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[GM] RIPE NCC General Meeting Today - Register by 16:00 UTC+2
by Axel Pawlik 17 Oct '18

17 Oct '18

Dear RIPE NCC members, The RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) takes place today at 18:00 UTC+2 in Amsterdam. There will be updates from the RIPE NCC and its Executive Board as well as discussion of the Draft Activity Plan and Budget 2019 and voting on four resolutions. Electronic voting registration will remain open until 16:00 UTC+2 today if you wish to vote electronically. To register, log in to my.ripe.net and set your GM preferences: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-oct-2018 The GM will be webcast for remote participants at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2018/webstream A chat facility will be available from the same page for those who would like to join the discussions. If you want to use your own client to connect, please use the following settings: IRC connection to irc.ripe.net, port 6667 Channel: #gm Password: gmoct2018 All those who registered for electronic voting will receive an email today at approximately 17:00 UTC+2 with a link to the voting software. A reminder will also be sent tomorrow, 18 October to all registered participants who have not yet voted. Voting will become active at agenda point 7 and will remain open until 09:00 UTC+2 on Friday, 19 October. If you registered to attend in person, please check in at the GM Registration Desk before 16:00 UTC+2. All information on the GM is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2018 Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update: October 2018
by Fergal Cunningham 15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18

RIPE NCC Member Update: October 2018 - LIR Statistics - RIPE 77 Starts Today - Policy Discussions at RIPE 77 - RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) - Validating abuse-c Contacts - Finding Abuse Contact Information - Charging for Independent Resource Assignments and Legacy Resource Registrations - RIPE NCC Payment Options - 20,000 LIR Accounts - RIPE NCC Member Lunches - DNSSEC Signer Migration Update - RIPE Atlas Probes - Version 4 - ITU Plenipotentiary 2018 - RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund recipients - RIPE NCC Training Courses and Webinars - Social Media LIR STATISTICS (change since last update) Number of LIRs: 20,065 (+105) LIRs with IPv6: 13,863 (-33) Policy transfers in September: 400,640 IPv4 addresses (-924,928) RIPE 77 STARTS TODAY RIPE 77 just kicked off in Amsterdam and we hope you will join us for what promises to be a great event. All the information you need, including the full programme and other useful pages, are available from the RIPE 77 website: https://ripe77.ripe.net Online Participation: We have a wide range of remote participation options (webcasts, chat rooms, live stenography). You can join the meeting right now at: https://ripe77.ripe.net/live/main Onsite Networking: If you are with us on site for the meeting, the RIPE Networking App has great new features and many attendees are using it. Network with them by downloading the app now: https://ripe77.ripe.net/on-site/ripe-networking-app POLICY DISCUSSIONS AT RIPE 77 On Wednesday, three Working Groups will discuss policy proposals during RIPE 77. The Address Policy Working Group will check whether the IPv6 Policy needs an update regarding the definition of assignments. The Routing Working Group will discuss whether IRR objects should be deleted if they conflict with RPKI ROAs. And the RIPE NCC Services Working Group will discuss whether the RIPE NCC should publish the legal address of resource holders, which would help to identify them. Full remote participation in all these sessions is possible from the RIPE 77 website. And don't forget to bring your opinion to the relevant working group mailing list, as only these opinions can be formally considered for the Policy Development Process (PDP). RIPE NCC GENERAL MEETING (GM) Nearly 1,000 members have registered for the GM, which takes place this Wednesday, 17 October. Full remote participation and voting options are available. Members will discuss the Draft Activity Plan and Budget 2019 and vote on four resolutions, and there will be reports from the Executive Board and RIPE NCC management. Register now at: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-oct-2018 VALIDATING abuse-c CONTACTS We’re busy working out a process so we can start validating approximately 70,000 abuse contact email addresses in the RIPE Database. Angela Dall'Ara outlines the steps we'll take in this RIPE Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/angela_dallara/how-we-will-be-validating-abus… FINDING ABUSE CONTACT INFORMATION If you are having problems with network abuse, our Abuse Contact Finder gives you an easy way to find the right person to contact: https://www.ripe.net/support/abuse CHARGING FOR INDEPENDENT RESOURCE ASSIGNMENTS AND LEGACY RESOURCE REGISTRATIONS On 30 September, a snapshot of independent Internet number resource assignments and legacy Internet resource registrations was made and is the basis for the 2019 charges for these resources. The information is available via the LIR Portal. You can copy the list to your clipboard or download it as a CSV file. RIPE NCC PAYMENT OPTIONS Currently, payment of invoices can be done by bank transfer or by online payment. Different online payment options are available depending on the country. Please let our friendly colleagues from the Finance department know if you would like some alternative local payment options added to the existing methods so that they can investigate the feasibility of requested options. You can contact them at <billing(a)ripe.net>. 20,000 LIR ACCOUNTS We recently passed 20,000 LIR accounts, and Rene Wilhelm used this as an opportunity to look at how we got there and what the future holds for membership developments at the RIPE NCC: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/wilhelm/20000-local-internet-registries RIPE NCC MEMBER LUNCHES In the next month, we are meeting our members in Barcelona, Sarajevo, Dubai and Brussels. If one of these cities are near you, register today and meeting our staff and members of your local networking community: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/member-lunches DNSSEC SIGNER MIGRATION UPDATE This migration is almost complete (we're already live on the new signers) and there will be a presentation with more details from Anand Buddhdev at the RIPE Meeting in the DNS Working Group session from 14:00 UTC+2 on Thursday. For background to this, see the RIPE Labs article from Anand at: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/anandb/dnssec-signer-migration RIPE ATLAS PROBES - VERSION 4 We have already started to send the new RIPE Atlas Version 4 probes to applicants. We are working on clearing our request backlog, but if you apply for a probe now we will send it to you shortly: https://atlas.ripe.net/get-involved/become-a-host ITU PLENIPOTENTIARY 2018 This meeting takes place in Dubai from 29 October to 16 November, and we wanted to give you an idea of why these meetings are important for the RIPE community and explain a little more about how the RIPE NCC participates. Read the article from Chris Buckridge on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/chrisb/why-the-itu-plenipotentiary-matters-in… RIPE NCC COMMUNITY PROJECTS FUND RECIPIENTS There are five recipients of the Community Projects Fund for 2018. You can read about their work at: https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf/funding-recipients-2018 The recipients from 2017 have reported on their work on RIPE Labs. Rogier Spoor on Let's Connect: an easy to install and secure VPN software that respects your privacy: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/rogier_spoor/lets-connect Phil Roberts on CrypTech - next steps towards a safer Internet: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/phil_roberts_1/cryptech-next-steps-towards-a-… Andrej Petrovski on the Internet Atlas - tools for digital literacy: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/andrej_petrovski/internet-atlas-tools-for-dig… And Vasileios Kotronis on ARTEMIS: neutralising BGP hijacking within a minute: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/vasileios_kotronis/artemis-neutralising-bgp-h… RIPE NCC TRAINING COURSES AND WEBINARS Over the coming month, we'll have face-to-face Training Courses in Madrid, Manchester, Brussels and Belgrade. The courses will cover basic and advanced IPv6, LIR training and the RIPE Database. There will also be webinars for new LIRs, RIPE Atlas usage and IPv6 in the RIPE Database. You need to register to attend courses and webinars, and you can find the details at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses SOCIAL MEDIA Get updates, see the latest RIPE Labs articles and start conversations with us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn: https://www.ripe.net/support/contact/social-networking You can find all the previous Member Updates containing an overview of what the RIPE NCC is doing at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/member-update Did you get to the end? If you have suggestions for how we could make it easier to get you the information you need, I'd love to hear from you! Best regards, Fergal Cunningham RIPE NCC

