Kathleen Moriarty, founder of SecurityBiaS is technology strategist and board advisor, working with SaaS providers on security to Build-in at Scale benefiting both the provider and their customer base. Adjunct Professor at Georgetown SCS, teaching Security Architecture and Design and Cyber Threat Intelligence. Formerly as the Chief Technology Officer, Center … More
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Passwords and API keys are giving way to a new generation of short-lived machine credentials. But as non-human identities scale rapidly, the growing question is how much trust and assurance those identities should carry.
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Sixty-one RIPE Meetings on, RIPE 92 brings us back to Edinburgh - city of festivals, gothic skylines, and uphill walking. As always, there's the slides, there's the videos, but to get a real feel for what's happening through the week, tune into the daily meeting blog.
I am a research engineer in the R&D department at RIPE NCC. I am interested in internet measurements, internet outages, data analysis, and cybersecurity. Prior to joining RIPE NCC, I defended my Ph.D. in cyber-security at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), The Netherlands. More
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Last time, we looked at legacy address space in terms of contract coverage, ROA coverage, and proportion of announced prefixes. Now it’s time to take a closer look at those blocks still to be brought under contract and get a clearer picture of what kind of behaviour we see coming from them.
Based in Dubai, UAE
Hisham Ibrahim is the Chief Community Officer at the RIPE NCC. He leads the RIPE NCC's engagement efforts to foster a dynamic, inclusive RIPE community. He is responsible for engagement with RIPE NCC members, the RIPE community, Internet governance and training services. Hisham is active on several committees in various … More
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A 2026 operational review of Public ENUM under e164.arpa found that half of the current delegations show some form of DNS problem. The findings are expected to be discussed at RIPE 92, including the operational status and future support of Public ENUM under e164.arpa.
I studied Computer Science at the TU Berlin, Germany, and have been a member of the RIPE community for over twenty years. Currently I am serving as the Chair of the RIPE Community. More
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The RIPE Chair Team reports on what to expect at RIPE 92, including the main programme and parallel events, WG chair selections and support for newcomers, as well as highlights from recent industry events.
Based in Los Angeles, CA, USA
Leo Vegoda is PeeringDB’s Product Manager. He was previously responsible for organizational planning and improvement in ICANN’s Office of the COO, and Internet Number Resources in the IANA department, as well as running Registration Services at the RIPE NCC. More
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PeeringDB is a widely used resource for interconnection data, and in these regular updates, we help users keep track of how the platform evolves. This report summarises significant PeeringDB changes over the last six months.
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The IPv8 proposal brings together routing, identity, and network management into a single design, but does it leave too many operational questions unanswered?
Based in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Marco Schmidt is the Manager of Registration Services at the RIPE NCC. He is responsible for overseeing the registration and maintenance of Internet number resources in the RIPE NCC's service region. He also manages the implementation of accepted policies in RIPE NCC procedures and operations. Marco first joined the RIPE … More
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Proposed at RIPE 91 in the Address Policy Working Group and then further discussed in the Database Working Group, the reg-nr: attribute (NWI-21) has already been implemented ahead of RIPE 92, showing how quickly community input can lead to practical results. It adds official company registration nu…
Based in Amsterdam
Hailing from a research background in philosophy, linguistics and computer science, I came to the RIPE NCC back in 2016 and took on the role of RIPE Labs Editor in 2020. More
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In our latest episode, Raffaele Sommese of the University of Twente shares insights from him and his colleagues on Italy’s Piracy Shield and how rapid-response blocking works in practice. We get into the technical impact, how it can be measured, and the consequences for connectivity.
Based in Amsterdam
Hailing from a research background in philosophy, linguistics and computer science, I came to the RIPE NCC back in 2016 and took on the role of RIPE Labs Editor in 2020. More
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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.
Based in Kyiv, Ukraine
Eliza is a first-year student at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and an alumna at Ukrainian Catholic University, but her interests go far beyond compulsory desk studies. She has been volunteering at the UCU legal clinic as a consultant and war crimes documenter while evaluating the influence of the full-scale invasion on military … More
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Ukraine’s Internet has not collapsed under invasion - it has adapted. This article examines what that reveals about the concept of resilience in the context of Internet infrastructure and the people who keep the networks running.
Rene Wilhelm is a senior research engineer in the R&D department at the RIPE NCC. Coming from a background in particle physics, Rene joined the RIPE NCC in 1996. His interests are in data analysis, routing, Internet measurements and visualisation. More
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On 17 April 2018, we allocated the last available block of 1,024 addresses in 185/8 - the last /8 we received from IANA back in 2011. This article looks at how this address space was allocated and how it is used today. It's important to keep in mind that while 185/8 is finished, we still have aroun…
