RIPE NCC Member Update: May 2018 - LIR Statistics - RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2018 - RIPE 76 - RIPE NCC Educa:: IPv6 - Phishing Scam Emails Targeting PayPal Users - RPKI Validator 3.0 - Phasing Out the IP Analyser - RIPE Atlas Anchor Virtual Machines - The End of the Last /8 - A Future Path for the Internet Number Community Within ICANN - Wilfried Woeber Awarded Rob Blokzijl Award - GDPR And the RIPE Database - Upstream Visibility - Broadband Data Provided by Speedchecker - Pilot Training Course for Capacity Building in Remote Areas - RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund - Apply Now - Using Our Event-Organising Tools - Upcoming RIPE NCC Hackathons - ENOG 15 - SEE 7 - Hosting the 2019 SEE Meeting - RACI Call for Applications - EuroDIG from 5-6 June 2018 - Upcoming RIPE NCC Training Courses - What Drives IPv6 Deployment? - RSS News Feeds - Email Tagging - Social Media LIR STATISTICS (change since last update) Number of LIRs: 18,807 (+146) LIRs with IPv6: 13,333 (+59) Policy transfers in April: 910,592 IPv4 addresses (+137,472) All of our published statistics are available on our A to Z stats page: https://labs.ripe.net/statistics/?az=true RIPE NCC GENERAL MEETING MAY 2018 Nine resolutions were approved by the members at the General Meeting (GM) and two new Executive Board members were elected. All the details are available on the GM webpages: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2018/ RIPE 76 The RIPE 76 Meeting in Marseille was by far the best attended RIPE Meeting ever. All the session archives are available so you can check out the videos: https://ripe76.ripe.net/ And you can already visit the website for RIPE 77 in Amsterdam: https://ripe77.ripe.net/ RIPE NCC::EDUCA IPv6 The next RIPE NCC::Educa online educational event will take place on 6 June and will focus on IPv6. See the details and register at: https://www.ripe.net/support/training/ripe-ncc-educa All the videos from the last RIPE NCC::Educa focusing on routing security are now available: https://www.ripe.net/support/training/ripe-ncc-educa/past-ripe-ncc-educa-eve... PHISHING SCAM EMAILS TARGETING PAYPAL USERS Please be aware of phishing scam emails targeting PayPal users that appear to be originating from the RIPE NCC (paypal@ripe.net). Be advised that these emails were *not* sent by the RIPE NCC. If you have received such emails, we advise you to delete them. RPKI VALIDATOR 3.0 At RIPE 76, we announced the beta release of the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator 3.0. This is a new version of our open-source toolset for Resource Certification (RPKI) validation. More information can be found at: https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/rpki-validator-3/wiki PHASING OUT THE IP ANALYSER We'll be removing the IP Analyser from the LIR Portal in the coming weeks because the My Resources area of the portal now provides that functionality and more. RIPE ATLAS ANCHOR VIRTUAL MACHINES The RIPE NCC's pilot program to explore the pros and cons for including Virtual Machines (VMs) in the pool of RIPE Atlas anchors is still ongoing, with five anchor VMs currently up and running. Check out the latest developments and some early results on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/kistel/update-on-the-ripe-atlas-anchor-vm-pilo... THE END OF THE LAST /8 On 17 April 2018, we allocated the last available block of 1,024 addresses in 185/8 - the last /8 we received from IANA back in 2011. Rene Wilhelm looks at how this address space was allocated and how it is being used today: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/wilhelm/so-long-last-8-and-thanks-for-all-the-... A FUTURE PATH FOR THE INTERNET NUMBER COMMUNITY WITHIN ICANN The five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) are asking their communities for guidance on how they should participate within ICANN in the future: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/antony_gollan/deciding-on-a-future-path-for-th... WILFRIED WOEBER AWARDED ROB BLOKZIJL AWARD The Rob Blokzijl Foundation presented the first Rob Blokzijl award to Wilfried Woeber "for more than thirty years of contributions to the development of the Internet: building and interconnecting networks, sharing knowledge, connecting people, building consensus and helping others to contribute and succeed." https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/about-ripe-ncc-and-ripe/wilfried-woeb... GDPR AND THE RIPE DATABASE In the latest RIPE Labs article on how we're implementing GDPR, Maria Styfala looks at amendments to the RIPE Database: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/maria_stafyla/how-were-implementing-the-gdpr-a... UPSTREAM VISIBILITY In a joint venture with Roma Tre University, we developed a new RIPEstat widget that allows you to see the upstreams/peers through which a prefix