Network Operations

Advancing RPKI: NRO RPKI Program in 2025 for Trust, Transparency and User Experience

Sofía Silva Berenguer

• 26 Aug 2025

• 3 min read

The NRO RPKI Program aims to enhance the transparency, robustness and security of the RPKI system while also increasing the consistency of the RPKI system user experience across RIRs. Here's an update on our plans for the rest of 2025.

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OAuth 2.0 Available for the RIPE Database

Adonis Stergiopoulos

• 11 Aug 2025

• 2 min read

Starting this week, RIPE NCC members can use OAuth 2.0 to authenticate applications that interact with the RIPE Database. This requested feature supports secure delegated access, allowing third parties to make changes to database objects without exposing user credentials.

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Expanding AuthDNS - Impact of Adding a New Node in the Philippines

Rene Wilhelm

• 29 Jul 2025

• 12 min read

In June 2025 we activated a new AuthDNS node, hosted at Maharlika IX in Makati City, Manilla Metro, Philippines. In this article we look at what impact this had for DNS clients in the country as well as to the AuthDNS system as a whole.

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Why IXPs Matter: Critical Infrastructure Beyond the Hype

Antonio Prado

• 28 Jul 2025

• 9 min read

Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) are often overlooked in discussions about critical infrastructure. Yet their role in routing stability, local resilience, and digital sovereignty is undeniable. In this article, we explore what happens when IXPs fail, and why classifying them as critical infrastructu…

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DNSMON Gets a Makeover

Stephen Suess

• 21 Jul 2025

• 4 min read

DNSMON (and DomainMON) gets a modern rewrite with a new home, responsive design, better performance, and unified technology with RIPE Atlas.

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RIPE NCC Days Chișinău

Kjerstin Burdiek

• 14 Jul 2025

• 8 min read

Our latest RIPE NCC Days event took place in Chișinău, Moldova from 18-19 June 2025. At the meeting, we heard from local community leaders and examined the landscape of the Internet in Moldova and its neighbours.

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How Secure Are My Sessions?

Kathleen Moriarty

• 10 Jul 2025

• 10 min read

TLS session security isn't just about encryption - it’s about where and how that encryption is terminated. This article explores common risks in TLS deployments and how to align them with modern security principles like Zero Trust.

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PQC for the RPKI

Dirk Doesburg

• 8 Jul 2025

• 27 min read

Future capabilities of quantum attackers will present a host of new vulnerabilities for RPKI. A research student from SIDN Labs presents the first work on post-quantum cryptography for the RPKI, establishing the foundation for making this critical Internet infrastructure quantum-safe.

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openPenny: Developing an Open-Source Tool for Detecting Non-Spoofed Traffic

Petros Gigis

• 2 Jul 2025

• 12 min read

In this article, we introduce openPenny, an open-source traffic checker currently under development as part of the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund. The goal of openPenny is to help network operators identify non-spoofed traffic arriving at unexpected entry points: this offers a new primitive to de…

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Maria Farrell - Break Ground. Plant Seeds. Rewild the Internet!

Alun Davies

• 30 Jun 2025

• 2 min read

The Internet has long been fertile ground for innovative technologies to grow and openly compete. But having emerged out of these conditions, certain services have come to dominate and stifle the very diversity that made their existence possible. Maria Farrell talks about why we must - and how we c…

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