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

The Beta Version of the New DNSMON is Now Available
by Vesna Manojlovic 08 Sep '14

08 Sep '14

Dear colleagues, The DNS Monitoring Service (DNSMON) has been providing a comprehensive, objective and up-to-date overview of the quality of various global and regional DNS operators' services since 2003. We are in the process of integrating DNSMON within RIPE Atlas and the beta version of the new DNSMON is now publicly available: https://atlas.ripe.net/dnsmon We have also published a RIPE Labs article detailing what’s changed in the new DNSMON: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/fatemah_mafi/an-updated-dns-monitoring-service We invite you all to try the new service and provide your feedback. We’re confident that the new DNSMON will continue to meet your needs and hope that you'll be happy with the new features. Please send your comments and questions to the DNS Working Group Mailing List at dns-wg(a)ripe.net. Kind regards, Vesna Manojlovic Measurements Community Building RIPE NCC

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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: RIPE Atlas: Latest Results API and Parsing Library
by Mirjam Kuehne 29 Apr '14

29 Apr '14

Dear colleagues, You can now get the latest results from any of your user-defined measurements with a new API created specifically for this purpose. In addition, we've developed a parsing library that can be used in combination with the new API to make it an even more useful tool. Please find more details on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-atlas-latest-resul… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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Draft agenda for MAT @ RIPE68
by Christian Kaufmann 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

Hello All, This is the draft agenda for the Measurement, Analysis and Tools Working Group session at RIPE68: A. Introduction: Welcome, Scribe, Jabber, Agenda (5m) B. Results: Interconnection density in IPv4 / IPv6 - Christian Kaufmann (15m) C. RIPE Atlas update - Vesna Manojlovic (RIPE NCC) (15m) D. Measuring Access Network Performance using Atlas - Vaibhav Bajpai (Jacobs U.) (20m) E. Fast Internet-wide Scanning and its Security and Measurement Applications - Zakir Durumeric (U. Michigan) (20m) F. RIPEstat update - Vesna Manojlovic (RIPE NCC) (15m) Z. AOB Timings are approximate. The session will take place at 16:00 local time on Thursday 15th May. See you in Warsaw! Richard & Christian

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Call for Presentations at RIPE 68
by Richard Barnes 05 Apr '14

05 Apr '14

Dear MAT WG, We co-chairs are beginning to put together the agenda for the MAT working group meeting at RIPE 68. If you have something you would like to present, please let us know no later than Monday, 14 Apr 2014. Thanks a lot, Richard Barnes and Christian Kaufmann MAT Co-Chairs

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New on RIPE Labs: BGP Leaks in Indonesia
by Mirjam Kuehne 04 Apr '14

04 Apr '14

Dear colleagues, We looked in some more detail at the BGP leak in Indonesia. Please find our analysis on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/wilhelm/bgp-leaks-in-indonesia Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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Milestone reached: 50 RIPE Atlas anchors! Latest six are...
by Vesna Manojlovic 02 Apr '14

02 Apr '14

Dear colleagues, We are proud to announce that six new RIPE Atlas anchors have been activated since my previous announcement two weeks ago: - es-bcn-as13041, hosted by CSUC in Barcelona, Spain - se-sto-as8674, hosted by Netnod in Stockholm, Sweden (RIS RRC) - ie-dub-as1213, hosted by HEAnet in Dublin, Ireland - de-kel-as13101, hosted by Ennit Server in Kiel, Germany - tn-tun-as5438 , hosted by ATI in Tunis, Tunisia - za-jnb-as10474, hosted by MWEB in Johannesburg, South Africa This brings the total number of anchors to 50. All RIPE Atlas anchors can be seen on this list: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ This marks a milestone in RIPE Atlas deployment: our goal is to have 100 anchors by the end of 2014, and today we are halfway there! RIPE NCC team is proud of the achievement, which was possible only through the community support. We are grateful to all the hosts, current and future ones! Congratulations, everyone! Kind regards, Vesna Manojlovic Measurements Community Building Team RIPE NCC

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