August 2024 - ripe-atlas - mailman.ripe.net

v2 probe repair?
by Phillip Remaker 28 Nov '24

28 Nov '24

Hello! I have an 11+ year old v2 probe Seems to be in a reboot loop. Starts up, all LEDs go blank, and it repeats. Any diagnostics I can do? Any repairs? https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/4111/#tab-network

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RIPE Atlas Anchor Operating System Upgrade
by Paul de Weerd 02 Sep '24

02 Sep '24

Dear colleagues, RIPE Atlas anchors are scheduled for an Operating System (OS) upgrade soon since the current OS will reach its end-of-life on 30 June 2024 [1]. We are currently implementing and testing the necessary changes to support a smooth transition to the new OS without service interruption. Consequently, all live anchors will be upgraded by 31 August 2024. During this period, anchors will run on an outdated OS for a couple of months, but we do not anticipate any security issues here. For the few outward-facing services or lower-level software (such as the kernel) running on anchors, we will provide backports of necessary packages. If needed, we will shut down affected services or the anchor until the upgrade is complete. Due to this upgrade process, we have now paused applications for new anchors. New applications will resume from 15 July 2024 with anchors that will be provisioned with the new OS. If you have any questions please email gii-requests(a)ripe.net. Kind regards, Paul de Weerd RIPE NCC [1] https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/linux/centos-linux-eol

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account e-mail change?
by Fallon Albrecht 29 Aug '24

29 Aug '24

Hi there, Thank you for your feedback. For security reasons, it is unfortunately not possible to change your RIPE NCC Access e-mail address. More information on this topic is available at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/documentation/disclosures-and-reports/rip… However, you can do the following: - Create a new RIPE NCC Access account with the new email address https://access.ripe.net/registration - You will need to enable two-factor authentication (2FA) to activate the account. - Transfer Atlas credits to the new SSO account If you need help or have any questions about this procedure, please contact ncc(a)ripe.net. We are always striving to improve RIPE NCC Access and our current work plans are available at : https://www.ripe.net/publications/documentation/quarterly-planning/business… Kind regards, Fallon Albrecht Product Owner RIPE NCC

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Re: Globalping
by Ernst J. Oud 27 Aug '24

27 Aug '24

Stephane, That is precisely why I became interested, for a quick ping or trace they have a CLI where one can do a quick measurement or via the API. With Atlas Magellan in a docker container this is also possible, it streams the results to the console but Globalping might be a good add on tool in the toolkit. Thanks for the input. Regards, Ernst J. Oud Met vriendelijke groet, Ernst J. Oud > On 27 Aug 2024, at 14:03, Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer(a)nic.fr> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 12:42:18PM +0200, > Ernst J. Oud <ernstoud(a)gmail.com> wrote > a message of 12 lines which said: > >> It might be “cursing in the church” as we say in NL, but does anyone >> here have experience with the Globalping monitoring tools? > > https://www.jsdelivr.com/globalping ? > > No real practical experience but it seems interesting. The API is > well documented and a shell script as simple as: > > curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ > --data-binary @- \ > https://api.globalping.io/v1/measurements \ > <<EOF > { > "limit": 10, > "locations": [], > "target": "ayla.bortzmeyer.org", > "type": "ping", > "measurementOptions": { > "packets": 3 > } > } > EOF > > is enough to launch a measurement. You can see the resulting JSON at > https://api.globalping.io/v1/measurements/bqXml2MiDAoawobv if you want > an idea.

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account e-mail change?
by Sulev-Madis Silber 27 Aug '24

27 Aug '24

i noticed i can't change my account mail address. unsure why we have such limitation here. i have mail i used for 25 years, or literally more than half of my entire lifetime, and now i want to change it. reason being it's ispmail i had since dialup. and they sold it. now i still have access to it but service sucks, despite expensive. a very good reason to change it. yet ripe seems to have account mail is permanent policy for no reason at all. i expect this to change after more updates. there was huge ui update but this feature is not coming. why? most of things allow me to change mail. with only handful of services insisting it being for life. i don't know if next one is lifetime long but at least now it's my own domain. hoping to change it. or at least given reason why i can't

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Globalping
by Ernst J. Oud 27 Aug '24

27 Aug '24

L.S. It might be “cursing in the church” as we say in NL, but does anyone here have experience with the Globalping monitoring tools? Not as comprehensive as Atlas and a lot less probes but at first glance it has some useful features. Your thoughts? Regards, Ernst J. Oud

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Call for presentations for LACNIC's Internet Measurements Working Group (IMWG)
by Elisa 27 Aug '24

