How can you quickly figure out if a network you are using is dropping invalid Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) BGP announcements? You can do so by opening up a browser and visiting our RPKI test web page.… Read more
The APNIC product team has combined forces with the RIPE NCC to bring more comprehensive statistical analysis to APNIC Members and the wider Asia Pacific Internet community.… Read more
How reliable are the website popularity rankings like the Alexa top one million that many of us use in our research? We analysed four ranking lists and discovered the impact they have on research results and how easily they can be manipulated. For this reason, we created Tranco, a new improved popularity ranking list. … Read more
To prepare you for the upcoming Open Source WG discussion at RIPE 78, we are re-publishing our report from the most successful IETF Hackathon that took place in March 2019. … Read more
How can we try to support over 20,000 LIRs in 76 countries with a team of trainers? How do we ensure that our online certificates truly validate skills and expertise? In this Labs article, read about what the RIPE NCC is working on!… Read more
In light of concerns expressed at one of our meetings recently, we think this is a good time to discuss what it means to be an IP address registry in today’s environment, and some of the challenges we face as an organisation. … Read more
With RIPE 78 around the corner, we want to update you on our work to validate abuse contacts in the RIPE Database. … Read more
In recent years, there’s been a trend towards increased EU regulation with the potential to impact more actors across the Internet landscape. This is the second in an ongoing series in which we give a brief overview of the most pertinent policies currently being proposed, debated and implemented in the European Union.… Read more
The user interface (UI) of RIPEstat has become a familiar view for our user base, but after nine years of service we are starting to explore new concepts to improve the user experience on our information service. In this article we share our motivation, the guiding principles for the new UI and the first results of our development efforts.… Read more
There is no shortage of network telemetry data that can be collected, recorded, graphed, and stored for cross reference and triage. Not one to be underestimated, latency data can be incredibly powerful when leveraged for baseline and deviation notification.… Read more
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