Network Operations

RPKI Training for Ukrainian Network Operators

Oleksiy Alex Semenyaka

• 7 Jun 2022

• 3 min read

The RIPE NCC held online BGP Security training for Ukrainian telecom operators on 6 April. The training was delivered in English with translation into Ukrainian. In this article, we talk about the motivation for providing this particular kind of training and share the full recording.

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Yugoslavia and the Internet That Never Was

Jelena Cosic

• 2 Jun 2022

• 2 min read

At the SEE 10 meeting, a panel of Internet pioneers came together to share their experiences as some of the people responsible for the development of the Internet in Yugoslavia. In order to properly record this event, we bring you the full video of that session.

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An Introduction to IRR Explorer

Teun Vink

• 19 May 2022

• 9 min read

In this article we take a look at how IRR explorer can be used to analyse and improve routing, IRR registrations, and RPKI configurations by looking at a number of real world examples.

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The Curious Case of Packets From ::

Robert Kisteleki

• 16 May 2022

• 10 min read

RIPE Atlas has a large enough footprint all over the world to observe various kinds of network behaviour. Recently we've been notified about a case where the IPv6 source address ::/128 appeared in some of our traceroutes. We set out to discover why this happens.

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A Special RIPE NCC Country Report: IPv6 in Sweden

Suzanne Taylor

• 10 May 2022

• 3 min read

We investigate the state of IPv6 in Sweden in this special RIPE NCC Internet Country Report.

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Securing the RIPE NCC Trust Anchor

Ties de Kock

• 9 May 2022

• 10 min read

At the RIPE NCC, we recently migrated one of the Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) we use to handle keys in RPKI. In this article, we give a detailed overview of the role HSMs play in the broader RPKI system and talk through the steps we took to carry out the migration process.

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RIPE NCC Internet Country Report: Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania

Suzanne Taylor

• 4 May 2022

• 4 min read

We take a comprehensive look at three different countries in southeastern Europe as the next in our series of RIPE NCC Internet Country Reports.

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The Global NOG Alliance: Keep Ukraine Connected

Alun Davies

• 27 Apr 2022

• 3 min read

The Global NOG Alliance is actively working to help keep the Ukrainian Internet connected. On 13 April, they delivered their first shipment of vital hardware into the country. I caught up with the team to talk about how the first delivery went, how this got started, and what's coming next.

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Detecting DNS Root Manipulation

Qasim Lone

• 19 Apr 2022

• 11 min read

In 2021, reports emerged that hosts in Mexico were unable to reach whatsapp.net. It was determined that middleboxes were to blame, intercepting the queries to the root instance hosted in China and sending a bogus reply. This article investigates the prevalence of middleboxes using RIPE Atlas probes.

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Emile Aben: Measuring Damage on the Internet

Alun Davies

• 7 Apr 2022

• 2 min read

In the first episode of the RIPE Labs podcast, Emile Aben shares his views on the importance of efforts to keep the Internet 'lit' by turning data from such sources as RIPE Atlas and RIPE RIS into visualisations that can help network operators understand what's going on when parts of the Internet g…

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