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Encouraging RIPE Atlas users to choose for public probes and measurements
by Vesna Manojlovic 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

Dear colleagues, One of the main goals of RIPE Atlas is to share information about Internet performance, which we collect via the active measurements performed by the thousands of probes in the RIPE Atlas network. In order to better achieve that goal, last year we suggested making even more of the collected data public. You can read the full details of this proposal on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/proposing-making-ripe-atlas-data-more-p… We asked for feedback about this proposal from the RIPE Atlas community and, based on that feedback, we have decided not to go ahead with the proposal or make any major changes to the system. We would therefore like to revise our original proposal and suggest the following, revised plan: 1. We will strongly encourage RIPE Atlas users to keep their RIPE Atlas probes public and to perform public measurements as much as possible by: - Making new probes public by default (opt-out available) whenever someone applies for a new probe - Checking the public option by default when using the web interface to create user-defined measurements - Rewarding those who make their probes and measurements public by giving them more credits than those who don’t - Requiring all research enabled by special credits to produce public measurement results - Stressing the public nature of RIPE Atlas as a measurements platform in the RIPE NCC's publications and outreach 2. We will continue to allow users to *not* mark their probes public and to schedule user-defined measurements that are not public. 3. We will improve the documentation in order to clarify exactly what information is available for probes and user-defined measurements that are marked public versus those not marked public. Because this revised plan does not involve making any significant changes to our procedures or interfaces, the implementation would take place during our regular deployment cycle. We are basing this revised plan on the reactions of the 13 RIPE Atlas users who provided feedback after we proposed our original plan (you can find more details about the feedback we received below). We would like to hear from more of you, even if you just confirm that you agree with this revised proposal. Please subscribe to the RIPE Atlas mailing list and let us know what you think: https://www.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/ripe-atlas Regards, Vesna Manojlovic Senior Community Builder for Measurements Tools RIPE NCC Summary of the feedback (the original comments can also be found on the RIPE Atlas mailing list archives): Eleven people replied on the mailing list and two replied on RIPE Labs, with some people supporting more than one option. - Three people supported making the data more public - Six people supported keeping things the same (i.e. against removing the "not public" option) - One person suggested making the data less public - Three people suggested delaying the publication of the public results (a new suggestion) - One person was completely neutral Specific comments included: - Making the data public by default is okay, but leave the option to not make it public - If a delay in making the data public is introduced, one-off measurements should be excluded - A delay in making the data public will introduce more complexity to the system - A proposal to receive extra/fewer credits for making probes and measurements public/not public, respectively

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New on RIPE Labs: Improved RIPE Atlas Probe Pages
by Mirjam Kuehne 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

Dear colleagues, We've made it easier to get an overview of the history and measurements for all the public probes in the RIPE Atlas network. Read about that and other new functionality on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-atlas-improved-pro… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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Question about RIPE services
by ceo＠foodee.ru 22 Feb '14

22 Feb '14

Hello! Our company conducts researh and development in Software-Defined Networking. And we are looking for a testbeds and production networks to implement our techniques. We have already tested our prototype successfully in mininet.org, onl.wustl.edu . Has RIPE resourses which could be used to test SDN techniques: slices, ect.? Thank you.

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New on RIPE Labs: Using RIPE Atlas to Investigate Slow Servers
by Mirjam Kuehne 18 Feb '14

18 Feb '14

Dear colleagues, Please find a new article on RIPE Labs contributed by Nathan Howard who used RIPE Atlas to investigate slow running servers at their company: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/using-ripe-atlas-to-inv… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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... and six more RIPE Atlas anchors activated
by Vesna Manojlovic 13 Feb '14

13 Feb '14

Dear colleagues, We are proud to announce that six new RIPE Atlas anchors have been activated since my previous announcement last month: - se-sto-as59521, hosted by Aivivid in Stockholm, Sweden. - hu-bud-as12303, by BIX in Budapest, Hungary on behalf of RIPE NCC - fr-vbn-as199422, hosted by Rezopole/LyonIX in Lyon, France. - is-rey-as25509, hosted by Hringiðan in Reykjavik, Iceland. - nl-arn-as1140, hosted by SIDN in Arnhem, Netherlands - at-vie-as1120, by VIX in Vienna, Austria, on behalf of RIPE NCC This brings the total number of active anchors to 39. All RIPE Atlas anchors can be seen on this list, where logged-in users can access each anchor's measurements: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ We are still accepting new applications from individuals and organisations interested in hosting a RIPE Atlas anchor. We are particularly interested in deploying anchors in the Middle East, Western Asia, Latin America and Africa, in order to add more geographical diversity to the measurement data. Learn more about RIPE Atlas anchors and the benefits of hosting an anchor at: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/ For detailed announcements and updates about RIPE Atlas, please join the RIPE Atlas mailing list: https://www.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/ripe-atlas Kind regards, Vesna Manojlovic Measurements Community Building Team RIPE NCC

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Using RIPE Atlas for monitoring: introducing "Status Checks"
by Vesna Manojlovic 12 Feb '14

12 Feb '14

Dear colleagues, Status Checks is a new feature that allows you to integrate RIPE Atlas into any monitoring tool you currently use, such as Nagios or Icinga. Please find a new article on RIPE Labs that explains simple steps, gives an example, and points to our future plans: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/introducing-ripe-atlas-… Direct link: https://atlas.ripe.net/docs/status-checks/ We are pleased to announce this feature that the operators community has been asking for, and we are looking forward to both your feedback and success stories. Kind regards, Vesna Manojlovic Measurements Community Building RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: The Seismograph User Guide
by Suzanne Taylor Muzzin 12 Feb '14

12 Feb '14

Dear colleagues, Please find a new article on RIPE Labs that explains how you can get the most out of the Seismograph, an interactive RIPE Atlas tool that provides an overview of different RTT and packet loss trends measured by multiple RIPE Atlas probes. The Seismograph User Guide https://labs.ripe.net/Members/massimo_candela/seismograph-user-guide Kind regards, Suzanne Taylor Muzzin Measurements Community Building RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Increased Reach of RIPE Atlas Anchors
by Michela Galante 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

Dear colleagues, Please take a look at the latest news about RIPE Atlas anchors in the RIPE Labs article published today, "Increased Reach of RIPE Atlas Anchors": https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-atlas-anchors-janu… Kind regards, Michela Galante Measurements Community Building RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: The Many Instances of L-root
by Mirjam Kuehne 20 Jan '14

20 Jan '14

Dear colleagues, Please find a new article on RIPE Labs contributed by Stephane Bortzmeyer: The Many Instances of the L-root Name Server https://labs.ripe.net/Members/stephane_bortzmeyer/the-many-instances-of-the… Kind Regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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RIPEstat 2013: A Year In Review
by Michela Galante 17 Jan '14

17 Jan '14

Dear colleagues, 2013 was a year of big changes for RIPEstat. Take a look at the most exciting advancements from the year, in the new article on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripestat-2013-year-in-r… Kind regards, Michela Galante Measurements Community Building RIPE NCC

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