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What Do We Do With E-Waste?

What Do We Do With E-Waste?

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Mirjam Kühne

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

PP-18: An Update at the Halfway Point

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Chris Buckridge

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

How EU Regulation Affects You

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Suzanne Taylor

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?

Has Internet Governance Become Irrelevant?

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Geoff Huston

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

Why the ITU Plenipotentiary Matters in 2018

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Chris Buckridge

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

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

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Rogier Spoor

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…

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EuroDIG 2018 Liveblog

EuroDIG 2018 Liveblog

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Gergana Petrova

21 min read

The RIPE NCC is liveblogging from the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) from 4-6 June. Check back for updates!

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Sketching Connectivity Between Users

Sketching Connectivity Between Users

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Emile Aben

5 min read

We're looking at user-to-user connections, based on RIPE Atlas measurements and ISP's end-user market share estimates provided by the APNIC.

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Deciding on a Future Path for the Internet Number Community Within ICANN

Deciding on a Future Path for the Internet Number Community Within ICANN

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Antony Gollan

8 min read

The five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) are asking their communities for guidance on how they should participate within ICANN in the future. In this article, we provide some much-needed context around this issue.

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So Long Last /8 and Thanks For All the Allocations

So Long Last /8 and Thanks For All the Allocations

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Rene Wilhelm

12 min read

On 17 April 2018, we allocated the last available block of 1,024 addresses in 185/8 - the last /8 we received from IANA back in 2011. This article looks at how this address space was allocated and how it is used today. It's important to keep in mind that while 185/8 is finished, we still have aroun…

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