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Improving Mitigation of Web-based Threats
by Oliver Payne 02 Apr '21

02 Apr '21

Dear colleagues, In order to help mitigate Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against our web infrastructure, we have started testing Cloudflare’s DDoS protection services in parts of our production environment as of today. We have seen an increase in the amount and severity of attacks in recent weeks, and this measure will give us added protection. Cloudflare will be used on an experimental basis, with our 24x7 engineers on standby to monitor the situation closely. If we encounter any issues in configuring it, we have the capability to roll the entire infrastructure back to its original state within 60 seconds. We are also investigating other options for longer-term improvements to the resilience of our web infrastructure during DDoS attacks in the coming months. If you have any questions or would like to share your feedback, please reach out to me. Kind regards, Oliver Payne Web Services Team Manager RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE NCC Annual Report 2020 and RIPE NCC Financial Report 2020 Published
by Hans Petter Holen 30 Mar '21

30 Mar '21

Dear RIPE NCC members, The following important documents are now online: - RIPE NCC Annual Report 2020 - RIPE NCC Financial Report 2020 You can find these documents at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/ripe-ncc-annual-report… The RIPE NCC Annual Report 2020 documents the activities of the RIPE NCC throughout the year. The RIPE NCC Financial Report 2020 accounts for the financial activities of the RIPE NCC during the same period. Both of these reports are supporting documents for the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM), which takes place virtually from 19-21 May 2021. All supporting documents for the GM will be published by 21 April 2021 at the latest and can be downloaded from: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2021/documentatio… You can register for the GM at: https://my.ripe.net/#/meetings/active If you have any feedback on the published documents, or questions about the GM, please email <agm at ripe.net>. Best regards, Hans Petter Holen Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[news] 141st and 142nd RIPE NCC Executive Board Meetings - Summary Notes
by Hans Petter Holen 26 Mar '21

26 Mar '21

Dear RIPE NCC members, The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 141st Meeting on 5 February 2021 and its 142nd Meeting over 11-12 March 2021. The minutes of the meetings are now available. Minutes of the 141st Meeting: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2021/minutes-141st-ex… Minutes of the 142nd Meeting: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2021/minutes-142nd-ex… The Executive Board publishes the minutes of its meetings so that the workings of the Board and the decisions it makes are transparent for the membership that it represents. The following is a summary of the main items from the meeting. Further details are available in the minutes. ----------------------- Resolutions Adopted ----------------------- The following resolutions were adopted: - The Board decided on a low-level risk appetite for 2021, accepting the existing high-risk items and mitigation plans as presented in the Integrated Risk Management report. - The proposed document "RIPE NCC Executive Board Remuneration and Reimbursement Policy" was approved for publication as a RIPE Document. The document can be viewed at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-753/ - Minutes of the 140th and 141st Board meetings were approved. - The Draft RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2022 was approved for submission to the General Meeting (GM) May 2021 (to be voted upon). - The publication of the draft agenda for the GM was approved. - The RIPE NCC Annual Report 2020 was approved for publication. - The RIPE NCC Financial Report 2020 was approved for submission to the GM (to be voted upon). - Amendments to the procedural documents “Transfer of Internet Number Resources and Change of a Member’s Official Legal Name” and "Independent Internet Number Resources - Contractual Relationship Changes Between Sponsoring LIR and End Users” were approved. - The RIPE NCC Executive Board resolved to stop moderating individual subscribers that were put in moderation for emails they sent in the past, and from now on individual subscribers will be placed under moderation for one year if they violate the Code of Conduct. ----------------------- Key Discussions ----------------------- The main points of discussion were: - The Draft RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2022 was discussed in light of the forecast drop in membership numbers. A lower sign-up fee of €1,000 has been proposed. - The RIPE NCC management reported on various internal projects including staff and HR reports; the quarterly risk management report; the RIPE NCC’s financial status; the areas of concern regarding sanctions and recent regulatory developments in the RIPE NCC service region. - The purchase of fifth generation RIPE Atlas hardware probes was discussed. - The RPKI Resilience report was presented, including the completed audit on RFC compliance and security. - The RIPE Chair team spoke about developments in RIPE, chiefly the new draft Code of Conduct (CoC), the Policy Development Process (PDP) and Appeals Process, efforts to strengthen the visibility of the RIPE community and initiatives to address the well-being of the RIPE community. Kind regards, Hans Petter Holen RIPE NCC Managing Director

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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update: March 2021
by Boris Duval 24 Mar '21

