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2026-01 New Policy Proposal (Simplify assignment of first ASN)
by Angela Dall'Ara 07 Jul '26

07 Jul '26

Dear colleagues, A new RIPE Policy Proposal, 2026-01 "Simplify assignment of first ASN" is now available for discussion. This proposal aims to remove the needs assessment for the first AS Number requested by holders of an IP address prefix assigned or allocated directly by the RIPE NCC. You can find the full proposal at: https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/proposals/2026-01 As per the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP), the purpose of the Discussion Phase is to discuss the proposal and provide feedback to the proposer. At the end of the Discussion Phase, the proposer, with the agreement of the WG Chairs, will decide how to proceed with the proposal. The PDP document can be found at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-781 We encourage you to review this proposal and send your comments to address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net before 5 August 2026. Kind regards, Angela Dall'Ara Policy Officer RIPE NCC

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2025-01 Policy Proposal Withdrawn (ASN assignment criteria revisited)
by Angela Dall'Ara 06 Jul '26

06 Jul '26

Dear colleagues, The policy proposal 2025-01, "ASN assignment criteria revisited” has been withdrawn.  This proposal aimed to simplify the requirements for new ASNs, while preventing the exponential exhaustion of 32-bit ASN space.  The proposal is archived and can be found at:   https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/archived-policy-proposals/ Reason for withdrawal: The proposer decided to work on a new proposal based on the feedback received. Please note that as per RIPE Policy Development Process “After a withdrawal, anyone is free to re-introduce the topic on the mailing list.“ The PDP document can be found at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-781/ Kind regards, Angela Dall'Ara Policy Officer RIPE NCC

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2025-02 Policy Proposal Implemented (Revocation of Persistently Non-functional Delegated RPKI CAs)
by Angela Dall'Ara 08 Jun '26

08 Jun '26

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that we have implemented the RIPE Policy Proposal 2025-02 “Revocation of Persistently Non-functional Delegated RPKI CAs”. This policy provides a mandate to the RIPE NCC to revoke resource certificates associated with longtime non-functional delegated Certificate Authorities to reduce Relying Party workloads. The archived policy proposal can be found at: https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/proposals/2025-02/ The RIPE Document, "Revocation of Persistently Non-functional Delegated RPKI CAs" is available at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-847/ Kind regards, Angela Dall'Ara Policy Officer RIPE NCC

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2024-01 New Discussion Phase (Revised IPv6 PI Assignment Policy)
by Angela Dall'Ara 26 Mar '26

26 Mar '26

Dear colleagues,   Version 2 of RIPE policy proposal 2024-01 "Revised IPv6 PI Assignment Policy" is now available for discussion again. The proposers and the APWG Chairs decided to open a new Discussion Phase because of the limited feedback received in the previous one. You can find the full proposal at: https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/proposals/2024-01 As per the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP), the purpose of this four-week Discussion Phase is to discuss the proposal and provide feedback to the proposers. At the end of the Discussion Phase, the proposers, with the agreement of the WG Chairs, will decide how to proceed with the proposal.   The PDP document can be found at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-781  We encourage you to review this proposal and send your comments to  address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net before 24 April 2026.   Kind regards,   Angela Dall'Ara Policy Officer RIPE NCC

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2024-02 Policy Proposal Withdrawn (IPv6 Initial Allocations /28 and extension to /28)
by Angela Dall'Ara 26 Feb '26

26 Feb '26

Dear colleagues,   The policy proposal 2024-02, "IPv6 Initial Allocations /28 and extension to /28” has been withdrawn.   This proposal aimed to change the initial IPv6 allocation size from up to /29 to up to /28 and allow the extension of one IPv6 allocation per LIR up to /28 without justification.   The proposal is archived and can be found at:  https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/archived-policy-proposals/archive…   Reason for withdrawal:  The proposer did not feel that any further redrafting of the proposal would achieve consensus. Please note that as per RIPE Policy Development Process “After a withdrawal, anyone is free to re-introduce the topic on the mailing list.“ The PDP document can be found at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-781 Kind regards, Angela Dall'Ara Policy Officer RIPE NCC

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2024-01 Discussion Phase (Revised IPv6 PI Assignment Policy)
by Angela Dall'Ara 30 Oct '25

