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Public complaint transparency · Version 2.0 replaces the public list of individual reports with aggregate statistics: running totals for new and under-investigation reports and counts of closed reports by outcome. The earlier list would have exposed submission dates, resources and current state, plus content and reporter identity if the reporter consented. The revised section does not carry forward the individual website/FTP report-list requirement.
The existence of all such reports shall be made public. The submitter of the report will choose whether or not the contents of the report and the submitter's own identity is to bemade public. The published list of reports shall at least include: Date submitted; The resources the report is about; A reference to the report content, if the submitter indicated that it can be made public; The identity of the submitter, if the submitter indicated that it can be made public; The current state.Source facts ↗
The RIPE NCC will handle all such reports and publish statistics about such reports publicly. The RIPE NCC will publish regularly statistics of the reports that have been received but not yet closed. These statistics will show the number of reports in each of the following categories: 'new': Submitted but not being investigated yet 'under-investigation': The RIPE NCC is investigating the reportSource facts ↗
Private investigation progress · A new section gives both the reporter and the organisations mentioned in a report a way to follow the investigation, explicitly keeping this information non-public. This accompanies removal of the earlier public per-report state list.
The published list of reports shall at least include: Date submitted; The resources the report is about; A reference to the report content, if the submitter indicated that it can be made public; The identity of the submitter, if the submitter indicated that it can be made public; The current state.Source facts ↗
2. Progress The RIPE NCC will provide a way to follow the progress of the investigation for both the person submitting a report and the organization(s) mentioned in the report. This information will not be published publicly.Source facts ↗
Historical reports · Version 1.0 expressly excluded reports made before policy adoption from publication. The aggregate-statistics replacement omits that sentence. The revised text does not itself establish a historical reporting start date or expressly require retrospective publication, so neither is inferred from the omission.
Reports made prior to the adoption of this policy are not to be published.Source facts ↗
The RIPE NCC will publish regularly statistics of the reports that have been received but not yet closed. These statistics will show the number of reports in each of the following categories: 'new': Submitted but not being investigated yet 'under-investigation': The RIPE NCC is investigating the reportSource facts ↗
Stated tradeoff and attribution · The opposing rationale changes from the risk of false complaints damaging organisations' reputations to the concern that the proposal imposes procedures better decided by the RIPE NCC. The revised document also adds an attribution section naming Sander Steffann and Shane Kerr as active contributors. The returned-resource ledger remains in the proposal.
It is possible that someone maysubmit false complaints in order to damage the good name of other organisations. The proposers think that providing transparency will make such abuse of the reporting system less likely and if it should occur easier to identify.Source facts ↗
b. Arguments opposing the proposal Such a policy as this forces a procedure on the RIPE NCC which is better left decided by the RIPE NCC. The proposers have tried to keep the policy as flexible as possible, while still providing transparency.Source facts ↗
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Earliest captured: Jun 30, 1992
Latest captured: Oct 14, 2026