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New on RIPE Labs: Using RIPE Atlas Measurement Results in Prometheus
by Mirjam Kuehne 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

Dear colleagues, In this new article on RIPE Labs Daniel Czerwonk describes how he is exporting metrics based on RIPE Atlas results to Prometheus in order to monitor and visualise trends in latency, packet loss and hop counts. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/daniel_czerwonk/using-ripe-atlas-measurement-… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuhne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Analysis of RIPEstat Outage
by Mirjam Kuehne 08 Jun '17

08 Jun '17

Dear colleagues, Last Thursday, 1 June, RIPEstat suffered from the longest service outage in years. Although the root cause was, in hindsight, trivial, it took more than three hours to fully recover. As unfortunate as this outage was, the situation yielded vital take-aways that will hopefully help prevent future outages. Please find an analysis on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/cteusche/sand-in-the-gears Kind regards, Mirjam Kuhne RIPE NCC

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color blindness and color meaning association
by Job Snijders 28 May '17

28 May '17

Hi all, TL;DR - red/green color palettes should be avoided in data visualiations, please pick something else! Yesterday I saw Christian Teuschel present on the "Jedi" tool at SINOG, and two things stood out: A) the data visualisations do not attempt to accomodate for people who are color blind, in fact, the worst colors possible were picked B) by using using common traffic light colors (green, orange, red) an implicit judgement is made on the meaning of the data (traffic crossing an internet exchange was seemingly favored over private peering) To point (A) - red–green color blindness which affect a substantial portion of the human population. In the US, about 7 percent of the male population (or about 10.5 million men) and 0.4 percent of the female population either cannot distinguish red from green, or see red and green differently from how others do (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2006). There are quite some pointers as to how to design color palettes which accomodate everyone. http://www.somersault1824.com/tips-for-designing-scientific-figures-for-col… http://blog.usabilla.com/how-to-design-for-color-blindness/ B) As I understand the "Jedi" tool, it shows matrixes of what traffic between atlas probes leaves the country, and what traffic remains within the country - offering insight into a reflection on a country's internal routing arrangements. I'm a big fan of keeping local traffic local, so the tool certainly has value. However, the tool displays traffic which passes over an IXP within the country as green, and traffic that says within the country but didn't cross an IXP as "orange". Since the majority of internet traffic flows over direct, private interconnections between ASNs, signifying that traffic as "orange", has the potential to be taken as a "wrong", rather then as an arbitrary datapoint. I suggest that the Jedi tool either uses the same color for ixp and non-ixp "within country" traffic (and perhaps a small icon is used to signify the additional data attribute that an IXP was observed in the traceroute), or that the jedi tool uses entirely arbitrary colors that have no inherent meaning like the traffic light colors do. Kind regards, Job

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New on RIPE Labs: Introduction to the Quantum Internet
by Mirjam Kuehne 26 May '17

26 May '17

Dear colleagues, At RIPE 74, Stephanie Wehner, Associate Professor at the University of Technology in Delft, The Netherlands, presented about the status of the Quantum Internet and encouraged a lot of hallway chat about that topic. She now published a summary on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/introduction-to-the-quantum-internet Please also note the invitation to the Open Day at QuTech in Delft at the end of the article. Kind regards, Mirjam Kuhne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Anycast Latency: How Many Sites are Enough?
by Mirjam Kuehne 24 May '17

24 May '17

Dear colleagues, Please find this new article on RIPE Labs by Jan Harm Kuipers, researcher at the University of Twente: Anycast Latency: How Many Sites are Enough? Jan Harm has been studying the relationship between latency and anycast using the RIPE Atlas network: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/jh_kuipers/anycast-latency-how-many-sites-are… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuhne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: RIPE NCC Technical Services 2017
by Mirjam Kuehne 05 May '17

05 May '17

Dear colleagues, In preparation of Kaveh Ranjbar's presentation at the RIPE NCC Services working group session next week in Budapest, please find on RIPE Labs a high-level report on the status and plans for our technical services and tools on. It has three parts: 1. Focus on RIPE Atlas https://labs.ripe.net/Members/kranjbar/ripe-ncc-technical-services-2017-par… 2. Focus on our DNS services https://labs.ripe.net/Members/kranjbar/ripe-ncc-technical-services-2017-par… 3. Focus on Tools and research activities: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/kranjbar/ripe-ncc-technical-services-2017-par… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuhne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: BBR TCP (by Geoff Huston)
by Mirjam Kuehne 05 May '17

05 May '17

Dear colleagues, Please find this new article on BBR TCP by Geoff Huston on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/gih/bbr-tcp Kind regards, Mirjam Kuhne RIPE NCC

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Draft Agenda for the MAT WG at RIPE74
by Christian Kaufmann 26 Apr '17

