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Celebrating 30 Years of Europe’s First Root Name Server

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Lars-Johan Liman

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The root name servers are a critical part of the Internet’s infrastructure. Identified by letters A through M, they provide the entry points to the Domain Name System (DNS). Since 2000, Netnod has operated i.root-servers.net, the first root server to be located outside of the United States.

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Supporting the Internet Number Registry System

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Hans Petter Holen

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AFRINIC has received a lot of attention recently following a dispute with one of its members that has led to several legal actions taking place in the Mauritian courts. In this article, I want to make it clear that the RIPE NCC stands firmly with the decisions made by the AFRINIC community through …

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RIPE Chair Team Reports - Summer 2021

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Mirjam Kühne

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While many have been taking the time to get some much needed rest and relaxation over the summer, the community as a whole has continued its work on various activities and events. Now, as we head into September, preparations for the next RIPE Meeting are well underway.

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RIPE Community Resilience: Every Society Has the Internet they Deserve

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Vesna Manojlovic

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OSI Layer 9 is "political". Let's explore non-Westphalian views on society, and the impact of coronavirus pandemic on inequalities, justice and digital technologies. I am inviting you to work together on imagining and building utopian Internet of the future.

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Transparency Meets Sustainability: Announcing the SDIA Open Data Hub

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Michael Oghia

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Last month, the Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance (SDIA) announced our Open Data Hub, a resource that's meant to boost transparency, trust, and data availability to help researchers, industry, and society realise a sustainable digital economy. It is essentially our answer to the challenge…

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Some Handy ROA Advice from Randy Bush

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George Michaelson

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Simple yet crucial ways to ensure your ROAs are functioning as they should.

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RIPE Community Resilience: Economy of Care

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Vesna Manojlovic

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The need for community actualisation is equivalent to the financial Layer 8. The COVID-19 pandemic offers a path to alternatives to capitalism: ecofeminism, degrowth, unions, and the circular economy. Caring and maintenance are resistant to paradigms of unlimited growth and disruptive innovation.

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The RIPE Chair Team Reports - June 2021

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Mirjam Kühne

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This June saw a variety of events taking place across the community, draft proposals issuing from RIPE Task Forces, and cautiously hopeful planning around future events that - fingers crossed - might just provide us all with a much needed chance to meet in person in the coming months.

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Updated Draft RIPE Code of Conduct

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Leo Vegoda

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We are seeking the community’s feedback on our updated draft RIPE Code of Conduct. This article explains what has changed since we published our previous draft back in March.

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The End of an Era - Gert Döring on His Time at RIPE

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Monika Ermert

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Gert Döring chaired the RIPE Address Policy Working Group for close to two decades. Representing one of the first German ISPs, SpaceNet, he helped create RIPE’s process for adopting policies. In this interview with CENTR, Gert talks about how he thinks the RIPE community has to start adapting to th…

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