[ncc-announce] [news] RIPE NCC Member Update: July 2017

RIPE NCC Member Update: July 2017

Contents:
- LIR Statistics
- Unifying the LIR Portal and RIPE Database User Experience
- RIPE NCC Support for NOGs
- RIPE Database Switch to Zonemaster
- New RIPE Atlas Measurement Options
- Transfer of Resources Due to Company Acquisition?
- RIPE NCC Member Lunches
- My Resources
- Trends in RIPE NCC Service Region IPv4 Transfers
- ENOG 14 Minsk
- RIPE 75 Dubai
- The RIPE Fellowship
- RACI
- RIPE IoT Roundtable Meeting in Leeds
- LIR Development per Country - RIPEstat Preview
- Anchoring Measurements: Bringing Back the Balance
- SEE Meeting Archive
- IPv6 Updates
- Training and Webinars
- RIPE Diversity Task Force
- RIPE Labs
- The RIPE NCC is Hiring
- RSS News Feeds from the RIPE NCC
- Email Tagging
- Monthly Policy Updates
- Social Media

LIR STATISTICS (change since last update)
Number of LIRs: 16,341 (+343)
LIRs with IPv6: 12,069 (+182)
IPv4 addresses transferred in April: 1,248,512 (+745,728)

All our published statistics are available on our A to Z stats page:
https://labs.ripe.net/statistics/?az=true

UNIFYING THE LIR PORTAL AND RIPE DATABASE USER EXPERIENCE
The RIPE NCC is working to unify the LIR Portal and RIPE Database
interfaces for users. You can read about our plans at:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/AlexBand/unifying-the-lir-portal-and-ripe-database-user-experience

RIPE NCC SUPPORT FOR NOGs
The RIPE NCC is committed to supporting the establishment and
development of network operator groups (NOGs) throughout our service
region. A new resource centre is available on RIPE Labs to provide
information and support for NOGs:
https://labs.ripe.net/nogs/

RIPE DATABASE SWITCH TO ZONEMASTER
The RIPE Database has switched over to Zonemaster for better Reverse DNS
checks. Please be aware that errors/warnings might be phrased slightly
differently than before.

NEW RIPE ATLAS MEASUREMENT OPTIONS
We’ve added a number of new measurement options on RIPE Atlas. Users can
now customise their DNS measurements with the added 'timeout' and
'use_macros' options, as well as SSLcert and Ping measurements, which
now have options for specifying hostnames and including probe ids,
respectively. More details are available in the RIPE Atlas API reference:
https://atlas.ripe.net/docs/api/v2/reference/#!/measurements/Measurement_List_POST

TRANSFER OF RESOURCES DUE TO COMPANY ACQUISITION?
If there has been a company acquisition since you became a member,
please let us know. Not informing us of changes like this can cause
problems for your future interactions with the RIPE NCC and can take
time to resolve on both sides. If there has been a company acquisition,
please let us know through the LIR Portal at:
https://my.ripe.net/#/update-registry

RIPE NCC MEMBER LUNCHES
The RIPE NCC recently had a member lunch in Athens – you can read about
the event at:
https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/about-ripe-ncc-and-ripe/ripe-ncc-member-lunch-athens

There are currently member lunches scheduled for Krasnodar, Glasgow,
Stockholm and Bucharest. You can find the registration links and more
information on our member lunches at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/member-lunches

MY RESOURCES
My Resources is a new service in the RIPE Database that allows resource
holders and members who sponsor resources to get a comprehensive
overview of all IPv4, IPv6 and ASN resources they hold or sponsor at a
glance. Resource holders can also manage their resources with an
easy-to-use inline editor.
https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/announcements/launching-my-resources-in-the-ripe-database

TRENDS IN RIPE NCC SERVICE REGION IPv4 TRANSFERS
Rene Wilhelm takes a closer look at the trends relating to IPv4
transfers in our service region:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/wilhelm/trends-in-ipv4-transfers

ENOG 14 MINSK
The ENOG 14 Meeting takes place in Minsk, Belarus from 9-10 October
2017. There is a call for presentations with a deadline of 20 August.
See the meeting details at:
https://www.enog.org/enog-14/

RIPE 75 DUBAI
RIPE 75 takes place in Dubai from Sunday, 22 October to Thursday, 26
October. Registration is open and there is a call for presentations
(deadline 20 August). All the meeting details are available at:
https://ripe75.ripe.net/

