News and Announcements

The Internet Hall of Fame recognises individuals who have played “an extraordinary role in the conceptualisation, building, and development of the global Internet”. Dr. Rob Blokzijl has been posthumously inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in recognition of his contribution to the development of

On Thursday, 2 December 2021, the RIPE NCC held a virtual meeting for government representatives and regulators from Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia.  More than 50 participants joined the meeting which featured presentations on IPv6 development, an overview on regional initiatives and a lo

The RIPE NCC General Meeting took place virtually from 24-29 November 2021.

The election to fill Nurani Nimpuno's seat on the NRO NC took place during RIPE 83 from 22-26 November 2021. The term for her seat will end on 31 December 2021. Congratulations to Sander Steffann on winning the election.

We have published our new five-year strategy document.

The RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund opened its call for applications in June 2021. The RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund Selection Committee is happy to announce the following projects have been selected as the 2021 recipients of the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund.

We are happy to announce that can now apply to host an instance of our AuthDNS service. We have updated our app, and it can now handle applications for both K-root and AuthDNS. We have also updated our requirements, wherein we will accept well-provisioned virtual servers for hosting these services.

We launched our new RIPE Atlas sponsorship model, offering more benefits and exposure to our future sponsors. The financial support we receive is used to increase the global coverage of RIPE Atlas and cover the costs of the hardware and distribution of probes. Take a look at the sponsorship packages

RIPE NCC Certified Professionals has launched its third exam – IPv6 Security Expert, which certifies the capability of designing a high-level strategy to protect an IPv6 network against common threats.

RIPE NCC's statement on supporting the Internet Number Registry system.