Presentation by Axel Pawlik at APRICOT 2019 on Wednesday, 27 February 2019.

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RIPE NCC Update

2. For the Community

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• Online proctored exams
- Verifies the identity of the candidate
taking the exam
- Skill-based exam questions, integrating
both theory and exercises
- Extensive job task analysis and
stakeholder consultations to align
certifications with industry needs
- Vendor-neutral content
RIPE NCC Certified Professionals
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Proposed Assessment & Credentialing Model
Content available for all
stakeholders
Exam vouchers provided
as part of membership fee
Booking available via
credit card or voucher for
online proctored exam
Exams via assessment
platform
Online proctors supervise
the exam taken in a secure
environment
Digital badges linked to
LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook,
RIPE Hall of Fame

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• Bringing together network
professionals on 7-8 March 2019 to:
- Learn how to certify resources
- Configure live routers
- Talks by experts who’ve already deployed RPKI
- Organised by our community builders in
collaboration with Juniper Networks
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/join-the-amsterdam-
rpki-deployathon-2019
RPKI Deployathon
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Join us in
Reykjavik for
RIPE 78!
Marking
30 years of the
RIPE community
https://ripe78.ripe.net
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7. Policies: What’s New

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• Policy proposal was accepted in June 2018
• Asked the RIPE NCC to check abuse contacts in the RIPE
Database and follow-up with resource holders to fix
outdated information
• Implementation has begun as of February 2019
• Automated verification tool followed by manual
intervention where needed
abuse-c Validation
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• 2019-02: Reducing IPv4 allocation size to a /24 once
the RIPE NCC is no longer able to allocate /22s’
View the status of the latest policy discussions at the RIPE NCC here:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/current-proposals/current-policy-proposals
Ongoing Policy Discussion
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• 2018:02 - Assignment Clarification in IPv6 Policy
• 2018:06 - RIPE NCC IRR Database Non-Authoritative
Route Object Clean-up
• 2019:01 - Clarification of Definition for "ASSIGNED PA”
View the status of the latest policy discussions at the RIPE NCC here:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/current-proposals/current-policy-proposals
Other Open Policy Proposals
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11. Membership
and Resources

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Membership is growing…
0
7500
15000
22500
30000
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
• Unprecedented growth in 2018
• Total base projected to touch 24,000 LIRs by end 2019

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As IPv4 resources are growing scarcer

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0
125
250
375
500
2012-102013-012013-042013-072013-102014-012014-042014-072014-102015-012015-042015-072015-102016-012016-042016-072016-102017-012017-042017-072017-102018-012018-042018-072018-10
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3,000,000
6,000,000
9,000,000
12,000,000
Transfer Activity in the RIPE NCC Service Region
[ ] Number of IPv4 addresses[ ] Number of transfers

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Inter-RIR Transfer Flows
APNIC
ARIN
RIPE NCC6.4m
300k
1m
1.4m
115k
16.7m

16. What does this mean?

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• Disputed transfers
- Outdated contact information
- “LIR contact was no longer working at the company”
• Hijacked, disputed LIR accounts
- LIR contacts removing other contacts from the LIR Portal
- LIR accounts opened on behalf of unaware organisations
• We see an increase in efforts to “hijack” legacy space!
Increase in Disputes Over IP Addresses
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• Criminals use very sophisticated methods to obtain control
over (seemingly) unused address blocks
- Faking registration and identity papers
- Faking entire websites and domains
• Hijackers often target resources with outdated contact details!
Protecting IP Registrations
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Actions Taken By the RIPE NCC
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Year 2015 2016 2017 2018
Concluded 95 64 116 188
New 25 80 111 229
29
213
14
65
Due-diligence reminder*
Final warnings**
LIR closures (SSA termination) (203 in 2018)
Disputed Transfers
* Due diligence reminder for more minor infringements
** Final warnings for major policy and contractual violations
Since 2014

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• New policy concerns, new policy strategies
- Ongoing policy discussion on ‘Reducing IPv4 allocation size to a /24 once RIPE
NCC is no longer able to allocate /22s’
• New kinds of actors in the RIPE Policy Development
Process, and in the RIPE community generally
- Brokers, those with an interest in buying or selling
- LEAs and governments
• Likelihood of further government regulation in areas like
consumer IoT
What Does it Mean for the RIPE Community?
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• Regulation is likely in the RIPE NCC region
• Confidence-building with regulators
• Closer cooperation with various governments to help
them participate in the RIR system
What Does it Mean for RIRs?
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22. Questions
axel@ripe.net