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Rene Wilhelm is a senior research engineer in the R&D department at the RIPE NCC. Coming from a background in particle physics, Rene joined the RIPE NCC in 1996. His interests are in data analysis, routing, Internet measurements and visualisation.
• 18 min read
Following up on our series of regional reports, we present developments in routing security and IPv6 uptake in South East Europe (SEE). We look into the changes in RPKI deployment and IPv6 capability for networks in the region ahead of the upcoming SEE 13 meeting that will take place in Sofia, Bulg…
• 13 min read
IPv6, a protocol developed in the late 1990s to address the anticipated Internet address exhaustion crisis, exists in a paradoxical state. For some, while its adoption might have taken longer than expected, it represents a success story - steadily expanding in deployment and enabling more users and…
• 10 min read
The RIPE NCC operates two independent anycast DNS services. One is K-root, a well-known service essential to DNS resolution. The other is the less well-known service, AuthDNS. We examine how queries reach AuthDNS from several regions and call for new hosts to help shorten the journey.
• 10 min read
General Meetings are where the big decisions are made for the RIPE NCC by its members. There can be heated discussions on the mailing lists, but it’s votes at GMs that give the clearest indication of what our members want. In this article, we take a closer look at who registered to have their voice…
• 13 min read
The current combination of RIPE policies and rules for RIPE NCC membership enable IPv6 stockpiling. And what might sound like an unlikely activity is not only happening, but is actually on the rise. Here we look at the trends and some of the potential consequences and ask where we go from here.
• 13 min read
On 22-23 April, the South East Europe Internet community will come together in Athens, Greece, to explore trends in the adoption of Internet technologies across the region. In preparation for the discussions to take place, we’ve been examining changes in key Internet tech, such as IPv6 and RPKI.
• 9 min read
What does Internet routing data tell us about how the Internet in Palestine has fared since the outbreak of war in October.
• 8 min read
As part of the RIPE NCC’s commitment to supporting the Ukrainian technical community, we actively research and facilitate discussions about the country's Internet landscape and its resilience in wartime. Recently, we have seen inferences being drawn from changes to country codes in the RIPE Databas…
• 11 min read
Speculation about Russia disconnecting or being disconnected from the wider Internet abounds. In this article, we look at the connectivity of the Russian Internet to the wider Internet and how this evolved around the Russian invasion into Ukraine and sanctions related around that.
• 4 min read
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.