26 Apr '17

Hello All, This is the draft agenda for the Measurement, Analysis and Tools Working Group session at RIPE74: A. Introduction: Welcome, Scribe, Jabber, Agenda - 5m B. Fast.com - Sergey Fodorov - 20 mins C. v6 Health Metric with NOMA - Leslie Dangle - 20 min D. Atlas News - Robert Kisteleki - 15 min E. Traceroute Visualisation - Massimo Candela - 20 min F. Russian Hackathon Examples - Alexander Isavnin - 10 min Z. AOB Timings are approximate:-) The session will take place at 14:00 local time on Wednesday 10th May. See you in Budapest! Nina and CK MAT WG Chairs

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RIPE 74 call for late submissions, LTs, and one tutorial and BoF
by Benno Overeinder 14 Apr '17

14 Apr '17

Dear colleagues, Brief version: The RIPE PC invites submissions for plenary, tutorial, BoF and Lightning Talks. Longer version: As distinct from previous RIPE meetings, the RIPE Programme Committee decided to keep two plenary slots open for so-called “late submission”. These plenary slots gives the community the opportunity to submit presentations that report on recent developments, issues, security incidents, etc., that are relevant to the RIPE audience. Independent from the realisation of late submissions, the PC has received a fair amount of high-quality submissions for the first deadline on March 12th. From these submissions, we have selected 14 presentations to complete the RIPE 74 plenary programme and no second CFP with a deadline in April was required. For the tutorials and BoFs we have one slot for each available: - Monday morning, 2 hour tutorial slot - evening, 1 hour BoF slot Also please consider to submit Lightning Talks for the Monday plenary. During the week of the RIPE meeting we will accept LTs for Tuesday and Friday. Please submit your plenary “late submission”, tutorial or BoF submission via the PC submission system, https://ripe74.ripe.net/submit-topic/submission-form/. The deadline for the submissions is *April 26th*. Kind regards, Benno Overeinder RIPE PC Chair https://ripe74.ripe.net/programme/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 74 will take place from 8-12 May 2017 in Budapest, Hungary. 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 74. See the full descriptions of the different presentation formats, https://ripe74.ripe.net/submit-topic/presentation-formats/. Proposals for plenary sessions, BoFs, panels, workshops and tutorials must be submitted for full consideration no later than 26 April 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) 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://ripe74.ripe.net/submit-topic/submission-form/. - Lightning talks should also be submitted using the meeting submission system (https://ripe74.ripe.net/submit-topic/submission-form/) and can be submitted any time up to and including the meeting week. Allocation of lightning talks will start a few days before the meeting, and will continue throughout the meeting. During the meeting, they may be announced on the day before the talk or even on the same day as the talk. - Lightning talks should also be submitted using the meeting submission system (https://ripe74.ripe.net/submit-topic/submission-form/) 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. - Due to potential technical issues, presenters/panellists should 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: Using RIPE Atlas to Measure Latency to Reunion Island
by Mirjam Kuehne 11 Apr '17

11 Apr '17

Dear colleagues, Please find this new article on RIPE Labs in which Réhan Noordally and his colleagues explain how they measure latency to and from La Reunion using Rasberry Pi's and RIPE Atlas: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/rehan_noordally/using-ripe-atlas-to-measure-l… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuhne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: TraceMON - Network Debugging Made Easy
by Mirjam Kuehne 10 Apr '17

10 Apr '17

Dear colleagues, TraceMON is a client-side tool for visualising network topology generated by traceroutes reaching one or more targets in a network. It provides a one-click access to a set of information useful during day to day operations. Please find more details on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/massimo_candela/tracemon-traceroute-visualisa… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuhne RIPE NCC

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Live blogging from RightCon in Brussels (e.g. measuring Internet shutdowns)
by Vesna Manojlovic 30 Mar '17

30 Mar '17

Dear all, I am at at a conference where lots of topics are possibly relevant for this community: https://www.rightscon.org/ 29-31. March 2017 , Brussels Please check out these RIPE Labs articles if interested: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/rightscon-2017-day-two https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/rightscon-2017-day-one https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/live-blogging-from-rightscon Regards, Vesna

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Call for Presentations at RIPE 74 in Budapest
by ckaufman 16 Mar '17

16 Mar '17

Dear MAT WG, We are working on putting together the agenda for the MAT working group meeting on Wednesday 10th May at RIPE 74 in Budapest and there are still slots left.:-) So if you have something you would like to present, please let us know till the 31st March. Thanks a lot, Nina and CK MAT WG Chairs

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RIPE Atlas Infrastructure Maintenance (14 March)
by Paul de Weerd 13 Mar '17

13 Mar '17

Dear all, We'll carry out maintenance work on the core RIPE Atlas and RIPEstat infrastructure tomorrow (14 March 2017), approximately between 09:00 and 11:00 UTC+1. As a result, we will switch over to the reduced data set, limiting the amount of history available from the service. This affects RIPE Atlas, RIPEstat, RIS and DNSMON. We apologise for the inconvenience. Best regards, Paul de Weerd Senior Systems Engineer RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: New RIPE Atlas Root Zone DNS Measurements
by Mirjam Kuehne 10 Mar '17