30 Oct '25

Dear colleagues,   A new version of RIPE policy proposal 2024-01 "Revised IPv6 PI Assignment Policy" is now available for discussion.   Following the last round of discussion, this proposal has been updated and it is now at version 2.0.  The main difference from version 1.0 is that the definition of 'End Site' has been removed along with the re-evaluation of addressing needs when requesting an additional or larger assignment. The authors made this version more concise and readable, and moved Purposes and Considerations under the Motivation section. You can find the full proposal at: https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/proposals/2024-01 As per the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP), the purpose of this six-week Discussion Phase is to discuss the proposal and provide feedback to the proposers. At the end of the Discussion Phase, the proposers, with the agreement of the WG Chairs, will decide how to proceed with the proposal.   The PDP document can be found at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-781  We encourage you to review this proposal and send your comments to  address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net before 28 November 2025.   Kind regards,   Angela Dall'Ara Policy Officer RIPE NCC

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2025-01 New Version Policy Proposal (ASN assignment criteria revisited)
by Angela Dall'Ara 16 Oct '25

16 Oct '25

Dear colleagues,   A new version of RIPE policy proposal 2025-01, "ASN assignment criteria revisited" is now available for discussion.  Following the last round of discussion, this proposal has been updated and it is now at version 2.0.  The main difference from version 1.0 is that it applies the same usage requirements to all AS numbers. You can find the full proposal at:  https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/proposals/2025-01/ As per the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP), the purpose of this four-week Discussion Phase is to discuss the proposal and provide feedback to the proposers.   At the end of the Discussion Phase, the proposers, with the agreement of the WG Chairs, will decide how to proceed with the proposal.   The PDP document can be found at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-781  We encourage you to review this proposal and send your comments to  address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net before 14 November 2025.   Kind regards, Angela Dall'Ara Policy Officer RIPE NCC

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2025-02 Proposal Accepted (Revocation of Persistently Non-functional Delegated RPKI CAs)
by Angela Dall'Ara 15 Oct '25

15 Oct '25

Dear colleagues, Consensus has been reached on 2025-02 "Revocation of Persistently Non-functional Delegated RPKI CAs".[ This policy proposal aimed to provide a mandate to the RIPE NCC to revoke resource certificates associated with longtime non-functional CAs to reduce Relying Party workloads. You can find the full proposal at: https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/proposals/2025-02/ The new RIPE Document is called ripe-847 and is available at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-847/ We will send another announcement once the implementation is complete and the new procedures are in place. Thanks to everyone who provided input.  Kind regards, Angela Dall'Ara Policy Officer RIPE NCC

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2024-02 New Version Policy Proposal (IPv6 Initial Allocations /28 and extension to /28)
by Angela Dall'Ara 25 Sep '25

25 Sep '25

Dear colleagues,   A new version of RIPE policy proposal 2024-02 "IPv6 Initial Allocations /28 and extension to /28" is now available for discussion.  Following the last round of discussion, this proposal has been updated and it is now at version 4.0.  The main difference from version 3.0 is that it allows the extension without additional documentation of a single allocation per LIR instead of per Member. You can find the full proposal at: https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/proposals/2024-02/ As per the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP), the purpose of this six-week Discussion Phase is to discuss the proposal and provide feedback to the proposers. At the end of the Discussion Phase, the proposers, with the agreement of the WG Chairs, will decide how to proceed with the proposal.   The PDP document can be found at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-781  We encourage you to review this proposal and send your comments to  address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net before 7 November 2025.   Kind regards,   Angela Dall'Ara Policy Officer RIPE NCC

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2025-02 Last Call for Comments (Revocation of Persistently Non-functional Delegated RPKI CAs)
by Angela Dall'Ara 10 Sep '25

10 Sep '25

Dear colleagues, Proposal 2025-02, "Revocation of Persistently Non-functional Delegated RPKI CAs" is now in Concluding Phase. This proposal suggests providing a mandate to the RIPE NCC to revoke resource certificates associated with longtime non-functional CAs to reduce Relying Party workloads. The WG co-chairs have declared that rough consensus has been reached and the proposal will now move to Last Call. As per the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP), the purpose of this four-week Concluding Phase is to give an opportunity to present well-justified objections for those who missed the previous two phases and wish to oppose the proposal. Any objection must be made before 9 October 2025 and must be supported by an explanation. If no substantive objections are raised by the end of Last Call, the proposal will complete the PDP and will be evaluated by the WG co-chairs for final consensus. You can find the full proposal at: https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/proposals/2025-02/ Please e-mail any final comments about this proposal to routing-wg(a)ripe.net before 9 October 2025. Kind regards, Angela Dall'Ara Policy Officer RIPE NCC

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