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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update: September 2021
by Kjerstin Burdiek 28 Sep '21

28 Sep '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 -- Using Third Parties to Automate Our Due Diligence -- Supporting the Internet Number Registry System -- IPv6 Security Expert Exam -- Be Aware of Phishing Emails 2. Your Technical Update -- A Changing User Interface for rpki-validator.ripe.net 3. What's Happening in Our Community? -- RIPE Chair Team Reports – Summer 2021 -- RIPE Labs -- NRO NC Call for Nominations 4. Join Us for These Virtual Events -- RIPE 83 (virtual) -- Training Courses in October -- RIPE NCC Open House: Organising Network Operator Groups -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Greece -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Portugal 1. What We’re Doing for You -- LIR Stats Number of LIRS: 23,717 (+18) LIRs with IPv6: 16,295 (+35) IPv4 Addresses Transferred in August: 606,208 (+79,104) -- Using Third Parties to Automate Our Due Diligence We will soon begin working with third parties to fulfill our mandatory due diligence requirements in two key areas: sanctions screening and the validation of identification documents. To keep you informed, we have published an article on RIPE Labs that explains the relevant processes in more detail: https://labs.ripe.net/author/felipe_victolla_silveira/using-third-parties-t… -- Supporting the Internet Number Registry System RIPE NCC’s Hans Petter Holen has released a statement on behalf of the RIPE NCC expressing support for the AFRINIC community amidst its legal disputes: https://labs.ripe.net/author/hans_petter_holen/supporting-the-internet-numb… -- IPv6 Security Exam RIPE NCC Certified Professionals has launched its new exam, the IPv6 Security Expert Exam. This exam is paired with the new IPv6 Security e-learning course in the RIPE NCC Academy: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/ipv6-security-expert-e… -- Be Aware of Phishing Emails Several of our members recently alerted us to phishing emails from RIPE NCC-related email addresses, such as <noreply(a)ripe.net>. These are reasonably obvious, as we tend to spell “RIPE” correctly. In any case, please be aware and avoid clicking on any suspicious links. 2. Your Technical Update -- A Changing User Interface for rpki-validator.ripe.net After stopping maintenance of our RPKI Validator, we will be migrating our public RPKI Validator service on rpki-validator.ripe.net to Routinator. There will be some small changes to the UI that you can read about here: https://labs.ripe.net/author/nathalie-trenaman/a-changing-user-interface-fo… 3. What’s Happening in Our Community? -- RIPE Chair Team Reports – Summer 2021 RIPE Chair Mirjam Kühne reports on the latest events in the community, which include a session on RIPE community resilience, a RIPE NCC Services Working Group interim session, updates from RIPE Task Forces and preparations for RIPE 83: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/ripe-chair-team-reports-summer-20… -- RIPE Labs In September, RIPE Labs featured articles from community members on switching our London DNS servers over to IPv6, faster querying in the RIPE Database web search, the 30-year anniversary of Europe’s first root name server and more: https://labs.ripe.net/ -- NRO NC Call for Nominations The call for nominations from the RIPE NCC service region to fill one seat on the Number Resource Organization Number Council is now open. The closing date for nominations is 27 October 2021: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/nro-nc-call-for-nomina… 4. Join Us for These Virtual Events -- RIPE 83 (virtual) RIPE 83 will take place virtually from 22-26 November 2021. You can get the latest updates about RIPE 83 on the meeting website: https://ripe83.ripe.net -- Training Courses in October Our webinars for the month of October are open for registration: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses Here’s the schedule: IPv6 Associated Protocols Security Tuesday, 5 October 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) Introduction to RPKI Tuesday, 12 October 2021 (08:00-09:00 UTC) RIPEstat Thursday, 14 October 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) Webinar for new LIRs Tuesday, 19 October 2021 (08:00-09:00 UTC) IPv6 Addressing Plan Thursday, 21 October 2021 (08:00-09:00 UTC) RIPE Database Applications Tuesday, 26 October 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) Interested in something that you can't find on our upcoming courses page? Let us know which topics you would like to see covered in future webinars: https://forms.gle/rhyExMhb7BTCCXyU8 -- RIPE NCC Open House: Organising Network Operator Groups Join us for an Open House for organisers of Network Operator Groups on Wednesday, 6 October 2021 from 10:00-11:30 (UTC): https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-or… -- RIPE NCC Open House: Become a Certified Professional in IPv6 Security Join us for an Open House on how to become a Certified Professional in IPv6 security on Wednesday, 20 October 2021 from 10:00-11:30 (UTC): https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-be… -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Greece Join us for an Open House on the Internet in Greece on Wednesday, 13 October 2021 from 10:00-11:30 (UTC): https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-in… -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Portugal Join us for an Open House on the Internet in Portugal on Wednesday, 27 October 2021 from 10:00-11:30 (UTC): https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-in… Thank you for reading to the end. We’ll be back next month with more news! Best regards, Kjerstin Kjerstin Burdiek Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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[news] Using Third Parties to Automate Our Due Diligence
by Felipe Victolla Silveira 16 Sep '21

