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[service] All Services Returning to Normal
by Fergal Cunningham 21 Jun '22

21 Jun '22

Dear members, The issue with our CDN provider has been resolved and our services started to come back online by 07:11 UTC. Please check https://status.ripe.net/ should you experience further disruption with our services. Kind regards, Fergal Cunningham Head of Membership Engagement RIPE NCC

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[service] Problems Accessing RIPE NCC Services
by Fergal Cunningham 21 Jun '22

21 Jun '22

Dear members, We are currently experiencing problems with our external services, including the LIR Portal, due to issues with our CDN provider. We hope to restore normal service as soon as possible. Regards, Fergal Cunningham Head of Membership Engagement RIPE NCC

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[service] New Payment Interface for Adyen
by Fallon Albrecht 31 May '22

31 May '22

Dear all, We currently use Adyen as a payment provider, such as in the LIR Portal and for meeting registrations. Today, we switched to the new payment interface from Adyen. You may notice some visual changes, but functionality should remain the same. If you experience any difficulties, please inform us via the Contact Form at <https://www.ripe.net/contact-form <https://www.ripe.net/contact-form>>. Kind regards, Fallon Albrecht Business Analyst RIPE NCC

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[service] Planned Maintenance Affecting Multiple Services on Wednesday 1 and 8 June
by Fallon Albrecht 31 May '22

31 May '22

Dear colleagues, We are planning to carry out maintenance work on Wednesday 1 and 8 June which will affect some of our services. On Wednesday, 1 June 2022 between 16:10 and 16:40 (UTC), we will carry out planned maintenance on the LIR Portal. During this time, the LIR Portal will be unavailable. On Wednesday, 8 June 2022 between 15:00 and 17:00 (UTC), we will upgrade some of our main database servers. During this period, RIPE NCC Access, the LIR Portal, the RPKI Dashboard and their APIs will be unavailable. Other services that depend on the above mentioned services may also have degraded functionality, e.g. RIPE Database updates, RIPEstat, RIPE Atlas, RIPE NCC Academy. Kind regards, Fallon Albrecht Business Analyst RIPE NCC

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[news] The RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2022
by Hans Petter Holen 20 May '22

20 May '22

Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2022 took place from 18-20 May 2022. A total of 1,379 members cast their votes on three resolutions and in the Executive Board election. Not all members cast votes in all ballots. The following resolutions were approved by the General Meeting: Resolution 1: "The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2021." Resolution 2: "The General Meeting discharges the Executive Board with regard to its actions as they appear from the Annual Report 2021 and Financial Report 2021." Resolution 3: "The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2023." Executive Board Election: The following two candidates were elected to the RIPE NCC Executive Board: Ondřej Filip Remco van Mook A full voting report is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2022/voting-report Congratulations to Ondřej and Remco on their re-election to the RIPE NCC Executive Board. My appreciation to everyone who contributed to the important discussions and voted at the GM. Kind regards, Hans Petter Holen Managing Director, RIPE NCC

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[GM] The RIPE NCC General Meeting is Today at 16:30 UTC+2
by Fergal Cunningham 18 May '22

18 May '22

Dear RIPE NCC members, The General Meeting (GM) will take place today at 16:30 (UTC+2). This is your opportunity as a member to discuss our activities and give input on the issues that impact our organisation. At this GM, members will vote on three resolutions, including the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2023. There is also an election to fill two seats on the RIPE NCC Executive Board. REGISTER BY 14:30 (UTC+2) TODAY Registration will close at 14:30 (UTC+2) today. If you would like to participate in the GM, register now at: https://my.ripe.net/#/meetings/active PARTICIPATING IN THE GM You must register in order to participate in the GM. All registered attendees will receive an email shortly after registration closes at 14:30 (UTC+2) with the link to the virtual meeting platform. The link to vote in the GM will be sent in another email just before the GM begins, and voting will become active after the Chairman declares it to be open. The agenda, information about Executive Board candidates and supporting documents for the GM are available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2022 ATTENDING ONSITE If you are attending the GM in person, you need to check in at the GM Registration Desk after you have registered. You will receive a sticker that you need in order to enter the GM. The GM Registration Desk is located at the RIPE 84 registration desk. We ask that you check in and pick up your sticker as early as possible. RIPE 84 Relevant presentations for the GM also take place in the RIPE NCC Services Working Group session at RIPE 84. There will be updates from our Managing Director, our COO and our CIO. There will also be a presentation on how sanctions are affecting the RIPE NCC from our Chief Legal Officer. Register for free at: https://ripe84.ripe.net For any GM-related questions, please email <agm(a)ripe.net>. We meet at the GM every six months, and given the way things seem to change so quickly nowadays, we need to get direct input from you to make sure we stay on track and continue on a course that members want. So I ask that you register for the GM by 14:30 (UTC+2), take part in discussions, and vote on the matters that ensure we continue to be a member-led registry. Kind regards, Fergal Cunningham Head of Membership Engagement RIPE NCC

