Palestine Internet Connectivity as Seen in BGP
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What does Internet routing data tell us about how the Internet in Palestine has fared since the outbreak of war in October.
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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.
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What does Internet routing data tell us about how the Internet in Palestine has fared since the outbreak of war in October.
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Despite being a known vulnerability for at least 25 years, source IP address spoofing remains a popular attack method for redirection, amplification and anonymity. Preventing these attacks requires that operators implement Source Address Validation (SAV) to ensure their networks filter packets with…
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In this article we use data from RIPE Atlas probes to investigate the usage of 240/4, a block of IPv4 addresses 'reserved for future use', formally known as Class E in the wild.
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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.
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From 19-20 September, network operators, local IXPs, peering coordinators, Internet researchers and government officials will meet at CAPIF 2 to build a more diverse interconnection environment in Central Asia, Iran, and beyond. To prepare, we’ve been examining changes in local interconnection and …
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In November 2021, Internet users from Mexico lost access to whatsapp.net and facebook.com. By the time the event was reported, the underlying problem had already gone unnoticed for quite some time. Here, we present key takeaways from our analysis of the event - carried out with RIPE Atlas - and we …
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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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“You do not mention the use of RIPE Atlas probes. Is the user tag "iwantbcp38compliancetesting" still useful/used?”
Thank you for taking the time to read my article and providing valuable feedback. Although I did consider discussing RIPE Atlas probes in my article, I ultimately chose to focus on the currently available methods for measuring BCP38. Regarding the "iwantbcp38compliancetesting" tag, while it was introduced in the past, it unfortunately never materialized. Nevertheless, if there is enough interest from the community, it could be worth exploring the possibility of implementing it in RIPE Atlas probes in the future. Once again, thank you for your comment and feel free to share any other insights or suggestions you may have.
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