RIPE NCC Member Update: March 2018 - LIR Statistics - RIPE NCC::Educa - Routing Security - RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) - RIPE NCC Executive Board Election - Volunteers for RIPE NCC Arbiters Panel - Upcoming RIPE NCC Member Lunches - BGP Looking Glass 2.0 - Historical Whois - Visibility of Non-Originating ASNs - RIPE Atlas Daily Archives - RIPE NCC Hackathons - RIPE 76, Marseille - RIPE Networking App 2.0 - SEE 7 CfP Deadline Approaching - ENOG 15, Moscow - IPv6 Addressing Plan for IoT Networks - Review of RIPE NCC MoUs - How We're Implementing the GDPR - Part 3 - Upcoming Training Courses and Webinars - RIPE NCC Presentations - Monthly Policy Updates - Positions Available at the RIPE NCC - RSS News Feeds - Email Tagging - Social Media LIR STATISTICS (change since last update) Number of LIRs: 18,322 (+238) LIRs with IPv6: 13,118 (+123) IPv4 addresses transferred in February: 104,192 (-328,448) All of our published statistics are available on our A to Z stats page: https://labs.ripe.net/statistics/?az=true RIPE NCC::Educa - ROUTING SECURITY The next RIPE NCC::Educa event focusing on Routing Security will take place on 10 April 2018. RIPE NCC::Educa are free, day-long online events focused on specific areas of interest to the Internet community. Interested in taking part? Register now at: https://www.ripe.net/support/training/ripe-ncc-educa RIPE NCC GENERAL MEETING (GM) Registration is open to all members for the GM, taking place from 16 May 2018. At the GM, there will be updates from RIPE NCC Management and the Executive Board, and members will vote on next year's RIPE NCC Charging Scheme and other important resolutions. There will also be an Executive Board election. All details including registration links are available from the GM webpages: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2018/ RIPE NCC EXECUTIVE BOARD ELECTION At the GM, there will be an election to fill two seats on the Executive Board. There are currently three nominees and two confirmed candidates. You can nominate or support a candidate until 25 April. The call for nominations with all the details is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2018/call-for-nomi... VOLUNTEERS FOR RIPE NCC ARBITERS PANEL The Executive Board is seeking volunteers to join the RIPE NCC Arbiters Panel. You can volunteer until 4 April. The details are available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2018/call-for-volu... UPCOMING RIPE NCC MEMBER LUNCHES The RIPE NCC is coming to meet its members in Rome, Yekaterinburg, Prague, Vienna and Munich! These lunches are free to attend and have limited space so please register soon to avoid missing out. All the registration links are available from: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/member-lunches/ BGP LOOKING GLASS 2.0 With one RIPE NCC Route Collector (RRC) left in the old Looking Glass (version 0.3), the new version (2.0) is about to become the new default on RIPEstat. Make sure you are ready for the transition. See the data call documentation for version 2.0: https://stat.ripe.net/docs/data_api#LookingGlass And you can see an example at: https://stat.ripe.net/data/looking-glass/data.json?resource=2001:67c:2e8::/48&preferred_version=2.0 HISTORICAL WHOIS This newly-developed RIPEstat widget allows you to look into the past of RIPE Database objects. Conveniently, it comes with a feature to compare versions and visually identify historical changes: https://stat.ripe.net/widget/historical-whois#w.resource=AS3333 VISIBILITY OF NON-ORIGINATING ASNs The RIPEstat AS Overview widget has been extended to not only show whether an ASN originates prefixes but also if it has been visible for other routes in RIS: https://stat.ripe.net/widget/as-overview#w.resource=AS3333 RIPE ATLAS DAILY ARCHIVES RIPE Atlas daily archives for public measurements are now a permanent feature of RIPE Atlas. Read all about it at: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/stephen_strowes/here-to-stay-ripe-atlas-daily-... RIPE NCC HACKATHONS Vesna Manojlovic looks at success of previous RIPE NCC Hackathons, talks about the long-term benefits of these events and lets us know about upcoming hackathons that we are involved with: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/hackathons-are-awesome RIPE 76, MARSEILLE You can register for RIPE 76 at: https://ripe76.ripe.net/register/ The deadline to apply for the RIPE Fellowship is 6 April: https://ripe76.ripe.net/attend/ripe-fellowship/ ONSITE CHILDCARE AT RIPE 76 Onsite childcare will be available for the first time at RIPE 76. Amanda Gowland explains how this pilot scheme is part of efforts to increase diversity and inclusion at RIPE Meetings: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/agowland/hey-parents-in-tech-weve-got-on-site-... RIPE NETWORKING APP 2.0 We received a lot of great feedback at RIPE 75, and we used that to make some improvements to the RIPE Networking app. We now have a better offline mode, an easier way of searching for participants, and we’ve improved the ability to filter on profile tags. If you attended RIPE 75, we’ve also imported your profile information and events history. You can find out more and download the app shortly from: https://ripe76.ripe.net/on-site/ripe-networking-app/ SEE 7 CFP DEADLINE APPROACHING SEE 7 takes place in Timisoara, Romania from 18-19 June. The deadline to submit a presentation is tomorrow, 16 March. All the meeting details, including the call for presentations and registration page, are available from: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/see/see-7 ENOG 15, MOSCOW ENOG 15 takes place in Moscow from 4-5 June. The call for presentations deadline is 1 April. You can already register for the meeting from the ENOG webpages: https://www.enog.org/enog-15/ IPv6 ADDRESSING PLAN FOR IoT NETWORKS ITU Study Group 20, dealing with the Internet of Things, have accepted the offer of the RIPE IPv6 Working Group to review a draft recommendation on an IPv6 addressing plan for IoT networks. If you have experience with IPv6 or the Internet of Things, please have a look at the draft document and provide feedback via the IPv6 Working Group mailing list: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ipv6-wg/2018-March/003183.html REVIEW OF RIPE NCC MoUs Gergana Petrova looks at the past 18 months in which the RIPE NCC has strengthened its relationships with various organisations by signing Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with them: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/gergana_petrova/looking-back-at-a-year-and-a-h... HOW WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THE GDPR: PART 3 In our third RIPE Labs article on the GDPR, Athina Fragkouli looks at the legal basis for processing personal data in the RIPE Database when it refers to an individual resource holder or contact person. It also outlines the relevant obligations of the responsible parties: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/Athina/gdpr-legal-grounds-for-lawful-personal-... UPCOMING TRAINING COURSES AND WEBINARS In the coming month, we'll be delivering training courses in Georgia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Russia and Kuwait. There are also webinars you can take remotely on the RIPE Database and the Root KSK Rollover. All the dates and registration links are available at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses RIPE NCC PRESENTATIONS The RIPE NCC gives presentations on many Internet administration-related topics. These presentations, together with details on how to request a speaker for your event, are available from: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/press-centre/publications/presentations MONTHLY POLICY UPDATES The RIPE NCC sends a monthly update on the status of policy proposals in the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP). You can find all the updates at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/policy-updates POSITIONS AVAILABLE AT THE RIPE NCC We are hiring a Network and IP Management Specialist, a Technical Trainer, a User Interface Engineer and an Administrative Assistant. If you know someone who might be interested in coming to work with us in Amsterdam, please send them this link: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/staff/working-at-the-ripe-ncc 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