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[news] Membership Survey on Charging Scheme Principles
by Christian Kaufman 09 Aug '21

09 Aug '21

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: July 2021
by Kjerstin Burdiek 28 Jul '21

28 Jul '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 -- RIPE NCC 145th Executive Board Meeting Minutes -- New CCO Appointed -- Mediterranean Europe Country Report -- Apply Now for the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund 2. Your Technical Update -- End of Support for the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator -- RPKI Roadmap -- Service Announcements 3. What's Happening in Our Community? -- The RIPE Chair Team Reports – June 2021 -- New RIPE Database Requirements Task Force Draft Report -- New Draft RIPE Code of Conduct -- Three New RIPE Governance Documents -- RIPE Community Resilience: Economy of Care -- NRO Statement on AFRINIC -- EuroDIG 2021 4. Join Us for These Virtual Events -- Training Courses in August -- Interim RIPE NCC Services WG Session on Cloud Strategy -- SEE 9 Meeting 1. What We're Doing For You -- LIR Stats Number of LIRs: 23,602 (+80) LIRs with IPv6: 16,122 (+80) IPv4 Addresses Transferred in June: 1,645,568 (+993,664) -- 145th RIPE NCC Executive Board Meeting Minutes Minutes from the 145th RIPE NCC Executive Board Meeting are now available. The meeting took place from 21-22 June, and the next meeting will be from 23-24 September. Read the minutes here: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2021/minutes-145th-ex… -- New CCO Appointed Congratulations to Hisham Ibrahim, who has been appointed RIPE NCC’s new Chief Community Officer: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/hisham-ibrahim-appoint… -- Mediterranean Europe Country Report We take a comprehensive look at the Internet landscape in five countries in Mediterranean Europe, including their history of development and capacity for future growth. The report offers a detailed picture of both national and international connections in this region: https://labs.ripe.net/author/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-ncc-internet-countr… -- Apply Now for the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund For the fifth year in a row, the RIPE NCC is committed to supporting activities and projects for 'the good of the Internet'. We are pleased to invite applications for funding from the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund. The call for applicants will remain open until 23:59 (UTC), Saturday, 31 July 2021. You can find more details on the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund page: https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf 2. Your Technical Update -- End of Support for the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator On Thursday, 1 July 2021, we ended support for the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator. This had no impact on any of our core activities around the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI): https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2021-June/001501.html -- RPKI Roadmap In order to be transparent about the work we do with RPKI, we have released a roadmap for upcoming RPKI developments. Our goal is to start an open dialogue with the community on this topic. Read the roadmap and share your comments with us here: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/resource-management/rpki/rpki-plan… -- Service Announcements At 11:30 (UTC+2) on 14 July, there were various RIPE NCC service outages that affected services such as the rsync RPKI Repository and RIPE Database, the main RIPE NCC website and other RIPE NCC websites such as RIPE Labs. Services were restored by 12:00 (UTC+2): https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2021-July/001506.html 3. What's Happening in Our Community? -- The RIPE Chair Team Reports - June 2021 The RIPE Chair, Mirjam Kühne, reports on current events and ongoing discussions in the RIPE community about RIPE governance, the relationship between RIPE and the RIPE NCC, draft proposals from RIPE Task Forces and more: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-june-… -- New RIPE Database Requirements Task Force Draft Report The RIPE Database Requirements Task Force has released a new draft report. The deadline for comments is 13 August: https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/tf/rdb-requirements-tf/the-ripe-datab… -- New Draft RIPE Code of Conduct The RIPE Code of Conduct Task Force has released a new draft of the RIPE Code of Conduct. The deadline for comments is 17 September: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-documents/other-documents/ripe-… -- Three New RIPE Governance Documents Three new RIPE documents on governance have been published. These documents are informational guidelines on the roles of the RIPE Working Group Chairs and the RIPE Programme Committee: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2021-July/002276.html -- RIPE Community Resilience: Economy of Care Continuing the discussion on RIPE community wellbeing and resilience, Vesna Manojlovic has published a new instalment in her series applying the OSI Model to the RIPE community. In it, she connects the financial Layer 8 to the need for community actualisation: https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/ripe-community-resilience-economy-of-car… -- NRO Statement on AFRINIC The NRO released a statement regarding the recent allegations against AFRINIC. Read it here: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/statement-of-the-numbe… -- EuroDIG 2021 EuroDIG, the pan-European Internet governance event, took place from 28-30 June. Gergana Petrova wrote a live blog of the conference on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/author/gergana_petrova/eurodig-2021-live-blog/ 4. Join Us for these Virtual Events -- Training Courses in August Our webinars for the month of August are open for registration: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses Here's the schedule: Introduction to IPv6 Wednesday, 4 August 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) IPv6 Security Myths, Filtering and Tips Wednesday, 11 August 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) IPv6 Host Configuration Wednesday, 18 August 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) IPv6 Prefix Calculation Tuesday, 24 August 2021 (08:00-09:00 UTC) Using RIPE Atlas Wednesday, 25 August 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) Interested in something that you can't find on our upcoming course page? Let us know which topics you would like to see covered in future webinars: https://forms.gle/rhyExMhb7BTCCXyU8 -- Interim RIPE NCC Services WG Session on Cloud Strategy The RIPE NCC Services WG will be holding an interim session on our cloud strategy on 28 July at 16:00 (UTC+2). If you would like to participate, you can find the details for this session here: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-services-wg/2021-July/003446.ht… -- SEE 9 Meeting The RIPE NCC together with the SEE Programme Committee have decided that the SEE 9 Meeting will take place as a virtual meeting with a reduced programme on 28 September 2021. The situation around COVID-19 is still too uncertain and the risks appear too great to justify a physical meeting. Updates on the meeting format, registration and programme will be posted closer to the date on this mailing list and on the SEE 9 website: https://www.ripe.net/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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[meetings] SEE 9 Will Be a Virtual Meeting, 28 September 2021
by SEEurope 27 Jul '21