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[news] New RIPE NCC Service Announcements Dashboard
by Antony Gollan 17 May '22

17 May '22

Dear colleagues, We have introduced a new dashboard where you can see any incidents or maintenance affecting our network and services: https://status.ripe.net/ The dashboard is hosted completely outside of the RIPE NCC’s infrastructure so we can continue reporting in the event of a major outage. We recommend that you visit this page first if you have issues with any of our listed services. If you think there is a serious outage with a critical service that we are not reporting, please contact our technical emergency hotline: https://www.ripe.net/support/contact/technical-emergency-hotline For now, all past service announcements can still be found on our website (we will deprecate this page and point to the new dashboard shortly after the RIPE Meeting): https://www.ripe.net/support/service-announcements/service-announcements/ar… Kind regards, Antony Gollan Communications Manager RIPE NCC

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[news] Independent Investigation of Allegations by RIPE NCC Staff Member
by Christian Kaufmann 17 May '22

17 May '22

Dear members, The Executive Board of the RIPE NCC held a meeting on 15 May 2022 and decided to start an investigation into an allegation from a RIPE NCC staff member of bullying and intimidating treatment by an Executive Board member. The legal firm BenninkAmar Advocaten has been hired as an independent investigator to conduct a neutral investigation of the matter and to make a report on the matter to the rest of the board. The investigator for BenninkAmar is Tomasz Kodrzycki (tomasz.kodrzycki(a)batradelaw.com) who will be the sole point of contact for staff, members and community regarding this matter. This action is in line with the RIPE NCC’s whistleblower policy. We want to make sure that all legal safeguards are in place to protect the rights of those involved. This is a difficult matter for the RIPE NCC, but I want to be clear that the well-being of staff is of paramount importance. We will allow the investigation to run its course and will not comment on the details of the case while that investigation is ongoing. The investigation will be conducted in strict confidentiality and I ask that you respect the integrity of the investigation and the privacy of those involved. Regards, Christian Kaufmann Chairman of the RIPE NCC Executive Board

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[GM] Voting at the RIPE NCC General Meeting
by Christian Kaufmann 16 May '22

16 May '22

Dear members, The RIPE NCC General Meeting takes place this Wednesday, 18 May and we are asking the members to exercise their voting rights on the resolutions and in the election for two Executive Board seats. The three resolutions are: 1. "The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2021." 2. "The General Meeting discharges the Executive Board with regard to its actions as they appear from the Annual Report 2021 and Financial Report 2021." 3. "The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2023." The Executive Board recommends that the membership vote to approve all three resolutions. The first resolution asks members to adopt the financial reporting for 2021. The second asks members to confirm that the Executive Board has discharged its duties as described in the Annual and Financial reports. The third resolution asks members to adopt the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2023, which includes an increase of EUR 150 to the annual fee. The Board believes this increase will ensure the stability of the RIPE NCC in a year where we expect fewer paying LIR accounts and rising costs due to inflation. We also believe this increase is reasonable given there has been no change in fees since 2015. The supporting documentation for these resolutions are available and we encourage you to read them: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2022/documentatio… There are three candidates in the Executive Board elections: - Julius Cicenas - Ondřej Filip - Remco van Mook The two elected candidates will represent you on the board for a three year team. You can read the biographies and motivations of each candidate on the GM webpages, and they will also speak at the GM. All the election information is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2022/eb-elections Most importantly, I ask that you take two minutes to register to vote this week. We would like to see a large turnout so that the results broadly reflect the wishes of our members. https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2022/register The RIPE NCC has also prepared a very short video that shows you how to register through the LIR Portal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2f0mDV5fkA Kind regards, Christian Kaufmann Chairman of the RIPE NCC Executive Board

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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update: May 2022
by Kjerstin Burdiek 12 May '22

