT ANALYSIS: Includes the point how the 24-month holding period for scarce resources will be applied. STATUS: Review Phase – Awaiting decision from working group chair FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2015-04 PROPOSAL: 2016-01, "Include Legacy Internet Resource Holders in the Abuse-c Policy" OVERVIEW: Aims for a mandatory abuse contact for Legacy Internet Resource holders in the RIPE Database. STATUS: Discussion Phase – Awaiting decision from proposer FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2016-01 The RIPE NCC provides an overview of current RIPE Policy Proposals on www.ripe.net: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/current-proposals/current-policy-… We look forward to your involvement in the PDP. Kind regards, Marco Schmidt RIPE Policy Development Officer RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE-NCC-RPSL-MNT removed from "mnt-by:" on objects
by Tim Bruijnzeels 28 Apr '16

28 Apr '16

Dear Colleagues, As you may know, the RIPE-NCC-RPSL-MNT is used to authorise the creation of out-of-region AUT-NUM and ROUTE(6) objects. This maintainer has a well-known password so that anyone can create such objects in the RIPE Database. For the time being this maintainer is still used to authorise the creation of out-of-region objects, but the community has recognised that this model should be improved, and discussion on this topic is on the agenda of the coming RIPE Meeting. However, the RIPE NCC was instructed by the RIPE Database Working Group to limit the use of this maintainer on "mnt-by:" as a first step of improvement. The RIPE Database documentation as well as the "descr:" of this maintainer have always instructed that this maintainer should not be used on "mnt-by:", because it leaves objects vulnerable to hijacking by any database user. Therefore, as part of release 1.86 of the RIPE Database that was deployed to production on 21 March 2016, the RIPE NCC introduced a business rule that prevents the use of this maintainer on "mnt-by:" of new objects. As agreed with the RIPE Database Working Group, the RIPE NCC also removed RIPE-NCC-RPSL-MNT from "mnt-by:" on 13,630 existing objects on 25 April 2016. Holders of these objects were sent individual emails about the pending removal of this maintainer on 12 April 2016, and notifications about the update were sent. Of the objects affected, 2,571 objects did not have any other maintainer, and as a result these objects are now locked. The legitimate holder of the resources of these objects can contact ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net in case the objects need to be unlocked. Now that these changes are complete, there are no remaining objects in the RIPE Database that are vulnerable to hijacking because of the use of this maintainer, and no new cases can be introduced. We did not send an earlier general warning about this change to ncc-announce because in our judgement this would have given too much exposure to how these objects could be hijacked by any user. Kind regards Tim Bruijnzeels Assistant Manager Software Engineering RIPE NCC Database Group

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[GM] Reminder: Executive Board Nominations Deadline Approaching
by Axel Pawlik 20 Apr '16

20 Apr '16

Dear RIPE NCC member, This is a reminder that the RIPE NCC is calling for nominations to the RIPE NCC Executive Board. The deadline for submitting nominations is *4 May 2016*. The election will be for two vacant seats and will take place at the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) from 25-27 May 2016. The seats are for three-year terms and are to fill the places currently held by Remco van Mook and Nigel Titley, whose terms expire in May 2016. All information relating to the Executive Board nominations process is available in the original announcement at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2016/call-for-nom… The form for making nominations or supporting a candidate is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2016/agm-nominati… Currently, there are three confirmed candidates for the election: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2016/confirmed-ca… GM Participation ---------------- To take part in the GM and cast your vote in the election and on the resolutions, you need to register via the LIR Portal: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2016/registration The supporting documents for the GM are published at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2016/supporting-d… The draft agenda for the GM contains the items to be discussed and voted on at the meeting: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2016/agenda The RIPE NCC and its Executive Board encourage all members to participate in the GM and to make their voice heard by voting in the election and on the resolutions. If you have any questions about the GM, please email us at <agm(a)ripe.net>. Best regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC Important Dates 23 March - Call for nominations to RIPE NCC Executive Board 30 March - Open registration for GM 30 March - Open voting registration 13 April - Publish all GM documents, including RIPE NCC Annual Report and Financial Report 2015 4 May - Close nominations for Executive Board elections 11 May - Deadline for proxy vote nominations 11 May - Deadline for members to propose resolutions 11 May - Deadline to publish final GM agenda 25 May - Close registration for electronic voting 25 May - GM begins with main meeting 27 May - GM closes with votes announcement

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[news] RIPE Database: Cleaning-up Organisation Names in "descr:"
by Tim Bruijnzeels 19 Apr '16

19 Apr '16

Dear colleagues, We want to let you know about a clean-up that we have been planning with the RIPE Database Working Group (WG) and explain why this is being done. As this is currently being discussed on the WG mailing list, there is still time to comment if you wish. Background ---------------- For a long time, there has been a requirement that the first "descr:" attribute of resource objects that were allocated/assigned by the RIPE NCC must match the name of the organisation that holds the resource. However, these resource objects have also had a reference to the organisation object of the holder of these resources for quite some time, and the RIPE NCC ensures that this organisation object matches what we have in the RIPE Registry. This means that we have been using two parallel approaches to achieve the same goal. Since we began using organisation objects, requiring the organisation name in the “descr:” attribute has become redundant. It creates the potential for a mismatch between the name recorded here and the name on the actual organisation object. It also leads to confusion about where the correct name of the organisation can be found, along with a number of other issues. This has been discussed at length on the RIPE Database WG mailing list and during WG sessions at RIPE 70, 71 and 72. Consensus was reached that going forward: - Organisation names should no longer be enforced in "descr:" attributes - LIRs should be allowed to modify the "descr:” attribute[1] and will be responsible for maintaining this (it will not be verified by the RIPE NCC) - The RIPE NCC should clean up existing cases where the organisation name is enforced - "descr:” should become an *optional* attribute Last Week’s Reverted Clean-up ------------------------------------------ The WG decided that a clean-up was needed to remove any confusion about where the organisation name should be found. Because there are 93,105 objects that need to be updated, it is not practical to send notifications to all of these resource holders individually. As this change was expected to have little operational impact, it was decided that this should be done as a silent update. However, while the WG was informed of our intention to run the clean-up, it was an oversight on our part not to send a notification to the wider RIPE community. We proceeded with our implementation of these changes in the RIPE Database and deployed release 1.86 to production on 21 March. We then communicated our intent to run the clean-up on 11 April to the Database WG[2]. When we ran the update last week, a community member alerted us to a problem and the clean-up was reverted the following day after it was completed[3]. There is now a discussion about how or whether to continue with this clean-up on the RIPE Database WG mailing list[4]. If the WG determines that we should proceed with this, we have a tentative date set for 9 May 2016. We invite you to discuss this further on the mailing list at <db-wg(a)ripe.net> if you have any opinions or concerns that you would like to share. We will also be reviewing our processes to ensure we give adequate notification for such changes in the future. Kind regards, Tim Bruijnzeels Assistant Manager Software Engineering RIPE NCC Database Group [1] "descr:" is currently not editable in the Allocation Object Editor, but will become editable by LIRs in the near future. [2] https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/db-wg/2016-March/005136.html [3] https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/db-wg/2016-April/005172.html [4] https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/db-wg/2016-April/005173.html

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