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I'm a Senior Technical Analyst with the RIPE NCC, working on Whois and the RIPE database.
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API keys are a new way to authenticate updates in the RIPE Database. They are associated with a user’s RIPE NCC Access account, and are intended to help you script (automate) updates to the RIPE Database.
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The RIPE NCC was requested by the Database Working Group to perform an impact analysis for UTF-8 in the RIPE Database, including the technical and functional effects on the RIPE NCC itself. How would the RIPE Registry function with UTF-8? And what would be the impact on running the Registry?
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Unmaintained person objects in the RIPE Database were locked by the RIPE NCC so they could not be used to hijack resources. Now we plan to set the correct user maintainer on those person objects.
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A new feature that makes credentials in the RIPE Database consistent with the LIR Portal. This removes the need for manually updating the same information in two places. It also reduces the risk of having unathorised access to the wrong parties.
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New requirements for bulk email senders are changing the way we do email. In this article, we give an update on what those changes look like and how we'll be implementing them.
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Defining the criticality of RIPE NCC services provides a whole range of benefits. In this article, we take a look at the model we're adopting in order to determine a criticality rating for our services.
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We’ve been brainstorming on a process to determine the criticality level of our services, and we’d now like to ask the community for input on how we should approach this effort moving forward.
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Thousands visit the RIPE Database web interface every day to seek out information on Internet number resources. After taking a closer look at how people interact with the interface, we've come up with four small changes that, without altering the way you search, could very well cut down on the amou…
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“Fantastic to see this live Ed and thank you to you and the team for making it happen. Is there a full documentation page for the API by chance? Specifically, I'd like to know if the rest API supports updates via application types other than XML?”
Thanks Mick, that's a good idea. I'll update the appendix on API keys in the DB documentation : https://docs.db.ripe.net/Appendices/Appendix-K--API-Keys/
Hello David, unfortunately, the beta syncupdates page does not support the dry-run parameter. This is a bug that we should fix. in the meantime, please click "Switch to classic syncupdates" on the top right side of the page, in order to use the dry-run flag. Regards Ed Shryane RIPE NCC
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