Community and Events

The RIPE Chair Team Reports - February 2021

The RIPE Chair Team Reports - October 2021

Mirjam Kühne

• 4 Nov 2021

• 6 min read

RIPE 83 is only a couple of weeks away and last preparations are in full swing. In this update, we take a look at how things are lining up in terms of talks and topics, social events, and other community matters to be addressed at the meeting. For this and more on other industry events, read on.

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NOGs on NOGs

Alun Davies

• 3 Nov 2021

• 8 min read

The RIPE NCC recently held two Open House events to bring together people who help organise NOGs, which bring together people who help operate the Internet in particular parts the world.

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SEE Community Resilience in the COVID Crisis – Were We Ready?

Jelena Cosic

• 21 Oct 2021

• 7 min read

As the first SEE meeting took place back in 2011, this year marks the 10th anniversary of these events that bring the Internet community across the region closer together. Although the meeting was originally scheduled to take place in April 2020, COVID restrictions meant a long wait for SEE 9. So, …

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Hosted DNS Application Update

Anand Buddhdev

• 12 Oct 2021

• 3 min read

Expanding the RIPE NCC Authoritative DNS Service means cooperating with the community to find organisations out there willing to host AuthDNS instances on their networks. In this article, find out exactly what's required from hosts and how to apply.

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The UKNOF BCOP for Virtual Events

Denesh Bhabuta

• 6 Oct 2021

• 6 min read

Denesh Bhabuta and Leo Vegoda look back over how UKNOF’s team of volunteers transformed its events from physical meetings to online events. Read on for a useful list of lessons learned and what the authors think of as the ‘virtual event BCOP’ for other organisers.

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The RIPE Chair Team Reports - September 2021

Mirjam Kühne

• 4 Oct 2021

• 10 min read

The RIPE code of conduct is ready. RIPE 83 is getting closer. And the community is back to business, coming together in a whole variety of endeavours and events to address changes and challenges in network operations, policy development, regional issues, sustainability, and much more.

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The Tragedy of Internet Infrastructure in Afghanistan

Farzaneh Badiei

• 29 Sep 2021

• 12 min read

Economic sanctions have had a negative impact on Internet access for residents of the target countries. With Afghanistan likely set to join the list of sanctioned countries, Farzaneh Badiei looks at what effects this will have on the country's Internet infrastructure at the level of generic domain …

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NLNOG Day 2021 - Live and in Person from Amsterdam

Nathalie Trenaman

• 23 Sep 2021

• 9 min read

Organising a Network Operator Group event is challenging at the best of times. After all, we're technical people, not event organisers. But organising a "hybrid" NOG meeting during a global pandemic has been our biggest challenge yet. In this article, we explain why we did it, how it went, and what…

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Celebrating 30 Years of Europe’s First Root Name Server

Lars-Johan Liman

• 21 Sep 2021

• 8 min read

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

Hans Petter Holen

• 9 Sep 2021

• 6 min read

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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