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[meetings] Register now for RIPE 84!
by RIPE NCC Event Team 02 Mar '22

02 Mar '22

Dear colleagues, We are happy to let you know that registration for RIPE 84 is now open! This RIPE Meeting will take place in a hybrid format in which online and onsite participants can interact with each other using a common platform. Berlin is set to be another exciting host city https://ripe84.ripe.net/register/ RIPE 84 will take place at the InterContinental Berlin from 16 – 20 May 2022: https://ripe84.ripe.net/venue/meeting-venue/ ------------- Ticket Options ------------- Week ticket: EUR 350 Day ticket: EUR 125 Student (week) ticket: EUR 50 Online Attendance: Free! Are you a new LIR? If so, did you know that you have two free tickets to a RIPE Meeting? If you haven’t used them yet, make sure you do for RIPE 84. Find more information at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/become-a-member/free-ticket… ------------- Accommodation ------------- The InterContinental Berlin is offering RIPE 84 attendees discounted room rates. You can book your accommodation at: https://ripe84.ripe.net/venue/accommodation/ Please note that there are also several other hotels nearby. ------------- Call for Presentations ------------- The RIPE Programme Committee (PC) is seeking presentation proposals from the RIPE community for the plenary sessions, BoFs (Birds of a Feather sessions), workshops, tutorials, and lightning talks at RIPE 84. Find out how to submit a proposal at: https://ripe84.ripe.net/cfp/ Proposals must be submitted using the meeting submission system and no later than 20 March. Proposals submitted after this date will be considered on a space-available basis. ------------- Call for Sponsors ------------- Supporting a RIPE Meeting through sponsorship gives your organisation fantastic exposure in the global Internet community. We offer a range of options aimed to suit organisations of all sizes: https://ripe84.ripe.net/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/ ------------------- RIPE Labs Competition ------------------- RIPE Labs is offering you a free ticket, travel and accommodation to RIPE 84! Submit your article sharing your work and insights about the past, present and future state of the internet for a chance to join us at RIPE 84 in Berlin. You can find out more about the competition and how to enter here: https://labs.ripe.net/author/alun_davies/the-ripe-labs-article-competition/ ---- More information on RIPE 84 can be found at: https://ripe84.ripe.net/ We look forward to seeing you in Berlin or online! For updates about the meeting, follow us on Twitter: @ripemeeting, #RIPE84 Kind regards, RIPE Meetings Organisation Team

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[news] Latest EU Sanctions / 2022 Invoices
by Hans Petter Holen 01 Mar '22

01 Mar '22

Dear members, Our staff are currently reviewing the latest EU sanctions against Russian companies and individuals. A reminder on our process: If we have reason to believe that a member is subject to EU sanctions, we freeze their membership in accordance with our published procedures[1]. Sanctioned members are unable to request new IP resources or submit transfer requests. However, we do not de-register their existing resources or terminate their Standard Service Agreement (SSA). Our staff will contact members directly in cases where we need to clarify business relationships or verify data. We hope these members respond in a timely manner. We now publish quarterly transparency reports[2] which show the number of members affected by sanctions and where they are based. Members can also find some additional context in an article we published late last year[3]. INVOICING 2022 We have not yet issued our 2022 invoices and we plan to share more information on this soon. In the meantime, please rest assured that we will not close members if external factors are preventing them from making payment. Kind regards Hans Petter Holen Managing Director RIPE NCC [1] Due Diligence for the Quality of the RIPE NCC Registration Data (section 3.1): https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-770#31 [2] RIPE NCC Quarterly Sanctions Transparency Report: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-776/ [3] How Sanctions Affect the RIPE NCC (RIPE Labs): https://labs.ripe.net/author/athina/how-sanctions-affect-the-ripe-ncc/

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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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