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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update: June 2016
by Fergal Cunningham 16 Jun '16

16 Jun '16

RIPE NCC Member Update: June 2016 Contents: - Creating Additional LIR Accounts - Registration Services - RIPE Database - LIR Portal - RIPE Forum - RIPE NCC Survey 2016 - Training Services - Update from the Dubai Office - ENOG 11 - RIPE Atlas - Internet Governance - IETF Endowment Fund - General Meeting May 2016 - Social Media Number of LIRs: 13,672 LIRs with IPv6: 10,385 IPv4 addresses transferred in May: 592,640 https://labs.ripe.net/statistics CREATING ADDITIONAL LIR ACCOUNTS At the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) from 25-27 May, members approved a resolution that allows the opening of additional LIR accounts per member. 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. Now the RIPE NCC is working on improved procedures to accept new applications for additional LIR accounts and will inform the membership when these are in place. REGISTRATION SERVICES At the RIPE 72 Meeting, Andrea Cima presented Feedback from RIPE NCC Registration Services, and it was one of the highest-rated presentations at the meeting. In this presentation, Andrea lets you know what feedback we have received from members about the policies that have been implemented by the RIPE NCC. You can see the video of the presentation at: https://ripe72.ripe.net/archives/video/155/ Rene Wilhelm also published an article on RIPE Labs about developments we have seen with IPv4 transfers over the past year: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/wilhelm/developments-in-ipv4-transfers RIPE DATABASE Many usability improvements in the RIPE Database web interface have been rolled out in the last few months. The latest addition helps users choose a compatible status when creating inet(6)num objects: https://twitter.com/alexander_band/status/738644198493020161 LIR PORTAL RIPE Database objects that have a joint responsibility, such as allocations for IP resources and the organisation object, can now be updated using any update method you like, e.g. webupdates, syncupdates or email updates. The LIR Portal Object Editors are no longer needed and have been deprecated. To get started, choose your LIR's preferred default maintainer on the LIR Portal account details page: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/support/security/maintainers#de… RIPE FORUM We introduced a new web-based interface to encourage participation in RIPE community discussions such as Address Policy, Anti-Abuse or IPv6. Subscription, reading and posting are handled on your browser without the need to get more emails in your inbox. Why not try it out? https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum/ RIPE NCC SURVEY 2016 The RIPE NCC Survey 2016 has been running for three weeks and we've already seen over 2,000 people participate. This will give us excellent insight into what our members and the community want to see from the RIPE NCC in the years to come. Three people have also won an iPad Air 2 - Piet Honkoop - Roman Sokolov - Jorge García de la Nava We still have two more prizes to give away. So take part in the survey to help the RIPE NCC improve - you might receive a nice prize for taking 10 minutes to help us out. https://www.ripe.net/survey2016 TRAINING SERVICES Is there a RIPE NCC Training Course coming to your country? In July there will be courses in Iceland, Russia, Bulgaria and the Netherlands. There are still places available at all these courses. https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses UPDATE FROM THE DUBAI OFFICE It's been two years since we opened the RIPE NCC Dubai office, and our staff have done much to engage with our members and community in the region. Hisham Ibrahim gives a good overview of the Dubai office's second year of operations: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/hisham_ibrahim/update-on-activities-in-the-me… ENOG 11 The ENOG 11/RIPE NCC Regional Meeting took place in Moscow from 7-8 June. You can see the full presentation archive at: https://www.enog.org/meetings/enog-11/presentations/ RIPE ATLAS The third RIPE Atlas Hackathon took place on the weekend before the RIPE 72 Meeting. This RIPE Labs article contains a review of the event, links to all the code produced and a preview of the next hackathon: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/ripe-atlas-interface-hackathon-results The RIPE NCC's Philip Homburg published a RIPE Labs article that provides a visual impression of the lifetime of RIPE Atlas probes. He finds out that probes not connecting at all is a much larger problem than probes failing over time due to hardware issue: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/philip_homburg/a-visual-impression-of-probe-l… INTERNET GOVERNANCE Last week saw a milestone in the IANA stewardship transition process as the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued its assessment report. After thorough review, the NTIA reports that it finds that "the IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal meets the criteria necessary to complete the long-promised privatization of the IANA functions." https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/ntia-issues-iana-stewa… The RIPE NCC will also participate at the ICANN 56 Meeting in Helsinki from 27-30 June: https://meetings.icann.org/en/helsinki56 IPv6 DEPLOYMENT The RIPE NCC is awarding five-star IPv6 RIPEness to LIRs that are deploying IPv6 at the edge. Our five-star IPv6 RIPEness page lists LIRs per country who have met the criteria for achieving this status: http://ipv6ripeness.ripe.net/5star/ If you are listed as a five-star LIR, you can email <ncc(a)ripe.net> to claim a five-star IPv6 RIPEness t-shirt! We also provide information for various audiences that can help with IPv6 deployment. Check out the IPv6 Info Centre: https://www.ripe.net/publications/ipv6-info-centre IETF ENDOWMENT FUND Following the RIPE NCC Services Working Group session and the General Meeting, the RIPE NCC Executive Board asked for feedback on the proposal for the RIPE NCC to contribute to the IETF Endowment Fund. The Board will discuss the feedback received from members at its upcoming meeting in July. You can see the discussion that took place in the members-discuss archives: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/ GENERAL MEETING MAY 2016 At the RIPE NCC General Meeting in May, the membership elected Nigel Titley and Remco van Mook to the two available seats on the RIPE NCC Executive Board. Members also approved the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2017, which keeps the membership fee at the current level of EUR 1,400. All information on the GM is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2016/general-meet… SOCIAL MEDIA Why not follow us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn? https://www.ripe.net/support/contact/social-networking If you have feedback about the contents of this mail, please reply and let me know. If there is information about particular services or activities you would like to see included, we can add it to future issues. Best regards, Fergal Cunningham Membership Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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

