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Olympeaks: The Impact of the Paris 2024 Olympics on Italy's Internet Traffic

Olympeaks: The Impact of the Paris 2024 Olympics on Italy's Internet Traffic

Flavio Luciani

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The Olympeaks observatory, a monitoring initiative from NAMEX, captured the Internet traffic profile for Italian coverage of the Olympics. Here's their view of some of the main peaks.

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A Dive Into TLD Performance

A Dive Into TLD Performance

Arnold Dechamps

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DNS is a complex set of protocols with a long history. Some TLD's go as far back as 1985 - but not all of them are built equal. And not all of them have the same performance depending on where the end user is situated in the world. So just how different are they?

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How We Distribute RIPE Atlas Probes

How We Distribute RIPE Atlas Probes

Ulka Athale

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With a limited supply of hardware probes and thousands of networks yet to be covered, how do we prioritise the applications to host probes? In this article, we explain our hardware probe distribution strategy to improve RIPE Atlas’s global coverage.

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IXP-from-Scratch: Network and Security Design

IXP-from-Scratch: Network and Security Design

Thomas Liske

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In the second of our “IXP from Scratch” series, we introduce network and security design decisions as well as implementations we made at DD-IX, an Internet Exchange in Dresden, Germany. In principle, an IX consists of a single broadcast domain, but in practice it has to operate several services sec…

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IXP-from-Scratch: Building a New IX

IXP-from-Scratch: Building a New IX

Thomas Liske

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In this new series "IXP from Scratch", we report about our endeavor of building DD-IX, an Internet Exchange located in the city of Dresden, Germany. DD-IX is driven by a grassroots community that loves contributing to a resilient and efficient Internet. We start with some basic background and will …

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A Multifaceted Look at Starlink Performance - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

A Multifaceted Look at Starlink Performance - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Nitinder Mohan

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How does Starlink stack up against terrestrial ISPs as a global service? And exactly what factors impact its operations? A new multifaceted active and passive measurement study uncovers the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to Starlink performance.

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Paola Grosso: Defining a Responsible Internet

Paola Grosso: Defining a Responsible Internet

Alun Davies

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For many, the Internet is essentially a black box. We connect with other endpoints to send and receive data, but we have little insight into what happens in between. Dr Paola Grosso talks about how CATRIN seeks to provide more visibility and control so we can make more responsible decisions on how …

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Reducing the RIPE NCC's Data Centre Footprint

Reducing the RIPE NCC's Data Centre Footprint

Felipe Victolla Silveira

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RIPE Atlas and Routing Information Service (RIS) are highly valued services provided by the RIPE NCC to our members and overall community. Due to the very large amounts of data we collect and store, it is imperative that these services are built on a cost-effective platform, allowing us to provide …

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Advancing Internet Technologies in South East Europe

Advancing Internet Technologies in South East Europe

Qasim Lone

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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.

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Internet Sanctions on Russian Media: Diverging Actions and Mixed Effects

Internet Sanctions on Russian Media: Diverging Actions and Mixed Effects

Moritz Müller

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EU sanctions on Russian controlled content require ISPs in member states to block access to websites. But our research reveals that their implementation varies widely, both between and within individual EU member states, raising important questions about their effectiveness.

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