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Mastodon for the RIPE Community
by Ulka Athale 02 May '24

02 May '24

Dear all, At the last RIPE Meeting, I presented at the RIPE Community Plenary on Mastodon, asking if the RIPE NCC should run a server that would be open to community members. The presentation is at: https://ripe87.ripe.net/archives/video/1251/ The feedback we got was that this was not something we should do, or at least not right away. The main concerns were about the work involved and the difficulties in moderating a public server. Given this feedback, and considering the costs and maintenance required from our technical staff, we will not provide a server this year. However, there were also suggestions that we should dip our toe in the water. So we have started a RIPE NCC account on Mastodon that community members can follow. We hope to connect with people and also learn more about the Mastodon ecosystem. We can then revisit this question at a later date once we are familiar with the platform and we can better assess whether there is appetite for us to provide a server for the community. If you’re already on Mastodon, you can follow us at: https://mastodon.social/@ripencc. See you there! Best regards, Ulka Athale RIPE NCC

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DNS Resolver Recommendations Published (ripe-823)
by Mirjam Kuehne 01 May '24

01 May '24

Dear colleagues, I am happy to inform you that the RIPE DNS Resolver Best Common Practice Task Force [1] finished its work and published a set of recommendations and best current practices for operators of DNS resolvers - now available as RIPE Document 823: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-823/ I would like to take this opportunity to thank all task force members for their contributions to this document and especially Shane Kerr who chaired the group and ensured that progress was made and that all feedback was heard and considered by the task force. Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE Chair [1] The RIPE DNS Resolver Best Common Practice Task Force https://www.ripe.net/community/tf/dns-resolver-best-common-practice-task-fo…

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RIPE 88: Less than four weeks to go!
by RIPE Meeting 29 Apr '24

29 Apr '24

Dear colleagues, RIPE 88 is approaching and we wanted to give you an update about the meeting. You can still register for RIPE 88 if you haven't registered yet: https://ripe88.ripe.net/attend/register/ RIPE 88 will take place at Metropolo Hotel by Golden Tulip in Krakow, Poland from 20-24 May 2024. ------------- Ticket Options ------------- Week ticket: EUR 400 Day ticket: EUR 130 Student (week) ticket: EUR 50 You can find more information about ticket options at: https://ripe88.ripe.net/attend/register/ ------------ Draft Agenda ------------- We have published the draft agenda for the plenary sessions, and Working Group agendas are being added as they come in. Curious about what you can expect at RIPE 88? Take a look at: https://ripe88.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/ --------------------- Newcomer's Information --------------------- Is this your first RIPE Meeting? Welcome you to the RIPE community. Please participate in our newcomers’ activities so that you can find your way to things that interest you, and have a productive and fulfilling RIPE Meeting! You will find more information here: https://ripe88.ripe.net/attend/first-ripe-meeting/ ------------- Parallel Events ------------- As always, there are plenty of things going on in parallel with a busy RIPE Meeting week. You can get certified, or join in the Academic and NREN reception. Get the details at: https://ripe88.ripe.net/programme/parallel-events/ ------------- On-site Childcare ------------- Reminder: If you're bringing your little ones to RIPE 88, please make sure that you inform us about your childcare requirements before *5 May*. We have limited spaces. For more information, visit: https://ripe88.ripe.net/attend/diversity/childcare/ ------------- Social Events ------------- Get ready to network and enjoy meeting your fellow attendees. Take a look at our social events: https://ripe88.ripe.net/programme/social-events/ ------------- Safety and Accessibility Information ------------- We want all our attendees to enjoy a safe RIPE Meeting in Krakow. Please take a look at our webpages with information on health, safety and security: https://ripe88.ripe.net/attend/safety-and-security/ And if you have an requirements for accessibility, please get in touch with us. We have published accessibility information, and will add to it as we get closer to the meeting. You can find this information at: https://ripe88.ripe.net/attend/accessibility/ ---------------- Important Dates and Deadlines ---------------- 5 May: Mentoring application deadline 5 May: Childcare application deadline 10 May: Lightning Talk submissions accepted 13 May: Deadline to send recorded presentations to be published on the website 20-24 May 2024: RIPE 88 takes place in Krakow More information on RIPE 88 can be found at: https://ripe88.ripe.net/ Track the #RIPE88 hashtag on social media for the latest updates. See you in Krakow! Kind regards, RIPE 88 Meeting Organisation Team

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Internet: Rewilding vs Climate Change / Environmental Impact
by Vesna Manojlovic ＠ RIPE.net 27 Apr '24