10 Mar '17

Dear colleagues, Two new DNS measurements, both designed to assess the impact of issues with one or more root name servers, have been added to every RIPE Atlas probe. Please find more details on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/chris_amin/new-ripe-atlas-root-zone-dns-measu… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuhne RIPE NCC

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Atlas: DNS TCP Errors
by John 07 Mar '17

07 Mar '17

Hello Mat-wg, feature request, when preforming DNS queries over TCP would it be possible for the probe to differentiate between a timeout and a TCP Reset. Currently the result just records the following when it gets a reset[1]. `error.timeout: 5000` A similar feature to record ICMP prohibited for udp queries would also be useful but likely much harder. Thanks John [1]https://atlas.ripe.net/api/v2/measurements/7859749/results?start=14888448…

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250 RIPE Atlas Anchors now online!
by Michela Galante 23 Feb '17

23 Feb '17

Dear colleagues, Thanks to nineteen new RIPE Atlas Anchors being activated over the last three months, we have now reached an important milestone: 250 anchors online! Congratulations to anchor 250 hosted by Mogul Service and Support LLC in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and to APNIC for sponsoring it! These are the other anchors that have become active since our last announcement in November: - nl-ede-as12859, hosted by BIT in Ede, Netherlands - de-tua-as21413, hosted by envia TEL GmbH in Taucha, Germany - de-ham-as12731, hosted by IPHH Internet Port Hamburg GmbH in Hamburg, Germany (replaces older hardware) - py-slo-as27733, hosted by IXpy (sponsored by LACNIC) in San Lorenzo, Paraguay - uk-did-as786, hosted by Jisc in Didcot, United Kingdom - Two anchors hosted by Rabobank: nl-bst-as8211 in Best and nl-bxt-as8211 in Boxtel, Netherlands - nz-wlg-as9834, hosted by Trade Me in Wellington, New Zealand - lt-vno-as21412, hosted by CGATES in Vilnius, Lithuania - de-ber-as25291, hosted by SysEleven GmbH in Berlin, Germany (replaces older hardware) - us-bcb-as1312, hosted by Virginia Tech Transportation Institute in Blacksburg, United States - Two anchors hosted by Elisa Obj: fi-hel-as6667 in Helsinki and fi-tmp-as719 in Tampere, Finland - lu-ezt-as2602, hosted by Fondation RESTENA in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (replaces older hardware) - de-kae-as8560, hosted by 1&1 Internet SE in Karlsruhe, Germany - fr-par-as5377, hosted by Marlink Enterprise AS in Paris, France - fr-tls-as39405, hosted by FULLSAVE in Toulouse, France - nl-ams-as286, hosted by KPN Eurorings B.V. in Amsterdam, Netherlands - mm-rgn-as132167, hosted by Ooredoo Myanmar (sponsored by APNIC) in Yangon, Myanmar (IPv4-only anchor) - fr-ilm-as57119, hosted by NAITWAYS in Issy, France - us-lxa-as8560, hosted by 1&1 Internet Inc. in Lenexa, United States You can find the full list of anchors, a map of their locations, a list of the hosting organisations and more information about RIPE Atlas Anchors online: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ Interested in hosting a RIPE Atlas Anchor? Learn more: https://atlas.ripe.net/get-involved/become-an-anchor-host/ There are several organisations that want to host a RIPE Atlas Anchor but don’t have the necessary funding. Find out more about the RIPE NCC campaign to sponsor 15 RIPE Atlas Anchors https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alun_davies/campaign-to-sponsor-15-ripe-atlas… We would also like to remind you about our ongoing cooperation with APNIC, LACNIC, AFRINIC and ISOC: thanks to their help we are getting more geographical diversity to the measurement data. If your organisation is in their region contact us at <atlas(a)ripe.net> and we will get you in touch with them! And don’t forget to let us know by contacting us at <atlas(a)ripe.net> if you’re doing something interesting with RIPE Atlas data - we always want to hear about your use cases, research and experiences! Regards, Michela Galante RIPE NCC

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Querying popular domains with RIPE Atlas
by Chris Amin 21 Feb '17