24 Mar '21

Hello RIPE NCC members, Here’s everything you need to know about our services and what’s happening in the RIPE community this month: 1. What We're Doing For You -- LIR Stats -- RIPE NCC General Meeting -- RIPE NCC Internet Country Report: Gulf Region now available in Arabic -- Training Courses in April -- Join the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund Selection Committee 2. Your Technical Update -- RIS -- RIPEstat -- Service Announcements 3. What's Happening in Our Community? -- The RIPE Chair Team Reports - February 2021 -- Data Feminism: From Data Ethics to Data Justice -- RIPE Community Resilience -- HR from Home: Adapting in a Year of COVID -- Updated Draft RIPE Code of Conduct Published for Community Review -- NRO Updates 4. Join Us for These Virtual Events -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in the Baltic Region -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Bulgaria -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Hungary -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Spain -- RIPE 82 -- RIPE NCC General Meeting -- ENOG 18 1. What We're Doing For You -- LIR Stats Number of LIRs: 23,722 (+15) LIRs with IPv6: 16,140 (+11) IPv4 Addresses Transferred in February: 858,368 (+553,472) -- RIPE NCC General Meeting --- Call for Nominations to the RIPE NCC Executive Board There will be an election for two vacant seats at the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) on 19-21 May 2021, each of which is for a three-year term. The elections are to fill the seats currently held by Falk von Bornstaedt and Piotr Strzyżewski, whose terms expire in May 2021: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2021 <https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2021> --- General Meeting Changes The May General Meeting (GM) is fast approaching, and with it a few changes to our GM governance and processes this year. We're highlighting some of these changes to show how we're safeguarding the forum for members to exercise their voting rights: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/fergalc/general-meeting-changes-in-2021 <https://labs.ripe.net/Members/fergalc/general-meeting-changes-in-2021> -- RIPE NCC Internet Country Report: Gulf Region now available in Arabic Already available in English, the RIPE NCC Internet Country Report: Gulf Region has now been translated into Arabic: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-ncc-internet-count… <https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-ncc-internet-count…> The report gives a detailed outlook on the market development, infrastructure, and Internet routing within the region as well as the available Internet address resources in the following countries: Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. -- Training Courses in April Our webinars for the month of April are open for registrations: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses <https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses> Here's the schedule: Webinar for new LIRs Thursday, April 8 2021 (08:00-09:00 UTC) RIPE Database Applications Tuesday, April 13 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) IPv6 Associated Protocols Security Wednesday, April 14 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) LIRs and the Internet Ecosystem Tuesday, April 20 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) RIPE Database Basics Wednesday, April 21 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) IPv6 Security Myths, Filtering and Tips Thursday, April 29 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) For more information regarding our webinars please visit the following page: https://www.ripe.net/support/training/webinars <https://www.ripe.net/support/training/webinars> Interested in something that you can't find on our upcoming course page? Let us know any topics you would like to see in future webinars: https://forms.gle/rhyExMhb7BTCCXyU8 <https://forms.gle/rhyExMhb7BTCCXyU8> -- Join the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund Selection Committee There are two open slots on the selection committee. Do you have a keen eye for emerging talents and innovative ideas? Would you like to encourage the development of new projects that help the technical community? If this sounds like you, nominate yourself before 31 March 2021: https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/apply/ripe-ncc-community-projects-fu… <https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/apply/ripe-ncc-community-projects-fu…> 2. Your Technical Update -- RIS We've added a new multihop route collector in Amsterdam to connect peers from places in our service region where we don't have route collectors they can connect to directly. Our aim is to increase the diversity of routing information available via RIS. -- RIPEstat With the approaching production release of the new RIPEstat UI, we are posting a series of tweets to highlight the most notable #RIPEstatWidgets. -- Service Announcements --- Recent Intermittent Availability of RIPE Database Query and Update Services (9 March 2021): https://www.ripe.net/support/service-announcements/intermittent-availabilit… <https://www.ripe.net/support/service-announcements/intermittent-availabilit…> Event and General Meeting Registration Maintenance (22 March 2021): https://www.ripe.net/support/service-announcements/event-and-general-meetin… <https://www.ripe.net/support/service-announcements/event-and-general-meetin…> 3. What's Happening in Our Community? -- The RIPE Chair Team Reports - February 2021 The RIPE Chair and Vice Chair shares an overview of what happened in the RIPE community in February: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-febr… <https://labs.ripe.net/Members/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-febr…> -- Data Feminism: From Data Ethics to Data Justice To celebrate International Women’s Day, Vesna Manojlovic reflects on data justice from an intersectional feminism perspective: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/data-feminism-from-data-ethics-to-data-… <https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/data-feminism-from-data-ethics-to-data-…> -- RIPE Community Resilience The continued resilience of the RIPE community during the COVID-19 pandemic has helped the Internet keep running. In her article series, Vesna Manojlovic looks at how, now more than ever, taking care of the Internet means taking care of universal human needs. Part 1: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/you-are-not-alone-ripe-community-resili… <https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/you-are-not-alone-ripe-community-resili…> Part 2: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/ripe-community-resilience-physical-layer <https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/ripe-community-resilience-physical-layer> -- HR from Home: Adapting in a Year of COVID One year ago, the RIPE NCC moved from a vibrant office in the centre of Amsterdam to fully remote working in almost a split second. Carolien Vos talks about how the organisation adapted in order to keep functioning during a global pandemic: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/carolien_vos/hr-from-home-adapting-in-a-year-… <https://labs.ripe.net/Members/carolien_vos/hr-from-home-adapting-in-a-year-…> -- Updated Draft RIPE Code of Conduct Published for Community Review The RIPE Code of Conduct task force published a new draft. This document covers all participation within RIPE and applies to interactions over the Internet, mailing lists, as well as in-person at RIPE Meetings. You have until Friday, 2 April 2021 to send your feedback to the task force: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-documents/other-documents/ripe-… <https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-documents/other-documents/ripe-…> -- NRO Updates --- NRO NC Call for Nominations There is a call for nominations from the RIPE NCC service region to fill Filiz Yilmaz’s seat on the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number Council (NC). The election for this NRO NC seat will take place during the RIPE 82 meeting that will be held virtually from 17-21 May 2021. More information on the nomination process is available: https://www.ripe.net/nro-nc-nominations-process-may-2021 <https://www.ripe.net/nro-nc-nominations-process-may-2021> 4. Join Us for These Virtual Events -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in the Baltic Region, 7 April 2021: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-in… <https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-in…> -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Bulgaria, Wednesday, 21 April 2021: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-in… <https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-in…> -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Hungary, 9 June 2021: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-in… <https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-in…> -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Spain, 23 June 2021: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-in… <https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-in…> -- RIPE 82, 17-21 May 2021 The meeting plan is available at: https://ripe82.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/ <https://ripe82.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/> -- RIPE NCC General Meeting, 19-21 May 2021: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/next-general-meeting <https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/next-general-meeting> -- ENOG 18, 7-8 June 2021: https://www.enog.org/enog-18/ <https://www.enog.org/enog-18/> --- Call for Hosts of Remote Broadcast Hubs at ENOG 18: ENOG 18 will take place as a virtual meeting from 7-8 June 2021. In an effort to ensure that the ENOG community can benefit from the local network, even if the meeting is virtual, the RIPE NCC is keen to partner with local organisations across the region to host Remote Broadcast Hubs in the ENOG region. Interested? Learn more on ENOG’s website: https://www.enog.org/enog-18/remote-hub/ <https://www.enog.org/enog-18/remote-hub/> Thank you for reading to the end. We’ll be back next month with more news! Best regards, Boris Boris Duval Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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[meetings] Call for Hosts of Remote Broadcast Hubs at ENOG 18
by ENOG 17 Mar '21

