RIPE NCC Member Update: November 2018 LIR Statistics Mergers and Acquisitions Forms in LIR Portal Abuse-c Validation RIPE Atlas VM Anchors Reducing RPKI Misconfigurations December Deadline for Closure Updates How EU Regulation Affects RIPE NCC Members ITU Plenipotentiary 2018 IGF 2018 IMC 2018 RIPE Labs Highlights RACI Call for Applications NRO NC Election Result RIPE NCC Training – Upcoming Courses in 2018 RIPE 77 RIPE 79 – save the date RIPE 81 – call for hosts Social Media RIPE NCC Presentations at RIPE 77 LIR STATISTICS (change since last update) Number of LIRs: 20,488 (+423) LIRs with IPv6: 14,096 (+233) Policy transfers in November: 1,129,728 IPv4 addresses (+729,088) MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS FORMS IN LIR PORTAL There are a new set of forms available in the LIR Portal. These will make it easier for members to send quick updates on information regarding changes to the structure of their business or organisation, as might occur in the case of a merger or acquisition. The forms are available in the Request Update section of https://my.ripe.net. ABUSE-C VALIDATION We recently finished our test validation of 900 abuse contacts in the RIPE Database. As expected, around 25% were invalid, and we are following up with these organisations directly. We are now reviewing our process based on the results of the test and plan to start validating all abuse-c contacts in January 2019. RIPE ATLAS VM ANCHORS If you’re interested in becoming a RIPE Atlas anchor host, the application process for RIPE Atlas VM anchors is open now. Find out more about our virtual anchors and how to apply for them on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alun_davies/announcing-ripe-atlas-vm-anchors REDUCING RPKI MISCONFIGURATIONS A guest article on RIPE Labs this month tells you why it’s important to take care of RPKI misconfigurations, the impact of ignoring them, and how network operators can easily determine whether they are affected by a specific RPKI misconfiguration: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/nusenu_nusenu/the-rpki-observatory DECEMBER DEADLINE FOR CLOSURE UPDATES If you need to make a request to close an LIR account, or you need to update us on any changes that will result in the closure of an LIR account, please provide us with all the information before 15 December 2018 or you might be invoiced for that account in 2019. Further details are available at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2018-November/001289.ht... HOW EU REGULATION AFFECTS RIPE NCC MEMBERS Suzanne Taylor gives us an overview of some of the most relevant policies in EU regulation on RIPE Labs. Check out Suzanne’s insights on the latest proposals and debates around policy development in this area: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/how-eu-regulation-affect... ITU PLENIPOTENTIARY 2018 Several of our colleagues took part in the ITU Plenipotentiary (PP-18) that took place in Dubai this month. Chris Buckridge gave us an update article on how things were going at the halfway point. And Marco Hogewoning looked at the PP-18 from a network engineer perspective: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/chrisb/itu-plenipotentiary-2018-what-just-happ... https://labs.ripe.net/Members/chrisb/pp-18-an-update-at-the-halfway-point IGF 2018 Get our perspective from this year’s Internet Governance Forum on RIPE Labs, which took place in Paris from 12-14 November: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/gergana_petrova/igf-2018-liveblog IMC 2018 Earlier in the month, we also participated the Internet Measurement Conference (IMC), an annual conference focusing on Internet measurement and analysis. Again, we wrote a liveblog covering all our takeaways from the meeting: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/gergana_petrova/imc-2018-liveblog RIPE LABS HIGHLIGHTS Along with the other articles we’ve been pointing to here, we published a wide range of content on RIPE Labs from both RIPE NCC and external contributors. You can catch up on all our posts on our RIPE Labs pages. Here are some of the highlights: - 10 Years of IPv6 Stakeout In a guest article on RIPE Labs, Torbjorn Eklov talks about his experiences of encouraging municipalities in Sweden to enable IPv6 and showing them how it’s done: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/teklov/10-years-of-ipv6-stakeout - What Do We Do With E-Waste? Our colleagues Mirjam Kühne, Amanda Gowland and Ulka Athale raised environmental concerns in this blog on how we as a community are dealing with e-waste. This is a new topic approach for RIPE Labs, so let us know if you found this interesting and/or helpful: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/mirjam/what-do-we-do-with-e-waste RACI CALL FOR APPLICATIONS The RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (RACI), is calling for applicants from academia and research institutions for the upcoming meetings (RIPE, MENOG, ENOG, SEE in Spring and Summer 2019. Successful applicants will receive complimentary tickets, travel and accommodation to the meetings and the opportunity to present their research. You can find more information, including the deadlines to apply and the application form, at: https://www.ripe.net/raci NRO NC ELECTION RESULT At RIPE 77, Nurani Nimpuno was re-elected to serve another three-year term on the Number Resource Organisation Number Council (NRO NC). Her next term will run from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2021. https://www.ripe.net/participate/internet-governance/internet-technical-comm... RIPE NCC TRAINING – UPCOMING COURSES IN 2018 All our face-to-face training courses and webinars are free to attend if you are a RIPE NCC member. You just need to register! By the end of 2018, we have courses in Slovenia, Italy, Austria and Oman. We also have webinars focused on IPv6 and the RIPE Database. Sign up today at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses RIPE 77 The RIPE 77 Meeting took place in Amsterdam from 15-19 October and saw a record number of attendees with more than 800 people checked in from 64 different countries! All of the presentations are downloadable, and the videos are available to watch from the RIPE 77 website: https://ripe77.ripe.net/ - RIPE Networking App The RIPE Networking App has been taken offline for RIPE 77. All user messages and user meetings have now been deleted from the App. Your profile information will be kept should you wish to reuse it at future RIPE, ENOG or SEE meetings: https://networking-app.ripe.net/ RIPE 79 - SAVE THE DATE We are happy to announce that the RIPE 79 Meeting will take place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands from 14-18 October 2019. More information about the event will be available after RIPE 78, which takes place in Reykjavík, Iceland from 20-24 May 2019 RIPE 81 - CALL FOR HOST We're looking for organisations within the RIPE NCC service region interested in hosting RIPE 81 from 26-30 October 2020. The host proposal should be submitted no later than *14 December 2018*. For more information, please visit: https://www.ripe.net/ripe-meetings/call-for-host SOCIAL MEDIA Get updates, see the latest RIPE Labs articles and talk to us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn: https://www.ripe.net/support/contact/social-networking You can find all the previous Member Updates containing an overview of what the RIPE NCC is doing at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/member-update Did you make it this far? If you have suggestions for how we could make it easier to get you the information you need, we'd love to hear from you! RIPE NCC PRESENTATIONS AT RIPE 77 Emile Aben - Zombie Routes: https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/337/ Daniel Karrenberg - Why It is Important to Remember Jon Postel: https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2004/ Vesna Manojlovic - Results of the Quantum Internet Hackathon https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2341 Marco Schmidt - Current Policy Topics https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2229 Andrea Cima - IPv4 End-Game and Afterlife https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2232 Ingrid Wijte - Country Codes in the Extended Delegated Statistics and RIPE DB https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2237 Suzanne Taylor - How EU Regulation Affects You https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2273 Robert Kisteleki - Tools Update https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2256 Axel Pawlik - RIPE NCC Update https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2258 Alastair Strachan - RIPE Community Project Fund https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2259 Felipe Victolla Silveira - RIPE NCC Operational Update https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2260 Rumy Spratley-Kanis - Training Services Credentialing Initiative https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2262 Chris Buckridge - ITU Plenipotentiary: Preparations, Expectations and Concerns https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2267 Best regards, Alun Davies Communications Officer RIPE NCC