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 -- Using Third Parties to Automate Our Due Diligence -- Supporting the Internet Number Registry System -- IPv6 Security Expert Exam -- Be Aware of Phishing Emails 2. Your Technical Update -- A Changing User Interface for rpki-validator.ripe.net 3. What's Happening in Our Community? -- RIPE Chair Team Reports – Summer 2021 -- RIPE Labs -- NRO NC Call for Nominations 4. Join Us for These Virtual Events -- RIPE 83 (virtual) -- Training Courses in October -- RIPE NCC Open House: Organising Network Operator Groups -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Greece -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Portugal 1. What We’re Doing for You -- LIR Stats Number of LIRS: 23,717 (+18) LIRs with IPv6: 16,295 (+35) IPv4 Addresses Transferred in August: 606,208 (+79,104) -- Using Third Parties to Automate Our Due Diligence We will soon begin working with third parties to fulfill our mandatory due diligence requirements in two key areas: sanctions screening and the validation of identification documents. To keep you informed, we have published an article on RIPE Labs that explains the relevant processes in more detail: https://labs.ripe.net/author/felipe_victolla_silveira/using-third-parties-to... -- Supporting the Internet Number Registry System RIPE NCC’s Hans Petter Holen has released a statement on behalf of the RIPE NCC expressing support for the AFRINIC community amidst its legal disputes: https://labs.ripe.net/author/hans_petter_holen/supporting-the-internet-numbe... -- IPv6 Security Exam RIPE NCC Certified Professionals has launched its new exam, the IPv6 Security Expert Exam. This exam is paired with the new IPv6 Security e-learning course in the RIPE NCC Academy: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/ipv6-security-expert-ex... -- Be Aware of Phishing Emails Several of our members recently alerted us to phishing emails from RIPE NCC-related email addresses, such as <noreply@ripe.net>. These are reasonably obvious, as we tend to spell “RIPE” correctly. In any case, please be aware and avoid clicking on any suspicious links. 2. Your Technical Update -- A Changing User Interface for rpki-validator.ripe.net After stopping maintenance of our RPKI Validator, we will be migrating our public RPKI Validator service on rpki-validator.ripe.net to Routinator. There will be some small changes to the UI that you can read about here: https://labs.ripe.net/author/nathalie-trenaman/a-changing-user-interface-for... 3. What’s Happening in Our Community? -- RIPE Chair Team Reports – Summer 2021 RIPE Chair Mirjam Kühne reports on the latest events in the community, which include a session on RIPE community resilience, a RIPE NCC Services Working Group interim session, updates from RIPE Task Forces and preparations for RIPE 83: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/ripe-chair-team-reports-summer-202... -- RIPE Labs In September, RIPE Labs featured articles from community members on switching our London DNS servers over to IPv6, faster querying in the RIPE Database web search, the 30-year anniversary of Europe’s first root name server and more: https://labs.ripe.net/ -- NRO NC Call for Nominations The call for nominations from the RIPE NCC service region to fill one seat on the Number Resource Organization Number Council is now open. The closing date for nominations is 27 October 2021: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/nro-nc-call-for-nominat... 4. Join Us for These Virtual Events -- RIPE 83 (virtual) RIPE 83 will take place virtually from 22-26 November 2021. You can get the latest updates about RIPE 83 on the meeting website: https://ripe83.ripe.net -- Training Courses in October Our webinars for the month of October are open for registration: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses Here’s the schedule: IPv6 Associated Protocols Security Tuesday, 5 October 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) Introduction to RPKI Tuesday, 12 October 2021 (08:00-09:00 UTC) RIPEstat Thursday, 14 October 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) Webinar for new LIRs Tuesday, 19 October 2021 (08:00-09:00 UTC) IPv6 Addressing Plan Thursday, 21 October 2021 (08:00-09:00 UTC) RIPE Database Applications Tuesday, 26 October 2021 (08:00-10:00 UTC) Interested in something that you can't find on our upcoming courses page? Let us know which topics you would like to see covered in future webinars: https://forms.gle/rhyExMhb7BTCCXyU8 -- RIPE NCC Open House: Organising Network Operator Groups Join us for an Open House for organisers of Network Operator Groups on Wednesday, 6 October 2021 from 10:00-11:30 (UTC): https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-org... -- RIPE NCC Open House: Become a Certified Professional in IPv6 Security Join us for an Open House on how to become a Certified Professional in IPv6 security on Wednesday, 20 October 2021 from 10:00-11:30 (UTC): https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-bec... -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Greece Join us for an Open House on the Internet in Greece on Wednesday, 13 October 2021 from 10:00-11:30 (UTC): https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-int... -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Portugal Join us for an Open House on the Internet in Portugal on Wednesday, 27 October 2021 from 10:00-11:30 (UTC): https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-int... Thank you for reading to the end. We’ll be back next month with more news! Best regards, Kjerstin Kjerstin Burdiek Communications Officer RIPE NCC