Archived Policy Proposals
The policy proposals on this page have been archived. You can see at a glance if they were accepted and adopted by the RIPE community or withdrawn at any stage.
- State:
- Withdrawn
- Archived Date:
- September 2020
- Working Group:
- Anti-Abuse Working Group
Summary: The proposal aimed to have the RIPE NCC validate "abuse-c:” information more often and introduce a new validation process.
Reason for withdrawal: The proposal did not reach consensus and the WG chairs did not feel that any further redrafting of the proposal would achieve consensus.
Appeal: The proposer appealed against the decision of the WG Chairs on October 5, 2020
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/policy-announce/2020-October/000569.html
Outcome of the Appeal: October 26, 2020 - The WG Chairs Collective (WGCC) decided to uphold the decision of the Co-Chairs of the Anti-Abuse Working Group.
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/policy-announce/2020-October/000571.html
- Archived Date:
- July 2020
- Working Group:
- Routing Working Group
Summary: The proposal aimed for the RIPE NCC to publish a SLURM file (Simplified Local Internet Number Resource Management with the RPKI), containing assertions with the origin “AS0” for all unallocated and unassigned address space under our control.
Reason for withdrawal: The WG Chair felt that raised concerns remained unaddressed and that there was a strong opposition against the proposal in the community.
- State:
- Accepted
- Archived Date:
- March 2020
- Working Group:
- Address Policy Working Group
Summary: This proposal aimed to remove obsoleted text and simplify the IPv6 policy.
- State:
- Withdrawn
- Archived Date:
- January 2020
- Working Group:
- Address Policy Working Group
Summary: This proposal aimed to change the default IXP assignment size from a /24 to a needs-based model, with a /27 as a minimum.
Reason for Withdrawal: The proposer felt that there was no clear direction on how to proceed with the proposal.
- Archived Date:
- November 2019
- Working Group:
- Routing Working Group
Summary: This proposal created a process to delete a non-authoritative object stored in the RIPE IRR, if it conflicts with an RPKI ROA.
- State:
- Accepted
- Archived Date:
- October 2019
- Working Group:
- Address Policy Working Group
Summary: This proposal aimed to increase the reserved IPv4 pool for IXPs to a /15 and finetune assignment criteria.
- State:
- Withdrawn
- Archived Date:
- October 2019
- Working Group:
- Anti-Abuse Working Group
Summary: This proposal aimed to define that BGP hijacking is not accepted as normal practice within the RIPE NCC service region.
Reason for Withdrawal: The proposers felt they were unable to address concerns that the policy would expose the RIPE NCC to unacceptable liability risks. These concerns were expressed by both the Executive Board and some community members.
- State:
- Accepted
- Archived Date:
- July 2019
- Working Group:
- Address Policy Working Group
Summary: This proposal created a waiting list based on an allocation size of /24 once the RIPE NCC’s free IPv4 pool is exhausted.
- State:
- Accepted
- Archived Date:
- May 2019
- Working Group:
- Address Policy Working Group
Summary: This proposal made it clear in the IPv4 Policy that the status "ASSIGNED PA" can also be used for assignments to an LIR's infrastructure.
- State:
- Withdrawn
- Archived Date:
- March 2019
- Working Group:
- Address Policy Working Group
Summary: This proposal aimed to clarify the definition of "Assign" in ripe-707 (section 2.6).
Reason for Withdrawal: The proposer decided it was best to find agreement on a problem statement before developing new policy text.