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Supporting the Internet Number Registry System

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Hans Petter Holen

6 min read

AFRINIC has received a lot of attention recently following a dispute with one of its members that has led to several legal actions taking place in the Mauritian courts. In this article, I want to make it clear that the RIPE NCC stands firmly with the decisions made by the AFRINIC community through …

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Four Ideas for Quicker Querying in the RIPE Database Web Search

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Rehan Syed Muhammad

6 min read

Thousands visit the RIPE Database web interface every day to seek out information on Internet number resources. After taking a closer look at how people interact with the interface, we've come up with four small changes that, without altering the way you search, could very well cut down on the amou…

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Managing DNS Over IPv6 Only

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Paul de Weerd

3 min read

Outgrowing your IPv4 allocation is one of many very good reasons to get on with deploying IPv6. Here's a use case on the latest steps the RIPE NCC has been taking in the piecemeal process of deploying IPv6 across its services.

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RIPE NCC and the Cloud: Draft Principles, Requirements and Strategy Framework

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Felipe Victolla Silveira

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Our draft cloud strategy framework is an attempt to bring everything together in a way that sets out some boundaries, identifies critical elements, and indicates where we need to be strict vs where we can afford to be a little more relaxed. This should hopefully support more clarity regarding how w…

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RIPE NCC and the Cloud: Let’s Start Again

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Felipe Victolla Silveira

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The community’s reaction to our cloud proposal at RIPE 82 was stronger than we expected. We think it’s worth re-starting this discussion, and the first step is to check that we’ve heard you correctly.

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The End of an Era - Gert Döring on His Time at RIPE

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Monika Ermert

8 min read

Gert Döring chaired the RIPE Address Policy Working Group for close to two decades. Representing one of the first German ISPs, SpaceNet, he helped create RIPE’s process for adopting policies. In this interview with CENTR, Gert talks about how he thinks the RIPE community has to start adapting to th…

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RIPE NCC Anti-Abuse Support - What to Do if It Happens to You

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Angela Dall'Ara

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At the RIPE NCC, we get lots of requests for assistance from people dealing with online abuse. In this article, we clarify how you can use our tools to help resolve abuse issues, but also what you can do when further steps need to be taken.

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Caught in the Middle: Regulatory Impact and our Mission as the RIPE NCC

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Athina Fragkouli

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The increasing rate of conflicting regulatory developments across our service region has become a very real subject of concern for the RIPE NCC. In this article, Athina Fragkouli talks about the impact such developments have on our operations and the principles guiding the work being done to prepar…

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RPKI Repositories and the RIPE Database in the Cloud

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Felipe Victolla Silveira

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The RIPE NCC provides mission critical services to the Internet community which require a solid technical foundation. This article explains how we plan to use cloud infrastructure as a means to that end. We outline some of the risks that must be accounted for, and describe the target architectures …

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New Look for the RIPE Database and LIR Portal

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Theodoros Polychniatis

4 min read

Following RIPE Atlas, RIPE NCC Access and RIPE Labs, the RIPE Database and LIR Portal have been redesigned to match our new UI template for RIPE NCC services.

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