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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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IETF 98 - Some Impressions - Monday

IETF 98 - Some Impressions - Monday

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Mirjam Kühne

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Here is a short summary of my Monday at IETF 98 in Chicago. Highlights were DNS operations and an effort to standardise address management systems.

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IETF 98 - Some Impressions - Day 0

IETF 98 - Some Impressions - Day 0

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Mirjam Kühne

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I am at the IETF 98 in Chicago and I am planning to do a bit of blogging during the week, sharing highlights from my own very personal perspective.

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IPv6 Train the Trainer

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Nathalie Trenaman

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Did you ever attend one of our Basic or Advanced IPv6 Training courses? There's a good chance you did. In 2016, we organised 48 face-to-face IPv6 training courses, almost one every week. Every week, we receive requests for more IPv6 training courses in our region. The demand is high and the capacit…

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IXP Automation Made Easy with New Open-Source Tool

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Pier Carlo Chiodi

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Affordability and security are two essential components of establishing and managing any Internet Exchange Point (IXP).

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New RIPE Atlas Root Zone DNS Measurements

New RIPE Atlas Root Zone DNS Measurements

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Chris Amin

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Two new DNS measurements, both designed to assess the impact of issues with one or more root name servers, have been added to every RIPE Atlas probe.

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Uncertainty is Key

Uncertainty is Key

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Uta Meier-Hahn

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In order to manufacture Internet connectivity, network operators around the globe make a joint effort. As of today, they have interconnected more than 55,000 Autonomous Systems. By the measure of existence, the Internet gives evidence of a remarkable degree of decentral coordination between network…

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