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by Nina Bargisen 05 Sep '18

05 Sep '18

Dear MAT WG, We are working on putting together the agenda for the MAT working group meeting on Wednesday the 17th of October at RIPE 77 in Amsterdam. So if you have something you would like to present, please let us know Thanks a lot, Brian and Nina MAT WG Chairs

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New on RIPE Labs: Researchers' first Encounter with the IETF Community: Measuring TCP, HTTP/2 and QUIC
by Mirjam Kuehne 04 Sep '18

04 Sep '18

Dear colleagues, Please read this new RIPE Labs article by two researchers who presented their measurement studies on QUIC, TCP Initial Windows, and HTTP/2 Server Push at the IRTF MAPRG meeting: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/torsten_zimmermann/researchers-first-encounte… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Report from TMA Conference
by Mirjam Kuehne 11 Jul '18

11 Jul '18

Dear colleagues, Please read this interesting report by my colleague Massimo Candela about his week at the Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis (TMA) Conference: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/massimo_candela/big-data-and-network-measurem… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Real-Time Monitoring and Troubleshooting of Web Browsing Sessions
by Mirjam Kuehne 22 Jun '18

22 Jun '18

Dear colleagues, This new RIPE Labs article by RACI fellow Antoine Saverimoutou introduces the MORIS (Measuring and Observing Representative Information of webSites) probe, a tool for measuring automated web browsing sessions, which allows to estimate end-users’ QoE (Quality of Experience) in various situations and to perform troubleshooting when it is degraded. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/antoine_saverimoutou/real-time-monitoring-and… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Opportunities and Challenges of Ad-based Measurements from the Edge of the Network
by Mirjam Kuehne 05 Jun '18

05 Jun '18

Dear colleagues, If you missed Patricia Callejo's presentation at the RIPE Meeting in Marseille, here is a summary on RIPE Labs: Opportunities and Challenges of Ad-based Measurements from the Edge of the Network https://labs.ripe.net/Members/patricia_callejo/opportunities-and-challenges… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Sketching Connectivity Between Users
by Mirjam Kuehne 01 Jun '18

01 Jun '18

Dear colleagues, We've been looking at user-to-user connections, based on RIPE Atlas measurements and ISP market share estimates provided by the APNIC. Please see some interesting graphs and a more detailed description in this new article on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/sketching-connectivity-between-users Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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comment on Thu presentation on Measuring Routing Insecurity
by Sandra Murphy 18 May '18

18 May '18

I am curious about Andrei’s presentation ("Measuring Routing Insecurity”): How is an incident known? What do you use as the start of an incident, especially if you are going to try to measure mediation time? Many hijacks mentioned on the nanog list bring responses from operators who had their own incidents to report that would otherwise have not been reported. So clearly not all are reported. Incidents mentioned on the nanog list sometimes lead to discovery of related hijacks by the same ISP. Many hijacks mentioned on the nanog list are discovered to have been going on for quite some time, like days. ISPs that have been propagating a hijack for days may not have been alerted that a hijack has occurred. Sometimes the message on nanog notes that the ISP has been contacted but has not responded. Are you going to do your own discovery of hijacks? Based on what? Is the start of the hijack the start of the incident? the report on nanog? the contact to the ISP? Randy’s comment about active measurement gets at the same questions. It is much easier to know an incident has occurred and when it started if you are in control of the incident. —Sandy

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Working group Agenda for RIPE76
by Nina Bargisen 23 Apr '18

23 Apr '18

Hello All, This is the draft agenda for the Measurement, Analysis and Tools Working Group session at RIPE76: A. Introduction: Welcome, Scribe, Jabber, Agenda - 5 min B. Opportunities and Challenges of Ad-based Measurements from the Edge of the Network, Patricia Callejo - 15 min C. Real Time Monitoring and Troubleshooting of Web Browsing Sessions, Antoine Saverimoutou - 15 min D. Multi-Gbps HTTP Traffic Analysis in Commodity Hardware Based on Local Knowledge of TCP Streams, Carlos Vega - 15 min E. NCC tools, Robert Kisteleki - 15 min F. Perceptual evaluation of web-browsing, Dario Rossi - 15 min Z. AOB, 5 min Timings are approximate:-) The session will take place at Palais du Pharo Convention Centre of Marseille, Thursday 17 May 2018 at 16:00 See you in Marseilles! Nina and Brian MAT WG Chairs

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Call for Agenda Items, MAT-WG, RIPE 76
by Brian Trammell 20 Apr '18

20 Apr '18

Greetings, all, We're putting together the agenda for the MAT-WG meeting at RIPE 76 in Marseille (Thursday afternoon 17 May at 16:00), and we have a little time left; if you'd like to propose a topic or presentation, please send a brief proposal to Nina and I, your chairs, at mat-wg-chairs(a)ripe.net, by this Friday. Many thanks, cheers, Brian (MAT WG co-chair)

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New on RIPE Labs: Fixing Reachability to 1.1.1.1, GLOBALLY!
by Mirjam Kuehne 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

Dear colleagues, In this new article on RIPE Labs Marty Strong describes how they used RIPE Atlas to test and improve reachability to 1.1.1.1: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/marty_strong/fixing-reachability-to-1-1-1-1-g… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: RIPE Atlas Measurement Tagging
by Mirjam Kuehne 12 Apr '18

12 Apr '18

Dear colleagues, The new RIPE Atlas measurement tagging feature is now available. Please find more details in this new RIPE Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/chris_amin/ripe-atlas-measurement-tagging Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Report from the Conference on Passive and Active Measurements
by Mirjam Kuehne 06 Apr '18

06 Apr '18

Dear colleagues, Last week my colleague Emile Aben attended the Passive and Active Measurement (PAM) conference in Berlin. In this article on RIPE Labs we present some highlights and key insights: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/report-from-the-conference-on-passi… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Hackathons are Awesome!
by Mirjam Kuehne 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

Dear colleagues, In December 2014, we announced our first RIPE NCC hackathon, and since then we had six. Looking back at these glorious events, we notice the results and inspirations they produced, and we are preparing for the exciting future. This article is a big THANK YOU to the community that made it possible: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/hackathons-are-awesome Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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Call for Presentations for RIPE 76 in Marseilles
by Nina Bargisen 17 Feb '18

17 Feb '18

Dear MAT WG, We are working on putting together the agenda for the MAT working group meeting on Thursday 17h May at RIPE 76 in Marseilles. So if you have something you would like to present, please let us know till the 15th April Thanks a lot, Brian and Nina MAT WG Chairs

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New on RIPE Labs: Announcing Daily RIPE Atlas Data Archives
by Mirjam Kuehne 16 Feb '18