17 Mar '21

Dear colleagues, ENOG 18 will take place as a virtual meeting from 7-8 June 2021. In an effort to ensure that the ENOG community can benefit from the local network, even if the meeting is virtual, the RIPE NCC is keen to partner with local organisations across the region to host Remote Broadcast Hubs in the ENOG region. A Remote Broadcast Hub is a local meeting that takes place in parallel with the main virtual event where attendees can gather together and participate to the sessions online and network in person. ------------------------------------------------------------ Benefits of hosting a Remote Broadcast Hub ------------------------------------------------------------ Take the lead in bringing the local networking community together by hosting a Remote Broadcast Hub. This will give your organisation excellent visibility in the ENOG and RIPE communities. --------------------------------------------------- How to host a Remote Broadcast Hub --------------------------------------------------- As a host you will need to ensure that the following requirements are met and you can provide: - A physical place for two consecutive meeting days, provided that local COVID-19 restrictions are followed - A computer with a broadband Internet connection and a projector, to enable the hub attendees to watch the sessions (For more details about Internet connectivity, audio and video requirements, please visit: https://www.enog.org/enog-18/remote-hub/tech-documentation/) - A hub coordinator, who will lead the discussions as well as transmit the hub attendees’ questions or comments to the ENOG 18 sessions through the remote participation channel -------------- Interested? -------------- If you wish to host a Remote Broadcast Hub at ENOG 18, please send an email to <enog(a)ripe.net> before *Friday, 16 April 2021* with the following information: - Company name and contact information - City within the ENOG region interested in hosting the hub - Number of expected participants within the hub (within the limit allowed by the COVID-19 government restrictions/guidelines at the time of the event) - Possible topic(s) of interest Before applying, make sure you have read the Remote Broadcast Hub documentation: https://www.enog.org/enog-18/remote-hub/ Kind regards, Martina de Mas ENOG Meetings Team https://www.enog.org/enog-18/ #ENOG18

