RIPE NCC Member Update: August 2018 LIR Statistics Regular Abuse-c Validation NWI-5 - Out-of-Region ROUTE(6)/AUT-NUM Objects RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) NRO NC – Call for Nominations RIPE 77 Updates RIPE NCC Regional Meeting Almaty RIPE NCC Member Lunches RIPEstat Looking Glass – More Recent Data RIPE NCC Training Courses Join a RIPE NCC Webinar BGP Articles on RIPE Labs Social Media LIR STATISTICS (change since last update) Number of LIRs: 19,619 (+205) LIRs with IPv6: 13,725 (+69) Policy transfers in July: 2,206,592 IPv4 addresses (+940,160) REGULAR ABUSE-C VALIDATION We are working to implement a RIPE Policy Proposal that gives us a mandate to validate "abuse-mailbox:" information in the RIPE Database and to follow up when this is incorrect or out of date: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2017-02 To avoid us having to contact you in the future, please take a moment now to review the email address for the abuse-c role object referenced in any ORGANISATION objects you are responsible for. No action is required if your "abuse-mailbox:" attribute is configured correctly. We will share more details later in the year as we proceed with our implementation. NWI-5 - OUT-OF-REGION ROUTE(6)/AUT-NUM OBJECTS We have deployed the changes for NWI-5 in the Release Candidate environment so users can test their scripts and tools in order to prepare for the production release on 4 September. You can find all the information at: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/release-notes/ripe-database-rele... RIPE NCC GENERAL MEETING (GM) The GM will take place from 17-19 October in Amsterdam. The GM will include discussion on the Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2019 and voting on resolutions. We ask all RIPE NCC members to register to vote electronically. All the details are available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2018 NRO NC – CALL FOR NOMINATIONS There is a call from the RIPE NCC service region to fill one vacant seat on the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC). The closing date for nominations is 21 September 2018. There are currently two candidates and the election will take place during the RIPE 77 Meeting in Amsterdam from 15-19 October. Details on how to nominate a candidate or express your support for a candidate are available at: https://www.ripe.net/s/nroncelection2018 RIPE 77 UPDATES RIPE 77 will take place in Amsterdam from 15-19 October, and we want to see as many of you there are possible. Register: https://ripe77.ripe.net/attend/register/ Call for Presentations: https://ripe77.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/ Draft Meeting Plan: https://ripe77.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/ Social Events: https://ripe77.ripe.net/programme/social-events/ RIPE Fellowship at RIPE 77 - Apply by 29 August! The RIPE Fellowship removes the financial barrier to attend a RIPE Meeting. Fellows receive funding for travel, accommodation and a full-week RIPE Meeting ticket. You must be in the RIPE NCC service region to apply. Get your application in before 29 August for consideration! Apply now at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/ripe-fellowship RIPE Meeting Mentors We are about to launch a mentor programme for RIPE Meetings. It's a great way for long-standing meeting attendees to pay it forward and share their knowledge/expertise with newcomers. Keep an eye on Twitter (@RIPE_NCC) and your inboxes for the imminent launch! And to make the most of the networking opportunities available at RIPE Meetings, you can download the RIPE Networking App: https://ripe77.ripe.net/on-site/ripe-networking-app/ RIPE NCC REGIONAL MEETING ALMATY The RIPE NCC is coming to Kazakhstan! On 25 September, the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting will take place in Almaty. We hope to see many of you join from the local community and beyond. The meeting details are available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/ripe-ncc-regiona... RIPE NCC MEMBER LUNCHES

From August to November, we will be holding member lunches in nine cities throughout our service region so we can talk to our members and discuss how we can best help you with your operations. The lunches are also a great opportunity to meet peers in your local community. We will be in Ukraine, Norway, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, UAE and Belgium. The lunches are free to attend, and you can sign up at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/member-lunches

RIPEstat Looking Glass – MORE RECENT DATA We are currently testing a new Looking Glass with more recent meta data and a new backend API. https://stat.ripe.net/widget/looking-glass-beta#w.resource=2001:67c:2e8::/48 (new) https://stat.ripe.net/widget/looking-glass#w.resource=2001:67c:2e8::/48 (existing) The new version will soon be available as the standard! RIPE NCC TRAINING COURSES Over the coming month, the RIPE NCC will give face-to-face training courses in Munich, Kiev, Paris, Dublin, Schiphol, Doha, Porto and Tashkent. Please check the dates and register to take part: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses JOIN A RIPE NCC WEBINAR Our webinars are the best way to get RIPE NCC training from your own location. We have upcoming webinars for new RIPE NCC members and on RIPE Atlas usage, Internet Governance and the RIPE Database. You need to register to take part and spaces are limited: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses BGP ARTICLES ON RIPE LABS We’ve had three contributions from the community on RIPE Labs in the past month and all of them are BGP-related. Martin Winter looks at monitoring BGP anomalies on the Internet: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/martin_winter/monitoring-bgp-anomalies-on-the-... Geoff Huston gives and update on securing BGP: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/gih/an-update-on-securing-bgp And Vasileios Giotsas talks about detection of peering infrastructure outages based on BGP communities: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/vgiotsas/detection-of-peering-infrastructure-o... SOCIAL MEDIA Get updates, see the latest RIPE Labs articles and start conversations with us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn: https://www.ripe.net/support/contact/social-networking You can find all the previous Member Updates containing an overview of what the RIPE NCC is doing at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/member-update If you have any questions or comments on the material in the Member Update, please let me know. Best regards, Fergal Cunningham Membership Communications Officer RIPE NCC