27 Apr '24

Dear colleagues, For this month's news about environmental impact of technology, please find below links to three interesting blog posts, from the members of RIPE & adjacent communities. * We Need To Rewild The Internet, BY MARIA FARRELL AND ROBIN BERJON https://www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-rewild-the-internet > The internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. > But we can revitalize it using lessons learned by ecologists. * Blog by Dan York, Director of Internet Technology at ISOC: "The Internet and Climate Change" https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2024/04/the-internet-and-climate-chang… * Blog by Stéphane Bortzmeyer (in French): "RFC 9547: Report from the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impact of Internet Applications and Systems, 2022" https://www.bortzmeyer.org/9547.html Regards, Vesna -- Senior Community Builder RIPE NCC

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Routine Monitoring of Source Address Validation Deployment by Operators
by Brandon Zhi 26 Apr '24

26 Apr '24

Dear MANRS and RIPE members, My name is Gaoxing Zhang, and I am a computer enthusiast from the High School Competition Team at Hangzhou Dongfang High School. Recently, I've observed that although MANRS requirements mandate Source Address Validation(SAV) for its members, some operators have not fully implemented this practice in their networks. Therefore, I propose to routinely monitor the deployment status of SAV across ASNs to ensure compliance with MANRS guidelines and enhance network security. I am currently unaware of any existing projects with a similar focus. It has come to my attention that operators at IXP facilities, even including major entities like Google, fail to enable SAV. This issue also persists in-home broadband services obtained through PPPoE, which could lead to Infected Home Routers becoming sources of DDoS Attacks and Are Difficult to Trace. In my tests, I announced my IP thought tunnel on a different operator’s network and configured the Next-hop Address to a home broadband gateway obtained via PPPoE. The results indicated that Source Address Validation by China Telecom’s home broadband is only partially implemented in Mainland China, with most IP addresses from the region being accessible through this method. Here are some methods I have considered for ongoing monitoring: 1. Announce a new IP block upstream to receive inbound traffic. 2. Deploy a tunnel on the device connected to the ISP being tested, which will link to the upstream receiving the inbound traffic. 3. The IP block will not be announced to the ISP being tested but only to the upstream used to receive inbound traffic. Check the connectivity to major public DNS servers when the Next-hop address is set to the ISP being tested. 4. If it is reachable, it indicates that the ISP’s device lacks Source Address Validation. I plan to deploy test equipment at major IXPs (currently seeking equipment sponsors) and access points for some residential ISPs (with the assistance of volunteers). The testing environment will be a Linux-based VM, utilizing Python to switch Next-hop based on test targets and assess the accessibility to major public DNS servers, as well as to upload data to a backend system. I would really appreciate it if you could share your valuable suggestions or feedback on this initiative. Best regards, *Brandon Zhang* HUIZE LTD www.huize.asia <https://huize.asia/>| www.ixp.su | Twitter This e-mail and any attachments or any reproduction of this e-mail in whatever manner are confidential and for the use of the addressee(s) only. HUIZE LTD can’t take any liability and guarantee of the text of the email message and virus.

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Invitation to RIPE NCC Open House Events – Community Projects Fund Recipients 2023
by Alastair Strachan 22 Apr '24

22 Apr '24

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to invite you to participate in the upcoming RIPE NCC Open House events. If you are thinking of applying for the Community Projects Fund this year or want to get updates about the projects selected for the 2023 RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund, make sure you attend these sessions to gain insights into the progress, challenges, and future goals of the supported initiatives. During the sessions, recipients of the 2023 RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund will present detailed updates on their projects, summarising their journey thus far and their current advancements. Each presentation will be followed by a Q&A segment, offering you the chance to interact directly with the project teams and gain a deeper understanding of their work. https://www.ripe.net/membership/meetings/open-house/cpf-recipients-2024/ Session Schedule: First Session: April 26, 2024, 10:00 - 11:30 CEST (08:00 - 09:30 UTC) Thomas Holterbach: Designing the Next Generation of Public BGP Route Collection Infrastructures Tobias Fiebig: Measurement.network - Organizing Active Measurements Ioana Livadariu: SubZero - Monitoring the Deployment Impact of the Submarine Cable System Second Session: May 2, 2024, 10:00 - 11:30 CEST (08:00 - 09:30 UTC) Marcus Dansarie: : Secure Time for IoT Devices - Developing the Roughtime Proposed Standard Raffaele Sommese: Anycast Discovery - Daily Mapping the Anycast Landscape for Enhanced Internet Resilience Suelette Dreyfus and Richard Prospesel: Community Canary - Exploring Tor's Rust Implementation, Arti We encourage all members of the Internet technical community and anyone interested in the advancement of Internet infrastructure to attend these insightful sessions. Looking forward to your participation in fostering innovation and progress within our community. Kind Regards Alastair Strachan RIPE NCC

