Dominic, Dominic Schallert:
we noticed that the PGP-Key for ncc@ripe.net <mailto:ncc@ripe.net> (Key ID: C6839AEF) has expired on the 2nd of February 2018. As of writing, no new public keys have been published over at https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/contact/ripe-ncc-pgp-keys
Looking ahead to the rollout of the EU GDPR in May 2018, it might be beneficial to allow for PGP-encrypted communication between LIRs and RIPE NCC, besides the existing PGP-based database authentication mechanism.
Thanks for noticing this and bringing it up. One might say that since you are the first to notice and report this, almost a month after it expired, perhaps we should abandon PGP as a communication mechanism? Maybe we should ask the RIPE NCC to provide a more modern secure channel to communicate with them, such as Signal or some other open source encryption technology? Cheers, -- Shane