21 Feb '17

Dear colleagues, As you are probably aware, DNSMON* and RIPE Atlas built-in** measurements are often used when analysing outages and other issues with important DNS services, particularly the root zone servers. These measurements do not provide a direct indication of the impact on actual end-user experience because they involve directly querying authoritative name servers, thereby ignoring the effects of having multiple authoritative name servers as well as caching local recursive resolvers. To improve upon our DNS monitoring, we will initiate two built-in DNS measurements from all RIPE Atlas probes that use the probes' default resolvers instead of authoritative name servers. The first measurement will query for random top-level domains with the intention of avoiding caches and therefore hitting at least one root name server. The second measurement will query for popular domain names, with the intention of hitting caches where appropriate and getting an idea of the true impact on users. As a starting point for the second measurement, we will use a recent snapshot of the global top 50 visited sites according to the Alexa top sites list***, which combines unique visitors and individual page views in its calculations. Probes will cycle through these domains, querying for a different A record every 10 minutes. Since DNS queries containing these domains will be made from every connected RIPE Atlas probe, we would like to ask for feedback on whether querying the DNS for any of these domains could pose legal or political problems for probe hosts in certain parts of the world. I have also included the next 25 most popular domains below, which will be used to fill any gaps caused by removing items from the main list. Kind regards, Chris Amin RIPE NCC * https://atlas.ripe.net/dnsmon/ ** https://atlas.ripe.net/docs/built-in/ *** https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_most_popular_websites&ol… Provisional 50 domains to query =============================== google.com. youtube.com. facebook.com. baidu.com. wikipedia.org. yahoo.com. google.co.in. amazon.com. qq.com. google.co.jp. live.com. taobao.com. vk.com. twitter.com. instagram.com. hao123.com. sohu.com. sina.com.cn. reddit.com. google.de. linkedin.com. tmall.com. yahoo.co.jp. weibo.com. google.fr. 360.cn. google.co.uk. google.ru. google.com.br. yandex.ru. ebay.com. bing.com. msn.com. google.it. soso.com. t.co. wordpress.com. google.es. microsoft.com. tumblr.com. aliexpress.com. blogspot.com. netflix.com. amazon.co.jp. ok.ru. google.com.hk. stackoverflow.com. google.ca. google.com.mx. imgur.com. Next 25 most popular domains, excluding pornography =================================================== apple.com. Naver.com. mail.ru. imdb.com. popads.net. onclickads.net. office.com. google.co.kr. github.com. pinterest.com. paypal.com. tianya.cn. google.com.tw. google.com.tr. google.com.au. diply.com. amazon.de. google.co.id. microsoftonline.com. onclckds.com. twitch.tv. adobe.com. amazon.co.uk. wikia.com. cnzz.com.

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Join RIPE NCC DNS Measurements hackathon
by Vesna Manojlovic 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

Dear colleagues, The fifth RIPE NCC hackathon will take place on Thursday and Friday, 20-21 April 2017, in Amsterdam. Apply online: https://atlas.ripe.net/hackathon/dns-measurements/#!application-form *The application deadline is 26 February 2017* Find out more in this RIPE Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alun_davies/dns-measurements-hackathon-2017 Regards, Vesna Manojlovic RIPE NCC Community Builder

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New on RIPE Labs: Update on RIPE Atlas Probe Lifetimes
by Mirjam Kuehne 15 Feb '17

15 Feb '17

Dear colleagues, Please find an update on the status of RIPE Atlas probe connections on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/wilhelm/update-on-atlas-probe-lifetimes Kind regards, Mirjam Kuhne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Campaign to Sponsor 15 RIPE Atlas Anchors
by Mirjam Kuehne 31 Jan '17

31 Jan '17

Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC is pleased to announce that we will be sponsoring 15 new RIPE Atlas anchors in 2017. This article provides details about the campaign and introduces the criteria that will be used to decide which applicants will receive sponsorship: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alun_davies/campaign-to-sponsor-15-ripe-atlas… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuhne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Using RIPE Atlas to Validate International Routing Detours
by Mirjam Kuehne 30 Jan '17

30 Jan '17

Dear colleagues, Please read on RIPE Labs an article by Anant Shah in which he describes how he is using RIPE Atlas to validate international routing detours: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/anant_shah/using-ripe-atlas-to-validate-inter… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Reviewing the 2016 Leap Second
by Mirjam Kuehne 17 Jan '17

17 Jan '17

Dear colleagues, Last month we covered the 2015 leap second ahead of the insertion of a leap second at the very end of 2016. As stated previously, leap seconds can trigger poorly-tested code paths; leap second handling always unearths bugs and issues. This one was no exception! Please find more details on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/stephen_strowes/reviewing-the-2016-leap-second Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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RIPE Atlas APIs
by Robert Kisteleki 03 Jan '17

03 Jan '17

Dear colleagues, We've just published a RIPE Labs article about a reminder for the RIPE Atlas API version changes. You can read it here: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/kistel/ripe-atlas-api-changes Regards, Robert Kisteleki RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Four Years of RIPE Atlas Anchors
by Mirjam Kuehne 22 Dec '16

22 Dec '16

Dear colleagues, Four years have passed since the RIPE NCC announced its plans to put RIPE Atlas anchors into production. Since the first anchors went online in 2013, we’ve been working hard to both maintain and expand the network. As a result, we currently have 238 anchors deployed across 66 countries! Please find more on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alun_davies/four-years-of-ripe-atlas-anchors Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Preparing for the 2016 Leap Second
by Mirjam Kuehne 15 Dec '16