THE RIPE FELLOWSHIP
The RIPE Fellowship Programme provides basic assistance for successful
candidates in the RIPE NCC service region to participate in a RIPE
Meeting. Find out more at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/ripe-fellowship

RACI
There is currently a call for RACI applications for RIPE 75 in Dubai and
for ENOG 14 in Minsk. The deadline to apply for both meetings is 20
August 2017. All the RACI details are available at:
https://www.ripe.net/raci

RIPE IoT ROUNDTABLE MEETING IN LEEDS
On 21 September, a RIPE IoT Roundtable Meeting that follows up on the
IoT sessions from RIPE 73 and RIPE 74 takes place in Leeds in the UK.
The goal of the meeting is to facilitate further discussion between the
RIPE community and other stakeholders about the potential impact of the
IoT on the RIPE community’s business interests as well as the services
offered by the RIPE NCC. All the meeting details, including draft
agenda, are available at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/roundtable/september-2017

LIR DEVELOPMENT PER COUNTRY - RIPEstat PREVIEW
There is a preview of a widget that shows how the number of Local
Internet Registries (LIRs) has been changing on a national level. The
widget supports all 76 countries of the RIPE NCC service region and we'd
like your feedback on it.
https://stat.ripe.net/ripestat-web/html/country-report/lirs-preview.html

ANCHORING MEASUREMENTS: BRINGING BACK THE BALANCE
In order to balance the number of RIPE Atlas probes and anchors used in
anchoring measurments, we've decided to split anchoring measurements
into two separate types: anchor mesh measurements and probe measurements.
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alun_davies/balancing-act

SEE MEETING ARCHIVE
The Sixth South-East Europe (SEE 6) Meeting took place in Budva last
month. The full archive of presentations is now available at:
https://www.ripe.net/see6/presentation-archive

IPv6 UPDATES
On RIPE Labs, Enno Rey looks at local packet filtering with IPv6:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/enno_rey/local-packet-filtering-with-ipv6

Jordi Palet Martinez has two articles on simplifying IPv6 addressing for
customers. The first of those articles is at:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/jordipaletm/simplifying-ipv6-addressing-of-customers-part-1

And the second part is at:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/jordipaletm/simplifying-ipv6-addressing-for-customers-part-2

TRAINING AND WEBINARS
Up to the end of August, we will hold face-to-face training on a wide
range of topics in Lithuania, Finland, Germany and the Netherlands.
There will also be webinars on the IPv6 in the RIPE Database, RIPE Atlas
usage and an introduction to the RIPE Database. You can sign up for
these at:
https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/

RIPE DIVERSITY TASK FORCE
This task force was set up at RIPE 74 to look at ways to improve
diversity and inclusivity in the RIPE community. There is a mailing list
where discussion is ongoing and the task force would like to see more
participation from the community. You can see the archives and subscribe
to the mailing list at:
https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/diversity

RIPE LABS
Job Snijders gives the lowdown on RFC 8195, “Use of BGP Large
Communities” and RFC 8212 on Default EBGP Route Handling Behaviour:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/job_snijders

Mian Usman, Network Architect at GÉANT, compared research and education
networking to the commercial alternatives and provides the results:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/mirjam/taking-it-to-the-limit-testing-the-performance-of-r-and-e-networking

Stephen Strowes from the RIPE NCC looks at BGP even-more specifics in 2017:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/stephen_strowes/bgp-even-more-specifics-in-2017

Uta Meier-Hahn investigates the narrative that the Internet is built on
trust to see whether it still holds true:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/uta_meier_hahn/the-internet-was-built-on-trust-but-what-does-it-run-on

We are always looking for interesting content for RIPE Labs. If you have
interesting Internet-related research or analysis to share with the RIPE
community, please consider RIPE Labs as a way to get your work noticed.
Just email <labs at ripe.net> and let us know.

THE RIPE NCC IS HIRING
There are currently two open positions at the RIPE NCC - if you know
someone who would be interested in coming to work for us, please let
them know:
https://www.ripe.net/about-us/staff/working-at-the-ripe-ncc

RSS NEWS FEEDS FROM THE RIPE NCC
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].

MONTHY POLICY UPDATES
The RIPE NCC sends a monthly update on the status of policy proposals in
the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP). You can find all the updates at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/policy-updates

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 RIPE NCC 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,

Fergal Cunningham
Membership Communications Officer
RIPE NCC