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[news] RIPE NCC Sanctions Update
by Christian Kaufmann 11 Mar '21

11 Mar '21

Dear members, I want to update you on the latest developments regarding sanctions, after my earlier messages from April[1] and June[2] last year. Overall, this is positive news - though it is not what we hoped for and it means there is still work to be done. EXEMPTION REQUEST AND STATUS OF SANCTIONED RIPE NCC MEMBERS In late December 2020, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) responded to the RIPE NCC's request for an exemption from EU sanctions regulations. In its response, the MFA confirmed its understanding that IP resources are considered economic resources, as defined in the EU sanctions regulation, and must be frozen for sanctioned entities. The MFA further stated that according to the EU sanctions regulation, there was no legal basis to exempt IP resources from sanctions. However, the MFA also said it believed the RIPE NCC had taken adequate steps to ensure compliance with sanctions. It said there was no need to deregister the IP resources being used by the three affected members, which it understood are being used by their customers. The MFA's primary concern is in terms of preventing the IP resources of sanctioned entities from being transferred, as well as preventing the allocation of additional resources. A restriction on transfer and resource requests must therefore remain in place. 2021 INVOICES FOR IRANIAN AND SYRIAN MEMBERS In my earlier mails, I noted that the RIPE NCC's bank had temporarily revoked its ability to receive direct bank transfers from members in Iran and Syria. This restriction has remained in place since then, and is relevant now that the 2021 billing cycle has started. Discussions on this issue between the RIPE NCC and its bank, which had been on hold pending a response from the MFA, have started again. The timing is not ideal here, as Q1 is when the RIPE NCC issues its 2021 invoices. To avoid further complicating these discussions, the RIPE NCC has postponed invoicing its members in Syria and Iran until it can reach an agreement with its bank. The RIPE NCC has emailed members in these countries to explain the delay with their invoices and confirm that this will not affect their ability to access its services as usual. THE BOARD'S POSITION While this clarification from the MFA addresses risks in terms of the RIPE NCC's sanctions compliance and should help to resolve the banking issue - it also leaves the affected RIPE NCC members in a stable but disadvantaged state. As we have stated previously, the position of the RIPE NCC Executive Board is that Internet number resources should not be affected by political disputes[3]. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the critical role the Internet can play in our societies - in many cases it has provided the foundation that supports coordination efforts, keeps our economies operating, and helps us to maintain social contact with others. The board has therefore instructed the RIPE NCC to continue its work to find some form of lasting and comprehensive exemption from sanctions. We believe it is crucial that all RIPE NCC members can be sure that their ability to access Internet number resources will not be interrupted. Regards Christian Kaufmann RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman [1] Sanctions and the RIPE NCC: Current Status and Executive Board Position: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2020-April/001413.html [2] Sanctions and the RIPE NCC: Status Update: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2020-June/001427.html [3] Executive Board Resolution on Continuity of Services to all RIPE NCC Members: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/about-ripe-ncc-and-ripe/executive-bo…

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[GM] Call for Nominations to the RIPE NCC Executive Board
by Hans Petter Holen 10 Mar '21

