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A Tale of Using Public DNS Servers in Iran — Part 3

A Tale of Using Public DNS Servers in Iran — Part 3

Babak Farrokhi

8 min read

Following my research on DNS reachability and performance, I found interesting results for specific domain names.

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RIPE NCC Members and Multiple LIR Accounts

RIPE NCC Members and Multiple LIR Accounts

Laura Cobley

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The RIPE NCC membership has raised concerns regarding members setting up additional Local Internet Registry (LIR) accounts. The RIPE NCC Executive Board is now asking the RIPE NCC membership to discuss this. The article below provides some background information, data and statistics for the discuss…

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A Tale of Using Public DNS Servers in Iran — Part 2

A Tale of Using Public DNS Servers in Iran — Part 2

Babak Farrokhi

8 min read

This is the second part in a series of articles looking at the use of DNS servers in Iran. For the second part I will continue measuring performance and reachability for two more sets of DNS resolvers: TIC and Verisign.

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A Tale of Using Public DNS Servers in Iran — Part 1

A Tale of Using Public DNS Servers in Iran — Part 1

Babak Farrokhi

4 min read

While most Internet users are not aware of the importance of DNS resolution in their overall web browsing experience, they often complain about shortage of bandwidth when experiencing sluggish Internet connectivity. It is no surprise that most of the service providers also ignore this fact by re…

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The Revamped RIPE Atlas Website

The Revamped RIPE Atlas Website

Suzanne Taylor

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RIPE Atlas has been in operation for more than five years now, and its network of probes and users has grown tremendously in that time. We’ve also added anchors, sponsors and ambassadors to the system, developed a huge array of new tools, visualisations and features, and RIPE Atlas data is now bein…

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RIPE Atlas Year in Review 2015

RIPE Atlas Year in Review 2015

Suzanne Taylor

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RIPE Atlas had another successful year in 2015, thanks in large part to all our users, hosts, sponsors, ambassadors and other community members. Here we take a look back at some of the achievements we reached together, the new features we implemented, key facts and figures - and offer a sneak peek …

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Measuring More Internet with RIPE Atlas

Measuring More Internet with RIPE Atlas

Emile Aben

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RIPE Atlas collects a lot of measurements. But how much of the Internet are we actually measuring? We had a sense that with a limited amount of extra load on the system, we could dramatically increase the number of router IPs seen on a given day in RIPE Atlas - and that means measuring more of the …

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RIPE Atlas WiFi Measurements - Part 2

RIPE Atlas WiFi Measurements - Part 2

Suzanne Taylor

6 min read

A little while ago, we asked what you thought about the idea of conducting WiFi measurements in RIPE Atlas. After some consideration and community feedback, we now want to propose a way to implement this feature in RIPE Atlas and clarify exactly how these measurements will benefit the RIPE Atlas co…

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Exploring the Idea of RIPE Atlas Virtual Probes

Exploring the Idea of RIPE Atlas Virtual Probes

Suzanne Taylor

5 min read

The concept of virtual probes is one that RIPE Atlas users have asked about for quite some time. Although we don't plan to make virtual probes available in 2016, we do plan to investigate this idea and develop some prototypes.

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Keeping the Registry Up to Date in a World of IPv4 Transfers

Keeping the Registry Up to Date in a World of IPv4 Transfers

Matt Parker

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High quality registry data is important - even more so with the recent increase in address transfers and the exhaustion of the global IPv4 pool. This article explores how we will be enhancing our tools and processes to ensure the RIPE Registry remains up-to-date in this challenging environment.

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