27 Jul '21

Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC together with the SEE Programme Committee have decided that the SEE 9 Meeting will take place as a virtual meeting with a reduced programme on 28 September 2021. While we were looking forward to seeing you all in Ljubljana, we feel this is necessary to protect the health of all attendees and RIPE NCC staff. The situation around COVID-19 is still too uncertain and the risks appear too great to justify a physical meeting. We hope things will get better soon and that we will be able to meet in person for a physical SEE 10 Meeting in 2022. Updates on the meeting format, registration and programme will be posted closer to the date on this mailing list and on the SEE 9 website: https://www.ripe.net/see-9. For any further information and/or clarification, feel free to email <seeurope(a)ripe.net>. Looking forward to seeing you online! Best regards, SEE Meeting Organisation Team RIPE NCC

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[news] Interim RIPE NCC Services WG Session on Cloud Strategy
by Felipe Victolla Silveira 22 Jul '21

22 Jul '21

Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC Services WG will be holding an interim session on our cloud strategy on 28 July at 16:00 (UTC+2). If you would like to participate, you can find the details for this session here: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-services-wg/2021-July/003446.ht… <https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-services-wg/2021-July/003446.ht…> At this session we will give an update on our current thinking and hear more from the RIPE community* to see if we can find a path towards rough consensus. We will publish an initial draft strategy shortly after the WG session and continue the discussion from there. Our strategy will also include some principles for how we will engage with the community around our core services and we will discuss this in the session as well. Kind regards, Felipe Silveira Chief Operations Officer RIPE NCC *The beginning of this discussion in the RIPE NCC Services WG can be found at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-services-wg/2021-June/003408.ht… <https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-services-wg/2021-June/003408.ht…>

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[Service] RIPE NCC Services Outage
by Razvan Oprea 14 Jul '21

14 Jul '21

Dear RIPE NCC members, At 11:30 (UTC+2) this morning, there were various RIPE NCC service outages. Some public facing services were affected. This included the rsync RPKI Repository and RIPE Database, our website www.ripe.net and other RIPE NCC websites such as the RIPE Meeting site, RIPE Labs and RIPEstat. There were also intermittent failures sending notification emails for Whois updates. Services were restored by 12:00 (UTC+2). Based on the information gathered so far, the outages were caused by a recent upgrade to our configuration management system, which in turn caused a race condition that affected the configuration of a number of servers. Kind regards, Razvan Oprea Senior System Engineer RIPE NCC

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[news] 145th RIPE NCC Executive Board Meetings - Summary Notes
by Hans Petter Holen 06 Jul '21