16 Feb '18

Dear colleagues, In this article we present a new way to access the dataset on the RIPE Atlas platform. Instead of fetching individual results from measurements using the available APIs, you can now download files containing public measurements for a given day. Please find more details on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/petros_gigis/announcing-daily-ripe-atlas-data… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: OpenIPmap - A Collaborative Approach to Mapping Internet Infrastructure
by Mirjam Kuehne 14 Feb '18

14 Feb '18

Dear colleagues, OpenIPmap, the RIPE NCC’s tool for geolocating core Internet infrastructure, has undergone a full architectural overhaul. With a new set of APIs and interfaces designed to cater to the needs of all users, the system integrates various methods for estimating the geographical locations of IXPs, core routers and other components of Internet infrastructure. In this, the first of two RIPE Labs articles on the topic, we look at the evolution of OpenIPmap from its inception to today: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/jasper_den_hertog/openipmap-a-collaborative-a… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Measurements as the Key to Transparency
by Mirjam Kuehne 25 Jan '18

25 Jan '18

Dear colleagues, In this new article on RIPE Labs Alexander Azimov describes how they built a tool to visualise network latency measured with RIPE Atlas. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alexander_azimov/measurements-as-the-key-to-t… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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RIPE 75 MAT WG Draft Minutes
by Alun Davies 25 Jan '18

25 Jan '18

Hello all, Please find attached the draft minutes for the MAT WG session at RIPE 75. If you notice any changes or corrections that need to be made before the document is published online, please let us know. Best regards, Alun Davies RIPE NCC

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Call for presentations RIPE 76
by Benno Overeinder 23 Jan '18

23 Jan '18

Dear colleagues, Please find the CFP for RIPE 76 below or at: https://ripe76.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/. The deadline for submissions is *11 March 2018*. Please also note that speakers do not receive any extra reduction or funding towards the meeting fee at the RIPE Meetings, see the "Speakers" paragraph in CFP for more information. Kind regards, Benno Overeinder RIPE PC Chair https://ripe76.ripe.net/ripe-pc/ -------------------->>><<<-------------------- 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 76 will take place from 14-18 May in Marseille, France. The RIPE Programme Committee (PC) is now seeking content proposals from the RIPE community for the plenary sessions, BoFs (Birds of a Feather sessions), panels, workshops, tutorials and lightning talks at RIPE 76. See the full descriptions of the different presentation formats, https://ripe76.ripe.net/submit-topic/presentation-formats/. Proposals for plenary sessions, BoFs, panels, workshops and tutorials must be submitted for full consideration no later than *11 March 2018*. Proposals submitted after this date will be considered depending on the remaining available space in the programme. The PC is looking for presentations covering topics of network engineering and operations, including but not limited to: - IPv6 deployment - Managing IPv4 scarcity - Data centre technologies - Network and DNS operations - Internet governance and regulatory practices - Network and routing security - Content delivery - Internet peering and mobile data exchange - Connected Things (aka. Internet of Things - IoT) Speakers Presenters, RIPE Working Group Chairs and the RIPE Programme Committee are required to cover their own costs to attend a RIPE Meeting (meeting ticket, travel and accommodation). We have various ticket options available depending on your needs. In extraordinary circumstances, the RIPE Chair can waive the meeting fee for presenters. These requests are dealt with on a case-by-case basis via pc(a)ripe.net. Also note that, on an individual basis, participants can apply for a RIPE Fellowship to develop their professional or academic career. For more information, please visit: https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/ripe-fellowship Submissions Presenters should be clear on whether they wish to submit a presentation for a plenary or working group (WG) session. At present, most working groups will solicit policy proposals, discussion points or other content directly via their mailing lists. If you’re not sure what kind of session you should be presenting at, please visit: https://ripe76.ripe.net/plenary-or-wg/ 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. Presenters should indicate how much time they will require. In general, the time allocated for the different presentation formats is as follows: - Plenary presentations: 20-25 minutes presentation with 5-10 minutes discussion - Tutorials: up to two hours (Monday morning) - Workshops: one hour (during evening sessions) to two hours (Monday morning) - BoFs: approximately one hour (during evening sessions) - Lightning talks: 10 minutes total for both presentation and any discussion The following general requirements apply: - Proposals must be submitted using the meeting submission system, https://ripe76.ripe.net/submit-topic/ - Lightning talks should also be submitted using the meeting submission system (https://ripe76.ripe.net/submit-topic/) and can be submitted any time up to and including the meeting week. The allocation of lightning talks will be announced on short notice, in some cases on the same day but often one day prior to the time slot allocated. - Presenters who propose a panel or BoF are encouraged to include speakers from several (perhaps even competing) companies and/or a neutral facilitator. - All presentation proposals 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 panellists, presenters and moderators. If you have any questions or requests concerning content submissions, please email pc(a)ripe.net. -- Benno J. Overeinder NLnet Labs https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/

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New on RIPE Labs: Ruru: Real-time Wide-area TCP Latency Monitoring
by Mirjam Kuehne 22 Jan '18

22 Jan '18

Dear colleagues, Please find this new article by Richard Cziva on RIPE Labs: Ruru: Real-time Wide-area TCP Latency Monitoring https://labs.ripe.net/Members/richard_cziva/ruru-real-time-wide-area-tcp-la… Richard presented parts of this during the RIPE 75 Meeting in Dubai. Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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Deadline extended: Call for applications for TMA 2018 Shadow PC
by Andra Lutu 18 Jan '18

