Measurements and Statistics

Robert Kisteleki: RIPE Atlas - A Distributed View of the Internet

Alun Davies

• 17 May 2022

• 2 min read

Twelve years ago the RIPE NCC set out to build the largest Internet measurement network ever made. Today, RIPE Atlas provides users with an unprecedented understanding of the state of the Internet in real time. In this episode, I catch up with Robert Kisteleki to talk about how RIPE Atlas developed…

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The Curious Case of Packets From ::

Robert Kisteleki

• 16 May 2022

• 10 min read

RIPE Atlas has a large enough footprint all over the world to observe various kinds of network behaviour. Recently we've been notified about a case where the IPv6 source address ::/128 appeared in some of our traceroutes. We set out to discover why this happens.

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A Special RIPE NCC Country Report: IPv6 in Sweden

Suzanne Taylor

• 10 May 2022

• 3 min read

We investigate the state of IPv6 in Sweden in this special RIPE NCC Internet Country Report.

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RIPE NCC Internet Country Report: Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania

Suzanne Taylor

• 4 May 2022

• 4 min read

We take a comprehensive look at three different countries in southeastern Europe as the next in our series of RIPE NCC Internet Country Reports.

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Detecting DNS Root Manipulation

Qasim Lone

• 19 Apr 2022

• 11 min read

In 2021, reports emerged that hosts in Mexico were unable to reach whatsapp.net. It was determined that middleboxes were to blame, intercepting the queries to the root instance hosted in China and sending a bogus reply. This article investigates the prevalence of middleboxes using RIPE Atlas probes.

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Emile Aben: Measuring Damage on the Internet

Alun Davies

• 7 Apr 2022

• 2 min read

In the first episode of the RIPE Labs podcast, Emile Aben shares his views on the importance of efforts to keep the Internet 'lit' by turning data from such sources as RIPE Atlas and RIPE RIS into visualisations that can help network operators understand what's going on when parts of the Internet g…

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RIPE NCC Services Survey and Testing Results

Rehan Syed Muhammad

• 31 Mar 2022

• 8 min read

Our work on improving the user interfaces for our services continues. And as always, we're keen to find out what you think. In this article, we look over the recent feedback users have shared with us and how we're working to transform their suggestions into tangible improvements.

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Bias in Internet Measurement Infrastructure

Pavlos Sermpezis

• 28 Mar 2022

• 14 min read

This article aims to raise awareness about bias in the Internet measurement infrastructure; e.g., RIPE Atlas, RIPE RIS. What is bias? Is the infrastructure biased? Is it a problem? The article discusses these issues and presents data that can help users to interpret or conduct measurements.

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How Is Russia Connected To The Wider Internet?

Emile Aben

• 22 Mar 2022

• 11 min read

Speculation about Russia disconnecting or being disconnected from the wider Internet abounds. In this article, we look at the connectivity of the Russian Internet to the wider Internet and how this evolved around the Russian invasion into Ukraine and sanctions related around that.