06 Jul '21

Dear RIPE NCC members, The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 145th Meeting on 21-22 June. The minutes from the meeting are now available: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2021/minutes-145th-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. ----------------------- Resolutions Adopted ----------------------- - The minutes of the 142nd, 143rd and 144th Board meetings were approved. - The Board approved the proposed amendments to the “RIPE NCC Certification Terms and Conditions”. - Falk von Bornstaedt was appointed to the Board of the Rob Blokzijl Foundation, provided that the Rob Blokzijl Foundation amends the Articles of Association so that the board member appointed by the RIPE NCC Executive Board does not have to be a member of the RIPE NCC Executive Board. ----------------------- Key Discussions ----------------------- - RIPE NCC staff carried out an analysis and reported on factors likely to impact the RIPE NCC in the coming years. - A potential way forward for engaging with members on the development of the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme was presented. - The structure of the RIPE NCC was discussed, with a focus on a workforce that reflects the diversity of the members. - The RIPE NCC management reported on various internal projects and updates including the cloud strategy, TF-CSIRT, and learning and development. - The draft Registry Strategy for 2022 was presented and the Board gave its input. - The RIPE Chair spoke about developments in RIPE, chiefly an update on the Code of Conduct, the scope and future of regional meetings, and the RIPE NCC’s cloud strategy. The Chair also highlighted work on a new document about roles and participation of RIPE NCC staff in the RIPE community. Kind regards, Hans Petter Holen Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update: June 2021
by Boris Duval 24 Jun '21

