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Finding previous user of IP addresses
by Roland Perry 19 Dec '19

19 Dec '19

I freely admit to being a bit rusty on these matters, so please indulge me. Now that ipv4 address space is so scarce, but demand continues, I'm aware of a public sector organisation who changed ISP, and was renumbered with what have apparently turned out to be rather dirty addresses. Such that many blue-chip ecommerce providers have them blacklisted as a result of their former life. (Why it takes so long to un-black-list them is a separate debate). My question is this: how can the organisations responsible for that former life be identified (in general terms) so that the end users can at least given a plausible explanation for why their connectivity has been so badly affected. As far as I know, all the new ISP is prepared to divulge is "we are working on it", and all the users' IT departments are prepared to divulge is "Our new ISP says he's working on it". If this isn't the right place to ask, I'm happy to be directed elsewhere. -- Roland Perry

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New on RIPE Labs: Our Approach to the Cloud
by Mirjam Kuehne 01 Dec '19

01 Dec '19

Dear colleagues, We have plans to move some of our technical infrastructure to the cloud in order to achieve greater agility in our technical setup. Kaveh Ranjbar, our Chief Information Officer explains our approach on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/kranjbar/our-approach-to-the-cloud Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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Proposal: optimized rev-DNS operations
by Kurt Kayser 29 Oct '19

29 Oct '19

Dear RIPE NCC Services-WG, please have a look at a new proposal: _Purpose: optimize Reverse-DNS operations_ 1. Assumption: There is a ton of negative reverse-DNS replies (no PTR-record/NXDOMAIN) returned from the RIPE NCC rev-DNS-Servers, for all not-yet-delegated address-blocks they are responsible for (also called “lame” delegations ?). 2. Question: How could this be optimized or at least encouraged to be fixed? Proposal: The RIPE NCC ops starts collecting statistics per member/LIR account of negative reverse-DNS queries for a respective address block (which is not yet delegated) and reports those statistics optionally to the LIRs, sorted by amount (i.e. top10 or top20 list in a fixed interval - say 1/month). There should be NO information about WHO requested rev-DNS values or when. Just a simple, aggregated summary of top requested addresses/blocks. 3. In case a member opts-in to view such statistics, one could decide to actively reply to such reverse-DNS requests and instead offer “good results” for requests, the address owners would never would see. 4. As a result: better performance, less errors through better infomation for RIR-members. I propose to run a test with a given address-block, which are not yet reverse-delegated and check if this approach is feasable, or where breakpoints might be, if this needs to work at a larger scale (across all rev-DNS Servers, operated by RIPE NCC for many members ideally). Best regards, Kurt Kayser

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Planned Maintenance Affecting the LIR Portal (18-19 October 2019)
by Matt Parker 11 Oct '19

11 Oct '19

Dear colleagues, We will soon begin migrating our ERP system to an online environment. This work will start at 16:00 (UTC+2) on Friday 18 October and last until 16:00 (UTC+2) on Saturday 19 October. The LIR Portal and other services within the LIR Portal will be unavailable during this period. This will include LIR account updates, new LIR applications, processing of payments, and ROA creation. We chose this window to minimise disruption between the RIPE Meeting and the expected IPv4 run-out in November. If you experience any problems accessing the LIR portal after this period, please contact us at <ncc(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Matt Parker Business Analyst RIPE NCC

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Synchronising Users from the LIR Portal to the Default Maintainer in the RIPE Database
by Edward Shryane 23 Sep '19

23 Sep '19

Dear colleagues, Following a request by the Database Working Group earlier this year, we have implemented a new feature to synchronise users from the LIR Portal to the Default Maintainer in the RIPE Database. More information can be found in the Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/ed_shryane/synchronising-users-from-the-lir-p… The discussion by the DB-WG was defined as the Numbered Work Item NWI-8 : https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/numbered-work-items We plan to deploy this new feature to production next Monday, 23rd September. Regards, Ed Shryane RIPE NCC

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NCC Services WG - Draft Agenda RIPE 79
by Bijal Sanghani 18 Sep '19

18 Sep '19

Dear all, Below and online you can find the NCC Services working group draft agenda, any additions or comments please let us know. - https://ripe79.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/services-wg/ Best regards, NCC Services working group co-chairs == Date: Wednesday 16th October 2019 Time: 16.00 - 17.45 Chair: Kurtis Lindqvist Co-Chair: Rob Evans, Bijal Sanghani A. Administrative Matters (5 minutes) Welcome Select a scribe Finalise agenda Approve minutes from RIPE 78 - https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/services/minutes/ripe-ncc-services… <https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/services/minutes/ripe-ncc-services…> B. RIPE NCC Update Axel Pawlik, RIPE NCC (20 minutes) C. Operational Update Felipe Victolla Silveira, RIPE NCC (20 minutes) D. RIPE NCC Survey 2019 - Key Findings Brenda Mainland, Survey Matters and Fergal Cunningham, RIPE NCC (20 mins) E. RIPE NCC Certified Professionals Sandra Bras, RIPE NCC (15 minutes) F. Open Microphone Session (5 minutes) Z. Any other business (5 minutes)