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[GM] One Week to the RIPE NCC General Meeting: Have You Registered Yet?
by Axel Pawlik 10 Oct '18

10 Oct '18

Dear RIPE NCC members, The RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) takes place one week from today on Wednesday, 17 October. All members are asked to participate by registering their voting and attendance options via my.ripe.net: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-oct-2018 The registration process takes less than a minute to complete, and we ask that you exercise your participation and voting rights in this important meeting for the RIPE NCC and the membership. You can register to participate and vote remotely until 16:00 UTC+2 on 17 October. Agenda and Resolutions ----------------------- The agenda for the GM is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2018/agenda There will be a discussion of the Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2019. This document lays out our plans for 2019 and the cost of those plans, so your input can help shape the direction of the RIPE NCC in the coming year. The PDF is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2018/draft-ri… There are also four resolutions that the members will vote on at the GM. The first asks members to decide on what will happen to the RIPE NCC's 2018 budget surplus - it will be either returned to the RIPE NCC reserves or redistributed to the members as a rebate in 2019. The other three resolutions ask members to adopt the amended RIPE NCC Articles of Association. The document outlining these changes are available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2018/proposed… Note: This document was updated on 9 October 2018 to correct an error: The amendment of article 18 previously said an absolute majority of those "entitled" to vote was required to challenge a verdict. This has been corrected to say those "registered" to vote at the General Meeting. The GM will also have updates from the RIPE NCC management and the Executive Board. The meeting will be broadcast live for all members from the remote participation page at 18:00 UTC+2 next Wednesday, 17 October. The webstream link and all other GM-related information is available from the GM webpages: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2018 We rely on our members to give us guidance and make important decisions related to the work of the RIPE NCC, so I look forward to seeing strong involvement from the members at next week's meeting. Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[news] 118th / 119th RIPE NCC Executive Board Meetings, Changes in EB Roles
by Axel Pawlik 21 Sep '18