16 Sep '21

Dear colleagues, We will soon begin working with third parties to fulfil our mandatory due diligence requirements in two key areas: sanctions screening and the validation of identification documents. To keep you informed, we have published an article on RIPE Labs that explains the relevant processes in more detail: https://labs.ripe.net/author/felipe_victolla_silveira/using-third-parties-t… You can find a summary of the key points below. -- Sanctions screening We need to perform sanctions checks whenever we receive a request to transfer, allocate or assign resources, or to open a new membership/LIR (this also includes End User requests). We need to check the company making the request, its director, the people on its board, and also any other companies or individuals with a share in that company. This adds up to a lot of checks requiring specialised skills and data, further complicated by the administrative and legal differences across our service region. Working with Altares Dun and Bradstreet and also Dow Jones, we will soon start to run automated checks against their databases to verify company information and to check if individuals, companies or any of their signatories are subject to sanctions. We will use the database run by Altares Dun and Bradstreet to quickly verify information about companies and individuals. Dow Jones maintains a list of all sanctioned entities around the world and we plan to run automated checks against this list. This collaboration will allow us to carry out our mandatory due diligence checks in a structured, complete and efficient way. For the vast majority of members, we expect that these checks will basically run in the background and not have any visible impact. We will only need to contact you if there is missing information in Altares Dun and Bradstreet’s database. In this case, we would let you know that they would like to contact you. This is voluntary, and there is no requirement to accept their call. -- Validation of identification documents Validating identification documents is a manual process that we want to automate. Until now, we have worked with fraud specialists to manually authenticate IDs that appear suspicious. We want to apply a uniform approach that verifies all ID information across the board. We will be working with iDenfy, a specialised provider in automated ID validation and remote identification services, to ensure a high standard of diligence and security across all ID documents that we process. Once this is ready, members will upload personal identification documents directly to the iDenfy system using a secure link that we send. In addition to maintaining a high level of security, iDenfy will ensure that this data is deleted within 14 days of being submitted. In line with GDPR, we remain the ‘data controller’. Work is currently underway to integrate our external request processes with iDenfy’s systems and we plan for this to go live on 23 September. Kind regards, Felipe Victolla Silveira Chief Operations Officer RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE NCC Open House on Charging Scheme Principles
by Fergal Cunningham 16 Sep '21

16 Sep '21

Dear RIPE NCC members, This is a reminder that the RIPE NCC Open House on our Charging Scheme principles will take place this coming Monday, 20 September from 12:00-13:30 UTC+2. You can register now at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-ch… When you register, you will receive the link to join the session on Monday. We also carried out a survey on this topic which closed on Tuesday. We received 870 responses and we would like to thank all those who participated and gave us their opinion on this topic. We will present the results of that survey at the Open House on Monday. We hope you will join us for the discussion, which will help guide our Executive Board in deciding on a model for how we charge our members. Kind regards, Fergal Cunningham Head of Membership Engagement RIPE NCC

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[news] Announcing the IPv6 Security Expert Exam and E-Learning Course
by Sandra Bras 15 Sep '21

