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About the RIPE Data Repository

Emile Aben — 23 Jun 2010

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The RIPE Data Repository is a collection of datasets that are useful for scientific and operational Internet research.

See here the list of data sets we host.

How to Access the Data

Data users can access the RIPE Data Repository through their web browser and/or automate data downloads with webfetchers like wget or curl.

To obtain access to datasets hosted on the RIPE Data Repository users have to

have a RIPE NCC Access account and
accept the Terms and Conditions for the data sets hosted.

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If you know a data set that you think is interesting to the RIPE community and in need of a new or additional home please contact us at data-repository-info@ripe.net .

About the author

Emile Aben Based in Amsterdam, NL

I'm a system architect/research coordinator at the RIPE NCC, where I work in the science group. 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. I'd like to bring research and operations closer together, ie. do research that is operationally relevant. When I'm not working I like to make music (electric guitar, bass and drums), do sports (swimming, (inline) skating, bouldering, soccer), and try to be a good parent.

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li wei • 06 Nov 2012 23:12

I will use this dataset(NLANR,Trace) for my thesis,Thank you! email:bluesky_hust@sohu.com

monkey zhao • 22 Apr 2013 13:18

I will use the dataset of NLANR for some test,Thank you! email:liangyongzhao11@126.com

weiwei wang • 20 Nov 2013 04:32

I will use the dataset of NLANR for some learning-based IP-GeoLocation,Thank you!

Matteo Russo • 24 Jan 2014 18:36

I am learning IP-Geo Loaction and i'll use the database for training.

shichang ding • 16 Mar 2014 03:27

I'll use the tracert data to study IP-Geo Location ,thank you,dscgongzuo@gmail.com

Nadir Ghrada • 29 Nov 2016 02:43

I wonder if you can share a link of the dataset, in case you found any recent one that I can use to predict traffic demand in the future as part of my research. I would appreciate if you can send me a direct link at: nadir.ghrada.1@ens.etsmtl.ca

Mohammad Reza Rostami • 22 Apr 2014 07:08

How Can I access to the datasets? I would like to use it for my thesis. Thanks in Advance.

Mirjam Kühne • 22 Apr 2014 07:56

Please read the short text above. Under Data Users, it is explained how you can access the data set. You need to create a RIPE NCC Access account and accept the Terms and Conditions. Please let us know if you have any problems.

Jay Thom • 02 Sep 2014 18:52

Hello...I found my way to .gz files, but they appear to be in a binary format. Is there a tool for reading/converting these files to text? Thanks!

Mirjam Kühne • 03 Sep 2014 07:47

Hello Jay, you can try gunzip to extract these files.

Koohong Kang • 19 Oct 2014 13:59

Hi Jay, I also have the same problem. Could you update me regarding the problem if there is any progress? Thanks!

Zamini • 12 Nov 2014 20:04

I will use the dataset of NLANR for training,Thank you! email:zamini69@gmail.com

Zohre Amini • 12 Nov 2014 20:38

i need for this data set for my research but when i click download button , back this page and i cannot access data set. zamini69@gmail.com

Ali Asghar Merchant • 02 Dec 2014 00:41

I will use this dataset for my research . Email amerchan@sfu.ca Thanks.

Amparito Alexandra Morales Figueroa • 26 Jan 2015 15:35

I will this dataset for my research. Email amparito.morales01@universitadipavia.it

Spam Research • 01 Mar 2015 00:24

I would like to see the reverse-delegation (in-addr.arpa) data moved back from behind the registration "wall" into where it belongs: anonymous FTP. All other RIR's in-addr.arpa data is publicly accessible like that - just not RIPE's : what makes RIPE special? This is not personal data, it's not even generated with any effort other than a plain database dump. Most of all: it can't be obtained by an automated process behind the registration "wall" in order to be processed for authorized purposes. What gives?

Anand Buddhdev • 02 Mar 2015 09:56

Hello Spam Researcher, We do publish our reverse DNS files at this location: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/reverse/zones/ Is this what you were looking for? If not, could you specify in more detail what you were looking for, so we can understand your requirement.

Spam Research • 01 Apr 2015 01:05

I see it available at that ftp URI now, but inexplicably, when I searched for it far and wide in February, could NOT locate it. And I certainly did a "ls -lR" to try to find it. Has something been changed? I recall a symlink pointing to a non-existing location... Sorry about the noise.

m kh • 19 May 2015 18:29

I wanna see the dataset, what data it contains, to assess whether I can use it for a test

Ziqing Zhao • 08 Nov 2016 15:32

I wish to use the dataset of NLANR for my thesis. Would you email me at jzhao728@gmail.com Thanks.

Nadir Ghrada • 29 Nov 2016 02:32

I already tried to download this dataset several times, but it repeatedly keep returning to the same page. I would appreciate if you send me a direct link to download traffic dataset at: nadir.ghrada.1@ens.etsmtl.ca Thank you!

guiqian wang • 09 Aug 2017 08:10

I will use this dataset for my thesis. Thank you so much in advance.

Longwei Tian • 17 Sep 2017 16:22

I wish to use the dataset of NLANR for my thesis, about analyzing the flow pattern. Would you email me the download link address at hnldtlw@126.com Thank you so much.

Mirjam Kühne • 18 Sep 2017 11:14

Dear Longwei Tian, Many thanks for your interest in the dataset. Please see the description above. Under Data Users, it is explained how you can access the data. You need to create a RIPE NCC Access account and accept the Terms and Conditions. Please let us know if you have any problems.

Yuying Chen • 15 Apr 2018 01:42

Hi, I hope to use the dataset iplane traceroute to work in my adaption tool ,traIXroute. But I can't find the download links anywhere even if I have 2 factor authentication and accept the condition. Thank you for your help.

lishuang Yao • 14 Oct 2018 02:27

I will use this dataset(NLANR,Trace) for my thesis,Thank you! email:1096315681@qq.com

zhang xinshu • 08 May 2021 08:56

I will use this data the for my thesis about flow analysis,Thank you! email:changexins@163.com