18 Jan '18

Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference (TMA Conference 2018) June 26-29, 2018, Vienna, Austria http://tma.ifip.org/2018/ TMA 2018 Shadow PC ================== To provide an educational experience by introducing students to a review process and to subsequently train the next generation of program committee (PC) members, the TMA 2018 TPC would like to make submitted papers available to the shadow PC. Shadow PCs allow students and others interested in future PC service to read submitted papers and go through the reviewing process, ultimately arriving at a shadow conference program. This opportunity allows future PC members to learn first-hand about the peer-review process and gain experience as a reviewer. The shadow PC process is run on a different system and the shadow PC reviewers will not have any access to the real reviews, the names of the real reviewers, or any other data such as relative rankings. Shadow PC reviewers will have to abide by the same rules and restrictions applicable to regular PC members. This includes, but is not limited to, rules against discussing the papers outside of the PC context, or using in any way results from reviewed papers before such papers have been published. Delegated reviews (i.e., external reviews) are not allowed for the shadow PC. A submitted paper is made available to the shadow PC by default; authors will have the opportunity to opt-out during the paper submission process. Shadow reviews for papers that are reviewed by the shadow PC will be sent out after the actual TMA’18 review process. Authors who have participated in previous shadow PCs have found the additional reviews helpful; however, these reviews will have no bearing on acceptance to the technical program. You can directly contribute to a successful shadow PC and benefit from the additional feedback on your submission by making your paper available to the shadow PC with no extra overhead. Simply indicate your choice in the HotCrp submission site. Shadow PC Chairs (contact: shadow-tma18(a)cm.in.tum.de) -- Vaibhav Bajpai (Technische Universität München) -- Andra Lutu (Simula Research Laboratory) -- Oliver Hohlfeld (RWTH Aachen University) Call for Applications ===================== Following a successful model used at other premier technical conferences such as SIGCOMM, CoNext, EuroSys, NSDI, and IMC, TMA will be organizing its first Shadow Program Committee in 2018. The Shadow PC will consist of PhD students, early-career academics, and junior researchers and will provide reviews on a subset of submissions to the conference. Paper authors can choose to opt-out for shadow reviews. The TMA Shadow PC will function much like an independent version of the “Senior” PC, including holding an in-person or online PC meeting and deciding the program of papers it would have selected (note that only authors will learn the “shadow” fate of their own papers, which will have no impact on the actual TMA PC process). Shadow PC members will be expected to review a full load of 5-10 papers (depending on the number of submissions selected for the Shadow PC process) on time and participate in online discussion, as well as follow the ethical standards of peer review. Shadow PC members will also be required to do a small amount of reading about the PC process. Shadow PC members must respect the anonymity of the review process and not share which papers they have reviewed or solicit sub-reviews. Shadow PC members who do not adhere to the review deadlines will be excluded from the process. Shadow PC reviews will be made available (anonymized) to the authors. The Shadow PC meeting will likely be held on March 28 in Berlin co-located with PAM (details TBD). Shadow PC members should attend in-person or online (some travel grants will be available to support attendance). Shadow PC members will not attend the Senior PC meeting, and the Shadow PC program acceptance decisions will not be made available publicly. However, some PC members might attend the shadow PC meeting to help with the discussions. If you are interested in participating, please apply by uploading your application material to http://hotcrp.cm.in.tum.de/shadow-tpc-tma18 submission site by Jan 15th, 2018, Midnight Pacific time. Your application should consist of a single PDF file which includes a CV and a brief (0.25-1 pg) motivation statement explaining why you’d like to participate in the shadow PC. Be sure to include your name, position/year of study, areas of research experience, publications (feel free to include tech reports, papers under submission/preparation, and unreviewed manuscripts, as long as you indicate them as such) or past reviewing experience (ok to have none). Important Dates =============== Deadline to Apply for Shadow PC: *February 1, 2018* Notification of Acceptance to Shadow PC: *February 8, 2018* Shadow Review Period: February 17 – March 21, 2018 Shadow Discussion Period: March 21 – March 27, 2018 Shadow PC Meeting: March 28, 2018 -- Andra Lutu Postdoctoral Fellow Mobile: +47 458 36 244 Simula Research Laboratory Visiting address: Martin Linges vei 17, 1364 Fornebu, Norway Mailing address: P.O.Box 134, 1325 Lysaker, Norway ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Homepage: https:/www./simula.no/ <http://simula.no/>

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Call for applications for TMA Shadow PC
by Bajpai, Vaibhav 09 Jan '18

09 Jan '18

Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference (TMA Conference 2018) June 26-29, 2018, Vienna, Austria http://tma.ifip.org/2018/ TMA 2018 Shadow PC ================== To provide an educational experience by introducing students to a review process and to subsequently train the next generation of program committee (PC) members, the TMA 2018 TPC would like to make submitted papers available to the shadow PC. Shadow PCs allow students and others interested in future PC service to read submitted papers and go through the reviewing process, ultimately arriving at a shadow conference program. This opportunity allows future PC members to learn first-hand about the peer-review process and gain experience as a reviewer. The shadow PC process is run on a different system and the shadow PC reviewers will not have any access to the real reviews, the names of the real reviewers, or any other data such as relative rankings. Shadow PC reviewers will have to abide by the same rules and restrictions applicable to regular PC members. This includes, but is not limited to, rules against discussing the papers outside of the PC context, or using in any way results from reviewed papers before such papers have been published. Delegated reviews (i.e., external reviews) are not allowed for the shadow PC. A submitted paper is made available to the shadow PC by default; authors will have the opportunity to opt-out during the paper submission process. Shadow reviews for papers that are reviewed by the shadow PC will be sent out after the actual TMA’18 review process. Authors who have participated in previous shadow PCs have found the additional reviews helpful; however, these reviews will have no bearing on acceptance to the technical program. You can directly contribute to a successful shadow PC and benefit from the additional feedback on your submission by making your paper available to the shadow PC with no extra overhead. Simply indicate your choice in the HotCrp submission site. Shadow PC Chairs (contact: shadow-tma18(a)cm.in.tum.de) -- Vaibhav Bajpai (Technische Universität München) -- Andra Lutu (Simula Research Laboratory) -- Oliver Hohlfeld (RWTH Aachen University) Call for Applications ===================== Following a successful model used at other premier technical conferences such as SIGCOMM, CoNext, EuroSys, NSDI, and IMC, TMA will be organizing its first Shadow Program Committee in 2018. The Shadow PC will consist of PhD students, early-career academics, and junior researchers and will provide reviews on a subset of submissions to the conference. Paper authors can choose to opt-out for shadow reviews. The TMA Shadow PC will function much like an independent version of the “Senior” PC, including holding an in-person or online PC meeting and deciding the program of papers it would have selected (note that only authors will learn the “shadow” fate of their own papers, which will have no impact on the actual TMA PC process). Shadow PC members will be expected to review a full load of 5-10 papers (depending on the number of submissions selected for the Shadow PC process) on time and participate in online discussion, as well as follow the ethical standards of peer review. Shadow PC members will also be required to do a small amount of reading about the PC process. Shadow PC members must respect the anonymity of the review process and not share which papers they have reviewed or solicit sub-reviews. Shadow PC members who do not adhere to the review deadlines will be excluded from the process. Shadow PC reviews will be made available (anonymized) to the authors. The Shadow PC meeting will likely be held on March 28 in Berlin co-located with PAM (details TBD). Shadow PC members should attend in-person or online (some travel grants will be available to support attendance). Shadow PC members will not attend the Senior PC meeting, and the Shadow PC program acceptance decisions will not be made available publicly. However, some PC members might attend the shadow PC meeting to help with the discussions. If you are interested in participating, please apply by uploading your application material to http://hotcrp.cm.in.tum.de/shadow-tpc-tma18 submission site by Jan 15th, 2018, Midnight Pacific time. Your application should consist of a single PDF file which includes a CV and a brief (0.25-1 pg) motivation statement explaining why you’d like to participate in the shadow PC. Be sure to include your name, position/year of study, areas of research experience, publications (feel free to include tech reports, papers under submission/preparation, and unreviewed manuscripts, as long as you indicate them as such) or past reviewing experience (ok to have none). Important Dates =============== Deadline to Apply for Shadow PC: Jan 15, 2018 Notification of Acceptance to Shadow PC: Feb 01, 2018 Shadow Review Period: Feb 17, 2018 - Mar 21, 2018 Shadow Discussion Period: Mar 21, 2018 - Mar 27, 2018 Shadow PC Meeting: Mar 28, 2018 -- Vaibhav -------------------------- Vaibhav Bajpai www.vaibhavbajpai.com Postdoctoral Researcher TU Munich, Germany --------------------------