21 Sep '18

Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 118th Meeting on 7 September 2018 and its 119th meeting on 14 September 2018. The draft minutes of these meetings are now available: 118th Meeting: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2018/draft-minutes-11… 119th Meeting: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2018/draft-minutes-11… The Executive Board publishes the minutes of its meetings so that the work of the Board and its decisions are transparent for the membership that it represents. The following is a summary of the main items from the meetings. Further details are available in the minutes. --------------- 118th Meeting --------------- - The Board asked the RIPE NCC to establish a formal conflict of interest procedure - The Board approved amendments to the procedural document "Transfer of Internet Number Resources and Change of a Member's Official Legal Name" -------------- 119th Meeting -------------- - The Board approved the publication of the Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2019 - The Board approved the proposed changes to the RIPE NCC Articles of Association to be voted on at the upcoming RIPE NCC General Meeting - The Board approved the Draft Agenda for the RIPE NCC General Meeting - The Board decided to make changes to the EB roles (Chairman and Secretary) ---------------------------------------------- Changes to the RIPE NCC Executive Board Roles ---------------------------------------------- In light of the addition of two new Board members at the last General Meeting in Marseille, it was felt that some rotation of the Board functions would be beneficial. Nigel Titley has diligently and effectively carried out the role of Chairman of the Executive Board since 2008. He and the other Board members feel that now is the right time to have another Executive Board Chairman and they agreed that Christian Kaufmann would take on the role of Chairman as of 14 September. To maintain a good degree of continuity and stability with the Board roles, Remco van Mook will remain as Executive Board Treasurer and Christian's former role as Executive Board Secretary will now be filled by Nigel. We look forward to the continued support and guidance of the Executive Board in its new setup and welcome Christian to the role of Chairman. We would also like to extend our sincere gratitude to Nigel for the dedicated service he has provided to the RIPE NCC and its membership in his decade of chairing the Executive Board. Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update: September 2018
by Fergal Cunningham 20 Sep '18

