Hello RIPE NCC member and happy new year! Without further ado, here’s your first member update for 2020: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What We’re Doing for You ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Your LIR Stats -- RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2020 -- RIPE NCC Billing Procedure 2020 -- De-bogonising 2a10::/12 -- RIPE NCC Academy reopens on 27 January! -- Improved RIPE Database Web Application -- Your Upcoming Webinars ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Your Technical Update ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RPKI Validator 3.1 Documentation -- RIPE Atlas New Software Probes Will Go Live in February -- RIPEstat Usability Survey ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. What’s Happening in Our Community? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund 2019 Recipients Announced -- RACI: Last Chance to Apply -- Do we Need to Rethink Network Monitoring? -- Networking Networking Women at IEEE LCN 2019 -- 2019 (and 2020) in Four Words ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Join Us for These Meetings and Events ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RIPE 80, 11-15 May, Berlin, Germany -- MENOG 20 and Peering Forum, 15-19 March, Manama, Bahrain -- SEE 9, 7-8 April, Ljubljana, Slovenia -- RIPE NCC Day Tashkent, 29 April, Tashkent, Uzbekistan -- ENOG 17, 8-9 June, Moscow, Russia -- Member Lunches ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What We’re Doing for You ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Your LIR Stats LIR STATISTICS Number of LIRs: 25,147 (-137) LIRs with IPv6: 16,312 (+13) Policy transfers in December: 702,720 IPv4 addresses (-50,944) -- RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2020 The RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2020 is now available. The RIPE NCC Executive Board has approved the definitive document with input from our membership. It outlines the work we will undertake in the coming year and the associated costs for each activity. The document is available at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-735 -- RIPE NCC Billing Procedure 2020 We are currently preparing your invoices for this year, which we will send to all members in February 2020. If you want to see how we will calculate your annual contribution or you need payment information, please refer to the RIPE NCC Billing Procedure 2020: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/payment/ripe-ncc-billing-pro... -- De-bogonising 2a10::/12 A few months ago the RIPE NCC became the first RIR to receive an additional /12 IPv6 allocation (2a10::/12) from IANA. We will soon begin to delegate space from this IPv6 block to LIRs. Prior to this, to improve routability and minimise the risk of filtering, the RIPE NCC will perform several de-bogonising activities in the next few weeks. Please don’t forget to update your bogon filters and allow routes originating from 2a10::/12 in your network. -- RIPE NCC Academy Reopens on 27 January! Our colleagues are currently working hard at updating our e-learning platform with new content and better modules. We will re-launch the Academy on 27 January. Save the date! If you want to know more about what we are changing, read this RIPE Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/ulka_athale_1/revamping-the-ripe-ncc-academy -- Improved RIPE Database Web Application We have made some updates to the RIPE Database web application. 1. On the My Resources/Sponsored Resources Overview page: -We’ve added flags IRR (Related Route(6) Objects Found) and RDNS (Related Domain Objects Found). These flags show if resources have Route(6) and Domain objects. 2. On the Resources Details page: - The aforementioned flags are also available here. - We’ve added tables with listed related Route(6) and Domain objects. These tables, as well as tables with more specific resources, are now scrollable. 3. You can now query the RIPE Database with flag: --sources or -s -- Your Upcoming Webinars We are pleased to announce our upcoming webinars scheduled for January, February and March 2020. Topics include Internet Routing Registry, IPv6 Addressing, RPKI and more. Find out when the next one is on and register at: https://www.ripe.net/support/training/webinars ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Your Technical Update ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RPKI Validator 3.1 Documentation We have updated our documentation on the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator 3.1 to provide you with better guidance on how to install it. This application allows operators to download and validate the global RPKI data set for use in their BGP decision making process and router configuration. You can view the full documentation at: https://rpki.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rpkivalidator3/index.html -- RIPE Atlas New Software Probes Will Go Live in February After passing the testing phase, the RIPE Atlas software probes are ready to go live. The software probes work as regular RIPE Atlas probes without the need to use a dedicated RIPE Atlas probe hardware. You can find more information about the probes at: https://atlas.ripe.net/docs/software-probe -- RIPEstat Usability Survey Are you troubleshooting network issues or finding abuse contacts? What would be a useful feature to add to RIPEstat? Make a suggestion in this quick survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BJJC5W6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. What’s Happening in Our Community? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund 2019 Recipients Announced The RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund Selection Committee has reviewed all the applications and is happy to announce the 2019 recipients! Seven projects will receive funding, and you can read the full list of recipients along with a description of their project at: https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf/funding-recipients-2019 -- RACI: Last Chance to Apply We encourage all students, academics and researchers from across our service region to apply for the RACI grant. This initiative could fund your meeting ticket, accommodation and travel to one of our upcoming meetings where you could present your research! Interested? Apply on our website by 19 January: https://www.ripe.net/raci -- Do we Need to Rethink Network Monitoring? In this RIPE Labs article, Kemal Sanjta explores how we could improve the current Network Monitoring system based on traceroute and ping: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/kemal_sanjta/do-we-need-to-rethink-network-mon... -- Networking Networking Women at IEEE LCN 2019 Martine Sophie Lenders shares what she learned from organising the Networking Networking Women event at IEEE LCN 2019: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/martine_sophie_lenders/networking-networking-w... -- 2019 (and 2020) in Four Words Our colleague, Chris Buckridge, looks back at the RIPE NCC's year that was and to the year ahead: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/chrisb/2019-and-2020-in-four-words ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Join Us for These Meetings and Events ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RIPE 80, 11-15 May, Berlin, Germany Registration for RIPE 80 is open! You can secure your seat to the next RIPE meeting at: https://ripe80.ripe.net/attend/register/ You can now also apply for the RIPE Fellowship: https://www.ripe.net/ripe-fellowship -- MENOG 20 and Peering Forum, 15-19 March, Manama, Bahrain The call for presentations is open to experienced network operators! Submit your proposals for plenary sessions no later than 1 February 2020: https://www.menog.org/menog-20/call-for-presentations Join us in Manama, Bahrain and register at: https://www.menog.org/menog-20 -- SEE 9, 7-8 April, Ljubljana, Slovenia Registration for SEE 9 is now open! Don’t forget to register (it’s a free event): https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/see/see-9 If you want to apply for the RIPE Fellowship to participate in the event, visit this page: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/see/see-9/see-fe... In the meantime, you have until 17 February 2020 to submit your talk: https://www.ripe.net/see-9/call-for-presentations -- RIPE NCC Day Tashkent, 29 April, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Submit your content proposals for the plenary session presentations, panels and lightning talks no later than 28 February. Learn more about the topics of interest and the event at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe-ncc-day-tashkent/call-for-presentations -- ENOG 17, 8-9 June, Moscow, Russia The call for presentations for ENOG 17 is now open: https://www.enog.org/enog-17/cfp/ -- Member Lunches Our 2020 Member Lunch schedule is now available. We look forward to meeting you in the city closest to you! Here is where we will be hosting lunches in the coming months: Kharkiv, Ukraine Friday, 8 February Rotterdam, The Netherlands Friday, 15 February Reykjavik, Iceland Friday, 15 March You can register at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/member-lunches If you want real-time updates about what’s happening in our community, make sure you follow us on social media: https://www.ripe.net/social That’s it for now. We’ll be back in February with more updates! Best regards, Boris Duval Communications Officer RIPE NCC