Dear colleagues, The fourth day of RIPE 68 saw some lively discussions on a variety of issues, with 564 participants checked in. The full Daily Meeting Report is available online: https://ripe68.ripe.net/programme/report/thursday Some of Thursday's highlights included: - The formation of the Connect Working Group - A talk about Internet-wide active scanning and ethics by Zakir Durumeric, University of Michigan - A community discussion of the NTIA’s intention to transition out of IANA oversight. - The RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (RACI) BoF You can participate in RIPE 68 sessions remotely: https://ripe68.ripe.net/live/ Archived webcasts of all sessions are available at: https://ripe68.ripe.net/archives/ We will update the Daily Meeting Report online each day. Stay tuned! https://ripe68.ripe.net/programme/report/ Fatemah Mafi On behalf of The RIPE Meeting Organisation Team RIPE NCC