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The BGP Visibility Scanner

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Andra Lutu

6 min read

We developed a tool that allows you to check if prefixes originated by your AS have limited visibility on the global routing table. In the article below we describe some of the results we found after analysing many months of global routing table data.

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Introducing the RIPE NCC Roadmap

Introducing the RIPE NCC Roadmap

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Mirjam Kühne

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We often get asked about the status of our different services and projects, and while we frequently publish updates on RIPE Labs, we now have a new tool that makes it easier to stay informed. We're happy to announce the RIPE NCC Roadmap, where you can get an overview of all the latest developments …

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Networks With IPv6 Over Time - A Short Update

Networks With IPv6 Over Time - A Short Update

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Emile Aben

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We regularly check the status of IPv6 deployment in the RIPE NCC service region, but also in other regions. One way to measure IPv6 deployment is to look at the percentage of networks (Autonomous Systems) announcing IPv6 prefixes and to follow the developments over time.

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Creating and Finding Abuse Contacts in the RIPE Database (Update on Implementing ripe-563)

Creating and Finding Abuse Contacts in the RIPE Database (Update on Implementing ripe-563)

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Denis Walker

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The purpose of this document is to summarise the final details on how to set up an "abuse-c:" for resource managers and how to find it if you need to report abuse.

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SI6 IPv6 Toolkit v1.3.1 Released

SI6 IPv6 Toolkit v1.3.1 Released

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Mirjam Kühne

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This IPv6 Toolkit allows you to perform security assessments and trouble-shooting of your IPv6 network. A new version has been released recently.

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 An Update on De-bogonising 128.0.0.0/16

An Update on De-bogonising 128.0.0.0/16

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Mirjam Kühne

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We continued RIPE Atlas measurements to see if we can still find cases where 128.0.0.0/16 is filtered out.

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Finding Abuse Contact Information with RIPEstat

Finding Abuse Contact Information with RIPEstat

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Christian Teuschel

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No one wants to have to deal with a suspected abuse case, but at least RIPEstat can help you to find available anti-abuse contact information in the RIPE Database easily. In this article we show you when and how you can use RIPEstat to do that.

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RIPE Atlas via the LIR Portal

RIPE Atlas via the LIR Portal

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Vesna Manojlovic

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RIPE NCC members visit the LIR Portal to manage their IP address and AS Number resources. Now we offer easier access to a number of RIPE Atlas features from the LIR Portal. This is just the first step of more cross-platform benefits to come, made possible by logging in to your RIPE NCC Access accou…

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Mozilla Uses RPKI

Mozilla Uses RPKI

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Mirjam Kühne

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A few weeks ago, Mozilla started to use RPKI (Resource Public Key Infrastructure) and ROAs (Route Origin Authorization). Here is a quick introduction.

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Conclusions Drawn from Reverse DNS Event

Conclusions Drawn from Reverse DNS Event

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Daniel Karrenberg

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On Wednesday 13 June 2012, an unknown error caused the removal of several zone files from the configuration of our reverse DNS provisioning system. Following up from the initial report published on RIPE Labs, we further analysed what caused the incident and implemented a number of procedures to dec…

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