• 10 min read
It’s 2018. IPv6 has been around for 20+ years (*) and global adoption is above 20% (**). Among those who have not yet deployed the modern version of the IP protocol, one particular category stands out: enterprise networks.
From 2001 to 2015 I was a developer and then the business analyst for the RIPE Database with the RIPE NCC. During this time I have been involved in every aspect of it's design and development of the software, web services and infrastructure, it's philosophy, legal, political and policy aspects, … More
• 9 min read
There are changes being made to the way out-of-region objects are managed and represented in the RIPE Database. The following information is important to all database users.
Technical Training and Development Team Manager for our L&D Department, oversees the delivery of training activities and contributes to the course materials development. Before, as Technical Trainer for the RIPE NCC, travelled frequently throughout the RIPE NCC service region (Europe, the Middle East and parts of Central Asia) to deliver … More
• 6 min read
After the success of the first RIPE NCC::Educa, we promised we'd arrange a second, one-day, online learning event aimed at training anyone who wished to be trained in a topic of paramount importance to the Internet community. And so we did!
Based in Nootdorp
Bert is one of the founders of PowerDNS and to this day helps develop the PowerDNS software More
• 9 min read
tdns is part of the 'hello-dns' effort to provide a good entry point into DNS. tdns is small enough to read in one sitting and shows how DNS packets are parsed and generated.
Rene Wilhelm is a senior research engineer in the R&D department at the RIPE NCC. Coming from a background in particle physics, Rene joined the RIPE NCC in 1996. His interests are in data analysis, routing, Internet measurements and visualisation. More
• 12 min read
On 17 April 2018, we allocated the last available block of 1,024 addresses in 185/8 - the last /8 we received from IANA back in 2011. This article looks at how this address space was allocated and how it is used today. It's important to keep in mind that while 185/8 is finished, we still have aroun…
Based in Earth
Hi, I'm Scott Helme, a Security Researcher, international speaker and author of this blog. I'm also the founder of the popular securityheaders.com and report-uri.com, free tools to help you deploy better security! More
• 10 min read
DNS is the protocol that makes the web work. It's how we convert easy to remember names like facebook.com into hard to remember IP addresses like 157.240.1.35 and others. Without it, the web wouldn't work but DNS has a problem, it's not secure.
Based in London
Tech nerd, Formula 1 fan, pilkunnussija, world traveller, Internet Plumber at @Cloudflare More
• 11 min read
Find out how we used RIPE Atlas to test and fix reachability to 1.1.1.1
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
• 6 min read
On the night of 9 April 2018, DE-CIX Frankfurt experienced an outage. As this is one of the largest Internet Exchange Points, this is an interesting case to study in more depth to see what we can learn about Internet robustness. We plan to update this article if new information/corrections flow in.
Based in Gävle
Co founder and owner to Interlan Gefle AB. Worked with IPv6 in 16 and DNSSEC in 10 years. More
• 5 min read
In this article I will discuss how we use persistent DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation for GavleNet's customers.
Based in The Hague
Productowner Identity and access management More
• 11 min read
The current perspective on cyber security is still dominated by the technical nature of many security issues. Within the technical community there is consensus about the necessity of providing a secure DNS, guaranteeing integrity and authentication of the presented domain name. Although there are c…
