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RIPE Working Groups are composed of community members working together to discuss specific topics that are within the scope of the RIPE community.

Each working group has a charter and a number of goals. A working group typically exists as long as there is sufficient interest in discussing the topic for which it was set up. The outcome of a working group can be sharing knowledge, technical solutions, best practices or policy proposals.

Working Groups

Here is an overview of the active Working Groups. To start participating in a Working Group, simply subscribe to its mailing list and follow the discussions!

Address Policy

Develops policies relating to the management and registration of Internet addresses and routing identifiers (currently IPv4, IPv6 and ASNs) by the RIPE NCC and the LIRs within the RIPE NCC service region.

Address Policy

Anti-Abuse

Aims to tackle online abuse from both the technical and non-technical angles.

Anti-Abuse

Connect

Discusses and raises awareness about IP interconnection and its role on the global Internet.

Connect

Cooperation

Discusses outreach from the traditional RIPE community to everyone else, especially governments, regulators and NGOs.

Cooperation

Database

Deals with all topics and issues related to the RIPE Database.

Database

DNS

Discusses current DNS-related issues in technology and operations.

DNS

IoT

Discusses challenges and opportunities arising from the Internet of Things as they relate to the RIPE community.

IoT

IPv6

Promotes IPv6 adoption by discussing IPv6 outreach, education and operational issues and sharing deployment experiences.

IPv6

MAT

Collaboration in the areas of data, tools and analysis relating to the Internet and its infrastructure, with a loose focus on monitoring, diagnosis, analysis and forecasting.

MAT

Open Source

Fosters discussion among developers, Internet service providers and the rest of the RIPE community about open source projects related to the RIPE community.

Open Source

RIPE NCC Services

Discusses new and existing RIPE NCC services and evaluates the RIPE NCC’s yearly Activity Plan and Budget.

RIPE NCC Services

Routing

Concerned with all aspects of IP routing technologies.

Routing

Each working group is chaired by two or three members of the community. The responsibility of the chairs is to moderate discussions and declare whether consensus is reached on a policy proposal.

Each working group has a dedicated mailing list which is open to anybody. Most of the working group’s activity is done via the mailing list, but working group sessions also take place at each RIPE Meeting. Working groups may also choose to hold online sessions between RIPE Meetings, in keeping with the guidelines for interim sessions.