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Quarterly Planning

We have three objectives in publishing our quarterly planning:

  1. We want to be transparent about the work we are doing
  2. We want your input on that work and our planning, and we want to document that input, and let you know if and when we can add your suggestions to our planning
  3. We want an open dialogue with members and the community on developments around the RIPE Database

We launched this initiative in Q4 2021, and we are open to improving what we publish here and how we do that. So let us know if there are ways we can better present our plans.

We will update this page as our activities progress and continue to share updates on RIPE Labs, on the RIPE Database Working Group (WG) mailing list and at RIPE Meetings and other events.

Q4 2024 Plans

Last Updated: 27 September 2024

Description: The team is working on the implementation of the 'RIR Search' feature. We have implemented a new feature, 'Basic Search Features', and are working on the 'Relation Searches' feature, which will be included in a future Whois release.

Status: In progress

Item 2: Phase Out MD5

Description: Using MD5 hashed password authentication is a security risk, both for the RIPE NCC and the users of the RIPE database. We plan to implement alternative authentication mechanisms such as API keys (application passwords) and OAUTH 2.0 flows.

Status: In progress

Community Input on Planning

We want the community to contribute to our plans and suggest additional work items. The Database Working Group (WG) employs a process called Numbered Work Items (NWIs) that allows anyone to suggest work the RIPE NCC should carry out to improve the RIPE Database. A lot of work takes place each quarter to investigate the feasibility of NWIs and plan for their implementation.

Community input DB-2021#01: NWI-2 - Displaying history for database objects where available

Description: DB-WG to define requirements for NWI-2.

Status: Under consideration. In Q3 2024, our team documented the use of historical query commands for the DB-WG and published statistics.

Community input DB-2021#04: NWI-12 - NRTMv4

Description: Proposed Solution Definition to DB-WG, based on draft NRTM v4 proposal by Sasha Romijn. We worked on the server-side implementation and are now working on the client-side implementation. More information can be found on GitHub.

Status: In progress. In Q3 2024, our team implemented a key rollover in NRTMv4. We will continue with the remaining work to implement a second client (in addition to IRRd), and fix a race condition with signature files.

Archived Quarterly Plans

You can find our plans from the previous quarters on this page. The Q4 2024 plans will be archived once we publish the Q1 2025 planning.