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DNS and K-root 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 DNS and K-root

We launched this initiative in Q2 2022, 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 DNS Working Group (WG) mailing list, and at RIPE Meetings and other events.

Q1 2025 Plans

Last updated: 16 December 2024

Item 1: Offboarding users and sunsetting the ns.ripe.net service

As announced on RIPE Labs, we will work on offboarding users from the ns.ripe.net service. We will then remove the service and clean up the related code from various places. In mid-January 2025, the remaining objects in the RIPE Database will be updated to remove the references to 'ns.ripe.net'.

Status: In progress

Item 2: Expanding Hosted DNS coverage for AuthDNS and K-root

We are aiming to improve our coverage for our AuthDNS hosted nodes in areas where we are not very well represented. We want to be in large eyeball networks in a country, or in networks that peer with large eyeballs. An IXP port similar to the one we have in Bahrain would also help. In that way, we can peer with multiple parties.

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 and DNS WG mailing lists. We'll also monitor all the other channels where people talk about these services.

We will be adding your feedback on this page as we progress with our plans.

Archived Quarterly Plans

You can find our plans from the previous quarters on this page. The Q1 2025 plans will be archived once we publish the Q2 2025 planning.