RPKI - A Dashboard for BGP Operators
• 8 min read
SURFnet's RPKI Dashboard provides network operators with a number of RPKI statistics and assists them in cleaning up possible invalid prefixes. This will hopefully increase the deployment of RPKI.
Measurements and Statistics
New in RIPEstat: In-widget Comparison and Monitoring
Suzanne Taylor
Suzanne Taylor is a Public Policy & Internet Governance Consultant. In her work with the RIPE NCC, she has engaged with a broad range of Internet stakeholders including the RIPE NCC membership, governments, law enforcement and intergovernmental organisations. From 2012 to 2016, she worked in communications at the RIPE NCC … More
• 7 min read
RIPEstat users told us they wanted to be able to compare different resources in the same widget, and be able to monitor network events in real time. We're happy to announce that we've started to make this functionality available, beginning with two existing widgets: Country Routing Statistics and B…
All IP Addresses Are Equal? "dot-zero" Addresses Are Less Equal
Stéphane Bortzmeyer
Stéphane Bortzmeyer
Based in Paris (France)
I work at AFNIC (the registry of .fr domain names), in the computer department, on, among other things, DNS, security, technical watch, standardization. More
• 4 min read
In theory, all IP addresses are the same, and you can allocate them at random without a problem. 192.168.1.2 is certainly not better or worse than 192.168.1.15, right? But, in practice, certain IP addresses are regarded as "special" by some implementations and do not yield the same user experience.…
RIPE Atlas Midsummer 2013 Community Update
Vesna Manojlovic
Vesna Manojlovic is Community Builder at RIPE NCC. Vesna joined the RIPE NCC as a Trainer in 1999. In 2003, she took responsibility for developing and delivering advanced courses, such as RPSL, Routing Registry, DNSSEC and IPv6. In 2008, she lead efforts to establish IPv6 RIPEness as a measure of … More
• 9 min read
The RIPE Atlas community has been very active recently. This article highlights new community related features, and announcements related to RIPE Atlas anchor hosts, sponsors and "ambassadors". And it brings you lots of pretty pictures!
RIPEstat's Multiple Widget and Resource Comparison
Suzanne Taylor
Suzanne Taylor is a Public Policy & Internet Governance Consultant. In her work with the RIPE NCC, she has engaged with a broad range of Internet stakeholders including the RIPE NCC membership, governments, law enforcement and intergovernmental organisations. From 2012 to 2016, she worked in communications at the RIPE NCC … More
• 7 min read
RIPEstat users can now compare results for multiple resources across multiple widgets in a new comparison page - and share the results with others using the permalink feature. Here we describe several use cases where this new functionality might come in handy.
IPv6 Security - An Overview
Johannes Weber
Johannes Weber
Based in Butzbach, Germany
• 7 min read
The advent of IPv6 changes not only the network components, but also the security field shifts. We see new types of attacks or at least variations of the attacks we know from IPv4. This article provides an overview of the IPv6 security vulnerabilities that arise with the launch of IPv6.
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Happy Eyeballs
Vaibhav Bajpai
Vaibhav Bajpai
Based in Bremen
Vaibhav Bajpai is a PhD student in the Computer Networks and Distributed Systems research group at Jacobs University Bremen , Germany. He is advised by Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schönwälder . His current research focuses on understanding the impact of network infrastructure changes using Large-Scale Measurement Platforms. As part of the … More
• 4 min read
The IETF has developed solutions that promote a healthy IPv4 and IPv6 co-existence. The happy eyeballs algorithm for instance, provides recommendations to application developers to help prevent bad user experience in situations where IPv6 connectivity is broken. We study the effectiveness of the ha…
How Many RIPE Atlas Probes Believe They Have IPv6 (But Are Wrong)?
Stéphane Bortzmeyer
Stéphane Bortzmeyer
Based in Paris (France)
I work at AFNIC (the registry of .fr domain names), in the computer department, on, among other things, DNS, security, technical watch, standardization. More
• 4 min read
To check the connectivity of an IPv6 device with RIPE Atlas, one typically asks N probes to ping the target and deduces the reachability of the target from the percentage of failures. But RIPE Atlas probes, like many IPv6 devices, often believe they are IPv6-connected while they are not.
One Year Later: Who's Doing What With IPv6?
Antony Gollan
Antony Gollan
Based in Amsterdam
I manage the RIPE NCC's Comms Team. I've been working at the RIPE NCC since 2012. For the most part I'm here to help my colleagues find the words to get their ideas across clearly. Over the years I've had quite a bit of experience with all sorts RIPE policy, … More
• 6 min read
On the anniversary of the World IPv6 Launch, this article takes a look at the readiness of networks to deploy IPv6, using statistics from the RIPE NCC service region and beyond.
RIPEstat Demo Summary: RIPE 66
Suzanne Taylor
Suzanne Taylor is a Public Policy & Internet Governance Consultant. In her work with the RIPE NCC, she has engaged with a broad range of Internet stakeholders including the RIPE NCC membership, governments, law enforcement and intergovernmental organisations. From 2012 to 2016, she worked in communications at the RIPE NCC … More
• 16 min read
This is the first RIPEstat demo summary since RIPE 65. Since that time, there have been a lot of exciting new developments we couldn't wait to share with you! The demo was given during the RIPE 66 Meeting in Dublin, where users had the chance to meet the developers and ask questions face to face.