16 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, We are happy to announce that the third winner of an iPad Air 2 for completing the RIPE NCC Survey 2016 is Jorge García de la Nava of Data Rush IT Services in Spain. Congratulations Jorge! We have two more iPads to give away, so take the survey soon to be in with a chance to win. You can take the survey now at: https://www.ripe.net/survey2016 The next prizewinner will be chosen at random by the Oxford Internet Institute on Wednesday, 22 June. 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. Over 2,000 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] NTIA Issues IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal Report
by Axel Pawlik 10 Jun '16

10 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, The transition of stewardship of the IANA functions to the global multistakeholder community has reached a significant milestone. On 9 June 2016, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued its assessment report on the IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal. The proposal was submitted to the NTIA in March 2016 following the ICANN 55 Meeting. From its first announcement, the NTIA has set down a number of requirements that any proposal for transition would need to meet. The proposal must: 1. Support and enhance the multistakeholder model; 2. Maintain the security, stability and resiliency of the Internet DNS; 3. Meet the needs and expectations of the global customers and partners of the IANA services; and 4. Maintain the openness of the Internet. The NTIA further stipulated that it "would not accept a proposal that replaces its role with a government-led or intergovernmental organization solution." After thorough review the NTIA reports that it finds that "the IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal meets the criteria necessary to complete the long-promised privatization of the IANA functions." The NTIA also looked at the recommendations developed by the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability, and found that "the accountability recommendations are consistent with sound principles of good governance that reflect the unique and important mission of ICANN within the Internet ecosystem.” The NTIA is now engaging with members of the United States Congress, and has asked ICANN to provide an implementation planning status report to gauge whether this work is likely to be completed prior to the expiration of the IANA functions contract on 30 September 2016. A fact sheet and link to the full report is available at: https://www.ntia.doc.gov/other-publication/2016/fact-sheet-ntias-assessment… Further information on the IANA stewardship transition is available at: https://www.ripe.net/iana-stewardship-transition Best regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[news] Second iPad Winner: RIPE NCC Survey 2016
by Serge Radovcic 08 Jun '16

08 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, We are happy to announce that the second winner of an iPad Air 2 for completing the RIPE NCC Survey 2016 is Roman Sokolov of Mobile TeleSystems PJSC in Russia. Congratulations Roman! We have three more iPads to give away, and the sooner you complete the survey the more chances you will have to win. You can take the survey now at: https://www.ripe.net/survey2016 The next prizewinner will be chosen at random by the Oxford Internet Institute on Wednesday, 15 June. 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 do hope you will assist us by taking 10-15 minutes to complete the survey and by making your colleagues aware of it. Almost 1,500 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] Creating Additional LIR Accounts
by Henriette Van Ingen 06 Jun '16

06 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, The ability to open additional LIR accounts was confirmed at the RIPE NCC General Meeting on 27 May 2016 when members voted to approve the following resolution: "The General Meeting approves the ability of RIPE NCC members to create additional LIR accounts." The RIPE NCC is now working on creating the processes to implement this resolution. We expect that the processes will be put in place in the coming weeks and we can begin to process applications for additional LIR accounts. We will inform the membership as soon as the resolution is implemented. Kind regards, Henriette van Ingen Customer Services Manager RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE Database: Organisation Names in "descr:" cleaned up and no longer enforced
by Tim Bruijnzeels 02 Jun '16

