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[news] RIPE NCC Executive Board Resolution on Provision of Critical Services
by Christian Kaufmann 01 Mar '22

01 Mar '22

Dear members, At its meeting yesterday, the RIPE NCC Executive Board approved the following resolution: The RIPE NCC provides critical services to its membership spread across a diverse geographical and political region. The Executive Board of the RIPE NCC believes that the means to communicate should not be affected by domestic political disputes, international conflicts or war. This includes the provision of correctly registered Internet numbering resources. The Executive Board of the RIPE NCC is committed to taking all lawful steps available to ensure that the RIPE NCC can provide undisrupted services to all members across our service region and the global Internet community. The RIPE NCC will publicly document all its efforts to ensure that the registry is not negatively affected by laws, regulations or political developments. —- It is crucial that the RIPE NCC remains neutral and does not take positions with regard to domestic political disputes, international conflicts or war. This guarantees equal treatment for all those responsible for providing Internet services. This is a fundamental reason why the RIPE NCC has been able to maintain its operations in the way it has for the past three decades. It also means that the information and data provided by the RIPE NCC can be trusted as authoritative and free from bias or political influence. Failure to adhere to this approach would jeopardise the very model that has been key to the development of the Internet in our service region. The Executive Board also expresses solidarity with those operators who have the difficult task of maintaining Internet access to assist the people suffering from the terrible effects of armed conflicts and war. Kind regards, Christian Kaufmann Chairman of the RIPE NCC Executive Board

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[meetings] Register Now for SEE 10!
by Seeurope 22 Feb '22

22 Feb '22

Dear colleagues, It’s been a long wait, but we’re excited to announce that the first of our hybrid events is now open for registration! The tenth South East Europe (SEE 10)/RIPE NCC Regional Meeting will take place on 11-12 April at the Grand Hotel Union in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The meeting will be the first hybrid meeting where you can interact with attendees and presenters using the same platform. Would you like to get involved? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ What’s in it for you? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Two full days of networking and learning - A platform to showcase your innovations - Get tutorials, best practises and new developments from experts - Get to know other organisations from South East Europe - RIPE NCC staff on hand to help you with queries or issues - Fantastic socials! This meeting covers a wide range of topics, including: - IPv6 deployment - Network, DNS and IXP operations - Commercial transactions of IPv4 addresses - Internet governance and regulatory practices - Data centre technologies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The meeting is open to everyone! We welcome remote participants as well as participants joining in person. Attendance is free of charge. Register for your place: https://www.ripe.net/see-10/register ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submit a Presentation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regional presentations on Internet-related topics are welcome! Please submit your presentation proposals at: https://www.ripe.net/see-10/call-for-presentations More information about the meeting can be found at: https://www.ripe.net/see-10 We look forward to welcoming you to SEE 10 in Ljubljana! Best regards, SEE Meeting Team

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[GM] Call for Volunteers for Executive Board Election Code of Conduct Team
by Christian Kaufmann 14 Feb '22

14 Feb '22

Dear members, This is a call for volunteers from among the membership to join the Executive Board Election Code of Conduct Team for the May 2022 General Meeting elections. The Executive Board election in 2021 was the first to have a Code of Conduct for Executive Board Election Candidates. An Executive Board Election Code of Conduct Team was established to evaluate reports of violations of the code of conduct. The report of that Code of Conduct Team is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2021/eb-elections… The team for 2021 was made up of seven volunteers from the Executive Board Election Task Force. The Executive Board would like to express its gratitude to the seven members of the team who carried out this important work. The Executive Board would now like to ask for volunteers from the membership to be on the Executive Board Election Code of Conduct Team for the May 2022 election. The task of this team will be to evaluate any reports of violations of the election code of conduct by candidates. If the team confirms that a violation of the election code of conduct has taken place, disqualification of the candidate in question can take place. If you are willing to participate in this role, please send a mail to <agm(a)ripe.net> by *Wednesday, 23 February 2022*. The Board will appoint members of the team from the list of those that volunteer. Members should not volunteer if they expect to become candidates in the election. And I note that the code of conduct for this purpose applies only to confirmed candidates in the election. All of us, members and candidates alike, are expected to follow the RIPE Code of Conduct: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-766 Kind regards, Christian Kaufmann Chairman of the RIPE NCC Executive Board

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[service] Network Maintenance: 10 February 2022 13:00-13:30 (UTC+1)
by Menno Schepers 09 Feb '22

09 Feb '22

Dear colleagues, Tomorrow, we will carry out maintenance on our core network infrastructure between 13:00-13:30 (UTC+1). Some of our services might be unavailable for a few minutes during this time. Menno Schepers Senior System Engineer RIPE NCC

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[news] New functionality for managing support tickets
by Matt Parker 01 Feb '22

