Dear colleagues,
RIPE NCC staff will be sharing key moments and takeaways from the
sessions at the global IGF taking place this week. You can already find
a few posts there from the week of pre-events:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/gergana_petrova/igf-2020-liveblog
Let us know what you thought. Any feedback and comments are very welcome!
Best regards,
Gergana
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Gergana Petrova
External Relations
RIPE NCC
Dear colleagues,
We just received a message that the EU Ministers of the Transport, Telecommunications, and Energy Council, in their meeting today, have agreed to the general approach on the NIS 2 proposal. This now paves the way for the negotiations, the so called trilogue, to start early next year and develop a final compromise proposal.
While the official text has not been published yet, we have seen a copy of the working document that shows that the Council position has also removed the DNS root servers from the scope of the directive, together with a short inclusion in the text that emphasises the role of multistakeholder Internet governance. We expect that this text has not been changed prior to today's meeting and is part of the general approach that was just endorsed.
This means that as the negotiations start, both the EU member states and the European Parliament will come to the table with a position that the DNS root servers should be removed from the scope of the NIS 2 proposal. This leaves us with some confidence that the final outcome will reflect those positions and exclude the DNS root servers.
Further to the concerns of the community, the Council text also has significant changes to the scope of the DNS services in general, which I think will limit the impact of the proposal, especially on smaller operators or entities who run a DNS server only for their own purpose.
The Council issued a press release: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/12/03/strength…
I would like to thank all my colleagues and community members who have helped to convey the message that governance of the DNS root servers should be left to the multistakeholder community and the risks that the Commission's proposal brings to maintaining a single global and un-fragmented Internet.
I would also like to thank all the delegates of the various member states for taking the time to listen to us and to take on board our comments and concerns, leading to the compromise that was agreed today.
We will keep you informed about further progress on this dossier.
Regards,
Marco Hogewoning
Manager Public Policy and Internet Governance, RIPE NCC
Dear colleagues,
I’m pleased to announce that our latest country report, this time covering Cyprus, Israel and Malta, has just been published:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-ncc-internet-countr… <https://labs.ripe.net/author/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-ncc-internet-countr…>
The report provides an analysis of the countries’ market landscapes, their history of development and their capacity for future growth, and is a counterpart to the Mediterranean Europe report we published in June. We include a detailed analysis of the connections between networks in each country, the traffic paths available to domestic traffic, international connections to the global Internet, access to the domain name system, routing security and more.
The RIPE NCC produces these country reports in order to inform discussion around Internet development among technical communities and decision makers throughout our service region.
Please share the report with your colleagues and, if you want to discuss the findings or have requests for future reports, we would be happy to hear from you.
Best regards,
Suzanne Taylor
RIPE NCC
Hello all,
As noted in the recent Cooperation Working Group session, the 2021 Internet Governance Forum is running from 6-10 December - which means “now”!
The RIPE Chair, Mirjam Kühne, had the opportunity to speak on behalf of the global Internet technical community in the Opening Ceremony earlier today. You can read the full text of her speech at the following link (we’ll add video as soon as it becomes available):
https://labs.ripe.net/author/chrisb/championing-a-model-of-internet-governa…
In addition, the RIPE NCC is continuing its tradition of live-blogging key sessions or issues during the week - we’d love to hear feedback or comments, either on RIPE Labs page or here on the list:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/gergana_petrova/igf-2021-liveblog/
If you wish to join the IGF sessions (which are taking place both physically in Katowice and virtually, using Zoom), you will need to register for free here:
https://www.intgovforum.org/en/dashboard/igf-2021
That site also includes information on the many sessions and events taking place over the coming days.
Best regards,
Chris
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Chris Buckridge
Advisor to the Managing Director, Global Strategic Engagement
RIPE NCC