02 Jun '16

Dear colleague, Following consensus on the Database Working Group mailing list, the RIPE NCC is no longer enforcing that the first “descr:” attribute on inetnum, inet6num and aut-num objects reflects your organisation name for allocations and assignments created by the RIPE NCC. We have removed the first “descr:” attribute line from all these objects, leaving any multiple “descr:” attribute lines how they are. We sent notifications about this for all objects that had a “notify:” email address configured. No action is required from you. All holders of resource objects allocated or assigned by the RIPE NCC can now update the “descr:” attribute themselves. You can use any text on the “descr:” attribute, or leave it out all together. A reference to the holding organisation still exists on the “org:” attribute that the RIPE NCC maintains for these resources. If you have any questions or comments, please email <ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net> Kind regards, The RIPE NCC Database team

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[news] First iPad Winner: RIPE NCC Survey 2016
by Serge Radovcic 02 Jun '16

02 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, We are happy to announce that the first winner of an iPad Air 2 for completing the RIPE NCC Survey 2016 is Piet Honkoop of Espresso Gridpoint in the Netherlands. Congratulations Piet! We have four more iPads to give away, and the sooner you complete the survey the more chances you will have to win. You can take the survey now at: https://www.ripe.net/survey2016 The next prizewinner will be chosen at random by the Oxford Internet Institute on Wednesday, 8 June. 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 do hope you will assist us by taking 10-15 minutes to complete the survey and by making your colleagues aware of it. 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] Signature Draft of IANA Numbering Services SLA
by Athina Fragkouli 01 Jun '16

01 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, In the interest of transparency, the Number Resource Organization has published an update on progress made on development of the Service Level Agreement between the IANA Numbering Services Operator (ICANN) and the five Regional Internet Registries. A draft 5.2 is now publicly available, and is considered a “signature draft”. This RIRs expect that this SLA will be signed by all parties at the same time frame as the rest of the accountability measures approved by the ICANN Board. https://www.nro.net/news/updated-5-2-and-signature-version-of-the-sla-for-t… Kind regards, Athina Fragkouli Head of Legal RIPE NCC

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[training] RIPE NCC Training Courses April-June 2016
by Training Services 01 Jun '16

01 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, Our training team travels the RIPE NCC service region to deliver training courses to our members without any additional cost. Over the next few months, we'll be in Budapest, Tirana, Manchester, Lisbon, Bologna, Munich, Tallinn, Moscow, Vienna, Valletta, Reykjavik. Visit the following page to register and to check which training courses we are giving in your area: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses The RIPE NCC delivers the following training courses: - LIR Training Course - RIPE Database Training Course - Basic IPv6 Training Course - DNSSEC Training Course - 2 days Advanced IPv6 Training Course - 2 days BGP Operations and Security Training Course For more information visit: https://www.ripe.net/support/training/courses With kind regards, Rumy Spratley-Kanis Training Services Manager

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[news] Introducing the RIPE Forum
by Marco Schmidt 30 May '16

30 May '16

Dear colleagues, There’s a new way to participate on the RIPE Working Group mailing lists: the RIPE Forum, a web-based interface for reading and sending emails on RIPE community mailing lists. We developed the RIPE Forum in-house based on feedback we received from members of the RIPE community who wanted the option to interact and share information in a more modern way. It’s important to note that this new interface is completely optional – those who like using the established mailing list system can continue as they always have, and won’t notice any difference. Several weeks ago the RIPE Forum was deployed on the RIPE Atlas mailing list as a pilot. The test was a success, with no major issues detected, and very positive comments were received from users. We presented the results to the RIPE Working Group Chairs and, based on their feedback, decided to deploy the RIPE Forum to all RIPE Working Group mailing lists. We invite you to have a look yourself: https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum/ We created a special mailing list for testing purposes, so that any conversations about the platform itself can be contained there without disrupting the regular flow of discussions on the RIPE Working Group mailing lists. Feel free to send test messages and try out the RIPE Forum on this special list: https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum/ripe-forum-test If you’d like to learn more about how the RIPE Forum works or the background behind the project, please take a look at the presentation given last week during RIPE 72 and the RIPE Labs article that was published for the pilot phase: https://ripe72.ripe.net/archives/video/242/ https://labs.ripe.net/Members/marco_schmidt/introducing-the-ripe-forum The forum is still in “beta” phase – there might still be some bugs and we are continuously working to improve things, so please keep that in mind while exploring the forum. You can give your feedback by clicking on the “Report a bug” button on the forum, or leave a comment on the above RIPE Labs article. We hope you’ll enjoy the RIPE Forum, and we look forward to your feedback! Kind regards, Marco Schmidt Policy Development Officer RIPE NCC

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