Dear RIPE NCC members, The January 2025 Member Update is now available on our website at: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/member-update-january-2025/ You can also read the update below. 1. Registry -- LIR Stats -- Invoice 2025 and Payment Extensions -- RIPE NCC Quarterly Sanctions Transparency Report (Q1 2025) Published 2. Information Services -- ns.ripe.net Sunsetting Complete -- RIPE Atlas Anchors - Operating System Refresh -- A Deep Dive Into the Baltic Sea Cable Cuts -- Navigating Network Measurements - A Review of Results and Services -- RPKI’s 2024 Year in Review 3. Community and Engagement -- RIPE NCC Upcoming Courses and Webinars -- Call for Presentations for SEE 13 -- RIPE 90 Essential Information -- Concluding the ICP-2 Principles Consultation -- Celebrating Green Tech Hackathon Results -- MENOG 24 Meeting Report -- MENOG 25 Call for Host -- IGF 2024 Report -- RIPE NomCom 2025 Confirmed Members -- The RIPE Chair Team Reports - December 2024 -- RIPE Labs Podcast: Detecting Cyber Threats to Critical Systems 4. Organisational Update -- Call for Volunteers for Executive Board Election Code of Conduct Team -- RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2025 -- Activity Plan and Budget 2025 Published -- Charging Scheme Task Force Update -- Minutes of the 179th Executive Board Meeting Published 1. Registry -- LIR Stats Number of LIRs: 20,991 (-206) Number of members: 19,993 (-115) LIRs with IPv6: 15,722 (-45) IPv4 addresses transferred in December: 4,422,732 (+3,516,364) LIRs on IPv4 Waiting List: 899 Days that first LIR in queue has been waiting: 491 % of IPv4 address space covered by ROAs: 71% % of IPv6 address space covered by ROAs: 40% ARCs completed in December: 171 -- Invoice 2025 and Payment Extensions The RIPE NCC invoice for 2025 was issued in early January. Invoices are available in the LIR Portal and were sent to all billing contacts. We ask all members to please follow the process as laid out in the RIPE NCC Billing Procedure 2025: https://www.ripe.net/membership/payment/ripe-ncc-billing-procedure-2025/ For the 2025 invoicing period, we will apply the normal invoicing approach to all of our members. We are conscious that some members might need payment extensions and we will provide these on a per-request basis to members in areas in distress in our service region that are experiencing war or natural disaster. To request an extension, we ask that members fill out the payment extension form: https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/apply/payment-extension-form/ -- RIPE NCC Quarterly Sanctions Transparency Report (Q1 2025) Published Our latest Quarterly Sanctions Transparency Report (Q1 2025) is now available. These reports provide data on how RIPE NCC members, End Users and legacy resource holders are affected by sanctions, while respecting their confidentiality and privacy: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-837/ 2. Information Services -- ns.ripe.net Sunsetting Complete We have completed the sunsetting of our ns.ripe.net secondary service. Following the RIPE Labs article we published in May 2024, we contacted users of the service to ask them to move away. On 15 January, we removed the “nserver: ns.ripe.net” attribute from all domain objects in the RIPE Database still using it. -- RIPE Atlas Anchors - Operating System Refresh On RIPE Labs, the RIPE NCC’s Sean Mottles gives an update on a recent upgrade carried out for RIPE Atlas anchors and the lessons learned along the way: https://labs.ripe.net/author/sean-mottles/ripe-atlas-anchors-operating-syste... -- A Deep Dive Into the Baltic Sea Cable Cuts On RIPE Labs, the RIPE NCC’s Emile Aben analyses the recent cuts in major Baltic Sea Internet cables and delves deeper into the question of how exactly the Internet has remained resilient: https://labs.ripe.net/author/emileaben/a-deep-dive-into-the-baltic-sea-cable... -- Navigating Network Measurements - A Review of Results and Services On RIPE Labs, Tobias Fiebig goes over the services that are available in measurement.network and takes a look at the research done so far: https://labs.ripe.net/author/tfiebig/navigating-network-measurements-a-revie... -- RPKI’s 2024 Year in Review On RIPE Labs, Job Snijders shares some RPKI statistics from 2024, summarises highlights from the IETF Standards Development process, and reflects on emerging trends: https://labs.ripe.net/author/job_snijders/rpkis-2024-year-in-review/ 3. Community and Engagement -- RIPE NCC Upcoming Courses and Webinars In February, we have planned: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 - IPv6 Security Myths, Filtering and Tips Webinar Thurs, 13 Feb 2025 - LIRs and the Internet Ecosystem Webinar Tues, 18 Feb 2025 - RIPE Database Basics Webinar Wed, 26 Feb 2025 - LIR Training Course (Hamburg) Thurs, 27 Feb 2025 - IPv6 Fundamentals Training Course (Hamburg) Fri, 28 Feb 2025 - RIPE Database Training Course (Hamburg) You can register for these courses and webinars at: https://learning.ripe.net/w/upcoming/ -- Call for Presentations for SEE 13 The call for presentations has been extended for SEE 13, taking place in Sofia, Bulgaria from 7-8 April. Submit your proposal by 20 February: