Head of Membership Engagement at the RIPE NCC More
• 8 min read
This article gives the RIPE NCC perspective on Iraq, which shows among other interesting stats that over a third of members there have joined in the past two years.
Head of Membership Engagement at the RIPE NCC More
• 9 min read
In this second article focusing on what our stats and data show us about a country in our service region, we look at Ireland and how it compares with countries of similar population in northern Europe.
Head of Membership Engagement at the RIPE NCC More
• 7 min read
We take a look at the current Internet status in Uzbekistan using RIPE NCC data and statistics. This is the start of a series featuring various countries in our service region.
Based in Amsterdam, NL
I'm a data scientist at the RIPE NCC. 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 measurement, data analysis, data visualisation, sustainability and security. … More
• 4 min read
We found a bug in a dataset that we've been producing for years.
Based in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Job Snijders is an Internet Engineer, he analyzes and architects global networks for future growth. Job has been actively involved in the Internet community in both operational, engineering, and architectural capacity, as a frequent presenter at network operator events such as NANOG, ITNOG, DKNOG, RIPE, NLNOG & APRICOT, and in … More
• 6 min read
Over the past few years, many new local Network Operator Groups (NOGs) have been set up, each of them defined by their own unique characteristics. We wanted to share some of our experiences from setting up the Netherlands Network Operator Group (NLNOG).
Rene Wilhelm is a senior research engineer in the R&D department at the RIPE NCC. Coming from a background in particle physics, Rene joined the RIPE NCC in 1996. His interests are in data analysis, routing, Internet measurements and visualisation. More
• 8 min read
On 28 December 2016, about 90 days before its 25th anniversary, the RIPE NCC reached the milestone of serving 15,000 active Local Internet Registries (LIRs). In this article we look at trends observed in the membership in the last few years. We also assess the remaining lifetime of the last bit of…
Based in Amsterdam
Pedro da Silva Vaz is a UX Designer at the RIPE NCC. He works in the Learning and Development team and his main focus is the RIPE NCC Academy. Pedro has a design and technical background. Previously in the RIPE NCC he also delivered face-to-face training courses as well as … More
• 4 min read
Two years ago we released the RIPE NCC Academy - an online training service. Now we've launched the third training module: the Local Internet Registry (LIR) course.
Rene Wilhelm is a senior research engineer in the R&D department at the RIPE NCC. Coming from a background in particle physics, Rene joined the RIPE NCC in 1996. His interests are in data analysis, routing, Internet measurements and visualisation. More
• 16 min read
We take another, more detailed look at probe lifetimes and the dynamics of probes connecting and disconnecting from the RIPE Atlas infrastructure to try to understand how to keep the network growing in the long term.
Babak Farrokhi is a Computer Scientist and Researcher with over 20 years of experience in UNIX Systems and Networking. His expertise includes IP Networking, BGP, DNS, Internet Performance, System Scalability and Network Security. He provides consulting services and develops products and services related to his expertise. More
• 3 min read
Following my recent research on DNS hijacking and the cases I have personally observed, I wondered whether this is a common practice among the operators. With the help of RIPE Atlas, I started to think of a solution to figure out whether such practice is widespread in other areas of the world.
Based in Tehran
Ramtin Kiaei is a network architect, network designer, and technical advisor with over 15 years of experience. He is currently working for one of the biggest telecommunication and service providers companies in Iran as a Senior IP and PS Network Architecture. Before this position, he worked as a senior network … More
• 15 min read
In this article, I'm showing how we can mitigate DNS attacks by implementing a stateless firewall filter at the aggregation or edge router.
