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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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Policy Proposal 2025-02 Review Phase (Revocation of Persistently Non-functional Delegated RPKI CAs)
by Karen Hung 07 Aug '25

07 Aug '25

Dear colleagues, Policy proposal 2025-02, "Revocation of Persistently Non-functional Delegated RPKI CAs", is now in the Review Phase. The RIPE NCC has prepared an impact analysis on this proposal to support the community’s discussion. You can find the proposal and impact analysis at: https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/proposals/2025-02/ https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/proposals/2025-02#impact-analysis And the draft document at: https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/proposals/2025-02/draft/ As per the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP), the purpose of this four-week Review Phase is to continue the discussion of the proposal taking the impact analysis into consideration, and to review the full draft RIPE Policy Document. At the end of the Review Phase, the Working Group (WG) Chairs will determine whether the WG has reached rough consensus. It is therefore important to provide your opinion, even if it is simply a restatement of your input from the previous phase. We encourage you to read the proposal, impact analysis and draft document and to send any comments to routing-wg(a)ripe.net <mailto:routing-wg@ripe.net> before 5 September 2025. Kind regards, Karen Hung On behalf of Policy Officer RIPE NCC

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2025-02 New Policy Proposal (Revocation of Persistently Non-functional Delegated RPKI CAs)
by Angela Dall'Ara 05 Jun '25

05 Jun '25

Dear colleagues, A new RIPE Policy Proposal, 2025-02, "Revocation of Persistently Non-functional Delegated RPKI CAs" is now available for discussion. 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. You can find the full proposal at: https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/proposals/2025-02/ As per the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP), the purpose of the 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 routing-wg(a)ripe.net before 4 July 2025. Kind regards, Angela Dall'Ara Policy Officer RIPE NCC

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2024-02 Review Phase (IPv6 Initial Allocations /28)
by Angela Dall'Ara 13 May '25

13 May '25

Dear colleagues, Policy proposal 2024-02, "IPv6 Initial Allocations /28 ", is now in the Review Phase. This proposal aims to change the initial IPv6 allocation size from /29 to /28 and allow one IPv6 allocation extension per member to /28 without justification. This proposal has been updated and it is now at version 3.0. The main difference from version 2.0 is that one IPv6 allocation extension up to /28 without justification is allowed per member instead of per LIR. The RIPE NCC has prepared an impact analysis on this proposal to support the community’s discussion. You can find the proposal and impact analysis at: https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/proposals/2024-02/ https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/proposals/2024-02#impact-analysis And the draft document at: https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/proposals/2024-02/draft/ <https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/proposals/2024-02/draft/> As per the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP), the purpose of this four-week Review Phase is to continue the discussion of the proposal taking the impact analysis into consideration, and to review the full draft RIPE Policy Document. At the end of the Review Phase, the Working Group (WG) Chairs will determine whether the WG has reached rough consensus. It is therefore important to provide your opinion, even if it is simply a restatement of your input from the previous phase. We encourage you to read the proposal, impact analysis and draft document and to send any comments to address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net before 11 June 2025. Kind regards, Angela Dall'Ara Policy Officer RIPE NCC

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2025-01 New Policy Proposal (ASN assignment criteria revisited)
by Angela Dall'Ara 06 May '25

06 May '25

Dear colleagues, A new RIPE Policy Proposal, 2025-01, "ASN assignment criteria revisited" is now available for discussion. This proposal aims to to simplify requirements for new ASNs, while ensuring that the requirements are enforceable in practice and preventing the exponential exhaustion of 32-bit ASN space. 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 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 4 June 2025. Kind regards, Angela Dall'Ara Policy Officer RIPE NCC

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2024-02 New Version Policy Proposal (IPv6 Initial Allocations /28)
by Angela Dall'Ara 27 Feb '25

27 Feb '25

Dear colleagues,    RIPE policy proposal 2024-02, "IPv6 Initial Allocations /28 " is now available for discussion again.   This proposal aims to change the initial IPv6 allocation size from /29 to /28.  Following the last round of discussion, this proposal has been updated and it is now at version 2.0.  The main differences from version 1.0 are that it allows the provision without additional documentation of initial allocations from /32 up to /28, instead of /32 or /28, and only a single existing allocation extension 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 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 28 March 2025.     Kind regards,    Angela Dall'Ara   Policy Officer   RIPE NCC

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