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New Prototype: RIPE Atlas Traceroute Visualisation Tool

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Stephen Suess

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The RIPE Atlas team is developing a new tool for traceroute visualisations that should make analysing large traceroute measurements much clearer and easier.

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Expanding AuthDNS - Impact of Adding a New Node in the Philippines

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Rene Wilhelm

12 min read

In June 2025 we activated a new AuthDNS node, hosted at Maharlika IX in Makati City, Manilla Metro, Philippines. In this article we look at what impact this had for DNS clients in the country as well as to the AuthDNS system as a whole.

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Why IXPs Matter: Critical Infrastructure Beyond the Hype

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Antonio Prado

9 min read

Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) are often overlooked in discussions about critical infrastructure. Yet their role in routing stability, local resilience, and digital sovereignty is undeniable. In this article, we explore what happens when IXPs fail, and why classifying them as critical infrastructu…

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DNSMON Gets a Makeover

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Stephen Suess

4 min read

DNSMON (and DomainMON) gets a modern rewrite with a new home, responsive design, better performance, and unified technology with RIPE Atlas.

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Navigating Network Measurements - IPs, ASes, Exhaustion

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Tobias Fiebig

8 min read

It's time for more from our series of articles on measurement.network. This time we turn to V4LESS-AS and doing IPv4 with an IPv6 nexthop.

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RIPE NCC Days Chișinău

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Kjerstin Burdiek

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Our latest RIPE NCC Days event took place in Chișinău, Moldova from 18-19 June 2025. At the meeting, we heard from local community leaders and examined the landscape of the Internet in Moldova and its neighbours.

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openPenny: Developing an Open-Source Tool for Detecting Non-Spoofed Traffic

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Petros Gigis

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In this article, we introduce openPenny, an open-source traffic checker currently under development as part of the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund. The goal of openPenny is to help network operators identify non-spoofed traffic arriving at unexpected entry points: this offers a new primitive to de…

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GuardXP: From Data Privacy to Improved Cybersecurity

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Pere Barlet

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GuardXP is a collaborative project between UPC and CSUC supported by the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund 2024. It aims to develop a privacy-enhancing tool to combat web tracking and data exploitation. Unlike traditional blacklist-based solutions, GuardXP uses code analysis to detect and block trac…

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Analysing Malicious Domains with RIPE Atlas

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Guillermo Pereyra

10 min read

Taking down malicious websites means understanding which geographical regions or IP ranges can access them. RIPE Atlas can help collect the technical evidence needed to determine the geographic reach of a malicious site and provide accurate, location-based reports for its takedown.

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Policy Certification and Verification for Cybersecurity in the Internet of Things

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Anna Maria Mandalari

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So you installed a smart plug in your home. It works perfectly. But do you really know what data it’s sending, and where? Is it respecting your privacy? Is it even following the law? A research project supported by the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund delves into uncertainties surrounding IoT devic…

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