Andrei Robachevsky - ICP-2 In Review: Charting the RIR Lifecycle

Alun Davies — 9 Oct 2025

Based in Amsterdam

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9 Oct 2025

ICP-2 lays out the criteria for the recognition of new RIRs. But what about the rest of the lifecycle of the organisations that coordinate the allocation and public registration of unique IP numbers? In this episode, Andrei Robachevsky of the NRO NC talks about the ICP-2 review.

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