Member Update: February 2025
1. Registry
LIR Stats
Number of LIR accounts: 21,015 (+24)
Number of members: 20,012 (+19)
LIRs with IPv6: 15,751 (+29)
IPv4 addresses transferred in January: 2,452,736 (-1,969,996)
LIRs on IPv4 Waiting List: 914
Days that first LIR in queue has been waiting: 504
% of IPv4 address space covered by ROAs: 71%
% of IPv6 address space covered by ROAs: 40%
ARCs completed in January: 209
Using API Keys in the RIPE Database
On RIPE Labs, the RIPE NCC’s Ed Shryane explains how to use API keys, a new way to authenticate updates in the RIPE Database. They are associated with a user’s RIPE NCC Access account, and are intended to help you script (automate) updates to the RIPE Database.
2. Information Services
Introducing the New RIPEstat UI
We have launched a new version of the RIPEstat UI. The new UI is built on the original 2013 version, but with a much more modern look and feel. On RIPE Labs, the RIPE NCC’s Ties de Kock highlights some of the changes made and shares a first look at the new design.
Easy RIPE Atlas Data Analysis with SQL
On RIPE Labs, Giovane Moura shares a detailed, step-by-step guide to show how, with the help of RIPE Atlas, DuckDB allows you to use SQL without any DB server on a Jupyter Notebook.
3. Community and Engagement
RIPE 90 Call for Presentations
The RIPE Programme Committee (PC) is now seeking content proposals from the RIPE community for the plenary sessions, lightning talks and BoFs. RIPE 90 will be hybrid, so both in-person and virtual presentations will be accepted and are encouraged. The deadline to submit a presentation proposal is Monday, 3 March 2025.
Register for SEE 13 in Sofia, Bulgaria
SEE 13 will take place from 7-8 April in Sofia, Bulgaria. Learn more about the meeting and register on the meeting webpage.
Call for RIPE Chair and Vice Chair Nominations
The RIPE nominating committee (NomCom) now invites nominations from the community to fill the positions of RIPE Chair and Vice Chair. Any member of the RIPE community may be nominated for either position. Self-nominations are also permitted. Nominations can be sent to nominations@ripenomcom.org by Sunday, 30 March, 23:59 UTC.
ICP-2 Principles Questionnaire Report and Data Published
The ICP-2 Principles questionnaire was open from 8 October until 6 December 2024 and received 298 individual submissions from the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) communities. The NRO NC has published the raw data and a summary of the responses.
The RIPE Chair Team Reports: February 2025
The RIPE Chair Team’s latest report is out, featuring an update on RIPE governance, maintenance of RIPE Policies and industry events including webinars on RPKI and WSIS+20.
Looking Back at 2024: An External Engagement and Community Retrospective
On RIPE Labs, the RIPE NCC’s Alena Muravska looks at three main objectives that drive our external engagement and community work at the RIPE NCC and shows, through numbers and metrics, how we measured the impact we made in 2024.
RIPE Labs Podcast: Who Governs Cyberspace?
In the latest episode of the RIPE Labs Podcast, we dive into the evolving world of cyberspace and international cybersecurity law with Francesca Bosco from the CyberPeace Institute. Unpacking the evolving definition of cyberspace, the latest in international cybersecurity legislation and its potential impact on civil society, Francesca also explores the role of the multistakeholder approach in shaping both the technical and policy landscape of Internet governance.
RIPE NCC Upcoming Courses and Webinars
In March, we have planned:
Tues, 4 Mar 2025 IPv6 Addressing Plan Webinar
Thurs, 6 Mar 2025 Basic IPv6 Protocol Security Webinar
Wed, 12 Mar 2025 Anti-Abuse Webinar
Thurs, 13 Mar 2025 BGP Filtering Webinar
Thurs, 20 Mar 2025 IPv6 Fundamentals Training Course (Stockholm)
Fri, 21 Mar 2025 BGP Routing Security Training Course (Stockholm)
Call for Public Comments on the 2024 IANA Performance Matrix Summary Report
The IANA Numbering Services Review Committee (IANA RC) has launched a 30-day public comment period to seek comments and input from the community on the IANA numbering services performance and the 2024 IANA Performance Matrix Summary Report. Comments on the IANA service performance should be sent to iana-performance@nro.net by Friday, 28 February 2025 at 23:59 UTC.
4. Organisational Update
Charging Scheme TF Update
The RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Task Force meets every two weeks. Please check the minutes that are posted to the members-discuss mailing list and provide your feedback on the discussions. The task force discusses your feedback at every meeting.