15 Sep '21

Dear colleagues, I am happy to announce that our latest RIPE NCC Certified Professionals exam – IPv6 Security Expert – is now live along with the IPv6 Security e-learning course in the RIPE NCC Academy. This is our third certification following the RIPE Database Associate and IPv6 Fundamentals - Analyst exams. -------------------------- IPv6 Security Exam -------------------------- You can earn this certification by taking the online exam under the supervision of a live proctor. You can see your results as soon as you complete the exam and, if you pass, you'll earn a verifiable digital badge. This IPv6 Security Expert exam certifies the ability to: - Plan how to protect your IPv6 network against new attack vectors and most common threats - Design filtering rules for IPv6 packets - Choose security options for IPv6 routing protocols - Choose the correct type of tool to assess IPv6 security threats and mitigation techniques - Make use of up-to-date information about IPv6 network vulnerabilities and mitigation techniques - Design a high-level IPv6 security strategy - Justify the need to implement IPv6 security solutions You can read more about the exam here: https://www.ripe.net/support/certified-professionals/ipv6-security-expert-e… <https://www.ripe.net/support/certified-professionals/ipv6-security-expert-e…> -------------------------------------------- IPv6 Security E-learning Course ------------------------------------------- Learn all about IPv6 security in our brand new course in the RIPE NCC Academy. The course consists of 17 modules and 7 lab activities, and is aligned with IPv6 Security Expert exam. The lab activities will help you apply concepts learned and using actual tools and realistic scenarios. The RIPE NCC Academy is open to all and free. You can take a look at the new course at: https://academy.ripe.net <https://academy.ripe.net/> -------------------------- Schedule An Exam -------------------------- As a RIPE NCC member, you have received three exam vouchers for the year 2021 as part of your membership benefits. Read more about vouchers at: https://www.ripe.net/support/certified-professionals/vouchers <https://www.ripe.net/support/certified-professionals/vouchers> You can use your vouchers to schedule an exam at: https://www.ripe.net/support/certified-professionals/schedule-an-exam <https://www.ripe.net/support/certified-professionals/schedule-an-exam> In order to write an exam that is a meaningful test of competence in the relevant field, we have drawn on your knowledge and experience. We ask for community input for the job task analysis to ensure that our certifications are aligned with what’s needed on the job. I would like to thank everyone who has shared feedback, tested the test questions, helped us create the exam outline, tested the lab activities in the online course and encouraged their colleagues to learn and certify with us. Finally, we value your feedback. We would love to hear your thoughts about the IPv6 Security Expert exam and e-learning course - and yes, there’s a cool purple hoodie if you get the badge and share it on Twitter! If you have any questions or comments, please let us know at <exams(a)ripe.net <mailto:exams@ripe.net>>. Best regards, Sandra Bras Assistant Manager Learning and Development RIPE NCC ===

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[meetings] SEE 9 Registration and Call for Presentations – 28 September 2021
by Seeurope 09 Sep '21

09 Sep '21

Dear colleagues, SEE 9 will be an online meeting on Tuesday, 28 September 2021, at 10:00 UTC+2 (08:00 UTC) and will feature a 90-minute programme. ----------- Register ----------- Registration is free of charge and open to everyone: https://www.ripe.net/see-9/register ----------- Programme ---------- The SEE Programme Committee (SEE PC) is looking for short, 5 to 7-minute presentations covering the topics of network engineering and operations in general, but preferably in the area of Internet resilience in the SEE region during the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of IXPs in it. Would you like to present an interesting topic and/or share your experience with the SEE community? Please submit your proposals by *Sunday, 19 September 2021* to <see-pc(a)ripe.net>. Please describe briefly what you would like to talk about (5-10 sentences). The SEE PC will review the proposals received prior to the meeting. For the latest updates, check the website at https://www.ripe.net/see9. Best regards, SEE Meeting Organisation Team

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[news] 147th RIPE NCC Executive Board Meetings - Summary Notes
by Hans Petter Holen 09 Sep '21

09 Sep '21

Dear RIPE NCC members, The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 147th Meeting on 10 and 19 August. The minutes from the meeting are now available: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2021/minutes-147th-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. The entire meeting was concerned with developments in the AFRINIC region. I have also published an article on RIPE Labs on the AFRINIC situation that references these minutes: https://labs.ripe.net/author/hans_petter_holen/supporting-the-internet-numb… - Athina Fragkouli gave an extensive summary of the legal proceedings that AFRINIC is involved in - The Board agreed that the RIPE NCC wants to support AFRINIC and ensure the stability of the RIR system. - The following resolution was adopted unanimously by the Board: "The RIPE NCC Executive Board authorises the RIPE NCC Managing Director to review and act on behalf of the RIPE NCC on any request for the activation of the RIR Joint Stability Fund, in case such request is formally submitted by AFRINIC within a three month period from the date of this resolution and according to the process described here: https://www.nro.net/accountability/rir-accountability/joint-rir-stability-f…. Further, the RIPE NCC Executive Board allows for RIR activities that are related to AFRINIC operations to qualify for support from this Fund, provided that this is formally requested by AFRINIC." Kind regards, Hans Petter Holen Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[GM] Register for the RIPE NCC General Meeting November 2021
by Hans Petter Holen 08 Sep '21