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New on RIPE Labs: Using RIPEstat to Analyse Cable Cuts in Chile
by Mirjam Kuehne 05 Jan '18

05 Jan '18

Dear colleagues, Please read on RIPE Labs how Hugo Salgado from NIC Chile used RIPEstat to analyse cable cuts that occurred in Chile in December: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/hugo_salgado/using-ripestat-to-analyse-cable-… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Plan of Action for RIPE Atlas Anchor VMs
by Mirjam Kuehne 21 Dec '17

21 Dec '17

Dear colleagues, Members of the RIPE Atlas community have asked us to implement RIPE Atlas vantage points as Virtual Machines (VMs). In order to address these requests, we came up with a plan of action: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/kistel/plan-of-action-for-ripe-atlas-anchor-v… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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Call for applications for TMA Shadow PC
by Bajpai, Vaibhav 19 Dec '17

19 Dec '17

Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference (TMA Conference 2018) June 26-29, 2018, Vienna, Austria http://tma.ifip.org/2018/ TMA 2018 Shadow PC ================== To provide an educational experience by introducing students to a review process and to subsequently train the next generation of program committee (PC) members, the TMA 2018 TPC would like to make submitted papers available to the shadow PC. Shadow PCs allow students and others interested in future PC service to read submitted papers and go through the reviewing process, ultimately arriving at a shadow conference program. This opportunity allows future PC members to learn first-hand about the peer-review process and gain experience as a reviewer. The shadow PC process is run on a different system and the shadow PC reviewers will not have any access to the real reviews, the names of the real reviewers, or any other data such as relative rankings. Shadow PC reviewers will have to abide by the same rules and restrictions applicable to regular PC members. This includes, but is not limited to, rules against discussing the papers outside of the PC context, or using in any way results from reviewed papers before such papers have been published. Delegated reviews (i.e., external reviews) are not allowed for the shadow PC. A submitted paper is made available to the shadow PC by default; authors will have the opportunity to opt-out during the paper submission process. Shadow reviews for papers that are reviewed by the shadow PC will be sent out after the actual TMA’18 review process. Authors who have participated in previous shadow PCs have found the additional reviews helpful; however, these reviews will have no bearing on acceptance to the technical program. You can directly contribute to a successful shadow PC and benefit from the additional feedback on your submission by making your paper available to the shadow PC with no extra overhead. Simply indicate your choice in the HotCrp submission site. Shadow PC Chairs (contact: shadow-tma18(a)cm.in.tum.de) -- Vaibhav Bajpai (Technische Universität München) -- Andra Lutu (Simula Research Laboratory) -- Oliver Hohlfeld (RWTH Aachen University) Call for Applications ===================== Following a successful model used at other premier technical conferences such as SIGCOMM, CoNext, EuroSys, NSDI, and IMC, TMA will be organizing its first Shadow Program Committee in 2018. The Shadow PC will consist of PhD students, early-career academics, and junior researchers and will provide reviews on a subset of submissions to the conference. Paper authors can choose to opt-out for shadow reviews. The TMA Shadow PC will function much like an independent version of the “Senior” PC, including holding an in-person or online PC meeting and deciding the program of papers it would have selected (note that only authors will learn the “shadow” fate of their own papers, which will have no impact on the actual TMA PC process). Shadow PC members will be expected to review a full load of 5-10 papers (depending on the number of submissions selected for the Shadow PC process) on time and participate in online discussion, as well as follow the ethical standards of peer review. Shadow PC members will also be required to do a small amount of reading about the PC process. Shadow PC members must respect the anonymity of the review process and not share which papers they have reviewed or solicit sub-reviews. Shadow PC members who do not adhere to the review deadlines will be excluded from the process. Shadow PC reviews will be made available (anonymized) to the authors. The Shadow PC meeting will likely be held on March 28 in Berlin co-located with PAM (details TBD). Shadow PC members should attend in-person or online (some travel grants will be available to support attendance). Shadow PC members will not attend the Senior PC meeting, and the Shadow PC program acceptance decisions will not be made available publicly. However, some PC members might attend the shadow PC meeting to help with the discussions. If you are interested in participating, please apply by uploading your application material to http://hotcrp.cm.in.tum.de/shadow-tpc-tma18 submission site by Jan 15th, 2018, Midnight Pacific time. Your application should consist of a single PDF file which includes a CV and a brief (0.25-1 pg) motivation statement explaining why you’d like to participate in the shadow PC. Be sure to include your name, position/year of study, areas of research experience, publications (feel free to include tech reports, papers under submission/preparation, and unreviewed manuscripts, as long as you indicate them as such) or past reviewing experience (ok to have none). Important Dates =============== Deadline to Apply for Shadow PC: Jan 15, 2018 Notification of Acceptance to Shadow PC: Feb 01, 2018 Shadow Review Period: Feb 17, 2018 - Mar 21, 2018 Shadow Discussion Period: Mar 21, 2018 - Mar 27, 2018 Shadow PC Meeting: Mar 28, 2018 -- Vaibhav -------------------------- Vaibhav Bajpai www.vaibhavbajpai.com Postdoctoral Researcher TU Munich, Germany --------------------------

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DMARC Solution Applied to this Mailing List
by Adam Castle 18 Dec '17

18 Dec '17

Dear Working Group, As more email providers enable Domain Message Authentication Reporting & Conformance (DMARC), some people find they can no longer receive emails from the mailing lists they are subscribed to. We have deployed a Mailman setting change to address this problem. After consultation with the RIPE Working Group Chairs, we have enabled the DMARC "Munge From" setting on all RIPE mailing lists. This means that if your email service provider has DMARC enabled, you will continue to receive all emails sent to this mailing list, but the "From" part of the header will change. If you don't have DMARC enabled, you won't see any change to the emails you receive from this mailing list. You can find more information about how we have been handling DMARC in the following RIPE Labs articles: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/adam_castle/dmarc-and-the-ripe-ncc https://labs.ripe.net/Members/adam_castle/ripe-mailing-lists-and-dmarc To ensure all working group participants are aware of the changes, I am sending this mail to all working groups. If you have any questions or encounter any issues on this mailing list, please let me know. Many thanks. Adam Castle Web Services Manager RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Impressions from the Internet Measurement Conference 2017
by Mirjam Kuehne 10 Nov '17

