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Members and Their Number Resources

Members and Their Number Resources

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Daniel Karrenberg

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In the previous article we looked at membership growth over the years. In this article we will see how RIPE NCC Internet number resources are distributed among the membership, as of 1 January 2010.

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Measuring DNS Transfer Sizes - First Results

Measuring DNS Transfer Sizes - First Results

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Daniel Karrenberg

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Here are the first results of our DNS transfer size measurements. We are interested to determine any possible problems for users of K-root once it starts giving DNSSEC responses to resolvers that request them. DNSSEC responses are significantly larger than current responses. We are interested to le…

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2009 - The year before IPv6 took off?

2009 - The year before IPv6 took off?

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Emile Aben

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We've done some measurements that show encouraging results.

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REX Supports IPv6

REX Supports IPv6

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Daniel Karrenberg

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REX has been supporting queries on IPv6 addresses for a couple of weeks already. Some inquisitive users have already found out.

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Testing your Resolver for DNS Reply Size Issues

Testing your Resolver for DNS Reply Size Issues

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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.

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IPv6 Measurements - A Compilation

IPv6 Measurements - A Compilation

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Mirjam Kühne

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This is the first part of the IPv6 measurements compilation - a list of IPv6 measurements conducted by various individuals and organisations.

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IPv6 Monitor - An Interview with Alain Durand

IPv6 Monitor - An Interview with Alain Durand

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Mirjam Kühne

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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 ).

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Preparing K-root for a Signed Root Zone

Preparing K-root for a Signed Root Zone

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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.

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