https://www.ripe.net/meetings/regional-meetings/see/see-13/call-for-presenta... -- RIPE 90 Essential Information Ahead of RIPE 90, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal from 12-16 May, read all of the important information you need to know about tickets, accommodation, upcoming deadlines and more: https://mailman.ripe.net/archives/list/ripe-list@ripe.net/thread/PRSDHF55YDL... -- Concluding the ICP-2 Principles Consultation The feedback period for the proposed ICP-2 principles has officially concluded. During this process, the NRO NC received nearly 300 responses from the different Internet communities associated with each Regional Internet Registry. In the coming weeks, they will begin working on a qualitative analysis of the responses received, which will be shared with the Internet community: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/concluding-the-icp-2-principles-consultat... -- Celebrating Green Tech Hackathon Results On RIPE Labs, the RIPE NCC’s Vesna Manojlovic shares a recap of the projects that were completed during the Green Tech Hackathon in mid-December: https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/celebrating-green-tech-hackathon-results/ -- MENOG 24 Meeting Report MENOG 24 took place from 4-5 December in Muscat, Oman. Read all about what happened in the meeting report: https://labs.ripe.net/author/kjerstin-burdiek/menog-24-meeting-report/ -- MENOG 25 Call for Host MENOG 25 will take place during the week of 23-27 November 2025. If you are interested in hosting this event, please email <regional@ripe.net> by 30 January 2025. More information about hosting is available at: https://www.menog.org/sponsors/host-requirements/ -- IGF 2024 Report The RIPE NCC team was at the 19th Internet Governance Forum held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Ulka Athale shares some key takeaways from the last Internet event of 2024 on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/author/ulka_athale_1/igf-2024-report/ -- RIPE NomCom 2025 Confirmed Members The list of members for the RIPE NomCom 2025 is now final. You can see the list at: https://mailman.ripe.net/archives/list/ripe-list@ripe.net/thread/DETRNSJDVSR... -- The RIPE Chair Team Reports - December 2024 Read the RIPE Chair Team’s report from the month of December, featuring a review of recent industry events such as the Green Tech Hackathon and a GÉANT community session, as well as a look forward at upcoming events like RIPE 90: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-decemb... -- RIPE Labs Podcast: Detecting Cyber Threats to Critical Systems In the latest episode of the RIPE Labs Podcast, Daniel Kapellmann, Security Engineering Manager at Google Threat Intelligence, talks about how convergence of Operational Technology systems with IT systems amplifies risk and what’s involved in detecting threats: https://labs.ripe.net/author/anastasiya-pak/daniel-kapellmann-detecting-cybe... 4. Organisational Sustainability -- Call for Volunteers for Executive Board Election Code of Conduct Team This is a call for volunteers from the membership to join the Executive Board Election Code of Conduct Team for the May 2025 General Meeting election. If you are willing to participate in this role, please send an email to <agm@ripe.net> by Wednesday, 12 February 2025: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/call-for-volunteers-for-eb-election-coc-t... -- RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2025 We have published more information about the RIPE NCC General Meeting in May 2025, including details about how to nominate or become a candidate for the Executive Board election that will take place at this General Meeting: https://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/meetings/may-2025/ -- Activity Plan and Budget 2025 Published The final version of the Activity Plan and Budget 2025 has been published following input from the membership and with approval from our Board on 11 December 2025. The document outlines the work we will undertake in the coming year along with the associated costs for each activity, and the executive summary provides an overview of activities for 2025. Read the key points and access the document at: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/activity-plan-and-budget-2025-published/ -- Charging Scheme Task Force Update The RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Task Force continues its work - it will be meeting every two weeks from February. So please check the minutes that are posted to the members-discuss mailing list and provide your feedback on the discussions. The task force discusses your feedback at every meeting: https://www.ripe.net/membership/mail/member-and-community-consultations/char... -- Minutes of the 179th Executive Board Meeting Published The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 179th meeting from 11-12 December 2024. You can read a summary of the main items from the meeting and access the minutes at: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/minutes-of-the-179th-executive-board-meet... We’ll be back next month with more news! Best regards, Kjerstin Burdiek Communications Officer RIPE NCC