10 Nov '17

Dear colleagues, This year's Internet Measurement Conference (IMC) was held in London from 1 - 3 November. In this article on RIPE Labs we highlight some of the presented work that we think is interesting and that the RIPE community might find useful. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/impressions-from-the-internet-measu… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Current Network Connectivity from Puerto Rico
by Mirjam Kuehne 05 Oct '17

05 Oct '17

Dear colleagues, Hurricanes Irma and Maria struck massive damage across the Caribbean this year. In disaster recovery situations, the Internet is critical communications infrastructure. In this new RIPE Labs article, we look at the observable network effects on Puerto Rico in the aftermath of hurricane Maria: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/stephen_strowes/observable-network-connectivi… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuhne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Celebrating 10, 000 Active RIPE Atlas Probes
by Mirjam Kuehne 29 Sep '17

29 Sep '17

Dear colleagues, In August 2017, just short of seven years after RIPE Atlas was launched, the number of connected RIPE Atlas probes hit 10,000. That’s a lot of probes and it marks a big moment for the RIPE Atlas project. You can find some more details and an overview of recent developments on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alun_davies/celebrating-10000-active-ripe-atl… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuhne RIPE NCC

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New RIPE Labs article on RIPE Atlas v3 Anchors
by Alun Davies 28 Sep '17

28 Sep '17

Dear colleagues, In this RIPE Labs article the RIPE NCC looks into hardware specifications and logistics for the next generation of RIPE Atlas anchors: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alun_davies/introducing-ripe-atlas-v3-anchors Best regards, Alun Davies RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Measuring your Web Server Reachability with TCP Ping
by Mirjam Kuehne 27 Sep '17

27 Sep '17

Dear colleagues, HTTP measurements from RIPE Atlas probes are only possible towards RIPE Atlas anchors. However, when it comes to measuring the connectivity and latency of web servers on the network level, an alternative exists, which we call TCP Ping: a traceroute with special options that mimic the TCP handshake that takes place when an HTTP connection is established. In this RIPE Labs article we compare the results of large scale HTTP and TCP Ping measurements: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/wilhelm/measuring-your-web-server-reachabilit… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuhne RIPE NCC

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Draft agenda for MAT-WG @ RIPE 75
by Nina Bargisen 13 Sep '17

13 Sep '17

Hello All, This is the draft agenda for the Measurement, Analysis and Tools Working Group session at RIPE75: A. Introduction: Welcome, Scribe, Jabber, Agenda - 5 min B. Introduction of Brian Trammel - 5 min C. Comparing a set of latency measurements - Agustin Formoso - 20 min D. A new almost reliable UDP protocol - Nuno M. Garcia - 25 min E. Country Reports and OpenIPMap - RipeNCC - 30 min F. Reflections and Saying bye - Christian Kaufmann - 5 min Z. AOB Timings are approximate:-) The session will take place at 09:00 local time on Tuesday 24th September. See you in Dubai! Nina and CK MAT WG Chairs

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Call for MAT CoChair candidates
by ckaufman 12 Sep '17

12 Sep '17

Dear MAT WG, the time has come to make my “Chair” vacant and bring some fresh blood into the MAT WG:-) As you might remember I am one of original three MAT WG CoChairs since the MAT was rechartered out of the original Test Traffic WG at RIPE60 in Prague. Originally I was chairing together with Ian Meikle and Richard Barnes which left over the years and where eventually succeeded by Nina Bargisen. (Job description for interested Candidates:-)) I have done the job now for 7,5 years prepared the session, chaired the session, answered emails, welcomed new attendees at RIPE Meetings, represented the WG at ENOG and sometimes other conferences, had countless conversation with Daniel, Robert, Kaveh and of course Vesna about RIPE Atlas and the Anchors and about further and future collaboration. Attended RIPE Hackathons. Participated in the PDP review and in the WG collective as your representative, etc. These are all tasks a MAT WG CoChair does do to one or the other degree, and which you should be interested in if you apply for it. In the last years we came up with an election process which was approved by you and used when we elected Nina and which I want to use now for replacing me. We will go through the process as described below and ideally present the new WG CoChair at the next WG Session in Dubai. After the Dubai Meeting I will then officially step down. The process: 1. A call for interested parties is made on the WG mailing list at three yearly intervals, or as needed 2. Interested parties have 2 weeks to make their interest known via the mailing list 3. The MAT-WG chairs issue a call for discussion as per normal. WG members express their approval or otherwise of the presented candidates. 4. After two weeks the chairs declare consensus as they would do for a policy proposal As a remainder our Charter and Website can be found at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/groups/wg/mat <https://www.ripe.net/ripe/groups/wg/mat> and the official Job description at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-542 <https://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-542> Please feel free to nominate yourself if you are interested or shanghai others ( with their approval:-)) till the 11th September. Thx a lot and it was a pleasure to serve you. Christian Kaufmann MAT WG Co-Chair PS: I want to thank the RIPE NCC for their support over all the years, without them there would be no MAT WG, especially Mark Dranse who inspired me to start this journey, Daniel for starting RIPE Atlas and his vision, Rob B. for his wisdom as RIPE Chair, Robert and Kaveh for their never ending support and input, Vesna for her spirit and energy and for bringing so many people together, Amanda for the minutes and Hans Petter for doing an excellent job as a WG Chair Dompteur. And last but not least Nina for continuing the WG and her support in the last years.

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New on RIPE Labs: Evaluation of Hurricane Harvey's Effects on the Internet's Edge
by Mirjam Kuehne 08 Sep '17

08 Sep '17

Dear colleagues, In this new article on RIPE Labs, John Heidemann, researcher at USC/ISI, evaluates the effects of Hurricane Harvey and examines what outages in edge networks can say about damage on the ground. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/john_heidemann/evaluation-of-hurricane-harvey… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuhne RIPE NCC

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[Training] Launching RIPE NCC:: Educa - Online Learning Event
by Sandra Bras 04 Sep '17

04 Sep '17

Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC has a new way to dive deep into a topic without having to travel or leave your desk. RIPE NCC::Educa are free, online learning events that bring industry experts together to share insight, expertise and best practice with those that want more in-depth knowledge on a particular subject. Our first event focuses on RIPE Atlas on Thursday, 5 October from 8:00 - 13:00 UTC. Reserve your place here: https://www.ripe.net/support/training/ripe-ncc-educa <https://www.ripe.net/support/training/ripe-ncc-educa> You can join us for one session, multiple sessions or the full programme. We’re updating the agenda constantly, so be sure to check here for the latest additions: https://www.ripe.net/support/training/ripe-ncc-educa/agenda <https://www.ripe.net/support/training/ripe-ncc-educa/agenda> For more information on RIPE NCC::Educa, check out our RIPE Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/sandra_bras/introducing-ripe-ncc-educa <https://labs.ripe.net/Members/sandra_bras/introducing-ripe-ncc-educa> If you have any questions, please get in touch with us: <e-learning(a)ripe.net <mailto:e-learning@ripe.net>> Warm regards, Sandra Brás E-Learning Program Manager RIPE NCC

