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For many years I have been the leader of the Research and Development team at the RIPE NCC leading a dedicated team of thinkers to support the RIPE community by providing network research, data analysis and prototype tool development and services including RIPE Atlas and RIPEstat. As of 2023, I'm working as a principal engineer in order to assist the CTO and the RIPE NCC's information services.

A Detailed Look at Our Recent RIPE Atlas Infrastructure Migration

A Detailed Look at Our Recent RIPE Atlas Infrastructure Migration

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Our recent cloud migration is one of the most significant changes to RIPE Atlas in recent years, aimed at modernising our infrastructure and reducing costs. In this article, we give you a look at what’s been happening behind the scenes, some of the complexity involved, and how we’ll be improving th…

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The Role of Aggregators in RIPE Atlas

The Role of Aggregators in RIPE Atlas

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To enable organisations to provide value to the wider community by incorporating RIPE Atlas to their offerings, we’d like to introduce the concept of RIPE Atlas “aggregators”. In this article, we explain why and call on the community for feedback.

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RIPE NCC Measurement Data Retention Principles

RIPE NCC Measurement Data Retention Principles

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RIPE Atlas and RIPE RIS both provide a wealth of Internet measurement data invaluable to both Internet researchers and network operators alike. But that's not to say that questions about the cost and value of storing this data don't come up from time to time. Here, we open up the discussion on whet…

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Observations on RIPE Atlas API "Anti-Patterns"

Observations on RIPE Atlas API "Anti-Patterns"

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The RIPE Atlas APIs receive millions of requests each day - which is in general good news! However, we also see some strange or sub-optimal client behaviour. Read on for a description of some of these cases and our suggestions on how improve the use the APIs.

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Five Proposals for a Better RIPE Atlas

Five Proposals for a Better RIPE Atlas

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RIPE Atlas is constantly evolving, with the development team changing implementation on a regular basis. When proposed changes relate to behaviour, community input can be very helpful in choosing the best way forward. In this article, we look at proposals we have lined up and invite your feedback.

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The Curious Case of Packets From ::

The Curious Case of Packets From ::

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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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Now There's an Idea - Research Pitches from Our R&D Team

Now There's an Idea - Research Pitches from Our R&D Team

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One of the tasks of the R&D team here at the RIPE NCC is to come up with, evaluate, and execute new ideas for research topics and tools that can be of good use to the community. In this article, we're starting an experiment to expose some of these ideas to the community, in order to find interested…

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10 Years of RIPE Atlas - Tales From The Dev Team

10 Years of RIPE Atlas - Tales From The Dev Team

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RIPE Atlas is 10 years old! To help mark the occasion, alongside the virtual events we have planned over the next two weeks, we'll be posting a series of stories surrounding the development of RIPE Atlas. Check here for daily instalments!

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