15 Dec '16

Dear colleagues, On 31 December this year, we're scheduled for another leap second. There are many stories about what leap seconds can do to infrastructure and applications, and rituals are built up around them. Please read more on RIPE Labs in an article contributed by our new colleague Stephen Strowes: Preparing for the 2016 Leap Second https://labs.ripe.net/Members/stephen_strowes/preparing-for-the-2016-leap-s… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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RIPE Atlas Success Story: Zoom-in on Germany
by Vesna Manojlovic 12 Dec '16

12 Dec '16

Dear all, we wrote an article as an example of how cross-pollination between communities can create success. An overlap between IETF participants, RIPE Atlas users and listeners of a popular German podcast has led to growth in the deployment of RIPE Atlas probes. We are still interested in expanding this platform in areas and networks that need more coverage. For pictures & links, go here: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/ripe-atlas-success-story-zoom-in-on-ger… Text is bellow. Regards, Vesna In July 2016, during the IETF meeting in Berlin, the popular "RFC podcast" had a special episode aired an interview with Daniel Karrenberg talking about the RIPE NCC and RIPE Atlas. Thanks to the podcast listeners, and with the help of promotion on Twitter, the episode prompted many, many, MANY applications for new RIPE Atlas probe hosts. Because of both summer vacations and a temporary shortage of probes, there was a delay in shipping - but when the new batch of probes arrived at our office, we started shipping them to applicants, most of whom were from Germany. Currently, with regard to the number of active probes, Germany is leading with more than 1,000. This is more than the USA, which was in the lead for the previous few years. If you want to zoom in to this success-story, you can take a look at this RIPEstat widget. There you can see that, between 22 September and 7 October, the number of activated probes jumped from 999 to 1,157. Thank you to all the hosts, in Germany and elsewhere, who are helping to build RIPE Atlas - the largest active measurements platform! Actions Although we are happy that there is so much enthusiasm in Germany, we are still interested in increasing diversity of coverage. To this end, we're looking to reach out to: - Regions, countries and areas within countries with fewer probes - Networks (ASNs) with fewer probes - Deploying RIPE Atlas anchors instead If you would like to apply for your own RIPE Atlas probe, there is a special link just for the readers of this RIPE Labs article :) If you already have a probe, and want to get in touch: - Check out the Community pages - Follow us on Twitter - Be active on the mailing list

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New on RIPE Labs: Internet Access Disruption In The Gambia - 2016
by Mirjam Kuehne 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Dear colleagues, We had a look at various RIPE NCC data sets to see what we can learn from yet another country-wide Internet outage in 2016 - this time The Gambia. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/internet-access-disruption-in-the-g… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Reasons Dynamic Addresses Change
by Mirjam Kuehne 29 Nov '16

29 Nov '16

Dear colleagues, Please find this new article on RIPE Labs by Ramakrishna Padmanabhan: Reasons Dynamic Addresses Change Rama looked at why dynamic addresses change and found ISPs that renumber periodically, most commonly every 24 hours or a multiple of 24 hours. He also found that outages influence address changes. RIPE Atlas was used for the measurements. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/ramakrishna_padmanabhan/reasons-dynamic-addre… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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Fifteen new RIPE Atlas anchors have joined the community
by Michela Galante 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

Dear colleagues, Fifteen new RIPE Atlas anchors have been activated since our last announcement in September, bringing the total number to 231: - us-bos-as26167, hosted by Markley Group in Boston, United States (IPv4-only anchor) - us-pct-as88, hosted by Princeton University in Princeton, United States (IPv4-only anchor) - tz-dar-as327844, hosted by Tanzania ISP Association in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and ke-nbo-as37578, hosted by TESPOK in Nairobi, Kenya. These are the first two of five anchors that ISOC will sponsor. - dk-aal-as9158 and dk-cph-as9158, hosted by Telenor Denmark A/S in Aalborg and Copenhagen, Denmark - au-syd-as135150, hosted by bet365 in Sydney, Australia - ca-wnp-as16395, hosted by asn16395 in Winnipeg, Canada - us-ljl-as195, hosted by Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA) at the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, United States - nz-akl-as38064, hosted by NZ Registry Services in Auckland, New Zealand - us-bos-as111, hosted by the Boston University in Boston, United States - kw-kwi-as42961, hosted by Zain Kuwait in Kuwait City, Kuwait - nl-ede-as12859-client, hosted by HCC in Ede, Netherlands - it-rom-as24796, hosted by NaMeX Consortium in Rome, Italy - us-fcn-as32934, hosted by Facebook in Forest City, United States. You can find the full list of anchors, a map of their locations, a list of the hosting organisations and more information about RIPE Atlas anchors online: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ Interested in hosting a RIPE Atlas anchor? Learn more: https://atlas.ripe.net/get-involved/become-an-anchor-host/ 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. There are several organisations that want to host a RIPE Atlas anchor but don’t have the necessary funding. To learn more about sponsoring an anchor, or for any other questions, please contact us at atlas(a)ripe.net And don’t forget to let us know if you’re doing something interesting with RIPE Atlas data - we always want to hear about your use cases, research and experiences! Regards, Michela Galante RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Large BGP Communities - Largely Accepted Now?
by Mirjam Kuehne 11 Nov '16