20 Sep '18

RIPE NCC Member Update: September 2018 LIR Statistics Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2019 RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) Changes to Out-of-Region Objects in the RIPE Database Campaign to Sponsor 10 RIPE Atlas Anchors DNSSEC Signer Migration NRO NC – Deadline for Nominations RIPE 77 Updates Blockchain Applicability for the Registry Community Contributions to RIPE Labs RIPE NCC Member Lunches RIPE NCC Regional Meeting Almaty RIPE NCC Training Courses and Webinars Searching the Email Archives RSS Feed of Service Announcements Social Media LIR STATISTICS (change since last update) Number of LIRs: 19,960 (+341) LIRs with IPv6: 13,896 (+171) Policy transfers in August: 1,325,568 IPv4 addresses (-881,024) DRAFT RIPE NCC ACTIVITY PLAN AND BUDGET 2019 This document is the best way to see what we plan to do next year and what our activities will cost. We ask that members review our plans and let us know what they think on <members-discuss(a)ripe.net> or at the General Meeting on 17 October: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2018/draft-ri… RIPE NCC GENERAL MEETING The GM will take place from 17-19 October, and we ask all members to register to participate in the discussions. There are also important votes for members on the redistribution of the RIPE NCC surplus 2018 and changes to the Articles of Association. All the details you need are at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2018/ CHANGES TO OUT-OF-REGION OBJECTS IN THE RIPE DATABASE On 4 September, we implemented changes to the way out-of-region ROUTE objects are managed and represented in the RIPE Database: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/changes-to-out-of-regi… CAMPAIGN TO SPONSOR 10 RIPE ATLAS ANCHORS Interested in hosting a RIPE Atlas anchor sponsored by the RIPE NCC? Apply now! The deadline for our 2018 campaign to sponsor 10 RIPE Atlas anchors is 30 September 2018. For more information, see the following article on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alun_davies/2018-campaign-to-sponsor-10-ripe-… DNSSEC SIGNER MIGRATION Anand Buddhdev describes the evaluation and selection of a new DNSSEC signer solution, along with a plan of how we intend to perform the migration: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/anandb/dnssec-signer-migration NRO NC – DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS The deadline for nominations to fill a vacant seat on the NRO NC is tomorrow, 21 September 2018. There are currently two candidates and the election will take place during the RIPE 77 Meeting in Amsterdam from 15-19 October. Details on how to nominate a candidate or express your support for a candidate are available at: https://www.ripe.net/s/nroncelection2018 RIPE 77 UPDATES There are only 25 days to the RIPE 77 Meeting in Amsterdam, 15-19 October 2018. And we have extensive remote participation options if you want to follow the meeting from your location. Registration: https://ripe77.ripe.net/register/ Call for presentations (deadline tomorrow, 21 September): https://ripe77.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/ The RIPE Networking App has great new features and attendees are already using it. Network with them by downloading the app now: https://ripe77.ripe.net/on-site/ripe-networking-app/ On-Site Childcare: Attend sessions while your child has a blast with professional childminders from Holiday Sitters on-site at the venue. Space is limited, so be sure to get your child registered ASAP: https://ripe77.ripe.net/on-site/on-site-childcare/ *New: Sign-Up to Be a RIPE Meeting Mentor or Mentee If you're an experienced meeting attendee looking to give back to the community or a newcomer looking for a mentor, then our RIPE Meeting Mentoring Programme is something you should check out: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/ripe-meetings/ripe-meeting-mentors BLOCKCHAIN APPLICABILITY FOR THE REGISTRY Marco Hogewoning and colleagues at the RIPE NCC looked at the pros and cons or applying blockchain technology to the registration of Internet number resources. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/marco_hogewoning/a-review-of-blockchain-appli… COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS TO RIPE LABS Six community members have contributed articles to RIPE Labs since the last Member Update on topics ranging from DNS and Secure VPN to CrypTech: https://labs.ripe.net/ If you have an idea for an interesting article or want to present your research findings, please contact <labs(a)ripe.net>. RIPE NCC MEMBER LUNCHES We recently met our members in Ukraine and Norway, and next we go to Russia, Belarus, Poland, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, UAE and Belgium. The lunches are a great way to meet with us and your local peers, and they’re free to attend. You can sign up now at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/member-lunches RIPE NCC REGIONAL MEETING ALMATY On 25 September, the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting will take place in Almaty, Kazakhstan. We hope to see many of you join from the local community and beyond. The meeting details are available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/ripe-ncc-region… RIPE NCC TRAINING COURSES AND WEBINARS Over the coming month, the RIPE NCC will give face-to-face training courses in Almaty, Minsk and Helsinki. There will also be webinars on the Internet Routing Registry, the RIPE Database and IPv6 addressing. You need to register to take part. https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses SEARCHING THE EMAIL ARCHIVES We’d like to remind you that can search all the email archives via the search form: https://www.ripe.net/search?use_cb_request_state=1&SearchableText=&cb-mailm… RSS FEED OF SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS This RSS feed contains details of all recent RIPE NCC Service Announcements: https://www.ripe.net/support/service-announcements/service-announcements/ar… SOCIAL MEDIA Get updates, see the latest RIPE Labs articles and start conversations with us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn: https://www.ripe.net/support/contact/social-networking You can find all the previous Member Updates containing an overview of what the RIPE NCC is doing at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/member-update Did you make it this far? If you have suggestions for how we could make it easier to get you the information you need, I'd love to hear from you! Best regards, Fergal Cunningham Membership Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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[GM] Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2019
by Axel Pawlik 19 Sep '18

19 Sep '18

Dear RIPE NCC members, The Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2019 is now available for your review: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2018/draft-ri… The Draft Activity Plan and Budget is the clearest way that RIPE NCC members can learn about, comment on and ultimately shape the direction that the RIPE NCC will take in the coming year. The document contains an executive summary that provides an overview of the main activity and budgetary changes for the coming year. By publishing the draft document now, the RIPE NCC membership has four weeks until the General Meeting (GM) on Wednesday, 17 October 2018 to review and discuss the contents of the document. Further discussion will take place at the GM. We ask that you read the document and provide feedback on the Members Discuss mailing list <members-discuss at ripe.net>. The Executive Board will take note of all feedback and discussions regarding the Activity Plan and Budget before publishing a final version in December 2018. Please note that if you would like to attend or vote at the GM, you will need to register via the GM Preferences section in my.ripe.net: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-oct-2018 Members will vote on four resolutions at the GM - one relating to the redistribution of the RIPE NCC surplus 2018 and three proposed changes to the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. The draft GM agenda, including all resolutions to be voted on, and the rest of the supporting documents are available from: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2018/ We look forward to hearing your feedback. Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[training] RIPE NCC Webinars - new dates
by Training Services 18 Sep '18

