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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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Operational Review of Public ENUM Under e164.arpa

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Hisham Ibrahim

6 min read

A 2026 operational review of Public ENUM under e164.arpa found that half of the current delegations show some form of DNS problem. The findings are expected to be discussed at RIPE 92, including the operational status and future support of Public ENUM under e164.arpa.

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ipv8?

Questioning the IPv8 Proposal

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The IPv8 proposal brings together routing, identity, and network management into a single design, but does it leave too many operational questions unanswered?

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Making Resource Holders Easier to Identify: Introducing reg-nr: in the RIPE Database

Making Resource Holders Easier to Identify: Introducing reg-nr: in the RIPE Database

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Marco Schmidt

5 min read

Proposed at RIPE 91 in the Address Policy Working Group and then further discussed in the Database Working Group, the reg-nr: attribute (NWI-21) has already been implemented ahead of RIPE 92, showing how quickly community input can lead to practical results. It adds official company registration nu…

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SEE 14: Advancing Internet Technologies in South East Europe

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Anastasiya Pak

14 min read

Ahead of SEE 14, we examine how Internet technologies are evolving across South East Europe. Drawing on registry data and routing measurements, we highlight trends in routing security, interconnection, and IPv6 deployment.

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keys

Extending API Keys Beyond the RIPE Database

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Fallon Albrecht

3 min read

We are extending the API key model introduced for the RIPE Database to create a more consistent, secure, and flexible approach across RIPE NCC services.

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Rethinking RIPE NCC Navigation

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Antonella De Bellis

5 min read

We’ve been looking at how members navigate between RIPE NCC services and where friction appears. This article shares the research and reasoning behind a new unified navigation model launching in March 2026.

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2025

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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Internet Coordination in Times of War

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Hisham Ibrahim

4 min read

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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irr2

The IRR Landscape: Data Quality - the Good, the Bad, and the Outdated

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Tobias Striffler

21 min read

In the second of our IRR landscape series, we focus squarely on data quality: how accurate, current, and usable IRR routing data really is. Using freshness, DFZ alignment and RPKI conflicts, we spotlight where third-party IRRs drift and why cleanup matters.

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