News and Announcements

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.

The RIPE NCC Executive Board has decided to consult with the membership on the principles that should apply to the charging scheme model we will use in the coming years.

Call for nominations to fill one seat on the NRO NC.

It has come to the attention of the Number Resource Organization (“NRO”) that certain members of the Internet community have expressed concerns regarding AFRINIC, the Regional Internet Registry (“RIR”) for Africa, and its operations. Through messages posted on various community mailing lists, allegations have been made against AFRINIC and the performance of its duties as an RIR. While the issues raised are best resolved by the RIR at issue, the NRO provides the following statement to the global Internet community.

We’re pleased to announce that Hisham Ibrahim will take on the role of Chief Community Officer, heading the RIPE NCC’s community and engagement activities. This includes community development activities, learning and development, public policy and Internet governance, and membership engagement. Hish