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[training] RIPE NCC Academy unavailable from 2-27 January 2020
by Sandra Brás 28 Nov '19

28 Nov '19

Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC Academy will not be available from 2-27 January 2020 as we are upgrading the platform and changing how we offer digital badges and certificates. Here’s what we’re changing: ------------------------------------------ *Important Information* ------------------------------------------ If you are currently following a course, or have earned a badge or certificate from the RIPE NCC Academy: - Going forward, we will no longer issue certificates through the RIPE NCC Academy. - Badges earned by completing activities in the Academy courses will also be removed. - If you would like to receive a RIPE NCC Academy certificate, make sure to finish any incomplete courses before 2 January 2020. Your progress in a course will not be saved beyond this date. - Please download and save your RIPE NCC Academy certificates as they will not be available from 2 January onwards. - The new RIPE Database course will be available after 27 January 2020. - We will issue verifiable digital badges and certificates through the RIPE NCC Certified Professionals programme from 2020 onwards. ------------------------------------------ A fresh RIPE Database Course ------------------------------------------ The RIPE Database online course will return with new, up-to-date content. This content is aligned with the RIPE NCC Certified Professionals exam. Other major changes include making the modules shorter, meaning that you can learn about a topic in 10-20 minute sessions. We have also improved the interactivity and have added exercises to help you practice your RIPE Database skills. ------------------------------------------ Training Database Upgrade ------------------------------------------ The Training Database is a copy of the RIPE Database for learners. It will be updated to the latest version of the RIPE Database software and, from now onwards, it will be synced with every future update of the RIPE Database software. While the bad news is that we will take the Academy offline for most of January 2020, the good news is that it will come back with improved functionality and a better learning experience. You can read more about these changes on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/ulka_athale_1/revamping-the-ripe-ncc-academy If you have any questions, write to us at <academy(a)ripe.net> Best regards, Sandra Brás E-Learning Programme Manager RIPE NCC

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[news] The RIPE NCC has run out of IPv4 Addresses
by Nikolas Pediaditis 25 Nov '19

25 Nov '19

Dear colleagues, Today, at 15:35 UTC+1 on 25 November 2019, we made our final /22 IPv4 allocation from the last remaining addresses in our available pool. We have now run out of IPv4 addresses. Our announcement will not come as a surprise for network operators - IPv4 run-out has long been anticipated and planned for by the RIPE community. In fact, it is due to the community's responsible stewardship of these resources that we have been able to provide many thousands of new networks in our service region with /22 allocations after we reached our last /8 in 2012. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Recovered IPv4 Addresses and the Waiting List ---------------------------------------------------------------- Even though we have run out, we will continue to recover IPv4 addresses in the future. These will come from organisations that have gone out of business or whose LIR accounts are closed, or from networks that return addresses they no longer need. They will be allocated to our members according to their position on a new waiting list that is now active. While we therefore expect to be allocating IPv4 for some time, these small amounts will not come close to the many millions of addresses that networks in our region need today. Only LIRs that have never received an IPv4 allocation from the RIPE NCC (of any size) may request addresses from the waiting list, and they are only eligible to receive a single /24 allocation. LIRs that have submitted an IPv4 request can see their position on the waiting list in the LIR Portal. A new graph has also been published that shows the number of requests on the waiting list and the number of days that the LIR at the front of the queue has been waiting: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/ipv4/ipv4-waiting-list ---------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Greater Progress on IPv6 ---------------------------------------------------------------- This event is another step on the path towards global exhaustion of the remaining IPv4 addressing space. In recent years, we have seen the emergence of an IPv4 transfer market and greater use of Carrier Grade Network Address Translation (CGNAT) in our region. There are costs and trade-offs with both approaches and neither one solves the underlying problem, which is that there are not enough IPv4 addresses for everyone. Without wide-scale IPv6 deployment, we risk heading into a future where the growth of our Internet is unnecessarily limited - not by a lack of skilled network engineers, technical equipment or investment, but by a shortage of unique network identifiers. There is still a long way to go, and we call on all stakeholders to play their role in supporting the IPv6 roll-out. At the RIPE NCC, we are here to support our membership and the wider RIPE community in this work. Aside from allocating the IPv6 resources that will be required, we will continue to provide advice, training, measurements and tools to help network operators as they put their deployment plans into action. We are optimistic and excited to see what the next chapter will bring. So let's get to work - and together, let's shape the future of the Internet. Best regards, Everyone at the RIPE NCC

