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ASO AC delivers Recommended Draft RIR Governance Document to NRO EC

The Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) has delivered Recommended Draft RIR Governance Document to NRO EC.

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ASO Decision on ICANN Fundamental Bylaws Amendments to Articles 17 and 18

The Number Resource Organization Executive Council (NRO EC), acting in relation to the Address Supporting Organization’s role as a Decisional Participant in the ICANN Empowered Community, has considered the ICANN Board-approved Fundamental Bylaws Amendments to Articles 17 and 18 of the ICANN Bylaws.

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Follow-up Notice to the ASO Community on the Approval Action Decision Period for Fundamental Bylaws Amendments to Articles 17 and 18 of the ICANN Bylaws

On 3 May 2026, the ICANN Board approved the proposed Fundamental Bylaws Amendments to Article 18, Section 18.2(b).

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NRO Strategy Document 2026-2028 Published

The Number Resource Organization (NRO), the coordinating body of the Regional Internet Registries, has published its Strategy Document for 2026–2028.

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Follow-up Notice to the RIR Community: ICANN Empowered Community Rejection Action Petition

This notice is provided to inform the RIR community of the ASO's position on ALAC's Rejection Action Petition concerning proposed amendments to ICANN's bylaws.

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RIPE 93 Call for Presentations and Registration Open

Submit your content proposals for RIPE 93 before 14 August.

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Join us for RIPE 93

Be part of the global Internet community at RIPE 93, where network operators, policymakers and industry leaders come together to share knowledge and collaborate.

RIPE 93 takes place in Sofia, Bulgaria from 26 – 30 October 2026.

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Two Providers, a Stubborn Plateau and a Very Long Tail: Email in the Tranco Top-1M
Two Providers, a Stubborn Plateau and a Very Long Tail: Email in the Tranco Top-1M

Ten years of DNS measurements reveal three trends across the Internet's most popular domains: email continues to consolidate around two providers, DMARC enforcement has hit a plateau, and a surprisingly large long tail of infrastructure defies easy classification.

What's ARP Got to Do with It?
What's ARP Got to Do with It?

It's only ARP. It works. So how much can it really matter? The answer lies beyond ARP itself, in the IPv4 layer cake that grew around it over four decades. The IPv4 internet is not going away in bounded time, and nobody should pretend otherwise.

Remco van Mook
Remco van Mook community contributor
Inside a Shutdown: BGP Evidence from an Operator Who Was There
Inside a Shutdown: BGP Evidence from an Operator Who Was There

When Bangladesh vanished from the global routing table in July 2024, public routing data captured the event as it unfolded. Drawing on first-hand observations from inside one affected network, this article explores what that data can and cannot tell us.

Md.Kamruzzaman Khan
Md.Kamruzzaman Khan community contributor

Events calendar

AfPIF 2026 Kigali, Rwanda
WTPF-26 Nassau, Bahamas
APNIC 62 Mumbai, India
NLNOG Day 2026 Hilversum, The Netherlands
SiNOG 10.0 Ljubljana, Slovenia
AI Data Center Infra Central Asia 2026 Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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