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Results of the DNS Measurements Hackathon

Results of the DNS Measurements Hackathon

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Vesna Manojlovic

11 min read

Reporting from the hackathon is difficult: the spirit of the event lies in direct participation and shared experiences. In this article, we celebrate the achievements of the fifth RIPE NCC hackathon, document and promote results, and create a memento for participants.

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Turning on Anycast on B-Root

Turning on Anycast on B-Root

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Giovane Moura

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The B-root operators have announced that they would enable IP anycast on 1 May 2017 [1]. In this article, we show how that change has been perceived by the RIPE Atlas probes, and if there were any transient effects of this change.

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 RIPE NCC Technical Services 2017 - Part Two: Focus on DNS

RIPE NCC Technical Services 2017 - Part Two: Focus on DNS

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Kaveh Ranjbar

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This is the second part of the technical services update. In this article we're focusing on our DNS services: providing reverse DNS; providing secondary services for ccTLDs; and maintaining K-root.

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25 Years of RIPE NCC Membership Development

25 Years of RIPE NCC Membership Development

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Rene Wilhelm

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As the RIPE NCC turns 25 years old, we look back at the historic membership growth and distribution of Internet number resources.

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IPv6 RIPEness Through the Years

IPv6 RIPEness Through the Years

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Rene Wilhelm

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In 2010, we introduced IPv6 RIPEness to recognise Local Internet Registries (LIRs) in the RIPE NCC service region that had begun deploying IPv6. Seven years later, we looked at how the IPv6 RIPEness level of the RIPE NCC membership evolved over time.

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Using RIPE Atlas to Measure Latency to Reunion Island

Using RIPE Atlas to Measure Latency to Reunion Island

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Réhan NOORDALLY

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Internet connectivity is not fairly distributed around the world, in particular for islands or isolated areas. For instance, connectivity to and from the Reunion Island is mainly based on links to France located about 10,000 km away. This causes long delays and degraded Internet service. In this ar…

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Follow Up to IXP Tools Hackathon: Code Sprint

Follow Up to IXP Tools Hackathon: Code Sprint

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Vesna Manojlovic

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As a part of the RIPE NCC's ongoing engagement with the Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) we have organised a code sprint. Researchers and IXP developers got together to continue work on the projects started during the IXP Tools hackathon, and achieved new, tangible results.

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Reverse DNS Outage for Out-of-Region Address Space

Reverse DNS Outage for Out-of-Region Address Space

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On Thursday 16 March 2017, at around 20:00 UTC, a bug in a script caused an outage for some reverse DNS delegations registered in the RIPE Database. The effects of the bug were not immediate, but began a cascading failure, that persisted until 18:00 UTC on Friday 17 March. In the following article,…

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IETF 98 Chicago: Is there a Role for the RIRs in IPAM?

IETF 98 Chicago: Is there a Role for the RIRs in IPAM?

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George Michaelson

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At the IETF 98 meeting in Chicago, there was a BoF session dedicated to IP address management tools and how they could possibly be standardised.

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IETF 98 Chicago: New Energy in the IPv6 Operations WG

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George Michaelson

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The IPv6 Operations Working Group (v6ops) met here in Chicago. It was a packed room with lots of great energy and many constructive conversations about work in progress.

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