27 Aug '24

Hi all, Call for presentations is now open! Seeking presentations on Internet Measurements (including, but not limited to, Atlas). The Internet Measurements Working Group session will be held at the LACNIC42/LACNOG2024 meeting in Asunción, Paraguay, on October 11. Presentations can be remote or in-person. Submission deadline September 20. Instructions: https://listas.nog.lat/archives/list/imwg@listas.nog.lat/thread/VSNIWWLMXGI… Kind regards, -- Elisa Peirano *Analista de Datos I+D* R&D Data Analyst /www.lacnic.net <http://www.lacnic.net> Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry/

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Update on RIPE Atlas Service Issues
by Robert Kisteleki 26 Aug '24

26 Aug '24

Dear colleagues, After the mails to this list over the weekend, we just wanted to confirm that we are aware of the issues some of you are having and we are working to resolve them. A service announcement has already been posted, as some of you have already pointed out. We would also like to note that probes will automatically try to re-connect to the RIPE Atlas infrastructure as long as they are operational. This is not something the host can control and so there is no action needed on your part. Currently, we are in the final stages of re-working the probe-controlling parts of the RIPE Atlas infrastructure, and while we’re careful to keep the machinery running, we expect to encounter some hiccups as we complete this work. During this period, there might be additional issues that arise which affect network performance or the connectivity of probes. We will try to keep this list updated, but note that you can always find the status of our services on status.ripe.net, and we encourage you to check if there are known issues. Regards, Robert Kisteleki RIPE NCC

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Disconnected probes…
by Ernst J. Oud 26 Aug '24

26 Aug '24

All, Some of my disconnected probes have connected again, but probe 60200 has not. This is not a network issue since on that router a SW probe (1005072) now connects fine (it was disconnected earlier today) Would restarting probe 60200 help? It is in an inconvenient place but if restarting helps let me know. Regards, Ernst J. Oud

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Probe v3 id #22785 - BADMD-APP
by Cassiano Aquino 26 Aug '24

26 Aug '24

Hi, I have a probe with id #22785 that completed 10 years online last July, but today in the morning it stopped working. I tried the common procedure, remove the USB, which was the same the probe came with, never had major issues with it, restart, wait 10 minutes, put the USB drive back again. Usually this solved any problems I had in the past, but not today, after trying 4 different USB drives, I'm seeing the same error message on the SOS log: BADMD-APP-5080-d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e Is there anything else I can do? Considering that after ten years, this probe is almost part of the family, is there any hope to recover? I have another TP-LINK TL-MR3020 that I bought and almost never used, is it possible somehow to install the firmware on it to have it replacing the current probe? Thanks in advance, and I do understand if there is nothing we can do, but probe #22785, you will be missed! Cheers, Cassiano Aquino - EI5HPB

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Fwd: Your RIPE Atlas Probe (ID: 60200) has reconnected
by Ernst J. Oud 25 Aug '24

25 Aug '24

> We're just letting you know that your probe (#60200 ) has re-established its link to our network and we are again receiving data from it. Good! After over 3 days. Connected to controller ctr-nue17. Not to ctr-dub anymore. Ernst

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Probe v3, problems
by Phillip Remaker 24 Aug '24

24 Aug '24

I tried to replace by failing v2 probe with a v3 probe I had mailed to me from a closed site https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/16058/' The first led is on, second is off, and 3rd is slow-blink, which indicates a "network problem"? I tried a different power supply, replaced the network cable, tried other ports and even put in a new power supply, all with no change. The DHCP server does not see it. Any other suggestions?

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Disconnected #27262
by Victor TALVAZ 24 Aug '24

24 Aug '24

Hi everyone, It seems that I've been totally disconnected for 2 hours, 8 minutes, is the controller ctrl-dub-hw01 alive ? Probe #27262. Thanks, Regards, *Victor TALVAZ*

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Another probe disconnected
by Ernst J. Oud 23 Aug '24

23 Aug '24

Hi, And just now probe 1004467 also has been disconnected. What is going on? Regards, Ernst J. Oud

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Re: Auto reconnect?
by Ernst J. Oud 23 Aug '24

23 Aug '24

Ok. Hope so. But it is weird that probes try to connect to a controller that clearly is not responding. I have six probes, 5 work fine, 1 is now disconnected for 34 hours. If it would connect to the controller it always used to connect to - ctr-nue14- all would be well but it appears it persists to connect to a non functioning controller, probably ctr-dub-hw01. Or something else is going awry in fail over between controllers perhaps? I know this is a free non-critical service but the lack of communication here wonders me a bit. Especially since the downtime is longer than ever before. Ernst > On 23 Aug 2024, at 17:56, Nick Hilliard (INEX) <nick(a)inex.ie> wrote: > > Ernst J. Oud wrote on 23/08/2024 16:54: >> Do we need to take actions to have disconnected probes reconnect “over the weekend”? Or is a reconnect in this case automatically? > probes automatically reconnect, as far as I'm aware. > > Nick

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Auto reconnect?
by Ernst J. Oud 23 Aug '24

