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[news] Additional LIR accounts
by Nigel Titley 14 Jul '16

14 Jul '16

Dear colleagues,   The ability for RIPE NCC members to again open additional LIR accounts  was confirmed at the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) on 27 May 2016. At the GM, members approved the following resolution:   "The General Meeting approves the ability of RIPE NCC members to create  additional LIR accounts."   Members had always been able to open additional LIR accounts until the  RIPE NCC Executive Board suspended this ability in November 2015. The  resolution approved by members at the GM reinstates the ability to open  additional accounts.   The RIPE NCC has been working on an implementation plan since the GM. This plan is put forward to make sure that the ability to open  additional LIR accounts is in line with the spirit of RIPE Policy. The  Executive Board has reviewed the plan and approved the following  stipulations being applied to additional LIR applications:   1. Transfer of resources between LIR accounts of the same member will  fall under the transfer policy.   This aligns the transfer of resources between LIR accounts of the same  member with the transfer procedures the RIPE NCC applies to transfers between LIR accounts of different members.  The transfer policy will now apply to all transfers, regardless of  whether the transfer is between the same or different members.   In practice, this means that the IPv4 allocation will only be  transferable between LIR accounts of the same member after 24 months.  The document ripe-654, "Transfer of Internet Number Resources and Change of a Member’s Official Legal Name", has been updated by ripe-667 to  reflect this alignment (see section 3.5, Transfer of Internet Number Resources and Change of a Member’s Official Legal Name).   You can view ripe-667 at:  <https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-667> 2. Only one application will be processed at a time. Members can only make an application for an additional LIR account when there is no other application being processed on their behalf. This aligns more closely with the spirit of the "Last /8" Policy. The RIPE NCC will be able to distribute the IPv4 resources more fairly. Operationally, this also allows the RIPE NCC to process the LIR account applications in a timely fashion. 3. An LIR Account Agreement needs to be signed by the member for an additional LIR account. For transparency and due diligence purposes, the Terms and Conditions for the use of an LIR account will be explicitly outlined and the member will be asked to agree to them by signing a relevant agreement. You can view the LIR Account Agreement at: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/legal/ripe-ncc-lir-account-agreement More information about multiple LIR accounts can be found in the following FAQs: <https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/info/faqs/faq-joining> <https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/resource-transfers-and-mergers/tra…> If you have any questions about the new procedure, please contact the RIPE NCC at <ncc(a)ripe.net>. Best regards, Nigel Titley RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman

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[news] RIPE NCC to Support the Sustainability of the IETF
by Nigel Titley 13 Jul '16

13 Jul '16

Dear colleagues, During the RIPE NCC Services Working Group at RIPE 72, and at the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM), there was a presentation and discussion on the request for the RIPE NCC to support the IETF’s long-term sustainability: https://ripe72.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/services-wg/ The RIPE NCC Executive Board asked RIPE NCC members to discuss the proposal on the RIPE NCC Membership Discussion mailing list, and we would like to thank those who provided their input. The feedback received showed support for the proposal for the RIPE NCC to provide an ongoing financial contribution to the IETF. However, there were concerns that providing a one-off payment to the IETF would not be the ideal way to do this, and that there should be mechanisms in place that would allow the RIPE NCC to discontinue the annual financial support should circumstances change in the future. The RIPE NCC Executive Board has therefore composed the following Letter of Intent, which proposes the annual contribution of EUR 100,000 over the next ten years (2017-2026) to support the sustainability of the IETF. As noted, the proposed contribution will be added to the annual RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget, with regards to which members are encouraged to provide their feedback at the second GM every year. Best regards, Nigel Titley RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman ================================= Letter of Intent by the RIPE NCC to Support the Sustainability of the IETF The RIPE Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC) hereby states its intent to make an annual financial contribution of EUR 100,000 over the next ten years (2017-2026) in support of the sustainability of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). As with all financial contributions that the RIPE NCC commits to activities, this contribution will be reviewed annually and may be amended accordingly. This contribution will be reflected each year in the RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget. The RIPE NCC is proud to support the IETF and wishes it continued success in the years ahead. This letter of intent does not create in any way legal rights or obligations regarding the above described contribution. The RIPE NCC retains its right to discontinue this contribution at any time before the ten-year period elapses. =================================