08 Sep '21

Dear colleagues, On behalf of our Executive Board, I invite you to register for the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) November 2021. You can register to participate and vote at: https://my.ripe.net/#/meetings/active The GM will take place from 24 - 26 November online, adjacent to the RIPE 83 meeting. The meeting will start at the earlier time of 16:30 (UTC+1) on 24 November, with the results being announced at 10:15 (UTC+1) on 26 November. To participate you can follow the GM via livestream, participate via chat and vote on resolutions electronically. The GM gives members an opportunity to discuss the operations and activities of the RIPE NCC. At the upcoming GM, we invite you to discuss, among other things: - The Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2022 - Redistribution of the RIPE NCC surplus/deficit to the membership (to be voted on) - Reports from the RIPE NCC Executive Board and RIPE NCC Management - Discussion on the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme principles All supporting documents will be posted and announced to the membership by 27 October 2021. Registration for electronic voting will remain open until 14:30 (UTC+1) on the day of the GM, 24 November 2021. All information on how to participate, including the proxy voting form, is available from: https://ripe.net/gm/nov-2021 If you have questions about the GM, please email us at <agm(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Hans Petter Holen Managing Director RIPE NCC Important Dates and Deadlines 8 Sep - Invitation to register for GM and voting 27 Oct - GM documents published 10 Nov - Deadline for proxy vote nominations 10 Nov - Deadline for members to propose resolutions 10 Nov - Deadline to publish final agenda 24 Nov - Registration closes at 14:30 (UTC+1) 24 Nov - GM begins with main meeting (16:30 UTC+1) 26 Nov - GM closes with announcement of voting results (10:15 UTC+1)

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[news] Survey on Charging Scheme Principles and Open House Details
by Fergal Cunningham 06 Sep '21

06 Sep '21

Dear RIPE NCC members, The survey on principles the RIPE NCC should apply to its charging scheme model will run until next Tuesday, 14 September. We kindly ask all members who have not yet taken it to do so by the closing date. We would also like to thank over 500 members who have so far participated. You can take the survey now at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/apply/charging-scheme-survey-2021/ Note: you will need to log in to a RIPE NCC Access account that is associated with an LIR to complete the survey. *Open House on Charging Scheme Principles* We will also hold an Open House on the charging scheme principles on Monday, 20 September at 12:00 UTC+2. Members of the Executive Board will attend and there will be presentation of the survey results and further discussion of the principles. We invite all members with an interest in this topic to register to attend at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-ch… The link to attend the Open House will be sent to all who register to attend ahead of the meeting. The original mail on the survey from the Chairman of the Executive Board is provided below. Best regards, Fergal Cunningham Head of Membership Engagement RIPE NCC Original Survey Invite: Dear RIPE NCC members, As Chairman of the RIPE NCC Executive Board, I am asking that you assist the Board in formulating the principles of the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme. In May, we presented on this topic at the General Meeting (GM)[1], and now we want to build on that discussion by consulting with you on the core principles that we should incorporate in our charging schemes for the coming years. To that end, we ask you to complete a survey on the charging scheme that will let us know where the membership stands on some key principles. We expect that in some cases there will not be a clear answer, but we may be able to identify some key principles that most members want to see us apply to the charging scheme. The survey is available to take until 14 September at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/apply/charging-scheme-survey-2021/ Note: you will need to log-in to a RIPE NCC Access account that is associated with an LIR to complete the survey. We will also announce an Open House session in September where the Board will be available to discuss the charging scheme model with members. The Executive Board will examine the results of the survey at its Executive Board meeting on 23 September. We will then bring our analysis and a proposal to the membership at the GM in November. Kind regards, Christian Kaufmann RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman [1] May 2021 GM Presentation: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2021/documentatio…

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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update: August 2021
by Kjerstin Burdiek 31 Aug '21