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Plan to Implement RIPE Atlas WiFi Measurements
by Robert Kisteleki 30 Aug '17

30 Aug '17

Dear colleagues, We wanted to update the community and let you know that we plan to start work on the proposed experiment with WiFi measurements in mid-2016. As we communicated in a recent RIPE Labs article, we will work with GÉANT as a test partner to learn more about the operational effects of introducing WiFi measurements to the RIPE Atlas system, in addition to the benefits we believe this could provide for the entire RIPE Atlas community. Please see the article for more details if you are interested: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-atlas-wifi-measure… We will continue to update you once we’ve begun work on this plan, and we welcome your comments in the meantime. Regards, Robert Kisteleki RIPE NCC

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Are you using passive on-path RTT measurements in day-to-day operations?
by Brian Trammell 29 Aug '17

29 Aug '17

Greetings, all, I've proposed a lightning talk on this subject for Dubai, but it occurred to me that this working group might be a better place to answer this question: how prevalent is the use of passive latency measurement (e.g., by looking at DNS request/response times, or TCP seq-ack / timestamp delays) in everyday network operations, and for what is it commonly used? I ask this question in the context of a very specific design proposal before the IETF's QUIC working group. QUIC encrypts almost all of its header information beyond that needed for its crypto handshake, which makes equivalent techniques to those used in TCP impossible: you see no ACK numbers, and no timestamps, so it's impossible to match an upstream QUIC packet with its downstream counterpart. However, a recently proposed addition to the spec (https://github.com/quicwg/base-drafts/pull/609) would add a single bit to the header which would be explicitly intended for passive round trip time measurement. Since this adds a small amount of complexity to the wire image, one useful piece of input to the decision whether or not to add this measurability is how useful it is, in terms of operational impact of having passive measurability go away as TCP flows are replaced by QUIC flows. Thanks, cheers, Brian

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Call for Presentations at RIPE 75 in Dubai
by ckaufman 28 Aug '17

28 Aug '17

Dear MAT WG, We are working on putting together the agenda for the MAT working group meeting on Tuesday 24th October at RIPE 75 in Dubai and there are still slots left.:-) So if you have something you would like to present, please let us know till the 11th September. Thanks a lot, Nina and CK MAT WG Chairs PS: Important information! RIPE 75 will commence on Sunday 22 October and end on Thursday 26 October, as this is the standard working week in Dubai.

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Last call for presentations and Draft programme for RIPE 75
by Benno Overeinder 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

Colleagues, A list of currently accepted RIPE 75 presentations is now published at: https://ripe75.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/draft-programme/ There are still plenary, BoF, tutorial and workshop slots remaining for the final RIPE 75 programme and RIPE Programme Committee will accept new proposals until *6 September 2017*. This is our last call for you to submit your proposals. You can find the CFP for RIPE 75 below or at https://ripe75.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/, for your proposals for plenary session presentations, tutorials, workshops, BoFs (Birds of a Feather sessions) and lightning talks. Please also note that speakers do not receive any extra reduction or funding towards the meeting fee at the RIPE Meetings. Update to UAE DTCM requirements: It is now confirmed that a photocopy of speakers' passports is *not* required. Non-UAE/international speakers need only to provide: * Passport number * Date of birth * A short biography (at least 60 words) Residents of the UAE are required to upload a copy of their Emirates ID (in jpeg format). More details are available here: https://ripe75.ripe.net/attend/dctm-requirements Kind regards, Benno Overeinder RIPE PC Chair https://ripe75.ripe.net/ripe-pc/ -------------------->>><<<-------------------- 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 75 will take place from 22-26 October in Dubai, UAE. The RIPE Programme Committee (PC) is now seeking content proposals from the RIPE community for the plenary sessions, BoFs (Birds of a Feather sessions), panels, workshops, tutorials and lightning talks at RIPE 75. See the full descriptions of the different presentation formats, https://ripe75.ripe.net/submit-topic/presentation-formats/. Proposals for plenary sessions, BoFs, panels, workshops and tutorials must be submitted for full consideration no later than *6 September 2017*. The PC is looking for presentations covering topics of network engineering and operations, including but not limited to: - IPv6 deployment - Managing IPv4 scarcity - Data centre technologies - Network and DNS operations - Internet governance and regulatory practices - Network and routing security - Content delivery - Internet peering and mobile data exchange - Connected Things (aka. Internet of Things - IoT) Speakers Due to UAE law, confirmed Non-UAE/international speakers need to provide: * Passport number * Date of birth * A short biography (at least 60 words) Residents of the UAE are required to upload a copy of their Emirates ID (in jpeg format). More details are available here: https://ripe75.ripe.net/attend/dctm-requirements Please also note that speakers do not receive any discount or funding towards the meeting fee at RIPE Meetings. 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. Presenters should indicate how much time they will require. In general, the time allocated for the different presentation formats is as follows: - Plenary presentations: 20-25 minutes presentation with 5-10 minutes discussion - Tutorials: up to two hours (Monday morning) - Workshops: one hour (during evening sessions) to two hours (Monday morning) - BoFs: approximately one hour - Lightning talks: 10 minutes total for both presentation and any discussion The following general requirements apply: - Proposals must be submitted using the meeting submission system, https://ripe75.ripe.net/submit-topic/ - Lightning talks should also be submitted using the meeting submission system (https://ripe75.ripe.net/submit-topic/) and can be submitted any time up to and including the meeting week. The allocation of lightning talks will be announced on short notice, in some cases on the same day but often one day prior to the time slot allocated. - Presenters who propose a panel or BoF are encouraged to include speakers from several (perhaps even competing) companies and/or a neutral facilitator. - All presentation proposals 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 panellists, presenters and moderators. 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: Processing RIPE Atlas Results with jq
by Mirjam Kuehne 21 Aug '17

21 Aug '17

Dear colleagues, Please find this new article by Stephane Bortzmeyer on RIPE Labs: Processing RIPE Atlas Results with jq https://labs.ripe.net/Members/stephane_bortzmeyer/processing-ripe-atlas-res… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuhne RIPE NCC

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2nd call for presentations RIPE 75
by Benno Overeinder 14 Aug '17