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[service] LIR Portal Service Interruption on 9 July
by Razvan C. Oprea 08 Jul '16

08 Jul '16

Dear colleagues, On Saturday, 9 July between 07:00 and 19:00 UTC we will carry out maintenance on our systems. During this time, certain features of the LIR Portal will be unavailable or will have limited functionality, including: - Membership application form - Resource requests - Updating the registry We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Kind regards, Razvan C. Oprea RIPE NCC

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[service] Upcoming maintenance will affect RIPE and RIPE NCC services
by Razvan C. Oprea 07 Jul '16

07 Jul '16

Dear colleagues, We will conduct maintenance on our systems on Monday, 11 July between 15:00 and 19:00 UTC. During this time, the RIPE mailing lists, RIPE Forum, RIPE NCC Access, LIR Portal, meeting registration and attendee lists, and training registration will not be available or will have limited functionality. Mails sent to RIPE mailing lists will be queued and processed as soon as the maintenance is complete. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Kind regards, Razvan C. Oprea RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE NCC Survey 2016 - Thank You and Fifth iPad Winner
by Serge Radovcic 06 Jul '16

06 Jul '16

Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC Survey 2016 is now closed and I would like to thank the 4,344 people from our membership and the Internet community who participated. This is by far the highest number of responses we have received for any of our large-scale surveys, and the feedback will give us good insight into what people want from the RIPE NCC and how we can improve our services. The Oxford Internet Institute has already begun to analyse the survey data. The RIPE NCC will also develop an action plan to address the issues that emerge. We will report back to you on the findings later this year. We are also happy to announce that the fifth winner of an iPad Air 2 for completing the survey is Hakon Gunleifsen from Eidsiva Bredband in Norway. Congratulations Hakon! If you have questions about the survey, please email us at <survey2016(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Serge Radovcic Chief Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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[news] ICANN and Regional Internet Registries Sign SLA for the IANA Numbering Services
by Nick Hyrka 30 Jun '16

30 Jun '16

This message is sent on behalf of the Number Resource Organization (NRO) ICANN and Regional Internet Registries Sign SLA for the IANA Numbering Services Helsinki, Finland – 29 June 2016. The RIRs and ICANN signed the Service Level Agreement (SLA) for the IANA Numbering Services today at ICANN 56 in Helsinki, Finland. This agreement documents the arrangements for provision by ICANN of IANA numbering services, after the IANA stewardship transition which is expected to occur on 30 September 2016. The SLA will only come into effect with the transition, and will have no effect whatsoever before that time. This event is a significant milestone in the long process of transition planning which started in March 2014 with US Government announcement. The process involved huge efforts by the Internet number community collectively, and by teams formed specifically to carry out the work. In particular the NRO Executive Council expresses its sincere thanks for the contribution by CRISP members during the last year and a half in the IANA Stewardship Transition Process. The CRISP Team worked tirelessly to integrate and consolidate the views from the five different regional communities into a single proposal. As the work of the CRISP team is now finally complete, we hereby announce that the team is formally dissolved. Finally the NRO EC also wishes acknowledge the support of the ICANN Board and staff who worked hard with us to finalise the SLA and ensure it was completed on time. The final version of the SLA is available at: http://www.nro.net/sla

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[training] RIPE NCC Webinars - new dates
by Training Services 28 Jun '16

28 Jun '16

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 Service

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[meetings] Upcoming RIPE NCC events
by Martina De Mas 27 Jun '16

27 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to share the dates and locations of our upcoming RIPE Meetings and regional meetings: ENOG 12: Yerevan, Armenia, 3-4 October 2016 https://www.enog.org/meetings/enog-12/ RIPE 73: Madrid, Spain, 24-28 October 2016 https://ripe73.ripe.net/ MENOG 17: Location to be decided, April 2017 (TBC) RIPE 74: Budapest, Hungary, 8-12 May 2017 ENOG 13: Location to be decided, 23-24 May 2017 *call for ENOG 13 host closes 15 July!* SEE 6: Budva, Montenegro, 12-13 June 2017 https://www.ripe.net/see-6 RIPE 75: Location to be decided, 22-26 October 2017 (TBC) Best regards, Martina de Mas Conference Coordinator RIPE NCC

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[news] Fourth iPad Winner: RIPE NCC Survey 2016
by Serge Radovcic 22 Jun '16

