This is a story about science and data and how we need to apply rigour if we want to use data to inform and influence policy decisions. It is also a story about HTTPS.… Read more
With the v2 RIPE Atlas anchors no longer in production, we're busy looking at new hardware options. Here's the story so far.… Read more
We want to fully understand the issue of security misconfigurations. We have some preliminary findings. But we need your help: Please, participate in our anonymous survey on security misconfigurations. … Read more
The RIPE community has existed for almost 30 years. In all that time, one of the chief missions of RIPE has been to provide a platform that allows network operators and others interested in networking to coordinate their activities and agree on best current practices. Therefore, since day one, it has been essential that we have in place functioning channels along which to carry out effective communication.… Read more
The RIPE NCC provides funding through sponsorship for local NOGs and has sent staff to speak or attend at a wide range of local community events in our service region. We believe that these efforts bring great value for the Internet community, as it helps the community in each country to develop in its own way while at the same time bringing a more regional or global viewpoint that can inform that local community. … Read more
RFC 8195 presents examples and inspiration for the operational application of BGP Large Communities.… Read more
"External BGP (EBGP) Route Propagation Behavior without Policies” was published as RFC 8112 . What does this mean for network operators and vendors?… Read more
Please read this guest post by Mian Usman, Network Architect at GÉANT: One of the big questions often asked of R&E networking is why? Why, when commercial networks are so large, is there still a need for dedicated research networks? Surely organisations can simply buy commercial off-the-shelf network connectivity,with commercial service providers now offering 10 and even 100Gbit/s network connections.… Read more
Recently my organisation discussed IPv6 filter rules for NIC-level firewalls (in a virtualised data center) with a customer. I’d like to take this opportunity to lay out potential approaches for local packet filtering of IPv6, which might somewhat depend on the address configuration strategy you chose for your respective systems.… Read more
One of the main issues when an ISP is planning to deliver IPv6 services is to decide how to address the customers. In this second part we describe choices for numbering the WAN and customer LANs.… Read more
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