10 Mar '21

Dear RIPE NCC members, This is a call for nominations to the RIPE NCC Executive Board. There will be an election for two vacant seats at the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) on 19-21 May 2021, each of which is for a three-year term. The elections are to fill the seats currently held by Falk von Bornstaedt and Piotr Strzyżewski, whose terms expire in May 2021. The document outlining the RIPE NCC Executive Board functions and expectations is available at: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/ripe-ncc-executive-board-func… <https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/ripe-ncc-executive-board-func…> All those considering standing for election to the board are advised to read this information. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to nominate a candidate or support a nomination -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A nomination for the appointment of a member of the Executive Board requires the support of at least five RIPE NCC members, among other criteria. You must be a RIPE NCC member and a registered LIR contact to nominate a candidate or support a nomination. Nominations and support submissions should include the following information: – Your full name – Your email address – Your organisation – Your LIR RegID – Name of the candidate you wish to nominate/support – Email address of the candidate – Reason for nominating/supporting the candidate Nominations and support submissions must be submitted by Wednesday, 28 April 2021 following the guidelines outlined in article 9 of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. To make a nomination or support a candidate, you can fill out the nomination form at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/apply/agm-nomination/ <https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/apply/agm-nomination/> Excerpts from the Articles of Association are available at the end of this email. ------------------------------------------------------------- Voting at the RIPE NCC General Meeting ------------------------------------------------------------- Along with other resolutions, RIPE NCC members will vote to fill two seats on the Executive Board at the upcoming GM. There are two ways to vote: 1. Electronic Voting Registration to vote electronically at the GM is now open: https://my.ripe.net/#/meetings/active <https://my.ripe.net/#/meetings/active> All RIPE NCC members who are registered contacts will also be sent invitations by email to register to vote electronically. If you wish to vote electronically, you must register by 19 May 2021 at 16:00 (UTC+2). Please ensure you are listed as a registered contact person for your organisation in https://my.ripe.net <https://my.ripe.net/> to ensure you receive the invitation to register. 2. Proxy Voting You can be represented by a third party who is not an authorised member contact or director of your organisation. If you wish to do this, please fill out the proxy form and send it to us using the details on the form by 5 May 2021. Any proxy form sent to us after this date will not be valid. The proxy voting form is online: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2021/participatio… <https://www.ripe.net/gm/may-2021/proxy-voting> ------------------------------------------------------------- Further information on the GM is available at: https://www.ripe.net/gm/may-2021 <https://www.ripe.net/gm/may-2021> ------------------------------------------------------------- If you have any questions about the GM, please email us at <agm at ripe.net <http://ripe.net/>>. Best regards, Hans Petter Holen Managing Director RIPE NCC ------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates and Deadlines ------------------------------------------------------------- 10 March: Invitation to register for GM and voting 10 March: Call for nominations to the RIPE NCC Executive Board 21 April: All supporting documents for the GM published, including the Annual Report 2020, the Financial Report 2020 and the Charging Scheme 2022 28 April: Close nominations for the RIPE NCC Executive Board 5 May: Deadline for proxy vote nominations 5 May: Deadline for members to propose resolutions 5 May: GM Agenda finalised 12 May: RIPE NCC Open House session with candidates for the Executive Board election 19 May: Registration closes at 16:00 (UTC+2) 19 May: GM begins with main meeting at 18:00 (UTC+2) 21 May: GM closes with voting results announcement at 10:15 (UTC+2) ------------------------------------------------------------- Excerpts from the Articles of Association ------------------------------------------------------------- 8.2 The Executive Board of the Association shall consist of at least three and at most seven natural persons. They shall be members of the Board in a personal capacity and do not have to be Members of the Association. Employees of the Association cannot be appointed members of the Executive Board. 9.1 The members of the Executive Board shall be appointed by the General Meeting from a list of nominees to be drawn up by the Members. A nomination for the appointment of a member of the Executive Board shall need the written support of at least five Members and shall be submitted no later than three weeks before the General Meeting. Further, no later than two weeks before the General Meeting, the nominee shall need to submit (a) a certified copy of his/her official identification document and (b) a signed statement in which he/she declares that he/she shall adhere to the Code of Conduct for candidates for the Executive Board as adopted by the Executive Board and published on the Association's website, and that he/she has never committed any fraud or other financial misconduct in any jurisdiction.

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[GM] Register for the RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2021
by Hans Petter Holen 10 Mar '21

