RIPE Database Query API Update!
• 1 min read
An update to the RIPE Database query API has been published. Find a pointer to the tool and a list of the main changes and new features in this article.
Measurements and Statistics
Interesting Graph - Decrease in 6to4?
Emile Aben
Emile Aben
Based in Amsterdam, NL
I'm a data scientist at the RIPE NCC. I'm a chemist by training, but have been working since 1998 on Internet related things, as a sysadmin, security consultant, web developer and researcher. I am interested in technology changes (like IPv6 deployment), Internet measurement, data analysis, data visualisation, sustainability and security. … More
• 1 min read
We have been measuring the number of clients connecting to www.ripe.net over IPv6 and made some interesting observations.
LIR Locator Tool
Mirjam Kühne
Mirjam Kühne
Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
I wrote the articles collected here during my time as community builder of the RIPE NCC and the maintainer and editor of RIPE Labs. I have since taken on a new role serving as the Chair of the RIPE Community. You can reach my new profile via the website link … More
• 3 min read
The RIPE NCC is working on an Local Internet Registry (LIR) Locator tool that provides the public with geographical information about LIRs and the services they offer in the RIPE NCC service region: Europe, the Middle East and parts of Central Asia.
RIPE 60 Meeting Plan in Google Calendar
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At the last RIPE meeting (RIPE 59), we provided the meeting schedule in Google Calendar for the first time. We now offer the same service for the upcoming RIPE 60 meeting in Prague.
Traffic in Network 1.0.0.0/8
Geoff Huston
Geoff Huston AM is the Chief Scientist at APNIC, where he undertakes research on topics associated with Internet infrastructure, IP technologies, and address distribution policies. From 1995 to 2005, Geoff was the Chief Internet Scientist at Telstra, where he provided a leading role in the construction and further development of … More
• 23 min read
1.0.0.0/8 has been assigned by IANA to APNIC on 19 January 2010, for use for as public unicast space for further address allocations and assignments. Before starting to allocate and assign from this range, APNIC has undertaken a study into 1.0.0.0/8.
RIPE Database Query API Including Search
• 3 min read
We have released support for searches which can have multiple search results as a follow-up to our RIPE Labs publication of a direct lookup API and form.
Pollution in 1/8 - A Follow up
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Following up from measurements done in February 2009 just after 1/8 had been allocated to APNIC, we looked at the data again and made some additional observations.
Slight Increase in DNS Resolvers Doing Priming Queries after .arpa Signing - Why?
Emile Aben
Emile Aben
Based in Amsterdam, NL
I'm a data scientist at the RIPE NCC. I'm a chemist by training, but have been working since 1998 on Internet related things, as a sysadmin, security consultant, web developer and researcher. I am interested in technology changes (like IPv6 deployment), Internet measurement, data analysis, data visualisation, sustainability and security. … More
• 4 min read
The roll-out of a signed root-zone at K-root on 24 March 2010 was uneventful. But we saw the number of resolvers doing priming queries increase slightly since 18 March 2010 and wanted to find out why.
Spam over IPv6
• 5 min read
With the increased deployment of IPv6, we were curious to see how much the amount of spam sent over IPv6 increases.
Measuring IPv6 at Web Clients and Caching Resolvers (Part 3: Methodology)
Emile Aben
Emile Aben
Based in Amsterdam, NL
I'm a data scientist at the RIPE NCC. I'm a chemist by training, but have been working since 1998 on Internet related things, as a sysadmin, security consultant, web developer and researcher. I am interested in technology changes (like IPv6 deployment), Internet measurement, data analysis, data visualisation, sustainability and security. … More
• 8 min read
In Part 1 and Part 2 of this article we showed various statistics on IPv6 measurements of web clients and caching resolvers. In this part we explain how the measurements were done.