Measurements and Statistics

Keeping Network Sites Online During Blackouts

Yuriy Vykhnevych

• 9 Sep 2025

• 8 min read

When blackouts become a frequent reality, keeping network sites online requires more than ad-hoc fixes. This article outlines a power management system, tested in practice, with design notes and an operator playbook.

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Quantum-Safe Security is a Toolbox, Not a Single Solution

Melchior Aelmans

• 4 Sep 2025

• 7 min read

Quantum-safe security is less about a single breakthrough and more about assembling the right mix of tools. This article explores why a flexible, multi-layered approach is the key to preparing our digital infrastructure as we head into the post-quantum future.

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PeeringDB Product Update - September 2025

Leo Vegoda

• 1 Sep 2025

• 6 min read

As PeeringDB continues to grow and improve, we publish notes on new releases as well as promoting new features and bug fixes. These reports are an opportunity to step back and look at the broad sweep of change.

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Khipu: Prototype RIPE Atlas Traceroute Visualisation Tool

Stephen Suess

• 5 Aug 2025

• 5 min read

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

Rene Wilhelm

• 29 Jul 2025

• 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

Antonio Prado

• 28 Jul 2025

• 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

Stephen Suess

• 21 Jul 2025

• 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

Tobias Fiebig

• 17 Jul 2025

• 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

Kjerstin Burdiek

• 14 Jul 2025

• 8 min read

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

Petros Gigis

• 2 Jul 2025

• 12 min read

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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