10 Mar '21

Dear RIPE NCC members, On behalf of the RIPE NCC Executive Board, I invite you to register for the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) taking place virtually from 19-21 May 2021, alongside the RIPE 82 Virtual Meeting. You can register to participate and vote at: https://my.ripe.net/#/meetings/active <https://my.ripe.net/#/meetings/active> The GM is where members can discuss the operations and activities of the RIPE NCC. At the upcoming GM, members will vote to fill two seats on the RIPE NCC Executive Board. There will also be discussions on: - The RIPE NCC Financial Report 2020 (to be voted on) - The RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2022 (to be voted on) - Reports from the RIPE NCC Executive Board and the RIPE NCC management - Discharge of the RIPE NCC Executive Board with regard to its actions as they appear from the Annual Report 2020 (to be voted on) All organisations with voting rights will receive an invitation to register, participate and vote electronically. Registration will close at 16:00 (UTC+2) on the day of the GM, 19 May 2021. All information on how to participate and the proxy voting form is available from: https://www.ripe.net/gm/may-2021 <https://www.ripe.net/gm/may-2021> If you have questions about the GM, please email us at <agm at ripe.net>. Best regards, Hans Petter Holen Managing Director, RIPE NCC ---------------------------------------------- Important Dates and Deadlines ---------------------------------------------- 10 March: Invitation to register for GM and voting 10 March: Call for nominations to the RIPE NCC Executive Board 21 April: All supporting documents for the GM published, including the Annual Report 2020, the Financial Report 2020 and the Charging Scheme 2022 28 April: Close nominations for the RIPE NCC Executive Board 5 May: Deadline for proxy vote nominations 5 May: Deadline for members to propose resolutions 5 May: GM Agenda finalised 12 May: RIPE NCC Open House session with candidates for the Executive Board election 19 May: Registration closes at 16:00 (UTC+2) 19 May: GM begins with main meeting at 18:00 (UTC+2) 21 May: GM closes with voting results announcement at 10:15 (UTC+2)

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[GM] New Code of Conduct and Procedures for Executive Board Elections
by Christian Kaufmann 10 Mar '21

10 Mar '21

Dear RIPE NCC members, Last year we formed a task force to review the procedures around the Executive Board elections. The Executive Board Election Task Force submitted its recommendations, which were endorsed by the Board. These recommendations resulted in changes to the RIPE NCC Articles of Association and to the RIPE NCC’s General Meeting (GM) organisation processes. The most important changes are as follows: - A Code of Conduct (CoC) now applies to the Executive Board election candidates from the moment that they become candidates until the GM minutes are finalised. - A designated Code of Conduct Team has been put in place to evaluate reported violations of the CoC. - All nominees for the Executive Board elections must submit a certified copy of an official identification document. - Nominees must submit a signed statement declaring their adherence to the CoC and that they never committed fraud or other financial misconduct in any jurisdiction. - A candidate can be disqualified for violating the CoC or if it is proved that they have committed fraud or other financial misconduct. - A mailing list and RIPE NCC Open House virtual event will allow members to interact with candidates for the Board. One of the key changes is the introduction of the CoC for all Executive Board election candidates, and a CoC Team to whom violations of the CoC can be reported. Since we are introducing several new procedures at once, the Executive Board felt that the smoothest way to manage this process would be to ask for volunteers from among the members of the Executive Board Election Task Force. They have already spent time discussing the CoC in depth and its applicability to EB candidates. I am pleased to announce that the Executive Board resolves to appoint the following CoC Team for the General Meeting in May 2021:: - Erik Bais (Netherlands) - Randy Bush (Estonia) - Toma Gavrichenkov (Russia) - Sergey Myasoedov (Czech Republic) - Arnold Nipper (Germany) - Cynthia Revström (Sweden) - Jan Žorž (Slovenia) The Code of Conduct can be viewed at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2021/eb-elections… Reports made to the CoC team will be treated with confidentiality. More information about the CoC team is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2021/eb-elections… I would like to thank the volunteers to our first-ever CoC team. I'm confident they will help us ensure that our next elections see an open, respectful exchange of ideas among members and candidates. All information covering the changes and updated procedures is available from the GM pages at: https://www.ripe.net/gm/may-2021 Regards, Christian Kaufmann Chairman of the RIPE NCC Executive Board

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[service] Update Regarding RIPE NCC Access: Please Enable Two-Step Verification
by Ivo Dijkhuis 03 Mar '21

03 Mar '21

Dear colleagues, We recently announced that RIPE NCC Access, our single sign-on (SSO) service, had been targeted by a "credential-stuffing" attack. Our investigation has since identified five SSO accounts that we believe were breached. Only one of these accounts is associated with an LIR, but this is inactive and does not hold any IP resources. We have locked all five SSO accounts and notified the account holders. Many of you also suggested potential security improvements. These will be included in a detailed review of RIPE NCC Access. Finally, please help us to keep your accounts secure by enabling two-step verification for your RIPE NCC Access account. You can find instructions on enabling two-step verification at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/ripe-ncc-access/two-step-ve… In case of any suspicious activity on your account, report it to <security(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Ivo Dijkhuis Senior Information Security Officer, RIPE NCC

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