CAPIF 5: Regional Interconnectivity in Central Asia

Anastasiya Pak — 17 Sep 2026

Based in Amsterdam

15 min read

17 Sep 2026

Central Asia’s Internet looks very different than it did back at CAPIF 1. We trace the rise of direct regional routes, stronger routing security and new connectivity options - along with the gaps that remain.

Read article

View all

Latest articles

The RIPE Chair Team Reports - September 2026

Mirjam Kühne

• 22 Sep 2026

• 5 min read

With RIPE 93 fast approaching, the RIPE Chair Team shares updates on policy and Working Group activity, the Code of Conduct Team document, and recent events across the Internet community.

Moving to a New Board Structure

Athina Fragkouli

• 22 Sep 2026

• 8 min read

A governance structure is strongest when the responsibilities written down on paper match the responsibilities exercised in practice. This proposal to change the RIPE NCC’s governance structure is intended to make sure that they do.

ripe
legal
members
+1
+1

The /3 Body Problem

Remco van Mook

• 10 Sep 2026

• 8 min read

A large chunk of IPv6 is heading for space, and every policy question about it is currently going to be deferred to the RIR communities. This article outlines what those questions look like, and argues why now is the time to start asking them.

ipv6
ietf

416

From Cables to Content: Who Builds the Edge - and Who Connects to It

The Internet’s New Edge Builders

Arman Obosyan

• 8 Sep 2026

• 15 min read

After building private backbones, content and cloud platforms are now moving closer to users. In doing so, they are taking on delivery roles once associated mainly with independent CDNs.

Closing the IPv6 First-Packet Gap with GRAND

Seyed Pouria Mousavizadeh Tehrani

• 4 Sep 2026

• 11 min read

There is a subtle asymmetry in IPv6 Neighbour Discovery: a host knows how to reach its router before the router necessarily knows how to reach the host. GRAND fixes that asymmetry by making the host proactively advertise its address, and I implemented that mechanism in FreeBSD.

When Traceroutes Lie: How TTL Jumps Can Give Us a False Impression of the Internet’s Topology

Sebastian Kappes

• 3 Sep 2026

• 6 min read

Traceroute is a powerful tool for uncovering how packets travel across the Internet. However, as we recently discovered, some routers tamper with the TTL values in traceroute's probing packets, giving you a false view of how networks are actually interconnected.

Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice in Internet Operations

Jelena Cosic

• 2 Sep 2026

• 6 min read

Internet research can benefit from operational insight, and network operators from research expertise. Building on what we learned at RIPE 92, we look at practical ways to make those connections easier and turn promising conversations into lasting collaboration.