Hisham Ibrahim is the Chief Community Officer at the RIPE NCC. He leads the RIPE NCC's engagement efforts to foster a dynamic, inclusive RIPE community. He is responsible for engagement with RIPE NCC members, the RIPE community, Internet governance and training services. Hisham is active on several committees in various … More
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Effective digital governance begins with understanding the layered systems that make it possible. Technical coordination keeps the Internet running, Internet governance shapes how we use it, and digital governance steers how technology transforms society. Confusing these roles risks undermining all…
I am a Post-Doc researcher at the Max-Planck Institut for Informatics. I am mainly interested in security and Internet measurements. More
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Traditionally, computer network courses focus on introducing students to the various concepts of the Internet’s architecture and its protocols. While such courses equip students with a theoretical foundation on how the Internet works, they often fail to cover the practical and operational aspects o…
Senior UX/UI Designer at RIPE NCC, passionate about creating intuitive and user-centered digital experiences. I focus on transforming complex data into clear, accessible interfaces that bring real value to users across the internet community. More
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User experience design is not about trends, it's about solving real problems. The team behind the RIPEstat talk in depth about the design journey they undertook to create the latest iteration of the UI.
UX/UI/Frontend Developer with the RIPE NCC since February 2019. More
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Over the past few months, the RIPE Atlas team and our stakeholders have been hard at work reimagining the probe detail pages to make them cleaner, more user-friendly, and enriched with new features.
The RIPE NCC will launched a new version of the RIPEstat UI built on the original 2013 version, but with a much more modern look and feel. In this article, the team highlights some of the changes made and shares a first look at the new design.
Alena Muravska is a Programme Manager on the Community & Engagement team. Reporting directly to the Chief Community Officer, Alena works closely with the Community & Engagement managers on planning, tracking and reporting on the various programme outputs, outcomes and impact. Previously, Alena worked on the Registration Services team of … More
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In this article, we look at three main objectives that drive our external engagement and community work at the RIPE NCC and show, through numbers and metrics, how we measured the impact we made in 2024.
I'm a Senior Technical Analyst with the RIPE NCC, working on Whois and the RIPE database. More
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API keys are a new way to authenticate updates in the RIPE Database. They are associated with a user’s RIPE NCC Access account, and are intended to help you script (automate) updates to the RIPE Database.
Linux Systems Engineer at the RIPE NCC. I'm originally from Huntington Beach, California, where I studied information systems and decision sciences at California State University, Fullerton. More
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RIPE Atlas anchors give us a reliable set of vantage points from which to observe the Internet, but keeping them operational over time raises interesting challenges. Here, we give an update on a recent upgrade we carried out for anchors and lessons learned along the way.
Hisham Ibrahim is the Chief Community Officer at the RIPE NCC. He leads the RIPE NCC's engagement efforts to foster a dynamic, inclusive RIPE community. He is responsible for engagement with RIPE NCC members, the RIPE community, Internet governance and training services. Hisham is active on several committees in various … More
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IPv6, a protocol developed in the late 1990s to address the anticipated Internet address exhaustion crisis, exists in a paradoxical state. For some, while its adoption might have taken longer than expected, it represents a success story - steadily expanding in deployment and enabling more users and…
With fewer attendees and fewer hot topics to vote on, autumn General Meetings seldom match the warmth and energy of their spring counterparts. But despite the season, GMs are always an impactful way to participate in the RIPE NCC's decision making process. We take a quick look at our October GM num…