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Experiment Proposal to Improve K-root

Experiment Proposal to Improve K-root

Suzanne Taylor

4 min read

We used RIPE Atlas to measure latency times to K-root, and we believe we can improve those times by adding new nodes to K-root in strategic locations. Here, we propose the idea of developing an experiment that would let us measure this potential improvement.

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RIPE Atlas: New Measurements UI and Tagging

RIPE Atlas: New Measurements UI and Tagging

Suzanne Taylor

7 min read

We're very excited to announce an all-new user interface (UI) for RIPE Atlas measurements. Users can now schedule, monitor and manage their own customised measurements more efficiently than ever before, and can now make use of the tagging feature when selecting probes for use in those measurements.…

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RIPE Atlas Value Proposition

RIPE Atlas Value Proposition

Suzanne Taylor

5 min read

During its meeting in September, the RIPE NCC presented the RIPE NCC Executive Board with a value proposition document detailing the value that RIPE Atlas can bring to network operators, researchers and the Internet community as a whole. The board asked the RIPE NCC to publish this document, which …

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LISPmob: a Flexible LISP Implementation

LISPmob: a Flexible LISP Implementation

Alberto Rodriguez-Natal

12 min read

The Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) decouples identity from location on the current IP addresses by creating two separate namespaces. The LISPmob project aims to bring a full-featured LISP open-source implementation to Linux-flavoured systems.

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Building The Next Generation RIS Route Collectors

Building The Next Generation RIS Route Collectors

Wouter Miltenburg

7 min read

This is the second part of a research project investigating the possible replacement of the current Remote Route Collectors (RRC) used for the Routing Information Services (RIS). In the second phase we developed a prototype based on the requirements determined in the first phase. Both parts of …

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Propagation of Longer-than-/24 IPv4 Prefixes

Propagation of Longer-than-/24 IPv4 Prefixes

Emile Aben

8 min read

Under ARIN's Number Resource Policy Manual (NRPM) Section 4.10, the IPv4 address block 23.128/10 is reserved for allocations and assignments dedicated to facilitate IPv6 deployment. The maximum allocation size is a /24; the minimum allocation size is a /28. There has been much discussion on the NAN…

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New Terms and Conditions as RIPE Atlas Becomes Production Service

New Terms and Conditions as RIPE Atlas Becomes Production Service

Vesna Manojlovic

13 min read

RIPE Atlas is transitioning from a pilot project to a production service. As such, we want to clarify the terms and conditions that describe the use of the service and spell out both the user's and the RIPE NCC's obligations. Here we present a draft of these terms and ask for feedback, as we want t…

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RIPE Atlas: Measurements With Tagged Probes Coming Soon

RIPE Atlas: Measurements With Tagged Probes Coming Soon

Suzanne Taylor

5 min read

We've been busy working on a number of developments, and we're really excited about one in particular that will be ready soon: creating customised measurements using tagged probes. Learn more about it - along with some other recent additions - and let us know what you think.

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Time Warner Cable Outage

Time Warner Cable Outage

Emile Aben

8 min read

The Time Warner Cable network suffered an outage on 27 August 2014 between approximately 9:40 and 10:55 UTC. We looked at some interesting details of this outage using RIS and RIPE Atlas.

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512K-mageddon?

512K-mageddon?

Emile Aben

6 min read

A week after the 512K-routes problem started making waves, we took a look at the global effects to see what impact it had. Spoiler: Not much.

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