14 Aug '17

Dear colleagues, Please note the approaching deadline of *20 August 2017* for RIPE 75 plenary programme submissions. You can find the CFP for RIPE 75 below or at https://ripe75.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/, for your proposals for plenary session presentations, tutorials, workshops, BoFs (Birds of a Feather sessions) and lightning talks. Please also note that speakers do not receive any extra reduction or funding towards the meeting fee at the RIPE Meetings. Note: Due to UAE law, confirmed speakers will need to submit a copy of their passport and contact information in advance of the meeting. More details are available here: https://ripe75.ripe.net/attend/dctm-requirements Kind regards, Benno Overeinder RIPE PC Chair https://ripe75.ripe.net/ripe-pc/ -------------------->>><<<-------------------- 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 75 will take place from 22-26 October in Dubai, UAE. The RIPE Programme Committee (PC) is now seeking content proposals from the RIPE community for the plenary sessions, BoFs (Birds of a Feather sessions), panels, workshops, tutorials and lightning talks at RIPE 75. See the full descriptions of the different presentation formats, https://ripe75.ripe.net/submit-topic/presentation-formats/. Proposals for plenary sessions, BoFs, panels, workshops and tutorials must be submitted for full consideration no later than *20 August 2017*. Proposals submitted after this date will be considered depending on the remaining available space in the programme. The PC is looking for presentations covering topics of network engineering and operations, including but not limited to: - IPv6 deployment - Managing IPv4 scarcity - Data centre technologies - Network and DNS operations - Internet governance and regulatory practices - Network and routing security - Content delivery - Internet peering and mobile data exchange - Connected Things (aka. Internet of Things - IoT) Speakers Due to UAE law, confirmed speakers will need to submit a copy of their passport and contact information in advance of the meeting. More details are available here: https://ripe75.ripe.net/attend/dctm-requirements Please also note that speakers do not receive any discount or funding towards the meeting fee at RIPE Meetings. 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. Presenters should indicate how much time they will require. In general, the time allocated for the different presentation formats is as follows: - Plenary presentations: 20-25 minutes presentation with 5-10 minutes discussion - Tutorials: up to two hours (Monday morning) - Workshops: one hour (during evening sessions) to two hours (Monday morning) - BoFs: approximately one hour - Lightning talks: 10 minutes total for both presentation and any discussion The following general requirements apply: - Proposals must be submitted using the meeting submission system, https://ripe75.ripe.net/submit-topic/ - Lightning talks should also be submitted using the meeting submission system (https://ripe75.ripe.net/submit-topic/) and can be submitted any time up to and including the meeting week. The allocation of lightning talks will be announced on short notice, in some cases on the same day but often one day prior to the time slot allocated. - Presenters who propose a panel or BoF are encouraged to include speakers from several (perhaps even competing) companies and/or a neutral facilitator. - All presentation proposals 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 panellists, presenters and moderators. 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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Join RIPE NCC Hackathon Version 6, 4-5. November, Copenhagen, Denmark
by Vesna Manojlovic 08 Aug '17

08 Aug '17

Dear colleagues, The sixth RIPE NCC hackathon will take place on Saturday and Sunday, 4-5 November 2017 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The topic is: IPv6! We're looking for creative thinkers: front-end developers, UI designers, network operators, researchers, hackers and other enthusiastic coders, to help us develop new tools that would enable deployment of IPv6 and visualizations based on IPv6 measurements data. All source code developed during the hackathon will be publicly licensed and available on GitHub, and will be free for the entire community to use. -------------------- How to Apply -------------------- Interested? Learn more and apply online today! https://atlas.ripe.net/hackathon/version6/#!application-form *The application deadline is 9.9.* (9th September) We look forward to seeing you there! Find out more in this RIPE Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/join-the-ripe-ncc-hackathon-version-6 Regards, Vesna Manojlovic Community Builder RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: SHA2017: Hackers' Camping, RIPE Topics
by Vesna Manojlovic 04 Aug '17

04 Aug '17

Dear colleagues, Today begins the newest edition of four-yearly Dutch summer camping conferences for and by hackers: SHA2017. http://sha2017.org/ Since there is an overlap between topics and participants within the RIPE community, this is an invitation to the talks and workshops - a small selection was recommended, from more then 200 lectures. There is a special sub-selection of workshops relevant to MAT-WG. Read more about it in this RIPE Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/sha2017-hackers-camping-ripe-topics ... or if you are there too, get in touch :) Regards, Vesna Manojlovic Community Builder RIPE NCC

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NSID option on the RIPE Atlas SOA measurements of the root servers
by Chris Amin 24 Jul '17

24 Jul '17

Dear colleagues, RIPE Atlas is currently running a series of DNS SOA built-in measurements* towards all of the root servers from all probes. During the recent DNS measurements hackathon** it became apparent that for some use cases it would be useful to have SOA queries from all probes with the NSID EDNS option set, in order to be able to match up responses with the particular responding instances in an anycasted (or load balanced) setup. We would like to ask for feedback on two alternative options for implementing this change. They are: 1) Enable the NSID option for the existing built-in measurements towards the nine root servers which support it. 2) Start a new set of built-in measurements towards the nine root servers which support NSID. The advantages of option (1) are that it will be possible to compare and contrast the two sets of results, and that historical data for the existing built-ins will remain consistent with the current results. A very simple analysis shows that there is no overall increase in query error rates through enabling NSID, but there are bound to be individual marginal cases where queries fail or produce different results with NSID set but succeed without it. The advantages of option (2) are that there will be no increase in result storage usage -- the current IPv4+IPv6 UDP SOA built-ins towards the nine supporting root servers adds up to about 80 results per second (~1.5% of the total results in the system). This could potentially be mitigated by reducing the frequency for these new measurements, but perhaps more important than the slightly increased load is the potential user confusion caused by generating and providing two very similar sets of measurements. Please let us know if you have any preference for which way we go on this, particularly if you have a (current or future) use case for this kind of data. Kind regards, Chris Amin RIPE NCC * https://atlas.ripe.net/docs/built-in/ ** https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/results-dns-measurements-hackathon

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New on RIPE Labs: Public Policy Demands Better Statistics
by Mirjam Kuehne 21 Jul '17

21 Jul '17

Dear colleagues, Please read this interesting article by George Michaelson on RIPE Labs: Public Policy Demands Better Statistics It's a story about science and data and how we need to apply rigour if we want to use data to inform and influence policy decisions. It is also a story about HTTPS. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/ggm/public-policy-demands-better-statistics Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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Call for presentations RIPE 75 and DCTM info
by Benno Overeinder 03 Jul '17