12 May '22

Hello RIPE NCC members, This is a special edition of the Member Update for RIPE 84, taking place next week from 16-20 May. Alongside the RIPE Meeting, we will also have our RIPE NCC General Meeting on Wednesday, 18 May. We hope that you’ll join us for these meetings, and registration for both is quick and easy: RIPE 84: https://ripe84.ripe.net/attend/register/ RIPE NCC General Meeting: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2022/register RIPE 84 will feature Plenary sessions on topics including Internet in Ukraine, IPv6 deployment, operationalising RPKI, Registration Data Access Protocol, routing security, anycast, bias in Internet measurement infrastructure, and much more. We will also have Working Group sessions throughout the week where you can discuss current topics and participate in chair elections. And RIPE 84 will have several exciting social sessions, parallel events and coffee breaks that are the perfect opportunity to network with fellow engineers, operators and Internet stakeholders. You’ll even have the chance to meet the RIPE Chair Team and the RIPE NCC Executive Board. Don’t miss out! See the full meeting plan at: https://ripe84.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/ In our RIPE NCC General Meeting on Wednesday, you will be able to share your feedback about our services and plans for the future. You will also have the chance to vote on the adoption of the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2021, the discharge of the RIPE NCC Executive Board and the adoption of the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2023. We will also hold an election for two vacant seats on the Executive Board. So with all that said, here’s everything else you need to know about our services and what’s happening in the RIPE community this month: 1. Registry -- LIR Stats -- Address Policy Working Group Session -- Quarterly Sanctions Transparency Report -- Live Chat 2. Information Services -- MAT Working Group Session -- Quarterly Planning -- TTL Lowered for NS and DS Records -- Upgrade of Zonemaster Service -- Migration from KSK+ZSK to CSK 3. Community and Engagement -- RIPE NCC General Meeting -- RIPE NCC Executive Board Election -- RIPE NCC Certified Professionals at RIPE 84 -- RIPE 84 Academic and NREN Session -- Code of Conduct BoF at RIPE 84 -- RIPE Programme Committee Election -- Training Courses in May and June -- Call for Volunteers for the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund Selection Committee -- Internet Country Reports -- Revised Policy Development Process Document Published -- Revised RIPE Task Forces - Definitions and Guidelines Document Published -- RIPE Chair Team Reports: April 2022 -- RIPE Labs Podcast -- RIPE Labs 4. Organisational Update -- Holiday Hours -- Vacancies 1. Registry -- LIR Stats Number of LIRs: 23,647 (+24) Number of members: 20,330 (+41) LIRs with IPv6: 16,742 (+22) IPv4 addresses transferred in April: 644,096 (-175,616) -- Address Policy Working Group Session The Address Policy Working Group session will take place during RIPE 84 on Wednesday, 18 May in two sessions. There will be updates on the NRO NC, policy issues and the RIPE NCC’s Registry Services, as well as discussions about IPv6 policy goals, the IPv4 waiting list and the requirements for IPv4 assignments. See the agenda at: https://ripe84.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/ap-wg/ -- Quarterly Sanctions Transparency Report We have published the Quarterly Sanctions Transparency Report for Q2 2022. This document provides data on how RIPE NCC members, End Users and legacy resource holders are affected by sanctions: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2022-April/001570.html -- Live Chat We have a new live chat feature available on our website and in the LIR Portal. Users can now speak to RIPE NCC staff for immediate support while using these services. This feature is accessible during our standard business hours: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/new-live-chat-feature-… 2. Information Services -- MAT Working Group Session The MAT Working Group session will take place during RIPE 84 on Wednesday, 18 May. During the session, you will hear presentations about the RIPE NCC’s tools, anomaly reporting with RIPE Atlas, flow monitoring in bwNet, a discussion on data and more: https://ripe84.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/mat-wg/ -- Quarterly Planning We publish quarterly roadmaps for a number of our services. These outline our development teams’ plans and projects for the quarter. Ahead of the MAT Working Group at RIPE 84, where you can ask questions about these services, check out the quarterly planning for DNS and K-root, RIPE Atlas, RIS and RPKI: https://www.ripe.net/support/documentation/quarterly-planning -- TTL Lowered for NS and DS Records We have lowered the time to live (TTL) for NS and DS records in our rDNS pipeline. This allows for faster DNSSEC key updates and faster roll-out of changes to members' domain objects. -- Upgrade of Zonemaster Service The Zonemaster service, which is used to verify domain object updates, has been updated to a newer version. This provides support for newer DNSSEC algorithms, as requested by the community. -- Migration from KSK+ZSK to CSK We've completed the migration of Key Signing Keys and Zone Signing Keys (KSK+ZSK) to Combined Signing Keys (CSK) on our DNSSEC signers. All of our zones are now signed with a CSK. 3. Community and Engagement -- RIPE NCC General Meeting The final agenda for the RIPE NCC General Meeting has been published. The supporting