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[news] Update: IPv4 Pool Running Low - Waiting List Published
by Nikolas Pediaditis 22 Nov '19

22 Nov '19

Dear colleagues, With less than 100 IPv4 /22-equivalents remaining in our pool, we expect that we will announce run-out early next week. Ahead of this, we have published a table and graph which will show the number of /24 requests when the waiting list becomes active (both the table/graph will obviously remain at zero until then). You can find this here: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/ipv4/ipv4-waiting-list Because of the way we have implemented the waiting list, there is a small chance that some people will know we have reached IPv4 run-out before we do. While this is not overly important, to avoid confusion we thought it might be worth explaining why this could happen. To ensure fairness, each request effectively "reserves" a /22 until the allocation can be made. Depending on the rate of IPv4 requests, it's possible that we might end a workday with only a handful of /22s remaining in our pool. If the number of requests we receive outside of office hours exceeds the number of remaining allocations, any further requests will be added to the waiting list automatically. This will generate an email notification for the LIR that submitted the request - thereby informing them that we are out of /22 allocations. Of course, we would not have "officially" run out, as we would still have some (at least one) /22s waiting to be allocated when we returned to the office. We will make our announcement only once we have made the final /22 allocation. Kind regards, Nikolas Pediaditis Registration Services and Policy Development Manager RIPE NCC

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[training] RIPE NCC Training Courses January-March 2020
by Training Services 19 Nov '19

19 Nov '19

Dear colleagues, The cold winter days are the perfect opportunity for you to brush-up your IPv6 knowledge or learn more about the RIPE Database to manage your resources more efficiently. The RIPE NCC’s training team will be delivering face-to-face training courses in Amsterdam, London, Sofia, Amman, Düsseldorf, Riga, Tirana, Muscat, Stockholm, Dushanbe, Manamah, Minsk, and Bern in the coming months. The membership fee covers all our training courses, so that means there is no additional cost to attend. Here are the training courses we currently deliver: - LIR Training Course - RIPE Database Training Course - Basic IPv6 Training Course - IPv6 Security Training Course - Measurements Tools Workshop - Advanced IPv6 Training Course (two days) - BGP Operations and Security Training Course (two days) To find out when we'll be in your city and to register for an upcoming training course, go to: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses For more information, see: https://www.ripe.net/support/training/courses ------------ Last call to participate in the RIPE NCC Certified Professionals pilot exam ------------ Over the past few months, we’ve invited the community to test our very first Certified Professionals exam – RIPE Database Associate. We will be closing the pilot at the end of 2019. If you’ve been planning to get your RIPE Database expertise certified, do take a look at: https://www.ripe.net/support/certified-professionals ------------ Can't make it to a training course? Learn online! ------------ We offer online webinars that you can attend from home or the office: https://www.ripe.net/support/training/learn-online/webinars The RIPE NCC Academy is a virtual learning environment where you can complete online courses. We offer courses on being a Local Internet Registry, a RIPE Database Expert and an Introduction to IPv6. The RIPE NCC Academy will be closed to users from 2 January until 26 January 2020, while we update course material and improve its features. If you are currently following a course on the Academy, please make sure to complete it in 2019! Learning on the Academy is open to everyone and is free of charge: https://academy.ripe.net Whether it's in person or online, we hope to see you soon! Rumy Spratley-Kanis Training Services Manager

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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update: November 2019
by Boris Duval 14 Nov '19

