Measurements and Statistics

DNS Root Server Transparency: K-Root, Anycast and More

Emile Aben

• 13 Jan 2017

• 8 min read

The RIPE NCC is operating K-root, one of the 13 DNS root servers. In this article we shed some light on the operational policies of K-root to clarify possible misunderstandings about how it is operated.

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The BGP Large Communities Playground

Pier Carlo Chiodi

• 11 Jan 2017

• 4 min read

This article describes the BGP Large Communities Playground, and encourages people to utilise automated regression testing and compliance checking when developing new protocol features.

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The Next 42 RIPE Atlas Probes at Hackerspaces

Vesna Manojlovic

• 28 Dec 2016

• 7 min read

In this article, we give one example of the possible communities that are now easier to build around RIPE Atlas probes. With the tagging of similar probes, existing communities can use additional tools for creating and analysing RIPE Atlas measurements, such as "IXP Country Jedi", to create their o…

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Four Years of RIPE Atlas Anchors

Alun Davies

• 22 Dec 2016

• 5 min read

Four years have passed since the RIPE NCC announced its plans to put RIPE Atlas anchors into production. Since the first anchors went online in 2013, we’ve been working hard to both maintain and expand the network. As a result, we currently have 238 anchors deployed across 66 countries!

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Preparing for the 2016 Leap Second

Stephen Strowes

• 15 Dec 2016

• 8 min read

On 31 December this year, we're scheduled for another leap second. There are many stories about what leap seconds can do to infrastructure and applications, and rituals are built up around them. Such rituals stem from reality: leap seconds trigger poorly-tested code paths and run contrary to assump…

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RIPE Atlas Success Story: Zoom-in on Germany

Vesna Manojlovic

• 9 Dec 2016

• 3 min read

Here is an example of how cross-pollination between two or more communities can create success. An overlap between IETF participants, RIPE Atlas users and listeners of a popular German podcast has led to growth in the deployment of RIPE Atlas probes (hardware devices that measure Internet infrastru…

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RIPE Atlas: Countering Hardware Issues with Better Firmware

Robert Kisteleki

• 6 Dec 2016

• 4 min read

As RIPE Atlas is expanding, it is approaching the magical milestone of 10,000 probes. However, as our public graphs also illustrate, the expansion has slowed down recently.

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Internet Access Disruption In The Gambia - 2016

Emile Aben

• 2 Dec 2016

• 4 min read

We had a look at various RIPE NCC data sets to see what we can learn from yet another country-wide Internet outage in 2016.

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Ambassador, You Are Spoiling Us

Vesna Manojlovic

• 1 Dec 2016

• 3 min read

At the RIPE NCC, we are grateful for the contribution RIPE Atlas ambassadors make to the success of the RIPE Atlas measurements platform. In this article, we focus on a handy RIPEstat tool that can be used to visualise the results of their efforts. The tool provides a historical view of country-spe…