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

RIPE NCC Member Update: October 2018

- LIR Statistics
- RIPE 77 Starts Today
- Policy Discussions at RIPE 77
- RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM)
- Validating abuse-c Contacts
- Finding Abuse Contact Information
- Charging for Independent Resource Assignments and Legacy Resource
Registrations
- RIPE NCC Payment Options
- 20,000 LIR Accounts
- RIPE NCC Member Lunches
- DNSSEC Signer Migration Update
- RIPE Atlas Probes - Version 4
- ITU Plenipotentiary 2018
- RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund recipients
- RIPE NCC Training Courses and Webinars
- Social Media

LIR STATISTICS (change since last update)
Number of LIRs: 20,065 (+105)
LIRs with IPv6: 13,863 (-33)
Policy transfers in September: 400,640 IPv4 addresses (-924,928)

RIPE 77 STARTS TODAY
RIPE 77 just kicked off in Amsterdam and we hope you will join us for
what promises to be a great event. All the information you need,
including the full programme and other useful pages, are available from
the RIPE 77 website:
https://ripe77.ripe.net

Online Participation:
We have a wide range of remote participation options (webcasts, chat
rooms, live stenography). You can join the meeting right now at:
https://ripe77.ripe.net/live/main

Onsite Networking:
If you are with us on site for the meeting, the RIPE Networking App has
great new features and many attendees are using it. Network with them by
downloading the app now:
https://ripe77.ripe.net/on-site/ripe-networking-app

POLICY DISCUSSIONS AT RIPE 77
On Wednesday, three Working Groups will discuss policy proposals during
RIPE 77. The Address Policy Working Group will check whether the IPv6
Policy needs an update regarding the definition of assignments. The
Routing Working Group will discuss whether IRR objects should be deleted
if they conflict with RPKI ROAs. And the RIPE NCC Services Working Group
will discuss whether the RIPE NCC should publish the legal address of
resource holders, which would help to identify them. Full remote
participation in all these sessions is possible from the RIPE 77 website.

And don't forget to bring your opinion to the relevant working group
mailing list, as only these opinions can be formally considered for the
Policy Development Process (PDP).

RIPE NCC GENERAL MEETING (GM)
Nearly 1,000 members have registered for the GM, which takes place this
Wednesday, 17 October. Full remote participation and voting options are
available. Members will discuss the Draft Activity Plan and Budget 2019
and vote on four resolutions, and there will be reports from the
Executive Board and RIPE NCC management. Register now at:
https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-oct-2018

VALIDATING abuse-c CONTACTS
We’re busy working out a process so we can start validating
approximately 70,000 abuse contact email addresses in the RIPE Database.
Angela Dall'Ara outlines the steps we'll take in this RIPE Labs article:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/angela_dallara/how-we-will-be-validating-abuse-c

FINDING ABUSE CONTACT INFORMATION
If you are having problems with network abuse, our Abuse Contact Finder
gives you an easy way to find the right person to contact:
https://www.ripe.net/support/abuse

CHARGING FOR INDEPENDENT RESOURCE ASSIGNMENTS AND LEGACY RESOURCE
REGISTRATIONS
On 30 September, a snapshot of independent Internet number resource
assignments and legacy Internet resource registrations was made and is
the basis for the 2019 charges for these resources. The information is
available via the LIR Portal. You can copy the list to your clipboard or
download it as a CSV file.

RIPE NCC PAYMENT OPTIONS
Currently, payment of invoices can be done by bank transfer or by online
payment. Different online payment options are available depending on the
country. Please let our friendly colleagues from the Finance department
know if you would like some alternative local payment options added to
the existing methods so that they can investigate the feasibility of
requested options. You can contact them at <billing at ripe.net>.

20,000 LIR ACCOUNTS
We recently passed 20,000 LIR accounts, and Rene Wilhelm used this as an
opportunity to look at how we got there and what the future holds for
membership developments at the RIPE NCC:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/wilhelm/20000-local-internet-registries

RIPE NCC MEMBER LUNCHES
In the next month, we are meeting our members in Barcelona, Sarajevo,
Dubai and Brussels. If one of these cities are near you, register today
and meeting our staff and members of your local networking community:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/member-lunches

DNSSEC SIGNER MIGRATION UPDATE
This migration is almost complete (we're already live on the new
signers) and there will be a presentation with more details from Anand
Buddhdev at the RIPE Meeting in the DNS Working Group session from 14:00
UTC+2 on Thursday. For background to this, see the RIPE Labs article
from Anand at:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/anandb/dnssec-signer-migration

RIPE ATLAS PROBES - VERSION 4
We have already started to send the new RIPE Atlas Version 4 probes to
applicants. We are working on clearing our request backlog, but if you
apply for a probe now we will send it to you shortly:
https://atlas.ripe.net/get-involved/become-a-host

ITU PLENIPOTENTIARY 2018
This meeting takes place in Dubai from 29 October to 16 November, and we
wanted to give you an idea of why these meetings are important for the
RIPE community and explain a little more about how the RIPE NCC
participates. Read the article from Chris Buckridge on RIPE Labs:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/chrisb/why-the-itu-plenipotentiary-matters-in-2018

RIPE NCC COMMUNITY PROJECTS FUND RECIPIENTS
There are five recipients of the Community Projects Fund for 2018. You
can read about their work at:
https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf/funding-recipients-2018

The recipients from 2017 have reported on their work on RIPE Labs.

Rogier Spoor on Let's Connect: an easy to install and secure VPN
software that respects your privacy:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/rogier_spoor/lets-connect

Phil Roberts on CrypTech - next steps towards a safer Internet:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/phil_roberts_1/cryptech-next-steps-towards-a-safer-internet

Andrej Petrovski on the Internet Atlas - tools for digital literacy:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/andrej_petrovski/internet-atlas-tools-for-digital-literacy

And Vasileios Kotronis on ARTEMIS: neutralising BGP hijacking within a
minute:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/vasileios_kotronis/artemis-neutralising-bgp-hijacking-within-a-minute

RIPE NCC TRAINING COURSES AND WEBINARS
Over the coming month, we'll have face-to-face Training Courses in
Madrid, Manchester, Brussels and Belgrade. The courses will cover basic
and advanced IPv6, LIR training and the RIPE Database. There will also
be webinars for new LIRs, RIPE Atlas usage and IPv6 in the RIPE
Database. You need to register to attend courses and webinars, and you
can find the details at:
https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses

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 Member Updates containing an overview of
what the RIPE NCC is doing at:
https://www.ripe.net/publications/member-update

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Best regards,

Fergal Cunningham
RIPE NCC