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Using Atlas for commercial services
by Stephane Bortzmeyer 11 Sep '13

11 Sep '13

[Originally discussed on the RIPE Atlas users mailing list and forwarded here per suggestion of Daniel Karrenberg, to be sure the proper WG has a say.] After reading the Atlas ToS <https://atlas.ripe.net/service-rules/> and checking the FAQ <https://atlas.ripe.net/about/faq/>, I still have a question: Can I use Atlas as a basis for commercial services? The ToS is silent about it. The list in <https://labs.ripe.net/Members/kranjbar/future-of-ripe-ncc-technical-services> gives interesting ideas about new uses of Atlas (specially the part about using Atlas to monitor reachability from Nagios, which could become a service sold to people). Of course, Atlas is "best effort", so one cannot sue the RIPE-NCC if it breaks and stops the commercial service. But it still can be an interesting platform. Today, most Atlas uses seem to be for public research, or for "selfish" measurements (checking my network), including by commercial organisations. But I see nothing forbidding people to sell services (monitoring, quality assessment) to other people, based on Atlas. Is it a good idea to explicitely allow or disallow such services?

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New on RIPE Labs: Visualising Bandwidth Capacity and Network Activity in RIPEstat Using M-Lab Data
by Mirjam Kuehne 09 Sep '13

09 Sep '13

Dear colleagues, As a result of the cooperation between the RIPE NCC and Measurement Lab, you can now visualise the bandwidth profiles and network activity of IP prefixes and individual countries in RIPEstat. For more details, please refer to this new article on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/vastur/visualising-bandwidth-capacity-in-ripe… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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Re: [mat-wg] Using Atlas for commercial services
by Alex Saroyan 06 Sep '13

06 Sep '13

Instead, commercial companies will start hosting many probes in single room not for sake of community but for sake of getting credits. /Alex Saroyan Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer(a)nic.fr> wrote: >On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 11:04:44AM +0200, > Peter Koch <pk(a)DENIC.DE> wrote > a message of 11 lines which said: > >> but don't forget credit transfers, even if that doesn't change the >> sum. > >You can get credits through a transfer easily when you are a poor >student having an interesting research project. But I assume >commercial companies selling services over Atlas won't have credits >easily for free :-) >

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New on RIPE Labs: The Seismograph and Other New RIPE Atlas Features
by Mirjam Kuehne 06 Sep '13

06 Sep '13

Dear colleagues, We implemented a number of new features in RIPE Atlas, including the seismograph, an interactive tool to easily visualise multiple ping measurements. Please find more information on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/seismograph-and-other-new-ripe-atlas-fe… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: New RIPEstat Website
by Mirjam Kuehne 28 Aug '13

28 Aug '13

Dear colleagues, We've revamped the RIPEstat website to make it easier to find information. Please read more on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/new-ripestat-website Kind regards, Mirjam

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RIPE 67 CFP extended deadline 9 September 2013
by Benno Overeinder 26 Aug '13

26 Aug '13

Dear Colleagues, A list of currently accepted RIPE 67 Plenary talks, BoFs, Tutorials and Workshops is now published at: https://ripe67.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/draft-programme/ There are still few slots remaining for a final RIPE 67 programme and RIPE Programme Committee will accept new proposals until *9 September 2013*. This is our last call for you to submit your proposals. See https://ripe67.ripe.net/programme/cfp/ or find the original CFP below. Kind regards Filiz Yilmaz for RIPE Programme Committee ------------------ Call for Presentations A RIPE Meeting is an open event where Internet Service Providers, network operators and other interested parties get together. Although the meeting is mostly technical, it is also a chance for people to meet and network with others in their field. RIPE 67 will take place from 14-18 October 2013 in Athens, Greece. The RIPE Programme Committee (PC) is now seeking content proposals from the RIPE community for the plenary session presentations, BoFs (Birds of a Feather sessions), panels, workshops, tutorials and lightning talks at RIPE 67. The PC is looking for presentations covering topics of network engineering and operations, including but not limited to: * IPv6 deployment * Managing IPv4 scarcity in operations * Commercial transactions of IPv4 addresses * Data centre technologies * Network and DNS operations * Internet governance and regulatory practices * Network and routing security * Content delivery * Internet peering and mobile data exchange Submissions RIPE Meeting attendees are quite sensitive to keeping presentations non-commercial, and product marketing talks are strongly discouraged. Repeated audience feedback shows that the most successful talks focus on operational experience, research results, or case studies. For example, presenters wishing to describe a commercial solution should focus on the underlying technology and not attempt a product demonstration. The RIPE PC accepts proposals for different presentation formats, including plenary session presentations, tutorials, workshops, BoFs (Birds of a Feather sessions) and lightning talks. See the full descriptions of these formats at https://ripe67.ripe.net/programme/i-want-to-present/presentation-formats/ Presenters who are proposing a panel or BoF are encouraged to include speakers from several (perhaps even competing) companies and/or a neutral facilitator. In addition to presentations selected in advance for the plenary, the RIPE PC also offers several time slots for "lightning talks", which are selected immediately before or during the conference. The following general requirements apply: * Proposals for plenary session presentations, BoFs, panels, workshops and tutorials must be submitted for full consideration no later than 4 August 2013, using the meeting submission system (https://ripe67.ripe.net/submit-topic/) Proposals submitted after this date will be considered on a space-available basis. * Lightning talks should also be submitted using the meeting submission system (https://ripe67.ripe.net/submit-topic/) and can be submitted just days before the RIPE Meeting starts or even during the meeting week. The allocation of lightning talk slots will be announced in short notice - in some cases on the same day but often one day prior to the relevant session. * Presenters should indicate how much time they will require. See more information on time slot allocations per presentation format (https://ripe67.ripe.net/programme/i-want-to-present/presentation-formats/) * Proposals for talks will only be considered by the PC if they contain at least draft presentation slides (slides may be updated later on). For panels, proposals must contain a clear description, as well as the names of invited panelists, presenters and moderators. * Due to potential technical issues, it is expected that most, if not all, presenters/panelists will be physically present at the RIPE Meeting. If you have any questions or requests concerning content submissions, please email pc [at] ripe [dot] net. -- Benno J. Overeinder NLnet Labs http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/

