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Live-Event Blocking at Scale: Effectiveness vs. Collateral Damage in Italy’s Piracy Shield

Antonio Prado

• 29 Sep 2025

• 9 min read

Italy’s Piracy Shield blocks IPs and domains within minutes, but measurements performed by researchers at the University of Twente and colleagues show broad collateral damage to legitimate services. We share the results of those measurements in the hopes of sparking a community discussion around th…

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CAPIF 4: Advancing Internet Technologies in Central Asia

Qasim Lone

• 18 Sep 2025

• 13 min read

Ahead of CAPIF 4, we once again pause to examine the latest in Central Asia’s digital transformation. Against a backdrop of deepening regional cooperation, we chart improvements in routing security and IPv6 adoption, while also probing interconnection patterns as seen in K-root data.

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OAuth 2.0 Available for the RIPE Database

Adonis Stergiopoulos

• 11 Aug 2025

• 2 min read

Starting this week, RIPE NCC members can use OAuth 2.0 to authenticate applications that interact with the RIPE Database. This requested feature supports secure delegated access, allowing third parties to make changes to database objects without exposing user credentials.

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Khipu: Prototype RIPE Atlas Traceroute Visualisation Tool

Stephen Suess

• 5 Aug 2025

• 5 min read

The RIPE Atlas team is developing a new tool for traceroute visualisations that should make analysing large traceroute measurements much clearer and easier.

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The State of IPv4 and the Evolving Transfer Landscape

Anastasiya Pak

• 6 Jun 2025

• 2 min read

The second in our series of IP reports explores the evolving role of IPv4 transfers as a necessary mechanism for managing address space in a post-exhaustion environment, alongside broader trends in availability, pricing, and usage. The report also highlights the operational and policy context in wh…

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GM May 2025: A Deep Dive Into Low Turnout

Ilke Ilhan

• 28 May 2025

• 9 min read

This May saw two eventful votes taking place: Eurovision and the May 2025 RIPE NCC General Meeting. And just as JJ brought a win to Austria with the least amount of points a Eurovision winner got since 2015, this GM also saw the lowest voter turnout since 2015. Does that indicate a disinterest in v…

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Why Effective Digital Governance Begins with Understanding the Internet Itself

Hisham Ibrahim

• 14 Apr 2025

• 13 min read

Effective digital governance begins with understanding the layered systems that make it possible. Technical coordination keeps the Internet running, Internet governance shapes how we use it, and digital governance steers how technology transforms society. Confusing these roles risks undermining all…

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Hands-On the Network: Our Experience with RouterLab

Tiago Heinrich

• 3 Apr 2025

• 8 min read

Traditionally, computer network courses focus on introducing students to the various concepts of the Internet’s architecture and its protocols. While such courses equip students with a theoretical foundation on how the Internet works, they often fail to cover the practical and operational aspects o…

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Unlocking UX: A User-Centred Journey for RIPEstat

Antonella De Bellis

• 26 Mar 2025

• 5 min read

User experience design is not about trends, it's about solving real problems. The team behind the RIPEstat talk in depth about the design journey they undertook to create the latest iteration of the UI.

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RIPE Atlas UI: Revamped Probe Detail Pages

Stephen Suess

• 3 Mar 2025

• 4 min read

Over the past few months, the RIPE Atlas team and our stakeholders have been hard at work reimagining the probe detail pages to make them cleaner, more user-friendly, and enriched with new features.

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