24 Jun '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 -- RIPE NCC and the Cloud: Let’s Start Again -- Closure of Members With Unpaid Invoices -- Training Courses in July -- Apply now for the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund 2. Your Technical Update -- Ending Support for the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator -- RIPEstat 3. What's Happening in Our Community? -- The RIPE Chair Team Reports - Highlights from RIPE 82 -- RIPE Community Resilience: The Web, The Self, The Privilege and The Pandemic -- RightsCon - What's New in the Human Rights Debate -- World IPv6 Day -- 2020 NomCom Final Report -- NRO Updates 1. What We're Doing For You -- LIR Stats Number of LIRs: 23,522 (-113) LIRs with IPv6: 16,042 (-85) IPv4 Addresses Transferred in May: 651,904 (-504,064) -- RIPE NCC and the Cloud: Let’s Start Again Ahead of RIPE 82, we shared our plans to move elements of our core services to the cloud. Judging from the community’s reaction to our proposal, we can see now that it’s worth taking a step back and start this conversation again: https://labs.ripe.net/author/felipe_victolla_silveira/ripe-ncc-and-the-clou… <https://labs.ripe.net/author/felipe_victolla_silveira/ripe-ncc-and-the-clou…> -- Closure of Members With Unpaid Invoices On 15 June, we started to terminate the Standard Service Agreements (SSAs) of members that hadn't paid their invoices. This comes 90 says after the due date of the invoice and 120 days after it was first issued. Members in Syria and Iran were not affected by this, as they have yet to receive their 2021 invoices. We sent an update to these members directly, which explained that the situation is largely unchanged since our last email: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2021-March/001477.html <https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2021-March/001477.html> If you have questions, you can always email <billing at ripe.net <http://ripe.net/>> or call +31 20 535 4444 (9am-5pm CEST, from Monday to Friday). -- Training Courses in July Our webinars for the month of July are open for registrations: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses <https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses> Here's the schedule: IPv6 Associated Protocols Security Thursday, 1 July 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) BGP Security: IRR and Filtering Wednesday, 7 July 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) IPv6 Addressing Plan Thursday, 8 July 2021 (08:00-09:00 UTC) RIPE Database Applications Wednesday, 14 July 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) LIRs and the Internet Ecosystem with Mirjam Kühne (RIPE Chair) Wednesday, 21 July 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) Interested in something that you can't find on our upcoming course page? Let us know which topics you would like to see covered in future webinars: https://forms.gle/rhyExMhb7BTCCXyU8 <https://forms.gle/rhyExMhb7BTCCXyU8> -- Apply now for the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund For the fifth year in a row, the RIPE NCC is committing to support activities and projects for 'the good of the Internet'. We are pleased to invite applications for funding from the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund. The call for applicants will remain open until 23:59 (UTC), Saturday, 31 July 2021. You can find more details on the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund page: https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf <https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf> 2. Your Technical Update -- Ending Support for the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator On Thursday, 1 July 2021, we will stop supporting the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator. This will have no impact on any of our core activities around the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI): https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2021-June/001501.html <https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2021-June/001501.html> -- RIPEstat --- RIPEstat Feature Tracker Restarted The RIPEstat feature tracker has been updated. After contacting everyone who had a pending feature request, we cleaned out all old requests and put new processes in place in order to provide a better service: https://ripestat.featureupvote.com/ <https://ripestat.featureupvote.com/> --- New RIPEstat UI Updates Since launching the new RIPEstat UI, we have released new updates and fixed bugs based on user feedback: https://stat.ripe.net/app/ <https://stat.ripe.net/app/> --- RIPEstat Blocklist Project We are going to start with the overhaul of the blocklist offerings on RIPEstat. As part of this project, we will be working with an expert panel, which is currently being formed. If you want to participate and support us, please send an email to christian.teuschel(a)ripe.net <mailto:christian.teuschel@ripe.net>. 3. What's Happening in Our Community? -- The RIPE Chair Team Reports - Highlights from RIPE 82 The RIPE Chair team reports on highlights from RIPE 82. Get their take on discussions around community wellbeing, encryption, NIS2 and much more from our third virtual RIPE Meeting: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-highl… <https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-highl…> -- RIPE Community Resilience: The Web, The Self, The Privilege and The Pandemic In this instalment of the RIPE Community Resilience series, Vesna Manojlovic is tackling layer 7 of both the networking stack and Maslow's motivational pyramid, the application layer and self-actualisation: https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/ripe-community-resilience-the-web-the-se… <https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/ripe-community-resilience-the-web-the-se…> -- RightsCon - What's New in the Human Rights Debate RightsCon is a massive conference on human rights in the digital age. The event took place from 7-11 June 2021. If you missed the event, you can read our summary and highlights on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/author/gergana_petrova/rightscon-whats-new-in-the-hum… <https://labs.ripe.net/author/gergana_petrova/rightscon-whats-new-in-the-hum…> -- World IPv6 Day --- IPv6 Adoption in 2021 As part of our ongoing efforts to chart the rise of IPv6, we look at the difference between average IPv6 capability per country over a few days in June 2020 versus the most recent similar averages for 2021: https://labs.ripe.net/author/stephen_strowes/ipv6-adoption-in-2021/ <https://labs.ripe.net/author/stephen_strowes/ipv6-adoption-in-2021/> --- Securing the Future of IPv6 As the Internet moves into the age of IPv6, new security challenges calling for new solutions await. Learn how the RIPE NCC's IPv6 security course is helping people and organisations get prepared to keep the Internet secure: https://labs.ripe.net/author/alvaro_vives/securing-the-future-of-ipv6/ <https://labs.ripe.net/author/alvaro_vives/securing-the-future-of-ipv6/> --- Six on IPv6 It's been nearly nine years since the World IPv6 Launch took place. Here are six RIPE Labs articles championing IPv6 adoption, flagging blockers, quashing misconceptions, evaluating quirks and, all in all, measuring and mapping IPv6 deployment: https://labs.ripe.net/author/alun_davies/six-on-ipv6/ <https://labs.ripe.net/author/alun_davies/six-on-ipv6/> -- 2020 NomCom Final Report The NomCom Final report is now available as a RIPE document: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-762 <https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-762> -- NRO Updates --- Request for Proposals for Consulting Services: NRO Strategy Plan Review The Number Resource Organization (NRO) is calling for proposals for an independent review of its Strategy Plan for the next five years. Proposals will be accepted until 9 July 2021 23:59 UTC. The selected bid will be announced around 23 July 2021. Full details of the Call for Proposals are available at: https://www.nro.net/request-for-proposals-for-consulting-services-nro-strat… <https://www.nro.net/request-for-proposals-for-consulting-services-nro-strat…> --- ASO AC Selects Alan Barrett to Serve in Seat 9 of the ICANN Board of Directors The ASO AC has selected Alan Barrett to serve for a three-year term in Seat 9 of the ICANN Board of Directors. His term will begin at the conclusion of the ICANN 72 meeting on 23-28 October 2021 and will end in November 2024. Read more here: https://aso.icann.org/alan-barrett-2021-icann-board-seat-9/ <https://aso.icann.org/alan-barrett-2021-icann-board-seat-9/> Thank you for reading to the end. We’ll be back next month with more news! Best regards, Boris Boris Duval Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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[news] Apply now for the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund
by Alastair Strachan 16 Jun '21

