Community and Events

Announcing the Green Tech Hackathon

Vesna Manojlovic

• 26 Aug 2024

• 6 min read

Join the next RIPE NCC hackathon focused on Green Tech this December! This time, our goals are to develop tools, policies and protocols to reduce the environmental impact of Internet infrastructure. Apply now to join and help us organise this Sustain-a-thon!

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IXP-from-Scratch: Network and Security Design

Thomas Liske

• 26 Aug 2024

• 11 min read

In the second of our “IXP from Scratch” series, we introduce network and security design decisions as well as implementations we made at DD-IX, an Internet Exchange in Dresden, Germany. In principle, an IX consists of a single broadcast domain, but in practice it has to operate several services sec…

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IXP-from-Scratch: Building a New IX

Thomas Liske

• 12 Aug 2024

• 5 min read

In this new series "IXP from Scratch", we report about our endeavor of building DD-IX, an Internet Exchange located in the city of Dresden, Germany. DD-IX is driven by a grassroots community that loves contributing to a resilient and efficient Internet. We start with some basic background and will …

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RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund Paused for 2025

Alastair Strachan

• 8 Aug 2024

• 4 min read

Since 2016, the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund (CPF) has been supporting projects of value to the operation, resilience and sustainability of the Internet. Following a decision by the RIPE NCC Executive Board, the CPF will be paused in 2025 for a review and to gather community feedback, aiming to…

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Putting the MAU Into meowmeow: On Personal ASNs

Tobias Fiebig

• 22 Jul 2024

• 14 min read

Is the use of personal ASNs to gain hands-on operational experience really such a bad idea, or is this one of the ways we make sure the Internet remains a place of equitable participation, expression and learning? In this guest article, Tobias Fiebig shares his views.

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A Comprehensive Review of RIR Policies in the Domain of AS Number Management

Nachiket Kondhalkar

• 19 Jul 2024

• 4 min read

A research team at TU Delft is researching the management of AS Numbers across RIRs as well as the potential impact of the new annual maintenance fees for ASNs and we invite you to contribute.

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Driving the ASN Truck Without a Licence

Radu Anghel

• 18 Jul 2024

• 16 min read

Natural persons have been registering ASNs for a long time, and for many reasons, from running small businesses to keeping up a hobby. This isn't something wrong that needs to be fixed. ASNs should be assigned based on need. But 'need' should not be defined as “my friends have one so I need one too…

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RIPE NCC Webinars for the Ukrainian Internet Community

Alex Semenyaka

• 12 Jul 2024

• 6 min read

At the request of the Ukrainian RIPE community, on 12 and 13 June 2024 the RIPE NCC organised two webinars for the Ukrainian community on LIR Procedures and Operating the RIPE Database.

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The RIPE Chair Team Reports - July 2024

Mirjam Kühne

• 10 Jul 2024

• 7 min read

The RIPE Chair Team reports on policy discussions around IPv6 stockpiling and NIS2, latest efforts to increase RIPE visibility, further steps to maintain accountability and transparency on RIPE mailing lists, and an array of recent industry events. And what's more, registration is open for RIPE 89!

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Voting Analysis GM May 2024 - A First Look at Voter Make-Up

Ilke Ilhan

• 4 Jul 2024

• 10 min read

General Meetings are where the big decisions are made for the RIPE NCC by its members. There can be heated discussions on the mailing lists, but it’s votes at GMs that give the clearest indication of what our members want. In this article, we take a closer look at who registered to have their voice…

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