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NCC Services WG - Draft Minutes RIPE 78
by Bijal Sanghani 10 Sep '19

10 Sep '19

Dear All, The draft minutes from the NCC Services WG at RIPE 78 are now available online: https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/services/minutes/ripe-ncc-services… Please feel free to send comments to the chairs or the mailing list. Apologies these are a bit late, have a lovely day. Kind regards, NCC Services WG Chairs

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Issues with the legal entities from the Russian Federation
by network＠g-bit.ru 21 Aug '19

21 Aug '19

Hello, Our company have been a RIPE NCC member for almost 1 year and a few days ago we applied for an additional LIR account, but got a strange request from the RIPE NCC's Customer Services representative that can't be legally fulfilled and that shows that there are errors or inaccuracies in the internal guidelines or documentation regarding the legal entities from the Russian Federation that I would like to clarify. On 12.09.2016 the Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation issued the order No. MMB-7-14/481@ "On approval of the form and content of the document confirming the fact of making an entry in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities..." (official copy offered by the Ministry of Justice: https://minjust.consultant.ru/documents/20942). According to this document the Federal Tax Service has replaced an official company formation confirmation document known as Certificate of state registration (in Russian: "Свидетельство о государственной регистрации") with a new document called Record list (in Russian: "Лист записи") and stopped to issue the Certificates for all the companies incorporated after 01.01.2017. At the same time electronic company formation became very popular in the past few years that means a lot of the companies now have their incorporation documents only in digital format. Thus, at this moment we have at least the following 4 types of the documents for the Russian companies that are valid to verify that it is exist and registered as it is required by the RIPE-700 document: 1. Certificate of state registration with a stamp and signature of the Federal Tax Service for the companies registered before 01.01.2017 2. Certificate of state registration with a digital signature of the Federal Tax Service for the companies registered electronically before 01.01.2017 3. Record list with a stamp and signature of the Federal Tax Service for the companies registered after 01.01.2017 4. Record list with a digital signature of the Federal Tax Service for the companies registered electronically after 01.01.2017 But according to our current communication, the RIPE NCC is aware of only the first type of document and requires us (a company incorporated after 01.01.2017) to provide it (and that's simply impossible). Moreover, all the Russian companies can be also freely validated and verified online using the Public Business Register offered by the Federal Tax Service (https://egrul.nalog.ru/index.html) and this extract can also be used as a company existence confirmation. So, I would like to ask the RIPE NCC to check the mentioned document and update the internal policies on the Russian entities in accordance with the modern realities. Regards, Boris Lomov

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by Andrew Ivas 08 Aug '19

08 Aug '19

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Re: [ncc-services-wg] Issue with membership/registering resources with a german GmbH & Co. KG
by Linda Slaakweg 08 Aug '19

08 Aug '19

Dear colleagues, We provided some clarification on this topic on the Members Discuss mailing list back in February: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2019-February/00327… <https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2019-February/00327…> We also presented on this at RIPE 78: https://ripe78.ripe.net/presentations/109-109-Due-diligence_RIPE-78-updated… <https://ripe78.ripe.net/presentations/109-109-Due-diligence_RIPE-78-updated…> Essentially, we can only accept an agreement that has been signed by a natural or legal person (meaning that the entity has separate legal personality). While partnerships may be able to enter into agreements in some jurisdictions, liability is not as clearly defined here as in the case of legal persons. It's important to consider that there are many unique legal structures in our service region and our ability to respond to specific cases needs to be balanced against the need to treat all members the same. When it comes to the German "Kommanditsgesellschaft" or "KG" (limited partnership), we follow the information provided to us by the German Handelsregister. For example, the website of the Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce states: "The KG does not possess its own legal personality distinct from the partners themselves." https://www.frankfurt-main.ihk.de/english/business/legal_forms/kg/index.html <https://www.frankfurt-main.ihk.de/english/business/legal_forms/kg/index.html> As the Legal Team at the RIPE NCC, we follow the relevant case law that is developing around this issue. We will also review any information members wish to send us which may help to clarify certain legal specifics regarding their organisation. Kind regards, Linda Slaakweg Legal Counsel RIPE NCC

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