is seen by RIS. You can get a sneak preview of the beta version: https://stat.ripe.net/widget/upstream-visibility#w.resource=2001:67c:2e8::/4... BROADBAND DATA PROVIDED BY SPEEDCHECKER With the import of new data from Speedchecker's measurement platform, RIPEstat now provides an extensive collection of broadband measurement data ranging from January 2011 to April 2018. The next goal is to provide a close-to-realtime insertion of new measurement data: https://stat.ripe.net/docs/data_api#SpeedcheckerBandwidthMeasurements PILOT TRAINING COURSE FOR CAPACITY BUILDING IN REMOTE AREAS To reach out to people who aren't able to attend training courses in person, and in an effort to diversify and increase our portfolio and delivery mechanisms, we decided to try something new - a full-day online training course streamed directly from the RIPE NCC offices in Amsterdam. Read the RIPE Labs article about this pilot scheme from Massimiliano Stucchi: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/massimiliano_stucchi/pilot-training-course RIPE NCC COMMUNITY PROJECTS FUND The RIPE NCC provides EUR 250,000 per year to support projects of value to the operation and resilience of the Internet, with a focus on tools and services benefitting the technical community in our service region. You can apply for funding until 29 June 2018: https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf USING OUR EVENT-ORGANISING TOOLS We’ve open-sourced and documented some of the tools we use at our events. You can download and reuse these tools for your own event: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/adam_castle/event-tools UPCOMING RIPE NCC HACKATHONS: TOOLS FOR NETWORK OPERATORS AND QUANTUM INTERNET The RIPE NCC is partnering with iNOG and TU Delft to organise hackathons in Dublin and Amsterdam in June and October: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/two-ripe-ncc-hackathons-in-2018-tools-fo... ENOG 15 Moscow, 4-5 June 2018 - Please register at: https://www.enog.org/enog-15/register/ - RIPE NCC Training courses after ENOG 15: https://www.enog.org/enog-15/parallel-events/ - RIPE Networking App https://www.enog.org/enog-15/ripe-networking-app/ - More info about the agenda and the meeting https://www.enog.org/enog-15/ SEE 7 Timisoara, 18-19 June 2018 - Please register at: http://www.ripe.net/see-7/register - RIPE NCC Training courses after SEE 7: https://www.ripe.net/see-7/ripe-ncc-training-courses - RIPE Networking App https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/see/see-7/ripe-n... - More info about the agenda and the meeting: https://www.ripe.net/see-7/ HOSTING THE 2019 SEE MEETING - Are you interested in hosting a SEE Meeting? The Call for Host for SEE 8 from 16-17 April 2019 is out! Apply by 1 June 2018: https://www.ripe.net/see-8/call-for-host RACI CALL FOR APPLICATIONS RACI, the RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative, is calling for applicants from academia and research institutions for the upcoming meetings in Autumn 2018. Successful applicants will receive complimentary tickets, travel and accommodation to the meetings and the opportunity to present their research. The deadline to apply is 12 August for the following meetings: - Regional Meeting, 25 September, Almaty, Kazakhstan - RIPE 77, 15-19 October, Amsterdam, the Netherlands If you are working on interesting research or know someone who is, you can find more information and the application form at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/raci EuroDIG FROM 5-6 JUNE 2018 EuroDIG, the European Dialogue on Internet Governance, will hold its 11th annual event in Tbilisi, Georgia on 5-6 June. Remote participation is available via www.eurodig.org, and the RIPE NCC will also be "live blogging" some of the sessions most relevant to our membership and community. UPCOMING RIPE NCC TRAINING COURSES In the coming month, we'll be delivering training courses in Spain, Russia, the UK, Romania, Iceland and Lebanon. There are also webinars you can take remotely on IPv6 addressing plans and the Root KSK Rollover. All the dates and registration links are available at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses WHAT DRIVES IPv6 DEPLOYMENT? APNIC Chief Scientist Geoff Huston looks at the drivers of IPv6 deployment: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/gih/what-drives-ipv6-deployment RSS NEWS FEEDS News feeds allow you to see when we add new content on a particular subject in a section of the website that you're interested in. You can get the latest headlines as soon as we publish them. https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/feeds EMAIL TAGGING We use tags so you can filter RIPE NCC emails in your own mail client depending on the topics you’re interested in: [meetings], [news], [GM], [service] and [training]. 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