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RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund Paused for 2025

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Alastair Strachan

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Since 2016, the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund (CPF) has been supporting projects of value to the operation, resilience and sustainability of the Internet. Following a decision by the RIPE NCC Executive Board, the CPF will be paused in 2025 for a review and to gather community feedback, aiming to…

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A Comprehensive Review of RIR Policies in the Domain of AS Number Management

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Nachiket Kondhalkar

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A research team at TU Delft is researching the management of AS Numbers across RIRs as well as the potential impact of the new annual maintenance fees for ASNs and we invite you to contribute.

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Driving the ASN Truck Without a Licence

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Radu Anghel

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Natural persons have been registering ASNs for a long time, and for many reasons, from running small businesses to keeping up a hobby. This isn't something wrong that needs to be fixed. ASNs should be assigned based on need. But 'need' should not be defined as “my friends have one so I need one too…

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Voting Analysis GM May 2024 - A First Look at Voter Make-Up

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Ilke Ilhan

10 min read

General Meetings are where the big decisions are made for the RIPE NCC by its members. There can be heated discussions on the mailing lists, but it’s votes at GMs that give the clearest indication of what our members want. In this article, we take a closer look at who registered to have their voice…

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A Click Away - Improving Navigation on ripe.net

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Ulka Athale

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We're making further changes to improve the ease of access to content on the ripe.net website.

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Whose CIDR Is It Anyway?

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Jan Schaumann

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IP address space wasn't divided evenly, and after years of re-allocation and re-assigment, the question that comes to mind is: who owns what parts of it? In the latest in a series of articles on the centralisation of the Internet, Jan Schaumann digs into the data to try to get a clearer view.

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Working Towards a Coordinated RPKI System

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Sofía Silva Berenguer

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What would a single, global RPKI system look like?

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Reflections on Six Months as Chief Registry Officer

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James Kennedy

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In this article, James Kennedy, RIPE NCC Chief Registry Officer, provides an update on our Registry services and shares some observations from his first six months at the helm.

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IPv6 Stockpiling: A Trojan Horse in Our Midst?

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Marco Schmidt

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The current combination of RIPE policies and rules for RIPE NCC membership enable IPv6 stockpiling. And what might sound like an unlikely activity is not only happening, but is actually on the rise. Here we look at the trends and some of the potential consequences and ask where we go from here.

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