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Business Applications Quarterly Planning

We have three objectives in publishing our quarterly planning:

  1. We want to be transparent about the work we are doing
  2. We want your input on that work and our planning, and we want to document that input, and let you know if and when we can add your suggestions to our planning
  3. We want an open dialogue with members and community on developments around our applications and the LIR Portal

We launched this initiative in Q4 2021, and we are open to improving what we publish here and how we do that. So let us know if there are ways we can better present our plans.

We will update this page as our activities progress and continue to share updates on RIPE Labs, on the RIPE NCC Membership Discussion and RIPE NCC Services Working Group (WG) mailing lists, and at RIPE Meetings and other events.

Q3 2024 Plans

Last Updated: 26 June 2024

Item 1: Strengthening the security of RIPE NCC Access and Integrations

We are working on setting up Single Sign On with third parties and other services, such as the Certified Professionals service and the RIPE NCC Forum. We will also continue working on other improvements to the RIPE NCC Access solution in terms of UX, monitoring, and alerting.

Status: In progress

Item 2: Automation of the Assisted Registry Check (ARC)

The ARCs are part of the RIPE NCC's auditing activity. The process has been email-based until now, with little automation. We plan to increase automation for this activity to make it easier for members to complete it and increase the activity's efficiency and accuracy.

Phase 1 of this project will focus on automating our internal tools and it is expected to be completed in Q3 2024.

Status: In progress

Item 3: External API Keys

We will start working on improving the external API Keys we provide to our members and end users. A fraction of this work will require building a solution to replace MD5 Passwords in the RIPE Database.

Status: Planned

Item 4: Charging Scheme

At the General Meeting on 22-24 May 2024, the RIPE NCC members voted and approved the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2025 Model C. For the new fee per assignment, several software changes need to be made to have this information visible to our internal teams and our members via the LIR Portal.

Status: Planned

Item 5: Data Warehouse Project

We are working on defining requirements for an internal project that brings several different data sources together and provides a continuous flow of data available in one place.

Status: In progress

Community Input on Planning

We want the community to contribute to our plans and suggest additional work items. Please share your comments with us or post them on the RIPE NCC Membership Discussion or RIPE NCC Services WG mailing lists. We'll also monitor all the other channels where people talk about these services.

Archived Quarterly Plans

You can find our plans from the previous quarters on this page. The Q3 2024 plans will be archived once we publish the Q4 2024 planning.