31 Aug '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 -- Membership Survey on Charging Scheme Principles -- What do you think of our new user interface (UI)? 2. Your Technical Update -- RIPE NCC and the Cloud: Draft Principles, Requirements and Strategy Framework -- RPKI -- RIPEstat 3. What's Happening in Our Community? -- RIPE Labs -- Code of Conduct Task Force Session -- NRO NC Call for Nominations 4. Join Us for These Virtual Events -- RIPE 83 (virtual) -- Training Courses in September -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Italy -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in France -- SEE 9 Meeting (virtual) 1. What We're Doing For You -- LIR Stats Number of LIRs: 23,699 (+97) LIRs with IPv6: 16,260 (+138) IPv4 Addresses Transferred in July: 527,104 (-1,118,464) -- Membership Survey on Charging Scheme Principles The RIPE NCC Executive Board is asking for feedback from the membership to help them formulate the principles of the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/membership-consultatio… The survey will close on 14 September 2021. -- What do you think of our new user interface (UI)? Help us improve the user interface (UI) of our services by taking part in our short survey and sharing your feedback. It will only take you three minutes to complete! You can find the survey at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RIPENCCservicesUI 2. Your Technical Update -- RIPE NCC and the Cloud: Draft Principles, Requirements and Strategy Framework How is the RIPE NCC using third-party cloud providers to support its services? Our draft cloud strategy framework aims to bring everything together in a way that sets out some boundaries and identifies critical elements: https://labs.ripe.net/author/felipe_victolla_silveira/ripe-ncc-and-the-clou… -- RPKI On 14 September, we will update rpki-validator.ripe.net to replace the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator with Routinator. This will change the user interface. More information will be shared with the Routing Working Group in the coming weeks. -- RIPEstat --- More resilient RIPEstat UIs Both RIPEstat UIs are now using dedicated endpoints for sourcing data. This makes them more resilient in cases of increased demand. --- RIPEstat UI updated with new features We are continuing to improve the RIPEstat UI based on user feedback and feature requests. Last week, we released a new set of changes: https://labs.ripe.net/author/stephen_suess_1/a-tour-of-the-new-ripestat-ui/ 3. What's Happening in Our Community? -- RIPE Labs In August, RIPE Labs featured articles from community members on human rights and the Internet, IPv6 capability in gaming, zero trust architecture, traceroutes and transparency for the digital economy: https://labs.ripe.net/ -- Code of Conduct Task Force Session The Code of Conduct Task Force will hold a virtual session to get input from the RIPE community on its updated draft RIPE Code of Conduct on 1 September 2021 at 16:00 (UTC+2). Details on how to join are available at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2021-August/002317.html -- NRO NC Call for Nominations The NRO NC has now opened its call for nominations from the RIPE NCC service region to fill one seat on the Council. More information about nominations can be found at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/nro-nc-call-for-nomina… 4. Join Us for these Virtual Events -- RIPE 83 (virtual) Together with the RIPE NCC, the RIPE Chair Team has decided that RIPE 83 will take place virtually from 22-26 November 2021. You can get the latest updates about RIPE 83 on the meeting website: https://ripe83.ripe.net -- Training Courses in September Our webinars for the month of September are open for registration: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses Here's the schedule: RIPE Database Basics Tuesday, 7 September 2021 (08:00 - 10:00 UTC) Basic IPv6 Protocol Security Wednesday, 8 September 2021 (08:00 - 10:00 UTC) IPv6 in the RIPE Database Tuesday, 14 September 2021 (08:00 - 09:00 UTC) IP Blocklisting (new course) Wednesday, 15 September 2021 (08:00 - 09:00 UTC) BGP Security: RPKI Tuesday, 21 September 2021 (08:00 - 10:00 UTC) Internet Routing Registry Wednesday, 22 September 2021 (08:00 - 09:00 UTC) LIRs: Managing IP Addresses and ASNs Wednesday, 29 September 2021 (08:00 - 10:00 UTC) Interested in something that you can't find on our upcoming courses page? Let us know which topics you would like to see covered in future webinars: https://forms.gle/rhyExMhb7BTCCXyU8 -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Italy, 15 September 2021: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-in… -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in France, 29 September 2021: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-in… -- SEE 9 Meeting (virtual), 28 September 2021: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/see/see-9 Thank you for reading to the end. We’ll be back next month with more news! Best regards, Kjerstin Kjerstin Burdiek Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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[service] Automated Mails Sent in Error
by Fallon Albrecht 25 Aug '21

25 Aug '21

Dear colleagues, Earlier today, a software change caused us to unintentionally send an automated email to 98 members which informed them that we had terminated their Standard Service Agreement (SSA), and blocked their access to the LIR Portal for a short period of time. We are contacting these members to apologise and inform them that this was an error on our part and reassure them that their SSAs remain valid. We would like to publicly note and apologise for our mistake here. Members who have any questions can email <ncc(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards Fallon Albrecht Functional Application Manager RIPE NCC

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