01 Feb '22

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that we have recently deployed new functionality for managing your support tickets in the LIR Portal. You can access this area of the LIR Portal via: https://my.ripe.net/#/tickets Following feedback from the community in 2021, we have expanded the scope of tickets visible to include tickets that have recently been closed. We have added additional details including, but not limited to, the status of a ticket, the ticket history, and an indication of when there was last activity on a ticket. You can read the following RIPE Labs article for more detailed information: https://labs.ripe.net/author/matt_parker/ticketing-in-the-lir-portal/ We are keen to hear what you think about these improvements. Let us know below the article on RIPE Labs or on the RIPE NCC Membership discussion list at members-discuss [at] ripe [dot] net. The new functionality will be included in our quarterly usability testing of the LIR Portal and, if there is sufficient interest, we will schedule an Open House event to continue the conversation. Kind regards, Matt Parker Business Analyst RIPE Network Coordination Centre

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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update: January 2022
by Kjerstin Burdiek 31 Jan '22

31 Jan '22

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. Registry -- LIR Stats 2. Information Services -- Cloud Security Controls Framework Published 3. Community and Engagement -- Training Courses in February -- Updated IPv6 Fundamentals E-Learning Course -- SEE 10 Call for Presentations -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Malta -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Israel -- RIPE Community Session on Revised PDP -- RIPE Labs 4. Organisational Update -- Q1 2022 Quarterly Planning Published -- Quarterly Sanctions Transparency Report Published -- RIPE NCC Billing Procedure 2022 Published -- 150th Executive Board Meeting Minutes 1. Registry -- LIR Stats Number of LIRs: 23,206 (-620) Number of members: 20,015 (-222) LIRs with IPv6: 16,635 (+47) IPv4 addresses transferred in December: 1,267,200 (+322,688) 2. Information Services -- Cloud Security Controls Framework Published Per our plan for our cloud strategy, we have now published an information security framework that will guide our choice of cloud service providers. We will use it to assess whether cloud providers meet the security requirements for our services. You can read the framework at: https://labs.ripe.net/author/ivodijkhuis/ripe-ncc-information-security-cont… 3. Community and Engagement -- Training Courses in February Our webinars for the month of February are open for registration: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses BGP Security: IRR and Filtering Thursday, 3 February 2022 (09:00-11:00 UTC) IPv6 Associated Protocols Security Tuesday, 8 February 2022 (09:00-11:00 UTC) RIPE Database Applications Tuesday, 15 February 2022 (09:00-10:00 UTC) LIRs and the Internet Ecosystem Tuesday, 22 February 2022 (09:00-11:00 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 -- Updated IPv6 Fundamentals E-Learning Course We have released our updated IPv6 Fundamentals e-learning course in the RIPE NCC Academy. The course now has a new look and has been aligned with the IPv6 Fundamentals - Analyst Certified Professionals exam. See the new course at: https://academy.ripe.net/enrol/index.php?id=13 -- SEE 10 Call for Presentations SEE 10 will take place from 11-12 April. The SEE Programme Committee is seeking content proposals from the community for the plenary session presentations, panels, workshops and lightning talks. Submit your proposal before 20 February: https://www.ripe.net/see-10/call-for-presentations -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Malta Join us for an Open House on the Internet in Malta on Wednesday, 2 February from 11:00-12:30 UTC: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-in… -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Israel Join us for an Open House on the Internet in Israel on Wednesday, 16 February from 11:00-12:30 UTC: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-in… -- RIPE Community Session on Revised PDP There was a RIPE community session on 26 January to discuss the proposed revisions to the PDP. These revisions were put forth in April 2021 and presented at RIPE 83. The community had the opportunity in this session to share their feedback on the revised document. More information is available at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2022-January/002410.html -- RIPE Labs In January, RIPE Labs featured articles from community members on RIPE Atlas’s view of the Kazakhstan outage, a Pi-hole installation guide, a 2021 update on PeeringDB and more: https://labs.ripe.net 4. Organisational Update -- Q1 2022 Quarterly Planning Published We have now published our Q1 2022 plans for our development teams. Our quarterly planning includes the work we will be carrying out in the next few months in RPKI, the RIPE Database and our business applications, including the LIR Portal, Registry Services and other applications. We now also include plans from our Learning and Development team for our e-learning courses, webinars and Certified Professionals exams. These are available at: https://www.ripe.net/support/documentation/quarterly-planning -- Quarterly Sanctions Transparency Report Published We have published our Quarterly Sanctions Transparency Report. This quarterly report provides data on how RIPE NCC members, End Users and legacy resource holders are affected by sanctions. The report is available at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-776 -- RIPE NCC Billing Procedure 2022 Published We have now published the RIPE NCC Billing Procedure 2022. You can refer to this document to see how your annual contribution will be calculated or to find payment information. We are now preparing members’ invoices for this year per our new Billing Procedure and will send them out between the end of Q1 and the beginning of Q2 2022. You can find the document at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/payment/ripe-ncc-billing-pr… -- 150th Executive Board Meeting Minutes The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 150th meeting on 15 and 16 December. The minutes from the meeting are now available at: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2021/minutes-150th-ex… 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] Announcing the Updated IPv6 Fundamentals E-Learning Course
by Pedro Vaz 20 Jan '22

