<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dear colleagues,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This is a reminder that on Thursday, 1 July 2021, we will stop supporting the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator. This will have no impact on any of our core activities around the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">After discussions we had with members and the wider community at this mailing list and at the last two RIPE Meetings, we agreed that this approach will allow us to focus on the core of RPKI and maintain a secure, stable and resilient RPKI Certificate Authority.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We strongly recommend that any network operators still running our RPKI Validator switch to an alternative Relying Party software [1] before 1 July. Alternatives include: </div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Routinator</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>RPKI-client</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Fort</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>OctoRPKI</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Prover</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It is important to note that continuing to use the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator after 1 July 2021 may lead to security incidents, as we will no longer be making updates to the software.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you have any questions, please get in touch with me.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Nathalie Trenaman</div><div class="">Routing Security Programme Manager</div><div class="">RIPE NCC</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">[1] <a href="https://rpki.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ops/tools.html" class="">https://rpki.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ops/tools.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>