The RIPE Labs Article Competition
Our first ever RIPE Labs Article Competition is now live! Read this article to find out how you can win a free trip to join us this May at RIPE 84 in Berlin, Germany.
Alun Davies
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Hailing from a research background in philosophy, linguistics and computer science, I came to the RIPE NCC back in 2016 and took on the role of RIPE Labs Editor in 2020.
RIPE Labs Highlights 2021
As the year draws to a close, here's our pick of those RIPE Labs articles that were our favourites and yours in 2021.
NOGs on NOGs
The RIPE NCC recently held two Open House events to bring together people who help organise NOGs, which bring together people who help operate the Internet in particular parts the world.
Facebook Down and Out in BGPlay
Following the Facebook outage that took place on 4 October, we saw people looking to BGPlay to get a better view of what went on. Here's a look at what the RIPEstat visualisation has to show us about the event in question.
Six on IPv6
This Sunday marks nine years since the World IPv6 Launch took place, an event coordinated by ISOC. To celebrate, to reminisce, to look back at how we thought and felt about IPv6 over the years, here are six RIPE Labs articles championing adoption, flagging blockers, quashing misconceptions, evaluat…
An Eventful Ten Years in RIPEstat
Since its inception, RIPEstat has been helping network operators and end users monitor the state of the Internet. Ten years on, we look back at some of the ways RIPEstat enabled us to get a clearer picture of how the Internet fared in the event of outages, blackouts, natural disasters, and Nyan Cat.
A Brand New Look at the Best of RIPE Labs
RIPE Labs has just gone through a big transformation into a better, brighter, more beautiful version of itself. To help get a feel for what's changed, we take a tour through some of your favourite articles from the past year or so so you can enjoy them all over again in their fresh new setting.
Outcome of the AFRINIC Audit
AFRINIC has completed a comprehensive audit of its WHOIS Database following the misappropriation of IPv4 resources that came to light in 2019. A full report on the outcomes of their audit is now available.
Join Us for a RIPE NCC Open House on 10 Years of RIPE Atlas
The RIPE Atlas Open House takes place tomorrow. Here's a look at what to expect!
“great podcast! is there a way to get a subtitles?”
Thanks Maxim! And good suggestion - we have been looking into ways to do this. Watch this space!
“Hi, first Link on this page (https://atlas.ripe.net/docs/software-probe/) is broken.”
Thanks Jan - that's due to the recent update of the RIPE Atlas documentation. Fixed now!
“Hi. Could you please share sample articles so that we get better idea on what is the expectation of one”
Hi Sankalp - no problem. All the articles that have been submitted so far can be viewed on the main competition page: https://labs.ripe.net/competitions/the-ripe-labs-article-competition/
“Has RIPE considered removing the routing information for Russian IP space - cutting Russia off from the internet at large?”
Hi Alexis - here's a link to a statement the RIPE NCC Executive Board published yesterday: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/ripe-ncc-executive-board-resolution-on-provision-of-critical-services
Interested readers might want to take a look at the follow-up discussion currently taking place on the RIPE NCC Services Group Mailing List: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-services-wg/2021-May/thread.html
“When I and my journalistic colleague, Jan Vermeulen of MyBroaddband.co.za began our investigations into this colossal and truly epic malfeasance and theft of valuable IPv4 resources in mid 2019, the notion of either of us becoming famous or of receiving any credit for unraveling and publicly documenting this gigantic scandal was not what motivated us, nor has it been, since the beginning. Rather, we merely wished to right some wrongs and return to the people of Africa some IP resources critically needed for the ongoing development of the Internet in Africa. Nonetheless, it would have been, I think, at least minimally respectful if either AFRINIC or (now) RIPE had taken a moment to at least mention our names and our very evident, abundant, and key contributions towards exposing this whole huge mess. Neither organization, it seems, has thus far elected to do so publicly. Such is the reward, or lack thereof, of a job well done.”
Sorry for the oversight. I've updated the article with some additional information and a link so readers can find out more about how the news emerged.
“The link to the full AFRINIC whois audit report is not working.”
Thanks Wessel! Should be working for everyone now.
“small (almost rhetorical but not really) question. do you assume these outages were created manually on request of state regulator?”
As we say, our purpose here is really to see what our data has to tell us about the scale and impact of the outages. Nothing in the data we've been looking at determines what caused the outages.
“Any info about traffic packet loss from probes?”
Good question. Arriving at a proper answer to this would require looking at all measurements from all probes for the past four days to find out if any observed packet losses is related to the outage or to other issues in the path to the destination. From a first peek at one probe that disconnected for two days and came back, it seems that (some/all?) IPv4 pings did make it through all the time. IPv6 on the other hand had 100% packet loss. See: https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/25114/#tab-builtins
“A small correction - population is 9,5 mil. people”
Fixed. Thank you!
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