Dear RIPE NCC members, The August 2025 Member Update is now available on our website at: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/member-update-august-2025/ You can also read the update below. 1. Registry – LIR Stats – OAuth 2.0 Available for the RIPE Database 2. Information Services – Khipu: Prototype RIPE Atlas Traceroute Visualisation Tool – Expanding AuthDNS - Impact of Adding a New Node in the Philippines – ICANN Consultation: Functional Model for Root Server System Governance 3. Community and Engagement – Register for One of Our Upcoming Meetings – Policy Proposal “2025-02 Revocation of Persistently Non-functional Delegated RPKI CAs” – Second Consultation on Updating ICP-2 – Advancing RPKI: NRO RPKI Program in 2025 for Trust, Transparency and User Experience – The RIPE Labs Article Competition - RIPE 91 – RIPE NCC Upcoming Courses and Webinars 4. Organisational Update – Register Now for the General Meeting October 2025 – NRO NC: Call for Nominations 2025 – RIR Governance Document Consultation Summary Report Published – ICANN Consultation: Functional Model for Root Server System Governance 1. Registry – LIR Stats Number of LIR accounts: 20,909 (+23) Number of members: 20,018 (+30) IPv4 addresses transferred in July: 1,392,384 (-1,131,904) LIRs with IPv6: 15,770 (+25) LIRs on IPv4 Waiting List: 877 Days that first LIR in queue has been waiting: 557 % of IPv4 address space covered by ROAs: 73% % of IPv6 address space covered by ROAs: 41% ARCs completed in July: 274 ARCs – OAuth 2.0 Available for the RIPE Database RIPE NCC members can now use OAuth 2.0 to authenticate applications that interact with the RIPE Database. This requested feature supports secure delegated access, allowing third parties to make changes to database objects without exposing user credentials. https://labs.ripe.net/author/adonis_stergiopoulos/oauth-20-available-for-the... 2. Information Services – Khipu: Prototype RIPE Atlas Traceroute Visualisation Tool The RIPE Atlas team is developing a new tool for traceroute visualisations that should make analysing large traceroute measurements much clearer and easier. https://labs.ripe.net/author/stephen_suess_1/khipu-prototype-ripe-atlas-trac... – Expanding AuthDNS - Impact of Adding a New Node in the Philippines In June 2025 we activated a new AuthDNS node, hosted at Maharlika IX in Makati City, Manilla Metro, Philippines. In this article we look at what impact this had for DNS clients in the country as well as to the AuthDNS system as a whole. https://labs.ripe.net/author/wilhelm/expanding-authdns-impact-of-adding-a-ne... – ICANN Consultation: Functional Model for Root Server System Governance. ICANN is seeking public comments on a proposed “Functional Model” for governance of the DNS root server system. https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/functional-model-for-root... 3. Community and Engagement – Register for One of Our Upcoming Meetings CAPIF 4, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 25-26 September 2025 https://www.ripe.net/meetings/regional-meetings/capif/capif-4/ RIPE 91, Bucharest, Romania, 20-24 October 2025 https://ripe91.ripe.net/ MENOG 25, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 27-28 November 2025 https://www.menog.org/meetings/menog-25/ – Policy Proposal “2025-02 Revocation of Persistently Non-functional Delegated RPKI CAs” The Review Phase started on 7 August. You can submit your comments to the Routing WG Mailing List before 5 September. https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/proposals/2025-02/ – Second Consultation on Updating ICP-2 The NRO NC will soon publish an updated draft of the “RIR Governance Document” intended to replace ICP-2. They will also invite input from the RIPE community on this second draft through the RIPE Discussion list, in an online RIPE NCC Open House session and during the upcoming RIPE Meeting. More details will be published soon. – Advancing RPKI: NRO RPKI Program in 2025 for Trust, Transparency and User Experience Sofía Silva Berenguer gives an update on the NRO RPKI Program which aims to enhance the transparency, robustness and security of the RPKI system while also increasing the consistency of the RPKI system user experience across RIRs. https://labs.ripe.net/author/sofia_silva_berenguer/advancing-rpki-nro-rpki-p... – The RIPE Labs Article Competition - RIPE 91 The RIPE Labs article competition is still open until 5 September for submission. Tell your story on RIPE Labs and win a chance to join us at RIPE 91 this October in Bucharest, Romania. https://labs.ripe.net/competitions/ripe-labs-article-competition-ripe-91/ – RIPE NCC Upcoming Courses and Webinars September: Wed, 3 September - LIR Training Course (Skopje, Macedonia) Thu, 4 September - IPv6 Fundamentals Training Course (Skopje, Macedonia) Fri, 5 September - RIPE Database Training Course (Skopje, Macedonia) Wed, 10 September - IPv6 Advanced Training Course (Helsinki, Finland) Fri, 12 September - IPv6 Security Training Course (Helsinki, Finland) Wed, 17 September - IPv6 Security Training Course (Ljubljana, Slovenia) Thu, 18 September - BGP Routing Security Training Course (Ljubljana, Slovenia) Mon, 22 September - IPv6 Advanced Training Course (Almaty, Kazakhstan) Wed, 24 September - IPv6 Security Training Course (Almaty, Kazakhstan) Mon, 29 September - IPv6 Fundamentals Training Course (Budapest, Hungary) Tue, 30 September - BGP Routing Security Training Course (Budapest, Hungary) You can register for these courses and webinars at: https://learning.ripe.net/w/upcoming/ Interested in becoming a Local Host for RIPE NCC Training Courses?: https://labs.ripe.net/author/olivia-ruimwijk/local-hosts-for-ripe-ncc-traini... 4. Organisational Update – Register Now for the General Meeting October 2025 Registration is now open for the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) October 2025, taking place 22-24 October 2025. The meeting will be held online for remote participants and onsite in Bucharest, Romania, at the JW Marriott Grand Hotel, alongside RIPE 91. Register at: https://my.ripe.net/#/meetings/active – NRO NC: Call for Nominations 2025 The call for nominations to fill one seat on the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) is open until 29 September 2025. An election will be held during RIPE 91 to fill this seat for a three-year term starting in January 2026 and ending in December 2028. https://www.ripe.net/community/nro-nc/nro-nc-nominations-october-2025/ – RIR Governance Document Consultation Summary Report Published The Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) has completed its qualitative analysis and summary of the community responses received in response to the community engagements to gather feedback on the draft Governance Document for the Recognition, Maintenance, and Derecognition of Regional Internet Registries (“RIR Governance Document”). https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/rir-governance-document-consultation-summ... We’ll be back next month with more news! Best regards, Boris Duval Communications Officer RIPE NCC