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"Digital sovereignty is not simply good or bad."

Hisham Ibrahim introduces the “commons test” to examine how sovereignty strategies affect the open and globally connected Internet.

👉 See what digital sovereignty means for the future of one Internet: https://labs.ripe.net/author/hisham_ibrahim/many-sovereignties-one-internet/

Did you know?

The RIPE NCC Summer School is underway. 🌊

This summer, it’s time to soak up the sun - and the knowledge! Enroll and finish one of our courses and get certified by 31 August for FREE!

Plus: the first 50 to pass an exam will receive a RIPE NCC Academy water bottle.💧

Note: the water bottle can only be shipped to countries within our service region.

So, which one will you do?

🏠 IPv6
🚡 Routing
🌍 Measurement & Tools
🔢 Internet Registry

What’s your course of choice?

Let us know in the comments! 👇

Start learning now:

Home | RIPE NCC Academy Learn online with the RIPE NCC! Summer School 2025 is here! Make the most of your summer with free online courses from the RIPE NCC Academy – and get rewarded for learning! Complete any course by 31 August 2025 and receive a FREE RIPE NCC Certified Professionals exam voucher. Show off your skills,...

Join us in Vilnius this summer! 🇱🇹

We're back to the Baltics for three unmissable expert-led in-person training courses on:

🗓️ Wednesday 26 August
IPv6 Fundamentals Training Course

🗓️ Thursday, 27 August
RIPE Database Training Course

🗓️ Friday, 28 August
BGP Routing Security Training Course

All our courses are FREE for RIPE NCC members.

Register today:
https://learning.ripe.net/w/upcoming/

Thanks to IPXO for helping us bring this training opportunity to the local community. 🎉

Hola 👋 Are you interested in hosting the RIPE 95 Meeting in at the Meliá Castilla Hotel from 15-19 November 2027?

We are inviting organisations within the RIPE NCC service region to submit a proposal to be considered as the meeting host.

As a host, your organisation will receive significant exposure to the Internet community.

Check out the details and host requirements at:

RIPE 95: Call for Host The RIPE NCC is looking for a host for RIPE 95 that will take place in Madrid at the Meliá Castilla Hotel from 15-19 November 2027.

Before new Internet standards take flight, the community needs a place to test their wings. 🦜

That is where Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) sessions come in. Ahead of IETF 126 in Vienna, Greg Wood looks at the BoFs on the agenda, where early ideas are tested in the open before they have a chance to grow into formal standards work. 🪹

See which ideas are ready to leave the nest:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/greg-wood/birds-of-a-feather-at-ietf-126-vienna/

On 29-30 June, the RIPE NCC participated in the ITU Forum “Future of Connectivity” in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Vahan Hovsepyan, Senior Community and Public Policy Advisor at the RIPE NCC, presented on “Connectivity and Internet Security in the Region”, highlighting how resilient infrastructure, routing security, Internet measurements, and local interconnection contribute to a stronger and more secure Internet.

The forum also provided an opportunity to discuss future technical cooperation with the Ministry of Communications of Turkmenistan.

If you’re part of the Internet community in Central Asia, join us at CAPIF 5, taking place on 24–25 September in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Registration is now open:
http://ripe.net/s/capif-5

What happens to the Internet during a critical subsea cable outage❓

In this Baltic cable outage case, RIPE Atlas measurements helped show how traffic was rerouted, revealing changes in latency and network paths between anchors. ⚓

This is why measurement infrastructure matters. Subsea cables carry the connections that keep countries and communities online. When disruptions happen, RIPE Atlas Anchors help make those routing changes visible, so we can strengthen Internet resilience.

Does your country have enough RIPE Atlas Anchors to make Internet disruptions visible?

Host a RIPE Atlas Anchor and help improve Internet measurement and resilience in your region.

⚓️ Host an anchor: https://www.ripe.net/analyse/internet-measurements/ripe-atlas/host-an-anchor/

Learn more how to use RIPE Atlas to measure the Internet: https://labs.ripe.net/author/emileaben/a-deep-dive-into-the-baltic-sea-cable-cuts/

What happens behind the scenes on the Internet when millions of fans tune in at the same time❓⚽

When the is on, the action is not only on the pitch.

Every stream, score refresh and last-minute ticket rush creates real pressure on the Internet infrastructure working quietly in the background.

In this RIPE Labs article, Flavio Luciani explores how big online moments can become physical events.

🔗 Go behind the scenes of Internet traffic: https://labs.ripe.net/author/flavio_luciani_1/when-internet-traffic-becomes-a-physical-event/

We're heading to Norway this summer! ☀️

Thank to our hosts Universitetet i Oslo (UiO) and Norwegian Internet Exchange. 🇳🇴

Join us in Oslo for three expert-led in-person training courses on must-know Internet topics:

🗓️ Wednesday, 12 August:
LIR Training Course

🗓️ Thursday, 13 August:
RIPE Database Training Course

🗓️ Friday, 14 August:
IPv6 Security Training Course

Our courses are FREE for RIPE NCC members.

Register today:
https://learning.ripe.net/w/upcoming/