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GM May 2026: Why Did People Vote the Way They Did?

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Ilke Ilhan

18 min read

The May 2026 RIPE NCC General Meeting saw unusually high participation and one of the closest votes in recent years. By examining turnout data, voting patterns and member demographics, we ask what might have influenced the outcome and what all this tells us about our members.

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Independent Infrastructure Requires Investment

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Hans Petter Holen

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An analysis of our infrastructure has given us a clearer picture of what is needed to move the RIPE NCC towards a more independent and self-hosted approach. We are now planning a major rebuild to create a more resilient and secure infrastructure that can support the services our members rely upon. …

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What We Learned from a Multi-Service Vulnerability Disclosure

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Eleonora Petridou

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A series of vulnerabilities reported through the RIPE NCC bug bounty programme revealed weaknesses across multiple services and highlighted the risks posed by vulnerability chains. We look at how the issues were addressed, and what the disclosure taught us about handling complex security reports th…

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1000 Third Parties Could Have Stolen RIPE NCC Session Tokens - By Design

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Sasha Romijn

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In this guest post, Sasha Romijn details how the scope of a single authentication cookie created a potential path to full account compromise across RIPE NCC services.

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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

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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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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

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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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Extending API Keys Beyond the RIPE Database

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Fallon Albrecht

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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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