Updated Reply-Size Tester
• 2 min read
A new version of the reply-size tester tool is available now, incorporating feedback received since its first release.
Network Operations
2009 - The year before IPv6 took off?
Emile Aben
Emile Aben
Based in Amsterdam, NL
I'm a system architect/research coordinator at the RIPE NCC, where I work in the science group. 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 … More
• 3 min read
We've done some measurements that show encouraging results.
REX Supports IPv6
Daniel Karrenberg
Daniel Karrenberg
Based in Western Europe, NL&DE mostly
>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.ripe.net/about-us/press-centre/publications/speakers/daniel-karrenberg <<<<<<<<<<<< Ample information about his past sins can be found using your favourite search engine. Following are a few additional keywords you might use, arranged by decade: 1980s: GUUG EUUG EUnet unido mcvax cwi RARE iepg RIPE; 1990s: RIPE+NCC rir iana postel terena ebone centr k.root-servers.net; 2000s: dnsmon … More
• 3 min read
REX has been supporting queries on IPv6 addresses for a couple of weeks already. Some inquisitive users have already found out.
Testing your Resolver for DNS Reply Size Issues
• 6 min read
Some weeks ago, we installed a reply-size tester application at the global instances of K-root. We want to make this test available to more people, in an easy-to-use way. We have therefore written a Java application for this purpose.
IPv6 Measurements - A Compilation
Mirjam Kühne
Mirjam Kühne
Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
I wrote the articles collected here during my time as community builder of the RIPE NCC and the maintainer and editor of RIPE Labs. I have since taken on a new role serving as the Chair of the RIPE Community. You can reach my new profile via the website link … More
• 14 min read
This is the first part of the IPv6 measurements compilation - a list of IPv6 measurements conducted by various individuals and organisations.
IPv6 Monitor - An Interview with Alain Durand
Mirjam Kühne
Mirjam Kühne
Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
I wrote the articles collected here during my time as community builder of the RIPE NCC and the maintainer and editor of RIPE Labs. I have since taken on a new role serving as the Chair of the RIPE Community. You can reach my new profile via the website link … More
• 6 min read
During IETF 74, I sat down with Alain Durand to ask him to explain the type of IPv6 measurements he is doing at Comcast ( http://ipv6monitor.comcast.net ) together with the University of Pennsylvania ( http://mnlab-ipv6.seas.upenn.edu ).
Preparing K-root for a Signed Root Zone
• 4 min read
Earlier this year, ICANN and VeriSign announced plans to sign the DNS root zone, using DNSSEC. DNSSEC is a set of extensions to the DNS protocol which allow one to digitally sign the records in a zone and allow a client to verify the authenticity of these records.
Untunneling IPv6
• 5 min read
For more than five years now, the RIPE NCC has been measuring the number of native (no IPv4 transit) versus tunneled (IPv6 traffic whose path includes transit via IPv4 tunnels) IPv6 interconnections in the core of the Internet. These measurements have been conducted using the Test Traffic Measureme…
First Itojun Service Award Presented to Lorenzo Colitti and Erik Kline of Google
Mirjam Kühne
Mirjam Kühne
Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
I wrote the articles collected here during my time as community builder of the RIPE NCC and the maintainer and editor of RIPE Labs. I have since taken on a new role serving as the Chair of the RIPE Community. You can reach my new profile via the website link … More
• 2 min read
The first Itojun Service Award has been presented to Lorenzo Colitti and Erik Kline of Google for their outstanding contributions to the development and deployment of IPv6, in particular for their sustained efforts to make significant commercial content available over IPv6.
IPv6 Panel Discussion Results
Maarten Botterman
I am involved in policy research on Internet development as GNKS Consult, and I am Director on the Board of the Public Interest Registry (.ORG). I have learned to appreciate the RIPE NCC research and debate on topics relating to the Internet that matter. More
• 5 min read
Having evaluated the outcomes of the EU IPv6 Deployment Survey and presented them at various meetings during the past few weeks, I was curious to find out if the outcomes would be different when asking the same questions to the RIPE community.