The Challenge of IP Addressing and the 2009 Nobel Prize
This essay compares the analysis of economic governance done by Nobel Prize winners Dr. Elinor Ostrom and Dr. Oliver Williamson with the Internet addressing and routing system.
Network Operations
Lameness: Analysis, Measurement, and Estimation
Shane Kerr
DNS researcher at BII | 天地互连 (the Beijing Internet Institute) More
• 4 min read
After the RIPE NCC implemented a system that checks for lame DNS servers in the part of the DNS tree the RIPE NCC maintains I was curious to find out how big a problem DNS lameness really is. I wrote a tool and presented it at the DNS WG during RIPE 59 in Lisbon.
A Guide to Making Movies
Robert Kisteleki
For many years I have been the leader of the Research and Development team at the RIPE NCC leading a dedicated team of thinkers to support the RIPE community by providing network research, data analysis and prototype tool development and services including RIPE Atlas and RIPEstat. As of 2023, I'm … More
• 3 min read
While walking around the hallways at RIPE59, a couple of people asked me how the movies were made, what tools did I use and such. So here's a short summary on what I did to produce these movies.
RIPE NCC NetSense
• 11 min read
This is an introduction to NetSense, a new intercace that combines a set of known tools like the DNS hostcount, RIS and TTM.
REX - the Resource Explainer
Robert Kisteleki
For many years I have been the leader of the Research and Development team at the RIPE NCC leading a dedicated team of thinkers to support the RIPE community by providing network research, data analysis and prototype tool development and services including RIPE Atlas and RIPEstat. As of 2023, I'm … More
• 4 min read
The current version (v0.1) knows only about IPv4 address space. We went for the most difficult part first. ASNs and IPv6 address space will follow (please note the follow-up articles below describing additional functionality about the Resource Explainer).
Intro to INRDB - the Internet Number Resource Database
Robert Kisteleki
For many years I have been the leader of the Research and Development team at the RIPE NCC leading a dedicated team of thinkers to support the RIPE community by providing network research, data analysis and prototype tool development and services including RIPE Atlas and RIPEstat. As of 2023, I'm … More
• 4 min read
INRDB is a non-conventional database hosting many different, number resource related data sets.
We're going to the Movies!
Robert Kisteleki
For many years I have been the leader of the Research and Development team at the RIPE NCC leading a dedicated team of thinkers to support the RIPE community by providing network research, data analysis and prototype tool development and services including RIPE Atlas and RIPEstat. As of 2023, I'm … More
• 3 min read
Let us show you the RIR assigned and allocated IPv4 space, and some indication on how that's routed in the Internet. Get out the popcorn! Satisfaction guaranteed!
16-bit ASN Exhaustion, Some Data
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
• 4 min read
We look at the consumption rate of 16-bit ASNs and try to make an educated guess on how long they would last if the current allocation rules would be extended.