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New RIPE Labs Article - Building a stable future for the RIPE NCC
by Remco van Mook 22 Apr '24

22 Apr '24

Dear colleagues, I’d like to draw your attention to an article that was just published on RIPE Labs, about building a stable future for the RIPE NCC. As it touches on some very foundational aspects all across the various working groups and NCC membership, I thought it important to share, and I would very much like to ask everyone for their input and ideas. In order to not spread the discussion too much across the various mailing lists, I suggest that we use the general RIPE list (which I’ve put into the reply-to field of this email. I’m currently in the process of organising a BOF during RIPE 88 on this topic as well and am looking forward to a constructive discussion! Kind regards, Remco van Mook RIPE NCC Executive Board

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New on the RIPE Labs Podcast: Starlink and the Future of Low-Orbit Internet
by Anastasiya Pak 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Dear colleagues, In this new episode of the RIPE Labs podcast, I talk to Geoff Huston about Starlink and the promise of the Low Earth Orbit Satellites for Internet connectivity. Tune in to hear more about the early days of satellite Internet, how existing protocols and regulations apply beyond the clouds, and what the technology might hold in store for the future of the Internet. You can listen to this episode on all your favourite podcast platforms: https://pod.link/1618220736/episode/3dcf17850ad60c118862d8315b14c587 Also available on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/author/anastasiya-pak/geoff-huston-starlink-and-the-f… Kind Regards, Anastasiya Pak Marketing & Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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Green tech news for March: Environmental Sustainability & Internet Governance, academia, protocols, research, standards, regulations...
by Vesna Manojlovic 28 Mar '24

28 Mar '24

Dear RIPE Community, here are some "green tech" news that might interest you: === New IETF mailing list: green-bof(a)ietf.org Archive: https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/green-bof/ To subscribe: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/green-bof Purpose: This short-term mailing list is for BoF preparation and charter related discussions for holding a WG forming BoF, with the idea of forming a Green networking WG. === I gave an invited presentation: "Internet Governance and Climate Action" at "Traces of Power" student event at WdKA in Rotterdam, on 7 March 2024 https://www.ripe.net/about-us/press-centre/publications/presentations/2024/… https://top.permacomputing.net === Here is a recording of an online event "AI & the Climate Crisis" on Tuesday, 19 March 2024 from 18:30 to 20:00 (GMT) https://goldsmiths.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=609824f6-5… Dr Dan McQuillan | Goldsmiths, University of London lead the discussion and was joined by: * Boxi Wu - Oxford Internet Institute https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/boxi-wu/ * Fieke Jansen - Critical Infrastructure Lab https://www.criticalinfralab.net/ * Sebastián Lehuedé - King's College London https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/sebastian-lehuede * Patrick Brodie - University College Dublin https://people.ucd.ie/patrick.brodie Moderator is the author of the book "Resisting AI" : https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/resisting-ai === French regulator ARCEP published 2024 report on “Achieving digital sustainability”: English press release https://en.arcep.fr/news/press-releases/view/n/the-environement-210324.html French press release https://www.arcep.fr/actualites/actualites-et-communiques/detail/n/numeriqu… French webpage about the report https://www.arcep.fr/cartes-et-donnees/nos-publications-chiffrees/impact-en… ==== Upcoming events in April: 10-12. April, Berlin & online: "Democracy in Engineering Education: Do we need ethics or sustainability in engineering?" https://www.tu.berlin/en/km/n-zertifikat/tins-d-education/democracy-in-engi… 16-17. April, online: "Workshop on Sustainable Computing" https://edas.info/web/nsf-wscs24/ 25-26. April, Munich: EcoCompute Conference https://www.eco-compute.io ==== And, for your reading pleasure: new RFC was published recently: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9547 "Report from the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impact of Internet Applications and Systems, 2022" Regards, Vesna Manojlovic -- Senior Community Builder, RIPE NCC https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/

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Criteria for the Accreditation of Regional Internet Registries
by Athina Fragkouli 27 Mar '24

27 Mar '24

Dear colleagues, As you may be aware, the RIRs have initiated a community-led process contributing to the strengthening of the RIR system and the accountability of the Internet Numbers Registry System. In particular, this process aims at revising the requirements for the accreditation of RIRs described over 20 years ago in the "ICP-2" document. I have published an article on RIPE Labs which provides more details on considerations that prompted this process and the plan for its completion: https://labs.ripe.net/author/athina/criteria-for-the-accreditation-of-regio… Kind regards, Athina Fragkouli Chief Legal Officer RIPE NCC

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