20 Jan '22

Dear colleagues, We are happy to announce that our updated IPv6 Fundamentals course is now live in the RIPE NCC Academy. This e-learning course has been given a refreshed look and aligned with the IPv6 Fundamentals - Analyst exam. -------------------------------------------- IPv6 Fundamentals E-Learning Course ------------------------------------------- We hope to see more network operators following best practices and developing their understanding of IPv6 policies through the course. The course consists of interactive modules and activities which help learners apply concepts using tools and realistic scenarios. The RIPE NCC Academy is open to all and it is free. You can take a look at the new course at: https://academy.ripe.net/ipv6-fundamentals -------------------------- IPv6 Fundamentals - Analyst 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 Fundamentals Analyst exam certifies the ability to: • Identify the advantages of IPv6 deployment • Write an IPv6 address according to the current best practices • Identify the scope of the different IPv6 address types • Calculate IPv6 subnets • Identify the different IPv6-related protocols • Identify the different characteristics and security concerns of the IPv6 protocol • Create an IPv6 addressing plan • Recognise the application of specific IPv6 transition mechanisms You can read more about the exam at: https://www.ripe.net/support/certified-professionals/ipv6-fundamentals-anal… -------------------------- Schedule An Exam -------------------------- As a RIPE NCC member, you have received three exam vouchers for the year 2022 as part of your membership benefits. Read more about vouchers at: 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 Best regards, Pedro Vaz Senior Technical Training and Development Officer

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[news] RIPE NCC Billing Procedure 2022 Published
by Simon-Jan Haytink 07 Jan '22

07 Jan '22

Dear RIPE NCC members, We are currently preparing our invoices for this year. These will be sent to all members between the end of the first quarter and the beginning of the second quarter of 2022. If you want to see how your annual contribution will be calculated or find payment information, please refer to the RIPE NCC Billing Procedure 2022, which is now published. You can find this here: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/payment/ripe-ncc-billing-pr… Kind regards Simon-Jan Haytink RIPE NCC

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[news] 150th RIPE NCC Executive Board Meeting - Summary Notes
by Hans Petter Holen 30 Dec '21

30 Dec '21

Dear RIPE NCC members, The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 150th meeting on 15 and 16 December. The minutes from the meeting are now available: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2021/minutes-150th-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 ----------------------- The majority of the meeting was dedicated to the results of the RIPE NCC in 2021. Additionally, the final changes to the Activity Plan and Budget 2022 were discussed, and the document was approved by the Board for publication. Further: - Felipe Victolla Silveira presented a project to improve the integration of tickets between Zendesk and the LIR Portal and to display limited ticket history. The Board agreed with this plan, to be delivered in Q1 2022, and requested a follow-up with members after its implementation. - RIPE Chair Mirjam Kühne presented on the latest developments in the community, including the Address Policy Working Group’s plans for IPv4 and IPv6 policies, the RIPE Code of Conduct Task Force’s strategy planning, and the next steps in the revision of the Policy Development Process. - Possible alternative Charging Scheme models for 2023 were discussed. The Board agreed to present four models to the membership and recommended that they be discussed at another Open House before the next General Meeting. - Fergal Cunningham presented a review of the General Meeting of November 2021. He noted that the voting procedure had resulted in delays and confusion. The Board discussed the matter and decided to investigate possible alternative voting procedures. - The Board agreed to issue a new call for members of the Code of Conduct Team to give everyone a chance to join. ---------------------------- Resolutions Adopted ---------------------------- - The minutes of the 149th Board meeting were approved. - The Board approved the risk mitigation plans in the Integrated Risk Management Report. - The Board approved two amendments to the RIPE NCC procedural document “Closure of Members, Deregistration of Internet Resources and Legacy Internet Resources” (ripe-716). - The Board approved the RIPE NCC Strategy 2022-2026 and the publication of the document. - The Board approved the RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2022 and the publication of the document. Kind regards, Hans Petter Holen Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update: December 2021
by Kjerstin Burdiek 22 Dec '21

