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The RIPE Atlas Monitor - Network Monitoring with RIPE Atlas

The RIPE Atlas Monitor - Network Monitoring with RIPE Atlas

Pier Carlo Chiodi

10 min read

A new tool joins the family of applications whose goal it is to take full advantage of RIPE Atlas to monitor availability, consistency and reachability of networks and services: the RIPE Atlas Monitor.

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RIPE Atlas Interface Hackathon

RIPE Atlas Interface Hackathon

Suzanne Taylor

5 min read

The RIPE Atlas Interface Hackathon is an opportunity to work together with RIPE Atlas developers and other enthusiastic coders and hackers. The hackathon will take place from 21-22 May in Copenhagen ahead of the RIPE 72 Meeting. Find out how you can take part!

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On the Internet, Everyone is Connected to Everyone Else. Right?

On the Internet, Everyone is Connected to Everyone Else. Right?

Geoff Huston

10 min read

We tend to make a number of assumptions about the Internet, and sometimes these assumptions don’t always stand up to critical analysis. We were perhaps ‘trained’ by the claims of the telephone service to believe that these communications networks supported a model of universal connectivity. Any tel…

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A Tale of Using Public DNS Servers in Iran — Part 3

A Tale of Using Public DNS Servers in Iran — Part 3

Babak Farrokhi

8 min read

Following my research on DNS reachability and performance, I found interesting results for specific domain names.

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RIPE NCC Members and Multiple LIR Accounts

RIPE NCC Members and Multiple LIR Accounts

Laura Cobley

7 min read

The RIPE NCC membership has raised concerns regarding members setting up additional Local Internet Registry (LIR) accounts. The RIPE NCC Executive Board is now asking the RIPE NCC membership to discuss this. The article below provides some background information, data and statistics for the discuss…

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A Tale of Using Public DNS Servers in Iran — Part 2

A Tale of Using Public DNS Servers in Iran — Part 2

Babak Farrokhi

8 min read

This is the second part in a series of articles looking at the use of DNS servers in Iran. For the second part I will continue measuring performance and reachability for two more sets of DNS resolvers: TIC and Verisign.

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A Tale of Using Public DNS Servers in Iran — Part 1

A Tale of Using Public DNS Servers in Iran — Part 1

Babak Farrokhi

4 min read

While most Internet users are not aware of the importance of DNS resolution in their overall web browsing experience, they often complain about shortage of bandwidth when experiencing sluggish Internet connectivity. It is no surprise that most of the service providers also ignore this fact by re…

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The Revamped RIPE Atlas Website

The Revamped RIPE Atlas Website

Suzanne Taylor

5 min read

RIPE Atlas has been in operation for more than five years now, and its network of probes and users has grown tremendously in that time. We’ve also added anchors, sponsors and ambassadors to the system, developed a huge array of new tools, visualisations and features, and RIPE Atlas data is now bein…

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RIPE Atlas Year in Review 2015

RIPE Atlas Year in Review 2015

Suzanne Taylor

8 min read

RIPE Atlas had another successful year in 2015, thanks in large part to all our users, hosts, sponsors, ambassadors and other community members. Here we take a look back at some of the achievements we reached together, the new features we implemented, key facts and figures - and offer a sneak peek …

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Measuring More Internet with RIPE Atlas

Measuring More Internet with RIPE Atlas

Emile Aben

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RIPE Atlas collects a lot of measurements. But how much of the Internet are we actually measuring? We had a sense that with a limited amount of extra load on the system, we could dramatically increase the number of router IPs seen on a given day in RIPE Atlas - and that means measuring more of the …

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