11 Nov '16

Dear colleagues, Large BGP Communities are an addition to BGP that solves a communication problem between networks that want to use 32-bit AS Numbers. We measured how Large BGP Communities behave "in the wild" and if they create any problems. Please find the results on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/large-bgp-communities-largely-accep… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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Ethical considerations
by Robert Kisteleki 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

Dear All, As mentioned in my RIPE Atlas update during the RIPE 73 MAT working group, we'd like to draw RIPE Atlas users’ attention to relevant ethical considerations. We've just published a RIPE Labs article about this: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/kistel/ethics-of-ripe-atlas-measurements/ Regards, Robert Kisteleki RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: A Practical Comparison Between RIPE Atlas and ProbeAPI
by Mirjam Kuehne 25 Oct '16

25 Oct '16

Dear colleagues, Please find this new article on RIPE Labs contributed by Cristian Varas: A Practical Comparison Between RIPE Atlas and ProbeAPI https://labs.ripe.net/Members/cristian_varas/a-practical-comparison-between… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: A Quick Look at the Attack on Dyn
by Mirjam Kuehne 24 Oct '16

24 Oct '16

Dear colleagues, We used a number of RIPE NCC tools and data sets to take a quick look at the recent DDoS attack on Dyn’s infrastructure. We wanted to see if this could be found in the data produced by the RIPE Atlas community. Please see on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/massimo_candela/a-quick-look-at-the-attack-on… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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MAT Draft Agenda V2.0 for RIPE73
by Christian Kaufmann 24 Oct '16

24 Oct '16

Hello All, This is the updated draft agenda for the Measurement, Analysis and Tools Working Group session at RIPE73: A. Introduction: Welcome, Scribe, Jabber, Agenda - 5m B. Wireless Performance Measurement and Verification Using the end-user mobile device feedback - Anna Wilson - 20 min C. What’s hiding behind IPv6 extension headers? - Luuk Hendriks - 15 m D. RIPE ATLAS update - Robert Kisteleki - 10 m E. Add system tag for the probes behind "nanny filter" - Remco van Mook - 5 min F. Country Topology map Using Atlas - Sebastian Castro - 15 min G. Speed checker comparison with Atlas - Janusz Jezowicz - 15 min Z. AOB Timings are approximate:-) The session will take place at 15:00 local time on Wednesday 26th October. See you in Madrid! Nina and CK MAT WG Chairs

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New on RIPE Labs: Orange Blacklisting: A Case for Measuring Censorship
by Mirjam Kuehne 19 Oct '16

19 Oct '16

Dear colleagues, Please find a short a article on measuring censorship on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/stephane_bortzmeyer/orange-blacklisting-a-cas… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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Shall we continue non-public measurements in RIPE Atlas?
by Mirjam Kuehne 18 Oct '16

18 Oct '16

Dear colleagues, "Non-public measurements" is a feature of RIPE Atlas that allows users to use the infrastructure to measure things while not sharing those results with the public. Is that still a useful feature? Should it exist in the future? For more details, see this new post on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/kistel/non-public-measurements-in-ripe-atlas Please also take the polls at the end of the article. Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: What Can You Do with One Million RIPE Atlas Credits?
by Mirjam Kuehne 12 Oct '16

12 Oct '16

Dear colleagues, Ever wondered what to do with all those RIPE Atlas credits you earned? Find out on RIPE Labs how you can best spend your credits to check your services' connectivity and troubleshoot potential issues. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/what-can-you-do-with-one-million-ripe-a… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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MAT Draft Agenda for RIPE73
by Christian Kaufmann 11 Oct '16

11 Oct '16

Hello All, This is the draft agenda for the Measurement, Analysis and Tools Working Group session at RIPE73: A. Introduction: Welcome, Scribe, Jabber, Agenda - 5m B. Design and Analysis of Communication Systems - Luuk Hendriks - 15 m C. Wireless Performance Measurement and Verification Using the end-user mobile device feedback - Anna Wilson - 20 min D. RIPE ATLAS update - Robert Kisteleki - 15 m E. Add system tag for the probes behind "nanny filter" - Remco van Mook - 5 min F. Country Topology map Using Atlas - Sebastian Castro - 15 min G. Speed checker comparison with Atlas - Janusz Jezowicz - 15 min Z. AOB Timings are approximate:-) The session will take place at 15:00 local time on Wednesday 26th October. See you in Madrid! Nina and CK MAT WG Chairs

