RIPE NCC Member Update: December 2018 --------------------------------------- 1. What We’re Doing For You --------------------------------------- - Your LIR Stats - A User-Driven Homepage - Webinars from Training Services - RIPEstat --------------------------------- 2. Your Technical Update --------------------------------- - DoH - It's DNS Jim, but not as we know it! - Uncovering Remote Peering at IXPs - Enabling IPv6 -------------------------------------------------------- 3. Join Us for These Meetings and Events -------------------------------------------------------- - RIPE 78 - RIPE 81 - SEE 8 ------------------------------------------------------- 4. What’s Happening in Our Community? ------------------------------------------------------- - RIPE Labs Highlights - RACI Call for Applications - Roundtable Meeting for Arab Governments in Saudi Arabia --------------------------------------- 1. What We’re Doing For You --------------------------------------- December brings the year of 2018 to a close, but not the exciting developments at the RIPE NCC. We continue to prioritise the interests and needs of the RIPE community and our members. We’re looking forward to continuing this into 2019 and offering our stakeholders even more. We’re happy to announce the launch of a new user-driven homepage! Using our web analytics, we’ve been able to improve the user experience of www.ripe.net. We’re handing over the controls, so you choose what you see. Read all about it in our latest RIPE Labs article. - Your LIR Stats LIR STATISTICS (change since last update) Number of LIRs: 20,583 (+95) LIRs with IPv6: 14,130 (+34) Policy transfers in November: 981,760 IPv4 addresses (-147,968) - A User-Driven Homepage We're changing our homepage so that you are in control of the content that you want to see. Our latest RIPE Labs article explains what some of these changes are and the data-driven decisions made to improve your user experience. A User-Driven Homepage: Coming Soon to a Computer Near You! https://labs.ripe.net/Members/adam_castle/a-user-driven-homepage-coming-soon... How We’re Improving Content on ripe.net https://labs.ripe.net/Members/adam_castle/how-were-improving-content-on-ripe... - Training Services – Webinar We're announcing our new dates for Webinars! The RIPE NCC Webinars are live and only take one hour. When you take part, you can interact with our trainers without leaving your desk. We bring them to you. We focus on the topics and issues most important for LIRs. We have limited spots available! Only 20 participants can join, so don't hesitate and register now: https://www.ripe.net/support/training/learn-online/webinars - Get Involved in RIPEstat Developments Submit your feature suggestion and become part of RIPEstat's future. You can also upvote suggestions from peers and find out more about the direction of RIPEstat: https://ripestat.featureupvote.com --------------------------------- 2. Your Technical Update --------------------------------- We’re enthusiastic about the technical developments within our community. Here’s some news about particular highlights. - DoH - It's DNS Jim, but not as we know it! At RIPE 77, Sara Dickinson talked about DNS developments from the perspective of end devices. Here, she takes the opportunity to offer this insight in article form: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/sara_dickinson/doh-its-dns-jim-but-not-as-we-k... - Uncovering Remote Peering at IXPs Read about how this team developed a method to detect remote peering at IXPs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/vgiotsas/uncovering-remote-peering-at-internet... - Enabling IPv6 Find out some of the ways the community is supporting governments and enterprise networks to enable IPv6 across our region. Twelve Steps to Enable IPv6 in Government and Enterprise Networks https://labs.ripe.net/Members/jordipaletm/twelve-steps-to-enable-ipv6-in-gov... IPv6 for Governments and Enterprises – a Case Study https://labs.ripe.net/Members/jordipaletm/ipv6-for-governments-and-enterpris... -------------------------------------------------------- 3. Join Us for These Meetings and Events -------------------------------------------------------- Our teams are busy readying new locations and requesting your participation for community events! Calls for presentations and registration are open! - RIPE 78, 20-24 May 2019, Reykjavík, Iceland Registration is now open: https://ripe78.ripe.net/attend/register/ Useful information about the meeting: https://ripe78.ripe.net/ - RIPE 81, 26-30 October 2020 The Call for Host is out and the deadline is 14 December 2019: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/ripe-meetings/call-for-host - SEE 8, 16-17 April 2019, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina The Call for Presentations is out: https://www.ripe.net/see-8/call-for-presentations Useful information about the meeting: https://www.ripe.net/see-8/ ------------------------------------------------------- 4. What’s Happening in our Community? ------------------------------------------------------- - RIPE Labs Highlights - Have you caught up on your RIPE Labs news? Mirjam Kühne has chosen some of last month’s articles, from a wide variety of projects, so you can be sure you’re up to date. A RIPE NCC Community Project Fund recipient from 2017, Claudio Jeker, reveals how OpenBGPD has brought diversity to the Route Server Landscape. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/claudio_jeker/openbgpd-adding-diversity-to-rou... Our community continues to enjoy the collaborative opportunities hackathons offer its participants. In October 2018, the Quantum Internet Hackathon took place in Amsterdam. 42 participants enjoyed the event, and you can find out more about what they did by reading this report: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/elena_signorelli/your-quantum-internet-hackath... Is the Internet Running Late? Geoff Huston offers us some insights into questions surrounding time and the Internet: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/gih/is-the-internet-running-late - RACI Call for Applications Do you do research on network measurements and analyses, IPv6 deployment, BGP routing, network security, Internet governance, peering and interconnectivity, or the Internet of Things? Apply for RACI to receive complimentary tickets, travel and accommodation for our meetings. Applications will be accepted until February 2019. The specific deadlines per meeting and more information are available on the website: https://www.ripe.net/raci - Roundtable Meeting for Arab Governments in Saudi Arabia On 4 December 2018, we held a Roundtable Meeting for Arab government representatives and regulators in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The meeting was held in partnership with the country’s Communications & Information Technology Commission (CITC). https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/about-ripe-ncc-and-ripe/roundtable-me... That’s all from us for 2019. We wish you all happy and safe new year celebrations. Make sure you keep in touch by following us on Facebook and Twitter, where we share news and updates regularly: https://www.ripe.net/support/contact/social-networking Best regards, Elena Signorelli Marketing and Communications Officer RIPE NCC | Amsterdam