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Keeping the Registry Up to Date in a World of IPv4 Transfers

Keeping the Registry Up to Date in a World of IPv4 Transfers

Matt Parker

4 min read

High quality registry data is important - even more so with the recent increase in address transfers and the exhaustion of the global IPv4 pool. This article explores how we will be enhancing our tools and processes to ensure the RIPE Registry remains up-to-date in this challenging environment.

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Improving the RIPE Database Web Interface

Improving the RIPE Database Web Interface

Alex Band

5 min read

There is an extensive project underway to make our services easier to use and work together seamlessly, so that they provide the most value to you. Over the last couple of months we have been working very hard on the RIPE Database. We have made some fundamental changes to the web interface, which w…

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Processing RIPE Atlas and RIPEstat Data with Hadoop

Processing RIPE Atlas and RIPEstat Data with Hadoop

Paul de Weerd

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The RIPE Routing Information Service (RIS) and RIPE Atlas produce large amounts of data that needs to be processed, stored and made available to the public. We've been using Hadoop for some time now. In this article we look at the design of the infrastructure we currently have in place and describe…

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Implementing DANE for RIPE NCC Websites

Implementing DANE for RIPE NCC Websites

Mihnea-Costin Grigore

4 min read

In September of this year, we activated DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE) for our main web services, including www.ripe.net, the LIR Portal, RIPE Atlas and RIPE Labs.

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Lost Stars - Why Operators Switch off IPv6

Lost Stars - Why Operators Switch off IPv6

Nathalie Trenaman

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One of the measurements that we have been running for a long time is IPv6 RIPEness, where we measure the IPv6 activity of our members. We award our members with stars if they (for example) announce their IPv6 allocation in the global routing table.

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The RIPE NCC's New Look

The RIPE NCC's New Look

Miguel Bastos

7 min read

We're pleased to announce a fresh new look for the RIPE NCC that better reflects who we are and what we do. Learn more about why we made the change and what the design process involved from the RIPE NCC's graphic designer, Miguel Bastos. We hope you'll like what you see!

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RIPE NCC Membership Statistics Q3 2015

RIPE NCC Membership Statistics Q3 2015

Rene Wilhelm

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We look at the RIPE NCC in terms of growth, geographic distribution and IPv6 deployment. We find that recent RIPE policy changes have had an impact on membership statistics and development trends.

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IPv4 in the RIPE NCC Service Region - Three Years After Reaching the Last /8

IPv4 in the RIPE NCC Service Region - Three Years After Reaching the Last /8

Rene Wilhelm

8 min read

In September 2012 the RIPE NCC reached its last /8 of available IPv4 addresses. This activated a new phase in the RIPE IPv4 policies, with each LIR now eligible to receive one final /22 allocation. In this article we look at developments in IPv4 allocations and remaining addresses at the RIPE NCC i…

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Real-time BGP Monitoring with Isolario and BGPlay

Real-time BGP Monitoring with Isolario and BGPlay

Alessandro Improta

5 min read

The Isolario project introduces a new concept of Route Collectors to devise real-time services and attract new BGP data sources. Thanks to the integration of BGPlay, the project provides new interesting troubleshooting tools to monitor BGP routes in real-time.

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A Tale of BGP Collectors and Customer Cones

A Tale of BGP Collectors and Customer Cones

Emile Aben

11 min read

When operators and researchers use data from BGP route collectors such as RIS and Route Views, it's not easy to tell if a path announced to a collector is an ISP's customer cone, an internal route, or one learned from peering or transit. In this post we look at what information we can currently get…

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