[ncc-announce] [news] RIPE NCC Member Update: November 2018

RIPE NCC Member Update: November 2018

LIR Statistics
Mergers and Acquisitions Forms in LIR Portal
Abuse-c Validation
RIPE Atlas VM Anchors
Reducing RPKI Misconfigurations
December Deadline for Closure Updates
How EU Regulation Affects RIPE NCC Members
ITU Plenipotentiary 2018
IGF 2018
IMC 2018
RIPE Labs Highlights
RACI Call for Applications
NRO NC Election Result
RIPE NCC Training – Upcoming Courses in 2018
RIPE 77
RIPE 79 – save the date
RIPE 81 – call for hosts
Social Media
RIPE NCC Presentations at RIPE 77

LIR STATISTICS (change since last update)
Number of LIRs: 20,488 (+423)
LIRs with IPv6: 14,096 (+233)
Policy transfers in November: 1,129,728 IPv4 addresses (+729,088)

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS FORMS IN LIR PORTAL
There are a new set of forms available in the LIR Portal. These will
make it easier for members to send quick updates on information
regarding changes to the structure of their business or organisation, as
might occur in the case of a merger or acquisition. The forms are
available in the Request Update section of https://my.ripe.net.

ABUSE-C VALIDATION
We recently finished our test validation of 900 abuse contacts in the
RIPE Database. As expected, around 25% were invalid, and we are
following up with these organisations directly. We are now reviewing our
process based on the results of the test and plan to start validating
all abuse-c contacts in January 2019.

RIPE ATLAS VM ANCHORS
If you’re interested in becoming a RIPE Atlas anchor host, the
application process for RIPE Atlas VM anchors is open now. Find out more
about our virtual anchors and how to apply for them on RIPE Labs:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alun_davies/announcing-ripe-atlas-vm-anchors

REDUCING RPKI MISCONFIGURATIONS
A guest article on RIPE Labs this month tells you why it’s important to
take care of RPKI misconfigurations, the impact of ignoring them, and
how network operators can easily determine whether they are affected by
a specific RPKI misconfiguration:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/nusenu_nusenu/the-rpki-observatory

DECEMBER DEADLINE FOR CLOSURE UPDATES
If you need to make a request to close an LIR account, or you need to
update us on any changes that will result in the closure of an LIR
account, please provide us with all the information before 15 December
2018 or you might be invoiced for that account in 2019. Further details
are available at:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2018-November/001289.html

HOW EU REGULATION AFFECTS RIPE NCC MEMBERS
Suzanne Taylor gives us an overview of some of the most relevant
policies in EU regulation on RIPE Labs. Check out Suzanne’s insights on
the latest proposals and debates around policy development in this area:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/how-eu-regulation-affects-you

ITU PLENIPOTENTIARY 2018
Several of our colleagues took part in the ITU Plenipotentiary (PP-18)
that took place in Dubai this month. Chris Buckridge gave us an update
article on how things were going at the halfway point. And Marco
Hogewoning looked at the PP-18 from a network engineer perspective:

https://labs.ripe.net/Members/chrisb/itu-plenipotentiary-2018-what-just-happened

https://labs.ripe.net/Members/chrisb/pp-18-an-update-at-the-halfway-point

IGF 2018
Get our perspective from this year’s Internet Governance Forum on RIPE
Labs, which took place in Paris from 12-14 November:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/gergana_petrova/igf-2018-liveblog

IMC 2018
Earlier in the month, we also participated the Internet Measurement
Conference (IMC), an annual conference focusing on Internet measurement
and analysis. Again, we wrote a liveblog covering all our takeaways from
the meeting:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/gergana_petrova/imc-2018-liveblog

RIPE LABS HIGHLIGHTS
Along with the other articles we’ve been pointing to here, we published
a wide range of content on RIPE Labs from both RIPE NCC and external
contributors. You can catch up on all our posts on our RIPE Labs pages.
Here are some of the highlights:

- 10 Years of IPv6 Stakeout
In a guest article on RIPE Labs, Torbjorn Eklov talks about his
experiences of encouraging municipalities in Sweden to enable IPv6 and
showing them how it’s done:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/teklov/10-years-of-ipv6-stakeout

- What Do We Do With E-Waste?
Our colleagues Mirjam Kühne, Amanda Gowland and Ulka Athale raised
environmental concerns in this blog on how we as a community are dealing
with e-waste. This is a new topic approach for RIPE Labs, so let us know
if you found this interesting and/or helpful:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/mirjam/what-do-we-do-with-e-waste

RACI CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
The RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (RACI), is calling for
applicants from academia and research institutions for the upcoming
meetings (RIPE, MENOG, ENOG, SEE in Spring and Summer 2019. Successful
applicants will receive complimentary tickets, travel and accommodation
to the meetings and the opportunity to present their research. You can
find more information, including the deadlines to apply and the
application form, at:
https://www.ripe.net/raci

NRO NC ELECTION RESULT
At RIPE 77, Nurani Nimpuno was re-elected to serve another three-year
term on the Number Resource Organisation Number Council (NRO NC). Her
next term will run from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2021.
https://www.ripe.net/participate/internet-governance/internet-technical-community/nro/nro-nc/nro-nc-nominations-2018

RIPE NCC TRAINING – UPCOMING COURSES IN 2018
All our face-to-face training courses and webinars are free to attend if
you are a RIPE NCC member. You just need to register! By the end of
2018, we have courses in Slovenia, Italy, Austria and Oman. We also have
webinars focused on IPv6 and the RIPE Database. Sign up today at:
https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses

RIPE 77
The RIPE 77 Meeting took place in Amsterdam from 15-19 October and saw a
record number of attendees with more than 800 people checked in from 64
different countries! All of the presentations are downloadable, and the
videos are available to watch from the RIPE 77 website:
https://ripe77.ripe.net/

- RIPE Networking App
The RIPE Networking App has been taken offline for RIPE 77. All user
messages and user meetings have now been deleted from the App. Your
profile information will be kept should you wish to reuse it at future
RIPE, ENOG or SEE meetings:
https://networking-app.ripe.net/

RIPE 79 - SAVE THE DATE
We are happy to announce that the RIPE 79 Meeting will take place in
Rotterdam, the Netherlands from 14-18 October 2019. More information
about the event will be available after RIPE 78, which takes place in
Reykjavík, Iceland from 20-24 May 2019

RIPE 81 - CALL FOR HOST
We're looking for organisations within the RIPE NCC service region
interested in hosting RIPE 81 from 26-30 October 2020. The host proposal
should be submitted no later than *14 December 2018*. For more
information, please visit:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe-meetings/call-for-host

SOCIAL MEDIA
Get updates, see the latest RIPE Labs articles and talk to 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

Did you make it this far? If you have suggestions for how we could make
it easier to get you the information you need, we'd love to hear from you!

RIPE NCC PRESENTATIONS AT RIPE 77
Emile Aben - Zombie Routes:
https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/337/

Daniel Karrenberg - Why It is Important to Remember Jon Postel:
https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2004/

Vesna Manojlovic - Results of the Quantum Internet Hackathon
https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2341

Marco Schmidt - Current Policy Topics
https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2229

Andrea Cima - IPv4 End-Game and Afterlife
https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2232

Ingrid Wijte - Country Codes in the Extended Delegated Statistics and
RIPE DB
https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2237

Suzanne Taylor - How EU Regulation Affects You
https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2273

Robert Kisteleki - Tools Update
https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2256

Axel Pawlik - RIPE NCC Update
https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2258

Alastair Strachan - RIPE Community Project Fund
https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2259

Felipe Victolla Silveira - RIPE NCC Operational Update
https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2260

Rumy Spratley-Kanis - Training Services Credentialing Initiative
https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2262

Chris Buckridge - ITU Plenipotentiary: Preparations, Expectations and
Concerns
https://ripe77.ripe.net/archives/video/2267

Best regards,

Alun Davies
Communications Officer
RIPE NCC