January 2014 - mat-wg - mailman.ripe.net

Prevention of NTP reflection attacks using TTM systems
by Romeo Zwart 13 May '14

13 May '14

Dear colleagues, During the evening of Wednesday 8 January, the RIPE NCC received initial reports about the abuse of some of our Test Traffic Measurement (TTM) systems, specifically about the use of NTP in reflection attacks. Within 24 hours of receiving the first report, we adapted the NTP configuration on all our TTM hosts so that this specific type of attack is no longer possible using the TTM infrastructure. We would like to thank Gert Doering (SpaceNet) and Michael Hausding (SWITCH-CERT) for reporting the abuse to us. We’d also like to share this resource about securing NTP servers that you may find useful: http://www.team-cymru.org/ReadingRoom/Templates/secure-ntp-template.html We are taking this opportunity to remind you that we are nearing end of service for TTM. As we announced previously, TTM shutdown is scheduled for the end of Q1, 2014. RIPE Atlas, and specifically RIPE Atlas anchors, will provide much of the functionality of TTM. More details, including information about hosting a RIPE Atlas anchor, are available at: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/ Kind regards, Romeo Zwart 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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Seven new RIPE Atlas anchors are now active!
by Vesna Manojlovic 17 Jan '14

17 Jan '14

Dear colleagues, We are proud to announce that seven new RIPE Atlas anchors have been activated since RIPE Atlas anchors became a full production service at the RIPE 67 Meeting in Athens last month. This brings the total number of anchors to 22. All RIPE Atlas anchors can be seen on this list, where users can also 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 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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Newest RIPE Atlas features - seizmograph improvements & more
by Vesna Manojlovic 15 Jan '14

15 Jan '14

Dear colleagues, we are proud to announce the latest features added to RIPE Atlas in the previous few months: - time selection in seizmograph: zoom, and calendar menu; - filtering probe by country & ASN on maps & seizmograph - one-off SSL measurements ... and much more! Please find out the details on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-atlas-update-janua… We are looking forward to your feedback! Regards, Vesna -- Measurements Community Building team RIPE NCC

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Call for Presentations: RIPE 68, 12-16 May 2014 in Warsaw, Poland
by Benno Overeinder 14 Jan '14

14 Jan '14

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 68 will take place from 12-16 May 2014 in Warsaw, Poland. 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 68. 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://ripe68.ripe.net/submit-topic/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 2 March 2014, using the meeting submission system at https://ripe68.ripe.net/submit-topic/guidelines/. 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://ripe68.ripe.net/submit-topic/submission-form/) 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 at https://ripe68.ripe.net/submit-topic/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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New on RIPE Labs: How Many RIPE Atlas Probes Can Resolve IPv6-only Domain Names?
by Mirjam Kuehne 13 Jan '14

13 Jan '14

Dear colleagues, Please find a new article on RIPE Labs submitted by Stéphane Bortzmeyer: How Many RIPE Atlas Probes Can Resolve IPv6-only Domain Names? https://labs.ripe.net/Members/stephane_bortzmeyer/how-many-ripe-atlas-probe… Kind regards, Mirjm Kuehne RIPE NCC

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RIPE Atlas 2013: A Year In Review
by Michela Galante 13 Jan '14

13 Jan '14

Dear colleagues, 2013 was an exciting year for RIPE Atlas. Take a look at what you helped us to achieve in 2013, in the new article on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/michela_galante/ripe-atlas-2013-year-in-review Kind regards, Michela Galante Measurements Community Building RIPE NCC

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Proposing more public RIPE Atlas data and clarifying the current situation
by Vesna Manojlovic 10 Jan '14

10 Jan '14

Dear colleagues, Sharing information about Internet performance is at the heart of collaborative efforts such as RIPE Atlas. Most of the RIPE Atlas probes and RIPE Atlas measurements are already public, and we'd now like to suggest opening up the publication of RIPE Atlas data further. We also want to clarify exactly what is and isn't public in the current system. We describe this in more detail in this RIPE Labs article, where we also ask for community feedback about our suggested plan to move forward: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/proposing-making-ripe-atlas-data-more-p… Our proposed plan is to make all *new* measurements and technical information about the *new* probes public from an agreed upon date in the future. We propose implementing this change in mid-April. All probes and measurements that were not marked "public" by April 2014 would remain non-"public". For a detailed description of what this means, please see the RIPE Labs article (above). Although we believe that having public measurement data contributes to the goal of RIPE Atlas, the RIPE NCC greatly values our users' privacy. We want to ensure you that we will continue to protect our probe hosts' personal information. We look forward to your feedback and comments on the MAT Working Group Mailing List. Regards, Vesna Manojlovic Senior Community Builder Measurements Community Building RIPE NCC

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