News and Announcements

19 June 2009 - The RIPE NCC (AS25152) upgraded the k.root-servers.net instance in Frankfurt, Germany to a global node on 18 June 2009. This means that we are now announcing the prefix without the BGP no- export attribute. If you have been operating a peering session with us at DE-CIX, you will now

18 June 2009 - As announced at RIPE 58, TNO and GNKS Consult are working with the RIPE NCC to conduct a survey, sponsored by the European Commission, on the current and future use of IPv6 throughout the RIPE NCC service region. The IPv6 Deployment Monitoring Survey is now online, and we encourage al

28 May 2009 - We are pleased to announce that the RIPE NCC has implemented the second phase of "Direct Internet Resource Assignments to End Users from the RIPE NCC". In this phase the RIPE NCC will contact all LIRs to request information regarding existing direct resources requested through that LIR

The IPv6 Act Now website is designed to appeal to everyone with an interest in IPv6, from network engineers to company directors, from law enforcement agencies to government representatives and civil society.

13 May 2009 - 442 people took part in RIPE 58 when it took place in Amsterdam at the start of May 2009. The week kicked off with a focus on industry cooperation with government, law enforcement and the public sector. The first session of the day, the RIPE Cooperation Working Group, was centred aroun

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