16 Jun '21

Hello, For the fifth year in a row, the RIPE NCC is committing to support activities and projects for 'the good of the Internet'. We are pleased to invite applications for funding from the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund. Through the Community Projects Fund, the RIPE NCC will provide up to EUR 250,000 per year to support projects of value to the operation, resilience and sustainability of the Internet, with a focus on tools and services benefitting the technical community in the Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia. The Internet today owes its success to a lot of non-commercial, community-driven work, and this continues to ensure the Internet remains resilient, secure and accessible. If you or your organisation are working on a new or existing project that fits the criteria below and need some financial support to get it off the ground or keep it going, we want to hear from you! Is your project of benefit to the Internet, particularly the RIPE community? Is your project non-commercial in nature? Do you have a clear project plan and timeline? Some things to keep in mind: - Funding may be used to purchase equipment, but this cannot be the sole expenditure - Funding cannot be used for humanitarian aid, donations, or to encourage political reform - Funding cannot be used to provide scholarships or cover tuition fees - Funding cannot be used to support any form of commercial activity The call for applicants will remain open until 23:59 (UTC), Saturday, 31 July 2021. You can find more details on the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund page: https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf We also welcome Samaneh Tajalizadehkhoob and Flavio Luciani to the selection committee. The selection committee for 2021 consists of Jaya Baloo, Bert Hubert, Flavio Luciani, Samaneh Tajalizadehkhoob, Tim Wattenberg and Remco van Mook (RIPE NCC Executive Board representative). Thank you to the selection committee for volunteering their time to support the Community Projects Fund. Best regards, Alastair Strachan External Relations Officer RIPE NCC

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[news] Closure of Members With Unpaid Invoices
by Henriette van Ingen 15 Jun '21

15 Jun '21

Dear RIPE NCC members, On 18 May 2021, we started calling the 878 RIPE NCC members with outstanding invoices for their 2021 annual contribution. There are currently 144 members that have still not paid, which is down from 231 last year. Starting today, the Standard Service Agreement (SSA) of all members with an outstanding invoice issued in February 2021 will be automatically terminated and we will begin the process to de-register their Internet number resources. This comes 90 days after the due date of the invoice / 120 days after it was first issued. De-registering resources is a critical event for members. For this reason, we spend a lot of time and effort each year attempting to contact those who will be affected. We have already sent four email reminders to these members in March, April (twice) and May. We have also attempted to contact them via their registered email and phone contacts in the LIR Portal [1]. It would help us greatly if you could make sure to pay your invoice by the due date, which is 30 days from being issued. If you would like to check the payment status of your LIR accounts, you can do so in the LIR Portal or by using the payment link on your invoice. ----------------------------------- For Members in Syria and Iran ----------------------------------- We have still not issued the 2021 invoices for our members in Iran and Syria. This means they are *not* included in the above figures and their status as RIPE NCC members will not be affected. We plan to send an update to these members soon, but for now the situation is largely unchanged since our last message in March: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2021-March/001477.html If you have questions, you can always email <billing(a)ripe.net> or call +31 20 535 4444 (9am-5pm CEST, from Monday to Friday). Kind regards, Henriette van Ingen Registry Services Assistant Manager RIPE NCC [1] Please take a moment to check that your account details in the LIR Portal are up to date: https://my.ripe.net/#/account-details

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[news] Ending Support for the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator
by Nathalie Trenaman 15 Jun '21

15 Jun '21

Dear colleagues, On Thursday, 1 July 2021, we will stop supporting the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator. This will have no impact on any of our core activities around the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI). We are still committed to strengthening the RPKI infrastructure and our main priority is to maintain a secure, stable and resilient RPKI Certificate Authority. Our RPKI Validator is one of several Relying Party software [1] that network operators can use to download and validate the global RPKI data set. This data is used to support their BGP decision making process. We created the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator over a decade ago, when RPKI had only just been implemented and there were not many options available. While there were other validators, ours came with an intuitive web-interface, which allowed operators to see in a UI how BGP announcements would be impacted by Route Origin Validation. Since then, RPKI has been widely adopted in the industry and other software developers have spent significant resources on testing and introducing new Relying Party software. After discussions we had with our members and the wider community at the Routing Working Group mailing list and my presentation at the RIPE NCC Services Working Group at RIPE 81, we agreed that this approach will allow us to focus on the core of RPKI. We strongly recommend that any network operators still running our RPKI Validator switch to an alternative software before 1 July. Some alternatives include: - Routinator - Fort - RPKI-client - OctoRPKI - Prover It is important to note that continuing to use the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator after 1 July 2021 may lead to security incidents, as we will no longer be making updates to the software. If you are interested in the rationale behind this decision, you can find out more on RIPE Labs [2] or in my presentation at RIPE 81 [3]. Best regards, Nathalie Trenaman Routing Security Programme Manager RIPE NCC ----- Links: [1] Relying Party software: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/resource-management/rpki/tools-and… [2] (RIPE Labs Article) Lifecycle of the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator: https://labs.ripe.net/author/nathalie_nathalie/lifecycle-of-the-ripe-ncc-rp… [3] (RIPE 81 Presentation) The Life Cycle of the RPKI Validator: https://ripe81.ripe.net/archives/video/478/

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