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Is It Really Worth Peering at IXPs? A Comparative Study

Is It Really Worth Peering at IXPs? A Comparative Study

roberto di lallo

15 min read

We investigated the role IXPs play in the Italian Internet ecosystem. Do peerings at IXPs have a positive effect on key performance indicators such as latency, hop count, packet loss and jitter? Do they reduce the number of out-of-country ISPs traversed by traffic between users located in Italy and…

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Improving RIPE Atlas Coverage - Which Networks Are Missing?

Improving RIPE Atlas Coverage - Which Networks Are Missing?

Emile Aben

11 min read

In this article we compare RIPE Atlas deployment against user population estimates provided by APNIC to see which eyeball networks are missing out on RIPE Atlas probes.

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EuroDIG 2015 Report by Corinne Cath

EuroDIG 2015 Report by Corinne Cath

Marco Hogewoning

4 min read

For EuroDIG 2015, held in Sofia, Bulgaria on 3 and 4 June 2015, the RIPE NCC was pleased to be able to support the participation of Corinne Cath, who presented her work on human rights in the development of technical protocols at the recent RIPE 70 Cooperation Working Group session. Below is her im…

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On the Diversity of Interdomain Routing in Africa

On the Diversity of Interdomain Routing in Africa

9 min read

In 2013 and 2014 we looked into measuring Interdomain Routing in Africa using the RIPE Atlas infrastructure. This resulted in a paper published at the PAM (Passive and Active Measurement) 2015 conference. Here we present some highlights of this research.

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Measuring Countries and IXPs in the SEE Region

Measuring Countries and IXPs in the SEE Region

Emile Aben

13 min read

We looked at Internet measurements for the South East Europe (SEE) region in order to share these with attendees at the SEE 4 Meeting that took place from 21-22 April 2015 in Belgrade, Serbia. This is the long version of the lightning talk Vesna Manojlovic gave at SEE 4.

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Website Redesign Simplifies Policy Proposal Discussions

Website Redesign Simplifies Policy Proposal Discussions

Marco Schmidt

4 min read

When re-designing www.ripe.net, we paid extra attention to how we can improve the interface for the Policy Development Process (PDP). This open and transparent process determines RIPE Policies, which govern the distribution and use of nearly all Internet resources in the RIPE NCC service region. Ou…

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Measuring Countries and IXPs with RIPE Atlas

Measuring Countries and IXPs with RIPE Atlas

Emile Aben

12 min read

We've been working with various Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) over the last few months to see how RIPE Atlas active measurements can provide insight into how they are keeping local traffic local. This could help improve performance and efficiency for IXPs and their members. To explore this, we've…

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Introducing ENISA: Securing European Networks

Introducing ENISA: Securing European Networks

Rossella Mattioli

4 min read

ENISA, the European Union Agency for Network & Information Security, is an independent body of expertise, set up by the European Union, to secure Europe’s information society. It was founded in 2004 to facilitate the exchange of information between EU institutions, the public and the private sector…

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Internet Interconnection: Networking in Uncertain Terrain

Internet Interconnection: Networking in Uncertain Terrain

Uta Meier-Hahn

8 min read

The Internet today consists of more than 49,000 networks. Network interconnection is the Internet’s central feature. Yet, there is little qualitative research on the junctions between networks – about why networks interconnect where they do, or about how network engineers create, maintain or shut d…

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Year in Review and Looking Ahead to 2015

Year in Review and Looking Ahead to 2015

Axel Pawlik

5 min read

RIPE NCC Managing Director Axel Pawlik recently gave an interview about what he sees as the most important developments of 2014 and looks ahead to the big issues in 2015.

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