14 Nov '19

Hello RIPE NCC member, We have passed another successful RIPE meeting and are already looking forward to RIPE 80 - see you in Berlin? This monthly update is full of interesting RIPE Labs articles from colleagues and other important community news. Without further ado, here is your November 2019 update: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What We’re Doing for You ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Your LIR Stats -- IPv4 Run-out -- RIS Live is Live -- Mail Filtering - Rethinking Our Reliance on RBLs -- Your EU Regulation Update: October 2019 Edition -- Register for Webinars -- December Deadline for Closure Updates -- What Happened at RIPE 79? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Your Technical Update ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RIPEstat Updates -- RIPE Atlas Probes Have Been Dispatched ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. What’s Happening in Our Community? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Axel Pawlik Steps Down as RIPE NCC Managing Director -- RIPE NomCom Deadline Extended -- RACI Call for Applications -- 2019-08 Policy proposal: RPKI ROAs for Unallocated and Unassigned RIPE NCC Address Space -- Results of the First IoT Hackathon -- Live from the Pan-European Quantum Internet Hackathon -- Impressions from the Internet Measurement Conference 2019 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Join Us for These Meetings and Events ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- MENOG 20 and Peering Forum, 5-19 March 2020, Manama, Bahrain -- SEE 9, 7-8 April 2020, Ljubljana, Slovenia -- RIPE NCC Day Tashkent, 29 April 2020, Tashkent, Uzbekistan -- RIPE 80, 11-15 May 2020, Berlin, Germany ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What We’re Doing for You ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Your LIR Stats LIR STATISTICS Number of LIRs: 25,363 (+246) LIRs with IPv6: 16,174 (+211) Policy transfers in October: 730 240 IPv4 addresses (+90 752) -- IPv4 Run-out We allocated the last contiguous /22 back in October and are expecting to run-out in the coming weeks. We are fully prepared for run-out and will start using the IPv4 Waiting List when the pool will be exhausted. Read more at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2019-October/001366.ht… -- RIS Live is Live After a successful trial phase, our Routing Information Service Live (RIS Live) was officially launched. Our colleague, Chris, shares more information in this RIPE Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/chris_amin/ris-live-is-live/ -- Mail Filtering - Rethinking Our Reliance on RBLs Are we fighting spam the right way? Read this RIPE Labs article where our colleague, Razvan, shares his reflections on using RPLs (Real-time Blackhole Lists): https://labs.ripe.net/Members/razvano/mail-filtering-rethinking-our-relianc… -- Your EU Regulation Update: October 2019 Edition If you have an interest in EU regulations and digital policies, this article will give you an overview of the current policies proposed, debated and implemented in the European Union: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/your-eu-regulation-upda… -- Register for Webinars Your questions answered by our trainers! Sign up for our free, hour-long webinars to get up to speed on a range of topics including IPv6 addressing plans, the IPv4 transfer market, the RIPE Database and more. Register now: https://www.ripe.net/support/training/webinars -- December Deadline for Closure Updates Do you need to make a request to close an LIR account? Or do you need to update us on any changes that will result in the closure of an LIR account? If you do, please provide us with all the information before 16 December 2019, or you might be invoiced for that account in 2020. -- What Happened at RIPE 79? RIPE 79 took place in Rotterdam on 14-18 October. You can catch-up on the meeting highlights by reading our daily meeting report: https://ripe79.ripe.net/programme/report ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Your Technical Update ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RIPEstat Updates New UI We released a new beta version of our UI that includes a translation engine, and other new features. Learn more at: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/stephen_suess_1/the-new-ripestat-in-other-wor… New RPKI widget We released a beta version of the ‘RPKI by Country’ widget that enable users to compare RPKI uptake between countries for both IPv4 and IPv6. https://stat.ripe.net/widget/rpki-by-country#w.resource=NL New Widgets Developed by APNIC's NetOX Team In collaboration with APNIC three new widgets were developed. They are currently featured on NetOX (https://netox.apnic.net/) and will soon also be available on RIPEstat's result page. https://stat.ripe.net/widget/caida-as-relationships#w.resource=AS3333 https://stat.ripe.net/widget/apnic-irr-explorer#w.resource=AS3333 https://stat.ripe.net/widget/point-of-contact#w.resource=AS4608 -- RIPE Atlas Probes have been dispatched We recently sent out 3000 new RIPE Atlas probes across the world. Read the news announcement at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/3000-new-ripe-atlas-pr… ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. What’s Happening in Our Community? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Axel Pawlik Steps Down as RIPE NCC Managing Director This week, Axel Pawlik will officially step down as the Managing Director of the RIPE NCC. We are grateful for the 20 years he has given the organisation. You can read the news announcement at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/axel-pawlik-stepping-d… -- RIPE NomCom Deadline Extended Daniel Karrenberg, Chair of the 2019-2020 RIPE NomCom, announced that they will be extending the deadline for volunteers to 1 December 2019. Read the full announcement at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2019-November/001706.html If you would like to volunteer to take part in the RIPE Nominating Committee, you can apply at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ripenomcom -- RACI Call for Applications RACI funds the meeting ticket, travel and accommodation to young academics to come and present their research at our meetings. Interested? Submit your abstract and draft slides by 19 January 2020 for our meetings in Manama and Ljubljana and by 9 February 2020 for our meetings in Tashkent, Berlin and Moscow. Learn more at: https://www.ripe.net/raci -- 2019-08 Policy proposal: RPKI ROAs for Unallocated and Unassigned RIPE NCC Address Space The proposal is now available for discussion. This proposal aims to instruct the RIPE NCC to create ROAs with origin AS0 for all Learn more at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2019-08 -- Results of the First IoT Hackathon We organised our first IoT Hackathon in Rotterdam right before RIPE 79. This article gives you a run-down of all teams, projects and ideas discussed at the event: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/results-of-the-first-iot-hackathon -- Live from the Pan-European Quantum Internet Hackathon We hosted a hackathon that ran simultaneously across six different locations in Europe! Teams from Delft, Dublin, Geneva, Padova, Paris, and Sarajevo joined forces to work on Quantum Internet projects during two intense and creative days. See what happened at: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/ulka_athale_1/live-from-the-pan-european-quan… -- Impressions from the Internet Measurement Conference 2019 The 2019 Internet Measurement Conference took place in Amsterdam on 21-23 October. Our colleagues, Emile, Gergana and Stephen, reported back from the conference: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/impressions-from-the-internet-measu… ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Join Us for These Meetings and Events ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- MENOG 20 and Peering Forum, 5-19 March 2020, Manama, Bahrain Call for presentations is now open to experienced network operators! Submit your proposals for plenary sessions no later than 1 February 2020. https://www.menog.org/menog-20/call-for-presentations Join us in Manama, Bahrain and register at: https://www.menog.org/menog-20 -- SEE 9, 7-8 April 2020 (date change), Ljubljana, Slovenia Call for presentations is now open. The submission deadline is 17 February 2020, and you can learn more about what content the programme committee are looking for at: https://www.ripe.net/see-9/call-for-presentations -- RIPE NCC Day Tashkent, 29 April 2020, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Submit your content proposals for the plenary session presentations, panels and lightning talks no later than 28 February 2020. Learn more about the topics of interest and the event at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe-ncc-day-tashkent/call-for-presentations -- RIPE 80, 11-15 May 2020, Berlin, Germany Registration and Fellowship application will open in December. Keep an eye on the RIPE mailing list and website. That’s all you need to know this month. We will return next month with the last update of 2019. Best, Boris Duval Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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[news] RACI: Call for Applications
by Gergana Petrova 30 Oct '19

