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What is the RIPE NCC?
The Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre manages internet number resources in its service region.
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What is AFRINIC? The role and challenges of the African Regional Internet Registry
The current state of affairs at AFRINIC with its receivership setback and challenges that highlight restructuring needs.
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Orange Spain RIPE NCC account is hacked, questions asked of account security
After a hacker gains access to a major telecom’s RIPE account, pressure is on for RIPE to address and improve security.
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What is APNIC? Inside the backbone of Asia’s internet
The APNIC regional internet registry acts as registration database for the APAC region. As IPv4 nears exhaustion, it is now embracing IPv6.
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ICANN’s Africa DNS report barely mentions the AFRINIC problem
ICANN has invited comments on its 2023 Africa Domain Name Industry Study, but the report appears to gloss over a significant event.
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Anita Nikolich, ARIN: Cyber security is based on diverse teams
Anita Nikolich from ARIN, the Advisory Council, in an exclusive interview with BTW- Having good, strong security in any type of network requires a diverse team. Anita says that because she works in cyber security, she pays more attention to security and privacy. But in terms of…
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Randy Bush honoured at RIPE 87 after calling RIRs a ‘monopoly’
The internet veteran Randy Bush unleashed a list of failings of the world’s Regional Internet Registries, before being handed an award by one of them.
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APNIC 30th Anniversary
This video tells a straightforward tale of apnic’s 30-year history. APNIC, a global academic networking organization, has celebrated its third decade in existence. Originally founded in Tokyo in 1992, it has grown to serve 2.6 billion Internet users and more than half the global…
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AFRINIC elections to be held within six months
The September 2023 Mauritius receiver order made AFRINIC's board-election restoration a court-supervised governance event.
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APNIC56: 30th anniversary at its birthplace
APNIC56: 30th anniversary at its birthplace company intelligence explains what the organisation operates, where it is exposed, and how its services, customers, partnerships, ownership signals, public evidence, and market role connect to internet infrastructure. The summary helps…
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APNIC’s 30-Year Journey: The State of the Internet in Asia Pacific
APNIC’s 30-Year Journey: The State of the Internet in Asia Pacific company intelligence explains what the organisation operates, where it is exposed, and how its services, customers, partnerships, ownership signals, public evidence, and market role connect to internet…
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US Court Ruling: AI Art Copyright-Free
A U.S. Court recently ruled that AI-generated art is copyright-free, leading to discussions within the artistic community and beyond. The rise of AI-generated artwork has sparked debates about ownership and copyright. This ruling could be pivotal in how future cases are decided.…
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RIR Watchdog
Five regional sessions tracking allocation policy, board legitimacy, and institutional continuity.
Open RIR WatchdogCase File
Long-cycle governance dossiers with legal, election, and institutional stress analysis.
Open Case FileNumber Resource Society
Membership, charter, and resource-governance intelligence from the NRS ecosystem.
Open NRS SessionICANN
DNS coordination, accountability frameworks, and global multi-stakeholder process dynamics.
Open ICANN SessionIETF
Protocol standardization trajectory and interoperability risk under fragmented policy conditions.
Open IETF SessionHistory of Internet
Long-cycle infrastructure history used for governance interpretation and structural forecasting.
Open History SessionNOGs
Operator-level implementation intelligence from APRICOT plus regional and national NOG ecosystems.
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