18 Sep '18

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the launch of new dates for our Webinars. The RIPE NCC Webinars are live and take only one hour. You can interact with our trainers without leaving your desk. We focus on the topics and issues most important for LIRs. Register now at https://www.ripe.net/support/training/learn-online/webinars Participation is limited to 20 people, so don't hesitate if you want to take part! If you have questions, please email <training(a)ripe.net>. We look forward to seeing you online. Kind regards, RIPE NCC Training Services

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[meetings] RIPE 77 Meeting - one month to go!
by Martina De Mas 10 Sep '18

10 Sep '18

Dear colleagues, RIPE 77 takes place at the Hotel Okura in Amsterdam from 15-19 October 2018. If you haven’t yet registered, follow this link to secure your place: https://ripe77.ripe.net/register --------- Programme --------- The draft meeting plan is available online: https://ripe77.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/ There are still some plenary, tutorial and BoF slots left. If you have something you’d like to share with the community, please submit a proposal before 21 September at: https://ripe77.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/ RIPE 77 socials are great opportunities to network with other attendees. Check out the socials and plan your evenings: https://ripe77.ripe.net/programme/social-events/ ---------------------- RIPE Networking App ---------------------- Easily network with fellow attendees using our open-source app built by the RIPE NCC. All you need to log in is a RIPE NCC Access account: https://ripe77.ripe.net/on-site/ripe-networking-app/ ------------------- On-site Childcare ------------------- We are making it easier for attendees with children (ages 6 months – 10 years old) to attend RIPE Meetings by offering a professional, on-site childcare service. Space is limited, so please reserve your spot ASAP: https://ripe77.ripe.net/on-site/on-site-childcare/ ---------------------------------- Become a RIPE Meeting Mentor! ---------------------------------- Are you an experienced RIPE Meeting attendee that wants to give back to the community? Pay it forward by becoming a RIPE Meeting Mentor to a newcomer: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/ripe-meetings/ripe-meeting-mentors ------------ More information on RIPE 77 can be found at: https://ripe77.ripe.net/ Follow us on Facebook and Twitter: @ripemeeting, #RIPE77 Best regards, Martina de Mas Event Organiser RIPE NCC

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[news] Status Update on NWI-5 Deployment: Completed
by Nathalie Trenaman 06 Sep '18

06 Sep '18

Dear colleagues, On 4 September, 21:55 UTC+2, we completed the following changes needed for NWI-5: Out of region ROUTE(6)/AUT-NUM objects. - Removal of mnt-routes from AUT-NUM objects - Removal of the RIPE-NCC-RPSL-MNT - Update the source attribute for out-of-region ROUTE(6) objects to RIPE-NONAUTH On 5 September, 04:32 UTC+2, we also completed the new database dump and split files at: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/dbase/ <ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/dbase/> We have updated the release notes accordingly: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/release-notes/ripe-database-rel… <https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/release-notes/ripe-database-rel…> Of course, we will keep monitoring the impact on operators. We would like to thank everyone who contributed with valuable input during the test and deployment phases. Kind regards, Nathalie Trenaman Product Manager RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE NCC Receives /22 from IANA’s Recovered Pool
by Ingrid Wijte 05 Sep '18

05 Sep '18

Dear colleagues, On 4 September 2018, the RIPE NCC and the other Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) were each allocated the equivalent of a /22 of IPv4 address space from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). We received the following IPv4 address ranges: 192.54.244.0/24 192.144.75.0/24 192.188.248.0/24 205.211.83.0/24 This returned address space will be added to our free pool and distributed according to the current IPv4 policy. LIRs that have already received their final /22 are NOT eligible to receive any further allocations from the RIPE NCC. You can find the IPv4 policy here: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-708 Following the exhaustion of IANA's free pool of IPv4 addresses in 2011, when the RIRs received their final /8s, a global policy caused IANA to create a recovered pool of leftover and returned IPv4 address blocks. This policy was ratified by all five RIR communities in 2012 and stated that IANA would begin making equal, periodic allocations from the recovered pool when the first RIR reached a /9 of remaining addresses. This point was reached by LACNIC, the RIR for Latin America and the Caribbean on 20 May 2014, triggering the global policy and the first post-exhaustion allocation from IANA. You can read the global policy here: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/allocation-ipv4-post-exhaustion-2012-… It is important that network operators continue to deploy IPv6 on their networks to ensure the future growth of the Internet. Our website has more information on IPv6 deployment: https://www.ripe.net/publications/ipv6-info-centre Regards, Ingrid Wijte Assistant Manager Registration Services and Policy Development RIPE NCC

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