22 Dec '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. Registry -- LIR Stats -- Handling LIR Closure Requests 2. Information Services -- RIPE Atlas Sponsorship 3. Community and Engagement -- Training Courses in January -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Cyprus -- RIPE NCC Internet Country Report: Cyprus, Israel and Malta -- RIPE Chair Team Reports - Highlights from RIPE 83 -- Post-RIPE 83 Working Group Chair Meeting -- Revised RIPE PDP Process -- RIPE Task Forces - Definition and Guidelines: Last Call -- IGF 2021 -- Rob Blokzijl Inducted in Internet Hall of Fame -- RIPE Labs 4. Organisational Update -- Activity Plan and Budget -- Strategy 2022-2026 -- RIPE NCC Certified Professionals Exam Voucher Validity -- Holiday Hours 1. Registry -- LIR Stats Number of LIRs: 23,826 (+41) Number of members: 20,237 (-59) LIRs with IPv6: 16,588 (+25) IPv4 addresses transferred in November: 944,512 (-175,448) -- Handling LIR Closure Requests Please note that any valid request received by the RIPE NCC to close an LIR account made before the end of 2021 means that the account in question will not be charged in 2022. We ask you to kindly complete closure requests, policy transfers and notifications of changes in business structure in time and as soon as possible so we avoid sending the automated invoice in Q1 2022: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2021-December/001536.h… 2. Information Services -- RIPE Atlas Sponsorship Our new RIPE Atlas sponsorship model offers sponsors more benefits and exposure, and will help us expand global RIPE Atlas coverage. You could become one of our first sponsors of 2022. Learn more at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/new-ripe-atlas-sponsor… 3. Community and Engagement -- Training Courses in January Our webinars for the month of January are open for registration: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses LIRS: Managing IP Addresses and ASNs Tuesday, 18 January 2022 (09:00-11:00 UTC) Basic IPv6 Protocols Security Tuesday, 25 January 2022 (09:00-11:00 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 Cyprus Join us for an Open House on the Internet in Cyprus on Wednesday, 19 January from 11:00-12:30 UTC: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-in… -- RIPE NCC Internet Country Report: Cyprus, Israel and Malta We have published the next instalment in our RIPE NCC Internet Country Reports, this time focusing on the Internet landscape in Cyprus, Israel and Malta. Read the highlights and download the report at: https://labs.ripe.net/author/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-ncc-internet-countr… -- RIPE Chair Team Reports - Highlights from RIPE 83 RIPE Chair Mirjam Kühne reports on the key events from RIPE 83, which include discussions about the community’s culture and values, presentations on Internet sustainability and access, an IPv6 policy review and more: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-highl… -- Post-RIPE 83 Working Group Chair Meeting The RIPE Chair Team and Working Group Chairs met to discuss RIPE 83. You can read their feedback in the meeting summary at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/wg-chairs/working-group-chair-coll… -- Revised RIPE PDP Process The draft document for the revised RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP) was discussed at RIPE 83. The RIPE NCC has released the updated draft with the changes highlighted at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-documents/other-documents/polic… The RIPE Chair Team will host an online session to discuss the PDP changes on 26 January 2022 from 15:00-16:30 UTC. The agenda and meeting details will follow on the ripe-list. -- RIPE Task Forces - Definition and Guidelines: Last Call The RIPE Chair Team sent a last call for comments on a draft document that describes what a RIPE Task Force is and how it usually operates: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-documents/other-documents/ripe-… If you have feedback on this document, send your comments to the ripe-list before Friday, 14 January 2022, 17:00 UTC. -- IGF 2021 The Internet Governance Forum 2021 took place from 6-10 December. Read our liveblog of the event at: https://labs.ripe.net/author/gergana_petrova/igf-2021-liveblog/ -- Rob Blokzijl Inducted in Internet Hall of Fame Rob Blokzijl, one of the founders of RIPE, was inducted posthumously into the Internet Hall of Fame in recognition of his contribution to the development of the Internet: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/rob-blokzijl-inducted-… -- RIPE Labs In December, RIPE Labs featured articles from community members on the legacy of Rob Blokzijl, IT hardware as a service, DNS openness, authentication and authorisation, and more: https://labs.ripe.net 4. Organisational Update -- Activity Plan and Budget After receiving feedback on the draft we shared with the community before RIPE 83, we have now published our final Activity Plan and Budget 2022. This document outlines our plans for 2022, along with the associated costs. You can read the Activity Plan at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-773/ -- Strategy 2022-2026 We have also published the final version of our Strategy 2022-2026. This document lays out our vision, mission and values, as well as our strategic objectives for the next five years. You can download the Strategy 2022-2026 at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-774/ -- RIPE NCC Certified Professionals Exam Voucher Validity You have until Friday, 31 December 2021 to use your RIPE NCC Certified Professionals exam vouchers. You can still schedule an exam for 2022, but you need to do it before the deadline. -- Holiday Hours The RIPE NCC office will be closed on Friday, 24 December and Friday, 31 December. 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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