Measurements and Statistics

RIPE Atlas Anchors 400+

Alun Davies

• 23 Jan 2019

• 5 min read

On 3 January, the number of connected RIPE Atlas anchors hit 400. Here's a look at some of the recent developments that helped get us there.

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Redesigning the RIPE Atlas Measurement Detail Page

Jasper den Hertog

• 17 Jan 2019

• 7 min read

We're switching to a new back-end solution for storing RIPE Atlas measurement metadata. Here's a detailed look at how those back-end changes have impacted front-end design.

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RIPE IPmap - What's Under the Hood?

Massimo Candela

• 16 Jan 2019

• 6 min read

Some time ago we introduced RIPE IPmap. Now it’s time to take a look under the hood and see how the geolocation of Infrastructure IP addresses is done.

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RIPE NCC Country Report: Saudi Arabia

Chris Buckridge

• 10 Jan 2019

• 2 min read

The Internet may be a global network of networks, but for many stakeholders, understanding what is happening with the Internet in their own country is fundamental to helping them contribute to its development and continuous improvement.

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Internet Economics is a Thing and we Need to Take Note

Geoff Huston

• 20 Dec 2018

• 48 min read

In this article I talk about consolidation, the fact that more and more data traffic goes ‘dark’ and the importance of open measurement platforms and open data sets. We need public measurements that are impartial, accurate, comprehensive and of course unbiased as an essential precondition for the f…

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A User-Driven Homepage: Coming Soon to a Computer Near You!

Adam Castle

• 18 Dec 2018

• 4 min read

We're changing our homepage so that you are in control of the content that you want to see. It is now cleaner and we have new features including a customisable dashboard with widgets, and the ability to bookmark RIPE NCC pages that are useful to you.

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Uncovering Remote Peering at IXPs

Vasileios Giotsas

• 12 Dec 2018

• 10 min read

Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) originally aimed to keep local traffic local and reduce dependence on third parties. However, ever-increasing traffic volumes create pressure for denser and more diverse peering that challenges the traditional IXP model. A fundamental shift in peering practices is R…

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New MRT-BGP Reader Six Times Faster Than its Predecessors

Lorenzo Cogotti

• 5 Dec 2018

• 7 min read

With an increasing number of route collectors and the resulting increase in available routing data, how do we analyse such a large amount of data in a reasonable time? BGP Scanner was developed to meet the limitations of existing large-scale BGP data analysis tools.

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When the Internet Goes Down: Tracking Edge Outages at Scale

Philipp Richter

• 30 Nov 2018

• 8 min read

Uninterrupted availability of the Internet has become increasingly critical these days, not just for end users but also for service providers who need to meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Yet, outages affecting end-user connectivity are widespread, whether they be unintentional fibre cuts, natu…

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Multi-level MDA-Lite Paris Traceroute

Kevin Vermeulen

• 29 Nov 2018

• 8 min read

On-path load balancing can send traffic across many potential paths, which typical traceroute usage will not fully capture. We are working on algorithms for a more complete traceroute across load-balanced paths, and we are interested in deployment on RIPE Atlas. We'd like your feedback.

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