30 Oct '19

Dear colleagues, The RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (RACI) is again looking for talented academics in the field of Internet technology. Successful applicants receive complimentary tickets, travel and accommodation to the meetings and the opportunity to present their research. If you are working on something interesting, please apply! If you know someone in your network who is, please forward them this message. To apply submit a short abstract and draft slides via: https://www.ripe.net/raci --------------------- Application deadlines --------------------- MENOG 20 (15-19 March, Manama): apply by 19 January 2020 SEE 9 (7-8 April, Ljubljana): apply by 19 January 2020 RIPE NCC Day (29 April, Tashkent): apply by 9 February 2020 RIPE 80 (11-15 May, Berlin): apply by 9 February 2020 ENOG 17 (8-9 June, Moscow): apply by 9 February 2020 At ENOG 17 you can present in either Russian or English. --------------------------- Examples of relevant topics --------------------------- - Network measurements and analyses - IPv6 deployment - BGP routing - Network security - Internet governance - Peering and interconnectivity - Internet of Things ------------------------------------------------- Get the latest news on RACI and Internet research ------------------------------------------------- - Subscribe to the RACI mailing list: https://www.ripe.net/raci/mailing-list - Join our group on LinkedIn: https://www.ripe.net/raci/linkedin Please let me know if you have any questions. Have a lovely day! Best regards, Gergana -- Gergana Petrova External Relations RIPE NCC Stationsplein 11, 1012 AB Amsterdam, The Netherlands T: +31 20 535 4444 www.ripe.net

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[GM] Draft Minutes of the RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2019
by Athina Fragkouli 22 Oct '19

