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Legacy Out of Contract

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Qasim Lone

19 min read

Last time, we looked at legacy address space in terms of contract coverage, ROA coverage, and proportion of announced prefixes. Now it’s time to take a closer look at those blocks still to be brought under contract and get a clearer picture of what kind of behaviour we see coming from them.

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The Internet’s Trust Architecture

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Hisham Ibrahim

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The Internet’s core, rooted in open standards and unique identifiers, has always depended on trust. That trust is part of what makes coordination possible across distributed actors, shared systems, and diverse institutions. Looking at the Internet in these terms may help explain why similar technic…

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Ukraine as a Laboratory of Internet Resilience

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Eliza Rohotska

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Ukraine’s Internet has not collapsed under invasion - it has adapted. This article examines what that reveals about the concept of resilience in the context of Internet infrastructure and the people who keep the networks running.

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Looking Back at 2025: What the Numbers Say About Engagement, Skills, and Coordination

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Alena Muravska

16 min read

At the RIPE NCC, engagement happens in many different formats - RIPE Meetings, regional events, Open Houses, training courses, RIPE Labs, and more. But the questions behind all this activity are consistent: who are we reaching, how accessible is participation, and are people able to stay involved o…

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How Global Digital Cooperation Entered Its Implementation Phase

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Desiree Miloshevic

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With WSIS+20 concluded and the Global Digital Compact adopted, digital policy is moving into an implementation phase. This article traces what changed, what was delivered, and what comes next.

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Internet Coordination in Times of War

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Hisham Ibrahim

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Periods of armed conflict often lead to renewed scrutiny of how the Internet functions and of the organisations involved in its coordination. In such moments, simplified or incorrect narratives that can frame technical coordination roles as political choices, or assign responsibilities to coordinat…

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Enabling Sustainable Development Through Internet Coordination

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Hisham Ibrahim

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The path to sustainable development runs through the Internet’s technical core. Beneath every digital service, every collaboration, and every step forward in how societies grow and adapt lies the infrastructure that supports progress in education, healthcare, governance, innovation, and more. The R…

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Unlocking Digital Growth: The Role of IXPs in South East Europe

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Jelena Cosic

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How do we know when an IXP is working well? What goals should it achieve, and can success be measured in the same way everywhere? A new RIPE NCC report takes a closer look at these questions in the context of the SEE region.

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Andrei Robachevsky - ICP-2 In Review: Charting the RIR Lifecycle

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Alun Davies

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ICP-2 lays out the criteria for the recognition of new RIRs. But what about the rest of the lifecycle of the organisations that coordinate the allocation and public registration of unique IP numbers? In this episode, Andrei Robachevsky of the NRO NC talks about the ICP-2 review.

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Cyber Risk Is Business Risk: Lessons from the MUSE Cyberattack

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Kathleen Moriarty

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Recent disruption linked to the MUSE cyberattack shows how dependent airports are on shared IT services. This article looks at governance and network design choices that limit blast radius and keep operations running.

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