NRO News

Statement on Role and Responsibilities of the NRO NC / ASO AC

The Number Resource Organization (NRO) was established by the NRO Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed in 2003 and 2004 by the RIRs, which also defines the NRO Number Council (NRO-NC). The Address Supporting Organization (ASO) was established by the ASO MoU, signed in 2004 by the NRO and ICANN, under which the NRO-NC serves as the ASO Address Council (ASO-AC). The ASO MoU also defines… Read More

ASO AC Call for Nominations for the ASO Representative on ICANN NomCom

ICANN’s Nominating Committee (NomCom) is responsible for the selection of eight ICANN Board Members, two directors of the Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) and for other selections as are set forth in the Bylaws (see Article 8, Section 8.1). The NomCom is also charged with appointing some members of the ALAC, ccNSO Council and the GNSO Council. The NomCom complements the… Read More

RIR Statistics: RPKI Adoption Reports Now Available

RPKI adoption reports are now available. The reports are updated daily and contain RPKI adoption statistics for each RIR region and for each individual economy. The RPKI RIR Adoption Report contains an overview of each RIR’s RPKI adoption for IPv4 and IPv6. The RPKI Economy Adoption Report contains an overview of each individual economy’s RPKI adoption for IPv4 and IPv6…. Read More

SOC Audit Report Received from PTI/IANA

The NRO EC has received the System and Organization Controls Report (SOC Audit Report) from the IANA/PTI. No exceptions were identified in the report for the audit review period from 1 October, 2017 – 30 September, 2018. The report was provided to the NRO EC as per 6.2.3 of the IANA Numbering Services Service Level Agreement (SLA): “Security and Systems… Read More

NRO Comments on Allocation of /22 of IPv6 space to RIPE NCC

Communication from Alan Barrett, NRO EC Chair to Kim Davies, VP, IANA Services, ICANN; President, PTI Date: 13 March 2019 at 11:41:54 +0900 — Dear Kim, (cc: IANA Numbering Services Review Committee) Thank you for consulting the NRO EC about allocation of IPv6 block 2001:3c00::/22 to the RIPE NCC. Although the current global policy for IPv6 allocation to RIRs specifies… Read More

2018 IANA Numbering Services Review Committee Report Published

Dear colleagues, The IANA Numbering Services Review Committee (IANA RC) has published the 2018 IANA Numbering Services Review Committee Report following a 30-day public comment period: https://www.nro.net/accountability/operational/iana-numbering-services-review-committee/iana-rc-reports/iana-rc-report-2018 We note that no incidents were reported in the IANA Numbering services in 2018. The IANA RC was formed in 2016 and is responsible for publishing an annual report as advice to the… Read More

Reminder Call for Public Comments on the 2018 IANA Performance Matrix Summary Report

Dear colleagues, This is a friendly reminder that the IANA Numbering Services Review Committee (IANA RC) is seeking input and comments from the community on the IANA numbering services performance and the 2018 IANA Performance Matrix Summary Report: https://www.nro.net/2018-IANA-Perfomance-Matrix-Summary-Report Comments on the IANA service performance should be sent to: <iana-performance@nro.net> The public comment period ends on Friday 22 February 2019… Read More