03 Jul '17

Dear colleagues, Please find the CFP for RIPE 75 below or at: https://ripe75.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/. The deadline for submissions is *20 August 2017*. Note: due to UAE law, confirmed speakers will need to submit a copy of their passport and contact information in advance of the meeting. More details are available here: https://ripe75.ripe.net/attend/dctm-requirements Kind regards, Benno Overeinder RIPE PC Chair https://ripe75.ripe.net/ripe-pc/ -------------------->>><<<-------------------- 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 75 will take place from 22-26 October in Dubai, UAE. The RIPE Programme Committee (PC) is now seeking content proposals from the RIPE community for the plenary sessions, BoFs (Birds of a Feather sessions), panels, workshops, tutorials and lightning talks at RIPE 75. See the full descriptions of the different presentation formats, https://ripe75.ripe.net/submit-topic/presentation-formats/. Proposals for plenary sessions, BoFs, panels, workshops and tutorials must be submitted for full consideration no later than *20 August 2017*. Proposals submitted after this date will be considered depending on the remaining available space in the programme. The PC is looking for presentations covering topics of network engineering and operations, including but not limited to: - IPv6 deployment - Managing IPv4 scarcity - Data centre technologies - Network and DNS operations - Internet governance and regulatory practices - Network and routing security - Content delivery - Internet peering and mobile data exchange - Connected Things (aka. Internet of Things - IoT) Speakers Due to UAE law, confirmed speakers will need to submit a copy of their passport and contact information in advance of the meeting. More details are available here: https://ripe75.ripe.net/attend/dctm-requirements Please also note that speakers do not receive any discount or funding towards the meeting fee at RIPE Meetings. 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. Presenters should indicate how much time they will require. In general, the time allocated for the different presentation formats is as follows: - Plenary presentations: 20-25 minutes presentation with 5-10 minutes discussion - Tutorials: up to two hours (Monday morning) - Workshops: one hour (during evening sessions) to two hours (Monday morning) - BoFs: approximately one hour - Lightning talks: 10 minutes total for both presentation and any discussion The following general requirements apply: - Proposals must be submitted using the meeting submission system, https://ripe75.ripe.net/submit-topic/ - Lightning talks should also be submitted using the meeting submission system (https://ripe75.ripe.net/submit-topic/) and can be submitted any time up to and including the meeting week. The allocation of lightning talks will be announced on short notice, in some cases on the same day but often one day prior to the time slot allocated. - Presenters who propose a panel or BoF are encouraged to include speakers from several (perhaps even competing) companies and/or a neutral facilitator. - All presentation proposals 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 panellists, presenters and moderators. 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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Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] AFRICOMM2017: Call for papers on Internet measurements
by Amreesh Phokeer 03 Jul '17

03 Jul '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Amreesh Phokeer <amreesh(a)afrinic.net> Date: Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 12:17 PM Subject: Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] AFRICOMM2017: Call for papers on Internet measurements To: maprg(a)ietf.org Cc: nmrg(a)ietf.org {apologies for cross-posting} *{please circulate}* *Call for Papers* Workshop on Internet Measurements Research in Africa <http://africommconference.org/2017/show/IMRA> Internet measurements provide useful insights into the accessibility of the Internet (e.g. coverage of WiFi and cellular networks), performance (e.g. Internet throughput and latency) and Internet usage. Internet development campaigners, national regulators, and policy makers in the developing regions are recognising the crucial role that Internet measurement data can play in facilitating evidence-based policy-making and regulation. While the Internet ecosystem comprises a diversity of stakeholders and service providers, it is difficult for any single stakeholder to access all of Internet topology data without the cooperation of the rest of the Internet community. For this reason, appropriate acquisition of Internet data requires a variety of cooperative research methods, including wide distribution of Internet probes for technical measurements, located in diverse locations and networks, as well as region-specific techniques and demand-side surveys on Internet access and usage. The aim of the workshop is to facilitate discussions around mechanisms and challenges of measuring Africa’s Internet; to evaluate the breadth of Internet measurements research and to formulate strategic directions for such research in Africa; and to initiate and accelerate collaboration among Africa’s Internet measurements researchers. The workshop is calling for high-quality papers that are focused on Internet measurements research in Africa. Papers are invited on topics related to: ● End-to-end Internet performance metrics ● Internet topology characteristics, including peering and routing ● Application-level performance, including DNS, Web, CDNs, Cloud Computing ● Physical layer performance measurements, including for TVWS, WiFi, and 3G/4G ● Detection of middleboxes, censorship, and content filtering ● Data analytics for network monitoring, traffic analysis and network ● Network topology and performance visualization ● Internet access, use, and Quality of Experience (QoE) Submissions should be made electronically as PDF in the Confy system: IMRA track <http://confy.eai.eu/#conftrack-overview/conf/52446/cid/52366> . Papers will be selected through a single-blind peer-review process. Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and will be published in Springer digital library. Important deadlines Submission 15 AUGUST 2017 Notification 30 AUGUST 2017 Camera-ready submission 30 OCTOBER 2017 Conference takes place 11-12 DECEMBER 2017 *Submission Guidelines and Paper Submission:* Please check the submission guidelines here: *http://africommconference.org/2017/show/initial-submission* <http://http//africommconference.org/2017/show/initial-submission> All the papers should be in English and formatted according to the Author's Kit IMRA papers should be submitted into 'IMRA track <http://confy.eai.eu/#conftrack-overview/track/1779/cid/52366>" in confy *Publications:* Accepted papers will be published in Springer's LNICST series and will appear in the SpringerLink, one of the largest digital libraries online that covers a variety of scientific disciplines, as well as in the EAI's own EU Digital Library (EUDL). LNICST volumes are submitted for inclusion to leading indexing services, including DBLP, Google Scholar, ISI Proceedings, EI Engineering Index, CrossRef, Scopus.

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New on RIPE Labs: Talking Traffic at TMA 2017
by Mirjam Kuehne 30 Jun '17

30 Jun '17

Dear colleagues, Last week, the Network Traffic, Measurement and Analysis Conference (TMA) took place in Maynooth, Ireland. A full week was scheduled, featuring a PhD school across Monday and Tuesday, the Mobile Network Measurements (MNM) workshop on Tuesday, and the main conference from Wednesday to Friday. We were there! Here's our summary of the week https://labs.ripe.net/Members/stephen_strowes/talking-traffic-at-tma-2017 Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Why is the Internet so Slow?
by Mirjam Kuehne 23 Jun '17

23 Jun '17

Dear colleagues, Ilker Nadi Bozkurt and his colleagues found that the Internet is much slower than it could be. They wonder where this slowdown comes from and what can be done about it. Among other sets of measurements, the team also uses RIPE Atlas. Please see the article on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/mirjam/why-is-the-internet-so-slow Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Using Raspberry Pis for Cheap Wi-Fi Monitoring
by Mirjam Kuehne 21 Jun '17

21 Jun '17

Dear colleagues, Wi-Fi monitoring solutions can be expensive and inflexible. Fredrik Strupe, Software developer at UNINETT, describes how they're developing a system to tackle this problem. Read more on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/fredrik_strupe/using-raspberry-pis-for-cheap-… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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