22 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, We are happy to announce that the fourth winner of an iPad Air 2 for completing the RIPE NCC Survey 2016 is Teotónio Ricardo from WebTuga, Lda in Portugal. Congratulations Teotónio! We have just one more iPad to give away, so take the survey soon if you want to have a chance to win. You can take the survey until next Thursday, 30 June at: https://www.ripe.net/survey2016 The next prizewinner will be chosen at random by the Oxford Internet Institute on Friday, 1 July. Those who already completed the survey will be entered in that draw. By completing the survey, you can make sure that your views and the views of your region/industry are taken into account when the survey results are being analysed. We hope you will assist us by taking 10-15 minutes to complete the survey and by making your colleagues aware of it. Approximately 2,500 people have participated so far. Full details on the survey are available at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/take-the-ripe-ncc-surv… If you have questions about the survey, please email us at <survey2016(a)ripe.net>. We thank you for your help and look forward to receiving your feedback. Kind regards, Serge Radovcic Chief Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE Policy Proposals - June Update
by Marco Schmidt 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, Here is our monthly overview of open policy proposals and their stage in the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP). If you wish to join the discussion about a particular proposal, please do so on the relevant working group mailing list. There is now new way for you to participate in policy discussions if you wish. The RIPE Forum is a web-based solution that allows you to subscribe, search, read and post to RIPE community mailings lists from your browser. This is entirely optional and the mailing lists will continue to be supported as normal. We invite you to have a look: https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum/ Proposals Open for Discussion: 2016-01, "Include Legacy Internet Resource Holders in the Abuse-c Policy" 2016-02, “Resource Authentication Key ( RAK ) code for third party authentication” 2016-03, “Locking Down the Final /8 Policy” Proposals Awaiting Input: 2015-04, "RIPE Resource Transfer Policies" Proposal Withdrawn: 2015-05, "Revision of Last /8 Allocation Criteria" Proposal Overviews: PROPOSAL: 2016-01, "Include Legacy Internet Resource Holders in the Abuse-c Policy" OVERVIEW: Aims for a mandatory abuse contact for Legacy Internet Resource Holders in the RIPE Database. STATUS: Discussion Phase WHERE TO COMMENT: Anti-Abuse Working Group: anti-abuse-wg(a)ripe.net DEADLINE: 21 June 2016 FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2016-01 PROPOSAL: 2016-02, “Resource Authentication Key ( RAK ) code for third party authentication” OVERVIEW: Aims to allow all number resources, in exacts and more specifics, to be authenticated via an API-key that expires on a certain date. STATUS: Extended Discussion Phase WHERE TO COMMENT: RIPE NCC Services Working Group: ncc-services-wg(a)ripe.net DEADLINE: 29 June 2016 FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2016-02 PROPOSAL: 2016-03, “Locking Down the Final /8 Policy” OVERVIEW: The second version aims to ban transfers of allocations made under the final /8 policy. Several restrictions from the first version of the proposal have been removed. STATUS: Discussion Phase WHERE TO COMMENT: Address Policy Working Group: address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net DEADLINE: 15 July 2016 FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2016-03 ===== The following proposal is awaiting input before it can go any further in the PDP. PROPOSAL: 2015-04, "RIPE Resource Transfer Policies" OVERVIEW: Aims to create a single transfer policy with all relevant information on the transfer of Internet number resources, replacing text in several RIPE Policies. The proposal also introduces a 24-month holding period for IPv4 addresses and 16-bit ASNs after any change of holdership. RIPE NCC IMPACT ANALYSIS: Describes how the 24-month holding period for scarce resources will be applied. STATUS: Review Phase – Awaiting decision from working group chair FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2015-04 The following proposal has been withdrawn. PROPOSAL: 2015-05, "Revision of Last /8 Allocation Criteria" OVERVIEW: Aimed to allow LIRs to request an additional /22 IPv4 allocation from the RIPE NCC every 18 months. STATUS: Withdrawn - The proposers decided to withdraw the proposal due to the inability to find an acceptable agreement which satisfied all parties. FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2015-05 The RIPE NCC provides an overview of current RIPE Policy Proposals on www.ripe.net: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/current-proposals/current-policy-… We look forward to your involvement in the PDP. Kind regards, Marco Schmidt RIPE Policy Development Officer RIPE NCC

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