Internet Governance

Internet Economics is a Thing and we Need to Take Note

Geoff Huston

• 20 Dec 2018

• 48 min read

In this article I talk about consolidation, the fact that more and more data traffic goes ‘dark’ and the importance of open measurement platforms and open data sets. We need public measurements that are impartial, accurate, comprehensive and of course unbiased as an essential precondition for the f…

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DoH - It's DNS Jim, but not as we know it!

Sara Dickinson

• 6 Dec 2018

• 19 min read

At RIPE 77, I talked about what’s been going on with DNS over the past five years from the perspective of end devices. Now in article form, here's what I had to say about the status of the IETF standards for DNS over TLS (DoT) and DNS over HTTPS (DoH) as well as the deployment status of clients and…

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IGF 2018 Liveblog

Gergana Petrova

• 14 Nov 2018

• 29 min read

The 13th annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) runs from 12-14 November 2018 in Paris. The RIPE NCC staff at the event will be liveblogging key moments and session take-aways. Check back on this page for regular updates on the issues, arguments and ideas from RIPE NCC staff and RIPE…

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What Do We Do With E-Waste?

Mirjam Kühne

• 9 Nov 2018

• 3 min read

The headlines are raising awareness about the plastic soup that's clogging up our oceans but there's another problem much closer to home for much of the RIPE community: e-waste (aka 'dead electronics'). E-waste is a massive contributor to environmental pollution globally. We want to keep the conver…

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PP-18: An Update at the Halfway Point

Chris Buckridge

• 7 Nov 2018

• 4 min read

Here's an update from the RIPE NCC on the ground in Dubai as the ITU Plenipotentiary reaches its halfway point.

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How EU Regulation Affects You

Suzanne Taylor

• 5 Nov 2018

• 7 min read

In recent years, there’s been a trend towards increased EU regulation with the potential to impact more actors across the Internet landscape. Here, we give a brief overview of the most pertinent policies currently being proposed, debated and implemented in the European Union.

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Has Internet Governance Become Irrelevant?

Geoff Huston

• 26 Oct 2018

• 21 min read

A panel session has been scheduled at the forthcoming Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Paris in November that speaks to the topic that Internet Governance is on a path to irrelevance. What's this all about?

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Why the ITU Plenipotentiary Matters in 2018

Chris Buckridge

• 8 Oct 2018

• 9 min read

Within the RIPE community, it’s easy to take for granted that Internet policy will continue to be developed by the technical community for the benefit of all Internet users – but the open, inclusive, bottom-up model of Internet governance is one that needs to be explained and, at times, defended on…

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Let's Connect! Easy to Install and Secure VPN Software that Respects your Privacy

Rogier Spoor

• 3 Sep 2018

• 3 min read

Going online on unknown Internet hotspots - whether at a restaurant, an airport or in a restaurant - isn't actually very safe or secure for users. This is due to the open character of hotspots which makes it easy to impersonate legitimate hotspots and eavesdrop on traffic - or even serve malware. T…