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Support for Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) in DNS Resolvers as Seen by RIPE Atlas

Support for Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) in DNS Resolvers as Seen by RIPE Atlas

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Maciej Andzinski

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The Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) is becoming increasingly popular in DNSSEC. While it is sometimes considered to be a remedy for the low DNSSEC adoption rate, there is also a lot of controversy around it. One of the main concerns is that DNSSEC-validating resolvers don't always make use of ECC…

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Taking a Closer Look at the Last /8

Taking a Closer Look at the Last /8

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Marco Schmidt

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We’ve updated our IPv4 graph to tell the whole story about our remaining address pool.

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The RIPE Atlas Monitor - Network Monitoring with RIPE Atlas

The RIPE Atlas Monitor - Network Monitoring with RIPE Atlas

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Pier Carlo Chiodi

10 min read

A new tool joins the family of applications whose goal it is to take full advantage of RIPE Atlas to monitor availability, consistency and reachability of networks and services: the RIPE Atlas Monitor.

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RIPE Atlas Interface Hackathon

RIPE Atlas Interface Hackathon

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Suzanne Taylor

5 min read

The RIPE Atlas Interface Hackathon is an opportunity to work together with RIPE Atlas developers and other enthusiastic coders and hackers. The hackathon will take place from 21-22 May in Copenhagen ahead of the RIPE 72 Meeting. Find out how you can take part!

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On the Internet, Everyone is Connected to Everyone Else. Right?

On the Internet, Everyone is Connected to Everyone Else. Right?

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Geoff Huston

10 min read

We tend to make a number of assumptions about the Internet, and sometimes these assumptions don’t always stand up to critical analysis. We were perhaps ‘trained’ by the claims of the telephone service to believe that these communications networks supported a model of universal connectivity. Any tel…

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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

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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

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Laura Cobley

7 min read

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 1

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

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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

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Babak Farrokhi

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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

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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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