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New on RIPE Labs: All Quiet in the IPv4 Internet?
by Mirjam Kuehne 21 Sep '16

21 Sep '16

Dear colleagues, Please find this new article on RIPE Labs by Philipp Richter: All Quiet in the IPv4 Internet? The number of new IPv4 allocations has stagnated, address markets have taken off, and address sharing mechanisms (for example, Carrier-Grade NAT) are on the rise as operators try to squeeze the most out of their IPv4 address space. But what is really happening in the IPv4 address space? Measuring address space activity at scale is difficult. There’s really no single vantage point that can capture all the activity. Read more on RIPE Labs (this article was originally published on the APNIC blog): https://labs.ripe.net/Members/philipp_richter/all-quiet-in-the-ipv4-internet Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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Fwd: [Maprg] Call for Contributions: IETF-97, Seoul
by Mirjam Kuehne 20 Sep '16

20 Sep '16

Dear colleagues, Please see the announcement below. Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht: > > Von: Mirja Kühlewind <mirja.kuehlewind(a)tik.ee.ethz.ch> > Betreff: [Maprg] Call for Contributions: IETF-97, Seoul > Datum: 20. September 2016 um 11:29:00 MESZ > An: maprg(a)irtf.org > Kopie: Dave Plonka <dave(a)plonka.us> > > Call for Contributions > for maprg IETF-97, Seoul > > The IRTF Measurement and Analysis for Protocols Research Group > (maprg) will have its first official meeting at the IETF-97, > November 13-18, 2016, in Seoul. > > Please consider sending a short abstract (200-300 words) to the > maprg chairs (maprg-chairs(a)ietf.org) describing a contribution > you're willing to present at the next meeting. The contribution can > be published or new (measurement) work in the scope of the research > group. Please see the charter for questions on scope: > > https://datatracker.ietf.org/rg/maprg/charter/ > > The deadline for the first call for contributions is: > > October 14, 2016 > > The chairs will work to assemble an agenda for the meeting based on > received submissions taking into consideration the group's scope, > common themes, and/or relevance to currently existing IETF work. > > Since meeting time will be reserved for questions, commments, and > discussion, contributions may also be invited as presentations in > subsequent meetings. > > While in previous meetings (when the research group was proposed), > presentations were selected based on previous or on-going discussions > with the chairs or the working group in general, this time we'd > like to involve a broader community. We hope that this call might > also reach people that have not been strongly involved in maprg > thus far. > > Please share this call with other interested people or groups! > > Thanks for sending your contributions! > > Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions! > > Mirja and Dave - maprg chairs > > > _______________________________________________ > Maprg mailing list > Maprg(a)irtf.org > https://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/maprg

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Fifteen new RIPE Atlas anchors - including the first IPv4-only anchor
by Michela Galante 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

Dear colleagues, Fifteen new RIPE Atlas anchors have been activated since our last announcement in June, bringing the total number to 216: - us-abn-as54054, hosted by Deteque LLC in Ashburn, United States - us-sgu-as46309, hosted by Gartner Inc in Saint George, United States - lu-kay-as35733, hosted by EURid VZW in Kayl, Luxembourg - de-ham-as35258, hosted by akquinet Outsourcing in Hamburg, Germany - ua-iev-as24725, hosted by Hostmaster LLC in Kiev, Ukraine - ca-wnp-as18451, hosted by les.net in Winnipeg, Canada - de-dus-as12676, hosted by HKN GmbH in Düsseldorf, Germany - uk-lon-as34587, hosted by bet365 in London, United Kingdom - us-lax-as15133, hosted by Verizon Digital Media in Los Angeles, United States - us-lwc-as2495, hosted by KanREN Inc in Lawrence, United States - lb-bey-as12812, hosted by the American University of Beirut in Beirut, Lebanon (IPv4-only anchor) - pg-pom-as17828, hosted by Telikom PNG (sponsored by APNIC) in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - ch-zrh-as9092, hosted by Open Systems in Zurich, Switzerland - nl-ams-as34106, hosted by TMG/Telegraaf in Amsterdam, Netherlands - dk-hje-as39642, hosted by WNB ApS in Højer, Denmark You can find the full list of anchors, a map of their locations, a list of the hosting organisations and more information about RIPE Atlas anchors online: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ There has been some discussion about Pv4-only anchors on the RIPE Atlas mailing list. You can follow the discussion there, and you can find more information this RIPE Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ipv4-only-ripe-atlas-an… Interested in hosting a RIPE Atlas anchor? Learn more: https://atlas.ripe.net/get-involved/become-an-anchor-host/ 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. There are several organisations that want to host a RIPE Atlas anchor but don’t have the necessary funding. To learn more about sponsoring an anchor, or for any other questions, please contact us at atlas(a)ripe.net And don’t forget to let us know if you’re doing something interesting with RIPE Atlas data - we always want to hear about your use cases, research and experiences! Regards, Michela Galante RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Using RIPE Atlas to Monitor Game Service Connectivity
by Mirjam Kuehne 14 Sep '16