22 Oct '19

Dear colleagues, We have now published the draft minutes from the October 2019 General Meeting (GM). The minutes contain links to the presentations given at the GM as well as the results of the voting on resolutions. Included at the top of the minutes is a link to a new "GM Objections System". We would like to briefly explain what this is for. At the May 2019 GM, the RIPE NCC Articles of Association (AoA) were updated to include some procedural details about how GMs should be run. Article 19.4 explains that the draft minutes should be published within two working days of the GM (today), and also explains that members have a period of three weeks in which they can object to the draft minutes. For an objection to be considered by the Executive Board, it must be signed by at least 100 members. The new tool is designed to make this process simpler for members who wish to make an objection. Members can easily view and support other members' objections or submit their own. A RIPE NCC Access account that is associated with an existing membership is required to use the tool. You can find the draft minutes at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2019/minutes You can find the objection tool at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/minutes-objections If you are interested in the relevant text in the AoA, you can read Article 19.4 here: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-726 Kind regards Athina Fragkouli Chief Legal Officer RIPE NCC

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[GM] RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2019
by Axel Pawlik 18 Oct '19

18 Oct '19

Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2019 took place over 16-18 October at the Postillion Convention Centre WTC Rotterdam. A total of 1,749 members cast their votes on 2 resolutions. The following resolutions were passed by the General Meeting: “The General Meeting approves that 50% of the RIPE NCC 2019 financial surplus will be added to the Clearing House reserve and 50% of the RIPE NCC 2019 surplus will be redistributed to the membership in 2020.” “The General Meeting adopts the amendments to the RIPE NCC Articles of Association.” A full voting report is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2019/voting-r… I thank everyone who contributed to this important discussion, whether in person or remotely. Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[news] Axel Pawlik Stepping Down as RIPE NCC Managing Director
by Christian Kaufmann 16 Oct '19

16 Oct '19

Dear colleagues, Today, at the RIPE 79 Meeting in Rotterdam, Axel Pawlik announced that he would step down as Managing Director of the RIPE NCC. Axel's announcement comes 20 years to the day since he joined the organisation. The Executive Board would like to extend its sincere gratitude to Axel for his outstanding service to the RIPE NCC membership and the RIPE community over the past two decades. The RIPE NCC had 1,600 members in 1999 when Axel joined, and during his tenure the organisation has grown to well over 20,000 members. This massive increase corresponds with the growth of the Internet into a tool that is essential to billions of people around the world. Axel's assured leadership meant that the RIPE NCC was more than able to meet the challenges involved in that growth. As the Internet grew, new actors became involved in the Internet ecosystem, and Axel embraced the role of representing the technical community to governments and intergovernmental organisations, making the voice of our community heard at the highest levels. He worked closely with RIPE Chairs Rob Blokzijl and Hans Petter Holen to develop the RIPE community as it not only grew but also incorporated new participants, developed new topics for discussion, and dealt with no small amount of contentious issues that needed to be addressed professionally and effectively. Axel was also integral to efforts to grow technical communities throughout our service region, and he was instrumental in the establishment of the ENOG, MENOG and SEE communities. He is personally proud of the RIPE NCC's efforts to accommodate the voices of everyone who is interested in the development of the Internet. Axel's very first Managing Director's Report in 2000 concluded with "... we look forward to continue working on the solid foundation of the RIPE NCC principles of neutrality, impartiality and openness to serve the Internet community and especially the RIPE NCC membership." Axel continued to make this the core sentiment of the RIPE NCC for 20 years. For this, and for so much more, we thank Axel and we look forward to his continued involvement in our community. The Executive Board will quickly start the process of recruiting a new Managing Director. In the meantime, the Board has appointed a new Management Team of Gwen van Berne (CFO), Kaveh Ranjbar (CIO) and Felipe Victolla Silveira (COO), who will lead the RIPE NCC and ensure there is continuity of service and operations during the interim period. Kind regards, Christian Kaufmann RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman

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[GM] The RIPE NCC General Meeting is Today
by Axel Pawlik 16 Oct '19

16 Oct '19

Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2019 (GM) will take place this afternoon in Rotterdam, at 18:00 local time (UTC+2). The GM is an opportunity for members to discuss the activities of the RIPE NCC. Members who would like to follow the meeting via webstream also need to register for the GM. The link to the webstream will be shared via email shortly prior to the GM. If you would like to vote electronically, please note that registration for electronic voting will remain open only until 16:00 local time (UTC+2). You can register at: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-october-2019 The agenda and supporting documents for the GM are available at: https://www.ripe.net/gm/oct-2019 For any GM-related questions, please email <agm(a)ripe.net>. I welcome your participation in this important membership meeting. Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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