News and Announcements

7 May 2009 - The RIPE NCC, which operates k.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root name servers deployed globally to manage traffic between computers connected to the Internet, has joined Autonomica, operator of I-root, and WIDE Project, operator of M-root, in issuing a joint statement to ICANN, the I

PAM 2001 (Passive & Active Measurement Workshop) took place in Amsterdam from 22-24 April 2001. There were 123 attendees. Presentations are available online.

25 March 2009 - The RIPE NCC has successfully completed the implementation of ASPLAIN format in the RIPE Database. We've converted all data in the RIPE Database containing an ASDOT Autonomous System Number (ASN) using the one-to-one mapping that exists between the two formats. If you are the maintai

Press Release | Paris, France, 23 March 2009 Formation of ITAC Set To Safeguard Internet Development and Innovation Through Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance OECD Recognition for Open Industry Dialogue as a Driver for Safe and Effective Internet Development The Organisation for Economic Co-ope

On 3 March 2009, between 15:00 to 19:00 (UTC), the RIPE NCC successfully implemented phase one of the previously accepted policy proposal 2007-01: "Direct Internet Resource Assignments to End Users from the RIPE NCC". This change requires that for all new requests for independent numbering resou

Phase one of policy proposal 2007-01, "Direct Internet Resource Assignments to End Users from the RIPE NCC", will be implemented on 3 March 2009. This change will require that an End User have a contractual relationship with a sponsoring LIR or the RIPE NCC before the End User can receive Inter

Advisor to the European Commission, Detlef Eckert, to stress the need to deploy the new Internet protocol now and highlights importance of public sector leadership at RIPE NCC Roundtable meeting for governments and regulators.

The RIPE NCC commissioned the market research firm TNS NIPO to carry out the Membership Survey 2008 on its behalf from 17 September - 25 November 2008. The purpose of the survey was to give the RIPE NCC's membership a formal opportunity to voice opinions on the services provided by the RIPE NCC, a

22 January, 2009 - The RIPE NCC will start to delete unreferenced PERSON and ROLE objects from the RIPE Database on Monday, 26 January 2009. Any PERSON or ROLE object that remains unreferenced by any operational resource for 21 consecutive days will be marked for deletion. It can be deleted at any

1 January 2009 - The RIPE NCC began assigning 32-bit (or four-byte) Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) by default. This is in accordance with a common policy agreed on in all Regional Internet Registry (RIR) communities and described in the RIPE Document, Autonomous System (AS) Number Assignment Pol