Service Criticality Framework
• 5 min read
Defining the criticality of RIPE NCC services provides a whole range of benefits. In this article, we take a look at the model we're adopting in order to determine a criticality rating for our services.
Technology and Innovation
A Special RIPE NCC Country Report: IPv6 in Sweden
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
• 3 min read
We investigate the state of IPv6 in Sweden in this special RIPE NCC Internet Country Report.
RIPE NCC Internet Country Report: Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania
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
• 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.
Detecting DNS Root Manipulation
Qasim Lone
I am a research engineer in the R&D department at RIPE NCC. I am interested in internet measurements, internet outages, data analysis, and cybersecurity. Prior to joining RIPE NCC, I defended my Ph.D. in cyber-security at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), The Netherlands. More
• 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.
Seven Years in the Life of Hypergiant Off-nets
Petros Gigis
Petros Gigis
Based in London
Petros Gigis is a PhD student in Computer Science at the University College London. More
• 11 min read
In this article, we present the first generic methodology to measure the expansion of Hypergiants in other networks; i.e., Hypergiant off-nets. Our findings show that the number of networks hosting Hypergiant off-nets has tripled from 2013 to 2021, reaching 4.5k networks. Our analysis also shows t…
Bias in Internet Measurement Infrastructure
Pavlos Sermpezis
Pavlos Sermpezis is a researcher at Datalab (datalab.csd.auth.gr), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. His research is mainly on data science, Internet routing and measurements. More
• 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.
Multi-Cloud, Multi-CDN Architecture – A Deceptive Future of the Internet
Sankalp Basavaraj
Sankalp Basavaraj
Based in Oberkochen, Germany
Sankalp Basavaraj is a Senior Architect who has helped 300+ companies worldwide in efficiently enabling their internet presence. His expertise spans across multiple tech arenas such as web performance, analytics, enterprise/cyber security and network engineering. He is serving member of advisory Panel in INTERNET STANDARDS, SECURITY AND SAFETY COALITION (IS3C). … More
• 8 min read
The last two years stood witness to multiple Internet outages causing massive disruptions across the globe. Among views on how to make the situation better, a prevalent theory is that multi-Cloud, multi-CDNs (Content Delivery Networks) are inevitable and are the holy grail of the Internet. This art…
The Information Controls Fellowship Program
Corinne Cath
Dr. Corinne Cath is the Vice President of Research at the Open Technology Fund (OTF), an independent organization dedicated to supporting Internet Freedom. She is an anthropologist of technology development and holds a PhD from the University of Oxford. More
• 4 min read
The Information Controls Fellowship Program (ICFP) from the Open Technology Fund (OTF) supports examination of Internet shutdowns and other events that restrict the free flow of information over the Internet. With the call for the fellowship open until 13 March, OTF is calling on individuals within…
Who Do You Think We Are? Participation and Representation at the IGF
Nadia Tjahja
Nadia Tjahja
Based in Belgium
Nadia Tjahja is a PhD Fellow at the United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), working on the project “The contribution of global and regional multistakeholder mechanisms in improving global governance (GREMLIN)”, specifically her work looks at the legitimacy of multistakeholderism … More
• 4 min read
Our policy brief covers stakeholder composition of the Internet Governance Forum. We conducted a detailed analysis of stakeholder identification of individuals who attended the Internet Governance Forum on-site from 2006 until 2019. We also reflected on their attendance and re-attendance numbers an…
RIPE NCC Information Security Controls Framework For Cloud Services
Ivo Dijkhuis
Ivo Dijkhuis
Based in Amsterdam
I work as Senior Information Security Officer for the RIPE NCC. Before that, I worked for several Internet related companies in various technical and security related roles. I'm interested in all aspects of information security and privacy, which includes a wide range of topic from information security frameworks (ISO 27001, … More
• 8 min read
Information security controls help protect against vulnerabilities and risk. In this article, we share details of the RIPE NCC Cloud Security Controls Framework that we'll be using to assess whether cloud providers meet the security requirements for our services.