documents, including the Annual Report 2021, Financial Report 2021 and Charging Scheme 2023, are all available to review before the meeting. All information on the GM, including how to register, is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2022 -- RIPE NCC Executive Board Election There will be an election for two vacant seats on the RIPE NCC Executive Board at our General Meeting on 18-20 May. On 11 May, there was an Open House session where the candidates discussed important topics of interest to members. The recording, the biographies of the candidates and all the relevant information you need to make an informed choice at the election are available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2022/eb-elections -- RIPE NCC Certified Professionals at RIPE 84 You can get certified at RIPE 84. Book any one of our three Certified Professionals exams to take onsite at RIPE 84 in Berlin. And if you are already certified, you can claim your swag at the Certified Professionals desk and join our class photo on Thursday, 19 May. See details and find out how to book an exam at: https://ripe84.ripe.net/programme/parallel-events/certified-professionals/ -- RIPE 84 Academic and NREN Reception On Monday, 16 May, there will be a session at RIPE 84 for academics and members of NRENs to meet and network at an informal reception: https://ripe84.ripe.net/programme/parallel-events/academic-nren/ -- Code of Conduct BoF at RIPE 84 The RIPE Code of Conduct Task Force will hold a BoF session at RIPE 84 on Tuesday, 17 May focusing on recruitment for the Code of Conduct Team. The Task Force will present important information about joining the Team, including the recruitment and training procedures: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2022-April/002519.html -- RIPE Programme Committee Election The RIPE Programme Committee is responsible for recruiting and selecting presentations for the RIPE Meeting Plenary sessions. There are currently two seats up for election on the Programme Committee. Please send your nominations to <pc(a)ripe.net> by 15:30 (UTC+2) on 17 May, and the election will take place at RIPE 84 from 16:00 (UTC+2) 17 May until 17:00 (UTC+2) 19 May. The results of the election will be announced on 20 May during the Closing Plenary at 11:00 (UTC+2). For more information about the nomination process, see: https://ripe84.ripe.net/programme/ripe-pc/become-a-member/ -- Training Courses in May and June Our webinars for the months of May and June are open for registration: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses 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 -- Call for Volunteers for the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund Selection Committee The RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund provides €250,000 a year for projects supporting Internet resilience and operations. Projects are selected for funding by a selection committee. We currently have two spaces for volunteers to join this committee. If you are interested, submit your application by 27 May. See more information about this role and the application process at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/call-for-ripe-ncc-comm… -- Internet Country Reports We have now published an Internet Country Report on Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania and a special Internet Country Report on IPv6 in Sweden: https://labs.ripe.net/author/ripe-labs-editor/country-reports/ -- Revised Policy Development Process Document Published Following the last comment period, the Policy Development Process document has been revised, and a third version has now been published. Please share your feedback on this new version by 27 May. You can find the document and see a summary of the changes from the previous version at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2022-April/002518.html -- Revised RIPE Task Forces - Definitions and Guidelines Document Published The document RIPE Task Forces - Definitions and Guidelines has been revised, and the fourth version is now available. Please review the draft and share your feedback by 08:00 (UTC+2) on 30 May: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2022-May/002522.html -- RIPE Chair Team Reports: April 2022 RIPE Chair Mirjam Kühne reports on the latest events in the community, which include the last preparations for RIPE 84, the pre-RIPE 84 student event, working group chair elections and several industry events, including SEE 10 and the RIPE NCC Open House for NOG organisers: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-april… -- RIPE Labs Podcast The second episode of the RIPE Labs podcast is now live. This time, hear from the Global NOG Alliance’s Keep Ukraine Connected task force about their efforts to help maintain Internet operations in Ukraine: https://labs.ripe.net/author/alun_davies/keep-ukraine-connected/ -- RIPE Labs In May, RIPE Labs featured articles from community members on developments related to the Internet Governance Forum, securing the RIPE NCC trust anchor, the recent RIPE NCC Internet Country Reports and much more: https://labs.ripe.net/ 4. Organisational Update -- Holiday Hours The RIPE NCC office will be closed on Thursday, 26 May and Monday, 6 June. -- Vacancies We currently have a number of vacancies at the RIPE NCC. If you’d like to join us in working for the good of the Internet, have a look at our openings: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/staff/careers-at-the-ripe-ncc 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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