The 13th annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) runs from 12-14 November 2018 in Paris. The RIPE NCC staff at the event will be liveblogging key moments and session take-aways. Check back on this page for regular updates on the issues, arguments and ideas from RIPE NCC staff and RIPE community members.… Read more
In October 2008 I registered kommunermedipv6.se. My main motivation was to encourage the municipalities in Sweden to enable IPv6 and to publicly show once it's done. Now, ten years later, I think my idea was a big mistake....… Read more
In this article, I explain the risks and problems associated with the use of emojis in domain names.… Read more
The headlines are raising awareness about the plastic soup that's clogging up our oceans but there's another problem much closer to home for much of the RIPE community: e-waste (aka 'dead electronics'). E-waste is a massive contributor to environmental pollution globally. We want to keep the conversation going about how our peers are tackling e-waste so that we can share best practices and reduce our carbon footprint together. Where is your obsolete equipment going? Are you implementing more sustainable solutions to power your business? … Read more
After a successful pilot project and a period spent gathering feedback from the community, RIPE Atlas Virtual Machine (VM) anchors are a go. Anyone out there who wishes to host a virtual RIPE Atlas anchor can do so starting today. Here's everything you need to know to get started. … Read more
Here's an update from the RIPE NCC on the ground in Dubai as the ITU Plenipotentiary reaches its halfway point.… Read more
In recent years, there’s been a trend towards increased EU regulation with the potential to impact more actors across the Internet landscape. Here, we give a brief overview of the most pertinent policies currently being proposed, debated and implemented in the European Union. … Read more
The Internet Measurement Conference (IMC) is an annual conference focusing on Internet measurement and analysis. The 17th edition is taking place from 31 October to 2 November 2018 in Boston. RIPE NCC staff at the event will be live blogging key moments. See this page for regular updates on the issues, arguments and ideas discussed over the course of the meeting.… Read more
It’s been a couple of weeks since we walked away from RIPE 77; another record breaking RIPE Meeting that welcomed 800 attendees from 64 countries at the Hotel Okura in Amsterdam. This was the third meeting at which we organised a Women in Tech Lunch, the second meeting we offered on-site childcare, the first meeting we had a mentoring programme and the first meeting where a presentation about RIPE Meeting diversity made it into the plenary programme.… Read more
A panel session has been scheduled at the forthcoming Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Paris in November that speaks to the topic that Internet Governance is on a path to irrelevance. What's this all about?… Read more
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