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Accessing Routing Information Via RIPEstat
by Vesna Manojlovic 23 Aug '13

23 Aug '13

Dear colleagues, Our Routing Information Service (RIS) has been collecting global BGP routing information for 12 years now. During this period, many different interfaces to analyse and visualise accumulated data have been developed. In line with our long-term goals to provide more consolidated services, we will be integrating the RIS interface's tools and services into RIPEstat. More information about this is detailed in a new RIPE Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/fatemah_mafi/improved-routing-information-ava… We invite the community to comment on these upcoming changes: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/groups/wg/mat Please submit any urgent requests for additional features via email to stat(a)ripe.net by 20 September 2013 so that we can implement these along with the planned migration of tools and features. Any feedback received after this date will be considered feature requests, and added to the RIPEstat Roadmap: http://roadmap.ripe.net/ripe-stat/ We look forward to your feedback. Regards, Vesna -- Vesna Manojlovic BECHA(a)ripe.net Senior Community Builder @Ms_Measurements for Measurements Tools RIPE NCC http://ripe.net

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Future of RIPE NCC technical services
by Kaveh Ranjbar 20 Aug '13

20 Aug '13

Dear colleagues, In June of this year, I took on a new role at the RIPE NCC and joined the Senior Management team as Chief Information Officer (a role formerly called Head of Science Division). Since that time, I've had a chance to review the technical services we provide to the community, and I’d like to share with you some of my ideas about the planned future direction of these services. To summarise, these plans include: - Focusing on RIPE Atlas as the RIPE NCC’s data collection system - Developing RIPEstat as the RIPE NCC's consolidated point for data retrieval - Service agreements and other plans for hosted services like K-root, authoritative DNS servers and RIS data collectors - A greater focus on data analysis We believe the plans we have in place will allow you to access our services more easily and efficiently, and make better use of the data we collect. You can read the full details on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/kranjbar/future-of-ripe-ncc-technical-services I hope you'll take the time to read the full article and learn more about the planned future direction of our services. As always, we invite your comments and suggestions, which you can leave in the comments field of the article, or by contacting me directly at kranjbar(a)ripe.net. Our top priority is ensuring we provide you with the most useful services and data possible, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts. Best regards, Kaveh Ranjbar Chief Information Officer RIPE NCC

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Re: [mat-wg] [atlas] RIPE Atlas maintenance on Tuesday, 6 August
by Robert Kisteleki 06 Aug '13

06 Aug '13

Dear All, This work is now done and we believe everything is back to normal (*). Please let us know (preferably via atlas-bugs(a)ripe.net) if you find something not working. Regards, Robert Kisteleki (*) independently of this maintenance, one of the data servers (zpm01) is having some hardware issues, which causes data downloads and RRDs for probes 1-499 to be flaky. We're working on this. On 2013.07.30. 12:19, Robert Kisteleki wrote: > > Dear RIPE Atlas users, > > We'd like to let you know that we plan to perform scheduled maintenance on > the RIPE Atlas central infrastructure on Tuesday, 6 August, for a couple of > hours during the day. In this period, main features including the RIPE Atlas > user interface (atlas.ripe.net) data downloads and measurement scheduling > functions will be unavailable. > > Probes will continue to work and all results will still be collected or > buffered; however, during the maintenance period you will be unable to log > in to the website, manage your probes/measurements, or get to result > data/visualisations. > > We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. > > Regards, > Robert Kisteleki > >

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RIPE Atlas maintenance on Tuesday, 6 August
by Robert Kisteleki 31 Jul '13

31 Jul '13

Dear RIPE Atlas users, We'd like to let you know that we plan to perform scheduled maintenance on the RIPE Atlas central infrastructure on Tuesday, 6 August, for a couple of hours during the day. In this period, main features including the RIPE Atlas user interface (atlas.ripe.net) data downloads and measurement scheduling functions will be unavailable. Probes will continue to work and all results will still be collected or buffered; however, during the maintenance period you will be unable to log in to the website, manage your probes/measurements, or get to result data/visualisations. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Regards, Robert Kisteleki

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