Measurements and Statistics

A User-Driven Homepage: Coming Soon to a Computer Near You!

Adam Castle

• 18 Dec 2018

• 4 min read

We're changing our homepage so that you are in control of the content that you want to see. It is now cleaner and we have new features including a customisable dashboard with widgets, and the ability to bookmark RIPE NCC pages that are useful to you.

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Uncovering Remote Peering at IXPs

Vasileios Giotsas

• 12 Dec 2018

• 10 min read

Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) originally aimed to keep local traffic local and reduce dependence on third parties. However, ever-increasing traffic volumes create pressure for denser and more diverse peering that challenges the traditional IXP model. A fundamental shift in peering practices is R…

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New MRT-BGP Reader Six Times Faster Than its Predecessors

Lorenzo Cogotti

• 5 Dec 2018

• 7 min read

With an increasing number of route collectors and the resulting increase in available routing data, how do we analyse such a large amount of data in a reasonable time? BGP Scanner was developed to meet the limitations of existing large-scale BGP data analysis tools.

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When the Internet Goes Down: Tracking Edge Outages at Scale

Philipp Richter

• 30 Nov 2018

• 8 min read

Uninterrupted availability of the Internet has become increasingly critical these days, not just for end users but also for service providers who need to meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Yet, outages affecting end-user connectivity are widespread, whether they be unintentional fibre cuts, natu…

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Multi-level MDA-Lite Paris Traceroute

Kevin Vermeulen

• 29 Nov 2018

• 8 min read

On-path load balancing can send traffic across many potential paths, which typical traceroute usage will not fully capture. We are working on algorithms for a more complete traceroute across load-balanced paths, and we are interested in deployment on RIPE Atlas. We'd like your feedback.

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IMC 2018 Liveblog

Gergana Petrova

• 2 Nov 2018

• 16 min read

The Internet Measurement Conference (IMC) is an annual conference focusing on Internet measurement and analysis. The 17th edition is taking place from 31 October to 2 November 2018 in Boston. RIPE NCC staff at the event will be live blogging key moments. See this page for regular updates on the iss…

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RIOT in Amsterdam

Martine Sophie Lenders

• 15 Oct 2018

• 14 min read

The RIOT Summit is the yearly get-together of the community around the RIOT operating system for the Internet of Things (IoT). It aims at bringing together RIOTers, beginners and experts, as well as people interested in the IoT in general. We also welcome decision makers who plan to deploy RIOT in …

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Internet Atlas - Tools for Digital Literacy

Andrej Petrovski

• 3 Oct 2018

• 5 min read

Based on existing studies and research about the digital environment in Serbia, its legal and technical features, usage and habits among Internet users, the SHARE Foundation aims to produce tools and materials designed to inform, educate and encourage project target groups understand Internet infra…

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Clusters in the Expanse: Understanding and Unbiasing IPv6 Hitlists

Oliver Gasser

• 2 Oct 2018

• 7 min read

Network measurements are an important tool in understanding the Internet. Due to the expanse of the IPv6 address space, exhaustive scans in IPv4 are not possible for IPv6. The best practice when conducting IPv6 measurements is to use so called IPv6 hitlists.

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