[ncc-announce] RIPE NCC Member Update: June 2018

RIPE NCC Member Update: June 2018

- LIR Statistics
- Six Years of IPv6
- RIPE NCC::Educa IPv6 Day
- Phasing Out the IP Analyser
- Migration of Configuration Management System
- GDPR Compliance
- RIPE Atlas Anchor Virtual Machines
- RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund
- Upcoming RIPE NCC Hackathons
- ENOG 15
- SEE 7
- RACI Call for Applications
- EuroDIG 2018
- Upcoming RIPE NCC Training Courses
- RSS News Feeds
- Email Tagging
- Social Media

LIR STATISTICS (change since last update)
Number of LIRs: 19,045 (+238)
LIRs with IPv6: 13,470 (+137)
Policy transfers in April: 608,000 IPv4 addresses (-302,592)

All of our published statistics are available on our A to Z stats page:
https://labs.ripe.net/statistics

SIX YEARS OF IPv6
On 6 June, we celebrated the sixth anniversary of the World IPv6 Launch 
with an RIPE NCC::Educa IPv6 Day event and a series of IPv6-related 
articles on RIPE Labs:

- Blockers to IPv6 and how to Overcome Them:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/david_holder/blockers-to-ipv6-adoption

- IPv6 Launchiversary - the View from RIPE Atlas and K-root:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/stephen_strowes/ipv6-launchiversary-a-review-from-ripe-atlas-and-k-root

- So Long... and Thanks for All the IPv6 (an article on the dissolution 
of the Dutch IPv6 Task Force):
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/marco_hogewoning/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-ipv6

- RIPE NCC::Educa IPv6 Day (and the RIPE NCC's perspective on IPv6 
deployment):
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/ulka_athale_1/ripe-ncc-educa-ipv6-day

RIPE NCC::EDUCA IPv6 Day
Our RIPE NCC::Educa on IPv6 took place on 6 June. 273 participants 
registered to take part in the event, with 240 unique participants 
attending on the day. All of the videos from the event are now available 
online:
https://www.ripe.net/support/training/ripe-ncc-educa/past-ripe-ncc-educa-events/agenda-ipv6

PHASING OUT THE IP ANALYSER
The IP Analyser was phased out from the LIR Portal because its 
functionality is now integrated within the My Resources area of the 
portal. The new implementation is also much faster. For the next two 
months, the menu items for the IPv4 and IPv6 Analysers in the LIR Portal 
will redirect to My Resources, after which period they will be removed. 
Users of the IP Analyser API will not see any change except for a 
performance improvement.

MIGRATION OF CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
We are migrating our configuration management system to a mixed solution 
using Salt and Ansible. The following RIPE Labs article describes the 
issues we were facing with the old system and the selection of a new 
platform:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/marco_giuliani/how-were-migrating-our-configuration-management-system

GDPR COMPLIANCE
Minor adjustments have been made to the Membership Application wizard 
for compliance with the GDPR. Some amendments to the RIPE Database are 
still due to take place, and we will continue to review RIPE NCC 
services to ensure compliance with the GDPR.

RIPE ATLAS ANCHOR VIRTUAL MACHINES
The RIPE NCC's pilot program to explore the pros and cons for including 
Virtual Machines (VMs) in the pool of RIPE Atlas anchors will finish at 
the end of June. We’ll be releasing a full analysis of the results on 
RIPE Labs shortly afterwards. Those interested can find an update on 
RIPE Labs:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/kistel/update-on-the-ripe-atlas-anchor-vm-pilot

RIPE NCC COMMUNITY PROJECTS FUND
The RIPE NCC provides EUR 250,000 per year to support projects of value 
to the operation and resilience of the Internet, with a focus on tools 
and services benefitting the technical community in our service region. 
You can apply for funding until 29 June 2018:
https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf

UPCOMING RIPE NCC HACKATHONS: TOOLS FOR NETWORK OPERATORS AND QUANTUM 
INTERNET
The RIPE NCC is partnering with iNOG and TU Delft to organise hackathons 
in Dublin and Amsterdam in June and October:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/two-ripe-ncc-hackathons-in-2018-tools-for-network-operators-and-quantum-internet

ENOG 15
ENOG 15 took place from the 4-5 June at the Moscow Marriott Grand Hotel. 
498 attendees checked in from 21 different countries. You can view the 
webcasts from the meeting right here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/ENOGWebcasts

SEE 7
SEE 7 is taking place from 18-19 June in Timisoara, Romania. Remote 
participation is available via the following link:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/see/see-7/remote-participation

RACI CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
RACI, the RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative, is calling for 
applicants from academia and research institutions for the upcoming 
meetings in Autumn 2018. Successful applicants will receive 
complimentary tickets, travel and accommodation to the meetings and the 
opportunity to present their research. The deadline to apply is 12 
August for the following meetings:

- RIPE NCC Regional Meeting Almaty, 25 September, Almaty, Kazakhstan
- RIPE 77, 15-19 October, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

If you are working on interesting research or know someone who is, you 
can find more information and the application form at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/raci

EuroDIG 2018
EuroDIG, the European Dialogue on Internet Governance, held its 11th 
annual event in Tbilisi, Georgia on 5-6 June. The RIPE NCC put together 
a live blog covering some of the sessions most relevant to our 
membership and community:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/gergana_petrova/eurodig-2018-liveblog

UPCOMING RIPE NCC TRAINING COURSES
In the coming month, we'll be delivering training courses in Spain, 
Russia, the UK, Romania, Iceland and Lebanon. There are also webinars 
you can take remotely on IPv6 addressing plans and the Root KSK 
Rollover. The dates and registration links are available at:
https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses

RSS NEWS FEEDS
News feeds allow you to see when we add new content on a particular 
subject in a section of the website that you're interested in. You can 
get the latest headlines as soon as we publish them.
https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/feeds

EMAIL TAGGING
We use tags so you can filter RIPE NCC emails in your own mail client 
depending on the topics you’re interested in: [meetings], [news], [GM],
[service] and [training].

SOCIAL MEDIA
Get updates, see the latest RIPE Labs articles and start conversations 
with 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

If you have any questions or comments on the material in the Member 
Update, please let me know.

Best regards,
Antony Gollan
Communications Officer
RIPE NCC