14 Sep '16

Dear colleagues, Annika Wickert, a network engineer at a gaming company, describes how she used RIPE Atlas to monitor her company's services and improve their customers' experience - and even decided to become a RIPE Atlas sponsor! https://labs.ripe.net/Members/annika_wickert/using-ripe-atlas-to-monitor-ga… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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Call for Presentations at RIPE 73 in Madrid
by Christian Kaufmann 14 Sep '16

14 Sep '16

Dear MAT WG, We are working on putting together the agenda for the MAT working group meeting on Wednesday 26th October at RIPE 73 in Madrid and there are still slots left.:-) So if you have something you would like to present, please let us know till the 26th September. Thanks a lot, Nina and CK MAT WG Chairs

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New on RIPE Labs: Using RIPE Atlas to Measure Cloud Connectivity
by Mirjam Kuehne 07 Sep '16

07 Sep '16

Dear colleagues, Please find this new article on RIPE Labs describing how to compare connectivity of cloud services using RIPE Atlas measurements. This article has been contributed by Jason Read: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/jason_read/using-ripe-atlas-to-measure-cloud-… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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Two weeks left to join RIPE NCC IXP Tools Hackathon, 22-23 October, Madrid
by Vesna Manojlovic 02 Sep '16

02 Sep '16

Dear colleagues, together with Euro-IX, Comcast and ISOC, the RIPE NCC is hosting a hackathon focused on developing tools for Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), in the weekend before RIPE73, in Madrid: https://atlas.ripe.net/hackathon/ixp-tools/#!the-event While the past three hackathons have specifically focused on RIPE Atlas, this event will include other data sources as well, such as: the Routing Information Service (RIS) and the PeeringDB. We will work on existing software tools that deal with IXP-data-integration in order to solve some of the challenges that operators have when making peering decisions, and to illustrate the impact of IXPs on the Internet routing and connectivity. We are looking for designers and developers, students and network operators, and of course colleagues from IXPs, to work together on hacking the new & old toolsets and visualizations! 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/ixp-tools/#!application-form *The application deadline is 15 September* Thanks to our generous sponsors, there is a (limited) travel funding available for certain categories of applicants. Please find more information in this RIPE Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/announcing-the-ixp-tool… We look forward to seeing you there! Regards, Vesna Manojlovic Community Builder RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Another Look at RIPE Atlas Probe Lifetimes
by Mirjam Kuehne 25 Aug '16

25 Aug '16

Dear colleagues, We took another, more detailed look at probe lifetimes and the dynamics of probes connecting and disconnecting from the RIPE Atlas infrastructure to try to understand how to keep the network growing in the long term. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/wilhelm/another-look-at-ripe-atlas-probe-life… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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2nd call for presentations RIPE 73
by Benno Overeinder 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

Dear colleagues, Please note the approaching deadline of 28 August 2016 for RIPE 73 plenary programme submissions. You can find the CFP for RIPE 73 below or at https://ripe73.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. Kind regards, Benno Overeinder RIPE PC Chair https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/ripe-meetings/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 73 will take place from 24-28 October 2016 in Madrid, Spain. 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 73. See the full descriptions of the different presentation formats, https://ripe73.ripe.net/submit-topic/presentation-formats/. Proposals for plenary sessions, BoFs, panels, workshops and tutorials must be submitted for full consideration no later than 28 August 2016. 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 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 - Internet of Things (IoT) 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 The following general requirements apply: - Proposals must be submitted using the meeting submission system, https://ripe73.ripe.net/submit-topic/submission-form/. - Lightning talks should also be submitted using the meeting submission system (https://ripe73.ripe.net/submit-topic/submission-form/) 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. - Due to potential technical issues, presenters/panellists should 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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RIPE Atlas "Commercial use" policy
by Robert Kisteleki 17 Aug '16

17 Aug '16

Dear colleagues, A few different organisations have approached us about using RIPE Atlas data for commercial products, services, reports, etc. We’ve now published conditions for the commercial use of RIPE Atlas data: https://atlas.ripe.net/get-involved/commercial-use/ Please read these conditions carefully if you plan on using RIPE Atlas data for any commercial purpose, and don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. Regards, Robert Kisteleki RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Detecting IXPs in Traceroute Paths Using traIXroute
by Suzanne Taylor Muzzin 03 Aug '16

03 Aug '16

Dear colleagues, Is observing an IP address from an IXP prefix sufficient evidence to conclude that a traceroute path crossed an IXP? In this latest RIPE Labs article, George Nomikos and Xenofontas Dimitropoulos explain why they don't think so - and then show how using the traIXroute tool can help: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/george_nomikos/detecting-ixps-in-traceroute-p… Kind regards, Suzanne Taylor Muzzin RIPE NCC

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