RIPE NCC

Looking Back at 2024 - An External Engagement and Community Retrospective

Alena Muravska

• 3 Feb 2025

• 15 min read

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.

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Using API Keys in the RIPE Database

Ed Shryane

• 30 Jan 2025

• 4 min read

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.

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RIPE Atlas Anchors - Operating System Refresh

Sean Mottles

• 20 Jan 2025

• 7 min read

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.

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Schrödinger’s IPv6 Cat

Hisham Ibrahim

• 11 Dec 2024

• 13 min read

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…

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Reaching AuthDNS - A RIPE Atlas Analysis by Region

Anand Buddhdev

• 3 Dec 2024

• 10 min read

The RIPE NCC operates two independent anycast DNS services. One is K-root, a well-known service essential to DNS resolution. The other is the less well-known service, AuthDNS. We examine how queries reach AuthDNS from several regions and call for new hosts to help shorten the journey.

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Language Support and Community-Sourced Translations

Fergal Cunningham

• 23 Oct 2024

• 5 min read

One of the most frequent requests we receive from our community is for translated content. Whether it's during member support interactions, on mailing lists, in survey responses, or at events—especially those held far from our headquarters in Amsterdam—the need for content in languages beyond Engli…

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Financial Stability and Beyond: A Look at the RIPE NCC’s 2025 Budget

Simon-Jan Haytink

• 21 Oct 2024

• 12 min read

We’ve heard from the RIPE NCC’s Managing Director Hans Petter Holen on the overall picture of the Draft Activity Plan, now we hear from the RIPE NCC’s Chief Financial Officer, Simon-Jan Haytink, who takes us through the draft budget for 2025.

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Building Resilience: The RIPE NCC’s Draft Activity Plan and Budget 2025

Hans Petter Holen

• 16 Oct 2024

• 9 min read

The RIPE NCC’s Managing Director and CEO, Hans Petter Holen, talks us through the overall picture of the draft Activity Plan for 2025.

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Revising the Criteria for the Accreditation of Regional Internet Registries

Athina Fragkouli

• 15 Oct 2024

• 3 min read

The Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) together ensure the stability of the Internet Numbers Registry System. In order to strengthen their accountability, efforts are under way to revise the criteria for the accreditation of RIRs, and the obligations they must continuously meet.

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How to Get IP Addresses for Your Network

Anastasiya Pak

• 15 Oct 2024

• 5 min read

Our new report provides network operators and businesses with an overview of the various options available for acquiring IP addresses today.

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