23 Aug '24

I asked before but this list appears to be not for support questions? Try again… Do we need to take actions to have disconnected probes reconnect “over the weekend”? Or is a reconnect in this case automatically? Regards, Ernst J. Oud

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RIPE NCC Atlas probes are going offline: `controller INIT exit with error`
by Marek Küthe 22 Aug '24

22 Aug '24

Hello, I am running two RIPE NCC Atlas Probes [1] [2] and both went offline a few hours after each other and a `controller INIT exit with error` appears in the log [3]. What can I do about this? The controller also seems to be somehow not pingable [4]. I use Debian 12 with the self-compiled .deb package (version 5090) and use a slightly hardened systemd unit [5]. [1] https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/1008669/ [2] https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/1008711/ [3] https://paste.i2pd.xyz/?2c936299e0b7473f#G9caVaD8bxLiDvSmHF4HEsZAEjMrW7Gchv… / https://paste.burble.com/?cecb8def804b373d#GyNsT22QBmii4PGZFnRnVP6mLQC9vhsv… [4] https://i.ping.pe/o/L/img_oL3R8bjI.png [5] https://codeberg.org/mark22k/dn42-router/src/commit/5c855adbbca45263268ba5d… I would appreciate an answer! -- Marek Küthe m.k(a)mk16.de er/ihm he/him

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Also probe 60200 is disconnected (4G-T-Mobile)
by Ernst J. Oud 22 Aug '24

22 Aug '24

Hi, Yesterday (SW) probe 1005072 disconnected and this morning (HW) probe 60200 disconnected. This also happened on July 18th with exactly these same two probes, then it apparently was a problem in the Atlas infra. Please advice. Regards, Ernst J. Oud Begin forwarded message: > From: RIPE Atlas <no-reply(a)ripe.net> > Date: 22 August 2024 at 08:30:02 CEST > To: ernstoud(a)euronet.nl > Subject: Probe 60200 is disconnected (4G-T-Mobile) > Reply-To: RIPE Atlas <no-reply(a)ripe.net> > > Dear Ernst J. Oud, > > Your probe 60200 has been disconnected from the RIPE Atlas infrastructure since 2024-08-22 05:52:00 UTC. > > You may be able to learn more about the possible cause from the "Status" tab on your probe's information page: > > https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/60200/#!tab-status > > Probes are tagged with suspected problems every four hours, so if there is nothing listed under the Status tab and your probe has just gone offline, please check back in a few hours, as more information may be available. > > If you need further assistance or have any questions, please contact us at atlas(a)ripe.net. > > Kind regards, > > RIPE Atlas Team > > ********** > This is an automatically generated email from RIPE Atlas. It was sent to you because you asked to be notified if your probe becomes disconnected for more than 30 minutes. If you want to change this, or disable this notification altogether, please go to https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/60200/, and click the "edit" button under "Notifications".

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RIPE NCC Atlas probes are going offline: `controller INIT exit with error`
by Marek Küthe 21 Aug '24

21 Aug '24

Hello, I am running two RIPE NCC Atlas Probes [1] [2] and both went offline a few hours after each other and a `controller INIT exit with error` appears in the log. What can I do about this? The controller also seems to be somehow not pingable [3]. I use Debian 12 with the self-compiled .deb package (version 5090) and use a slightly hardened systemd unit [4]. [1] https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/1008669/ [2] https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/1008711/ [3] https://i.ping.pe/o/L/img_oL3R8bjI.png [4] https://codeberg.org/mark22k/dn42-router/src/commit/5c855adbbca45263268ba5d… I would appreciate an answer! -- Marek Küthe m.k(a)mk16.de er/ihm he/him

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software probe DNS resolving not via OS functions
by Marco Moock 21 Aug '24

21 Aug '24

Hello! I have a software probe and it does many DNS requests. I installed the nscd cache on my machine, but the probe itself doesn't use the operating system's libc functions to resolve names. Is there a special reason for that? I am aware I can install a real local caching DNS server on the machine like dnsmasq, but I would like to ask the question. :-) -- kind regards Marco

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Some RIPE Atlas calls take a long time
by Ben Cartwright-Cox 20 Aug '24

20 Aug '24

Hey folks, Anyone else getting issues with some RIPE Atlas API calls taking a very long time for calls that seem like they should be simple, like a credit check? # time curl https://atlas.ripe.net/api/v2/credits/ -H 'Authorization: Key xxx-xxxx' -o /dev/null real 0m6.394s user 0m0.063s sys 0m0.005s

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RIPE Atlas Infra IP Rages
by Milad Afshari 20 Aug '24

20 Aug '24

Dear Atlas Team, I hope this message finds you well. Could you please provide the exact IP range(s) used by the RIPE Atlas infrastructure? This information is crucial for our ongoing network configuration. Thank you for your assistance. Best regards, Milad

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Atlas UI update 2024-08-19
by Stephen Suess 19 Aug '24

19 Aug '24

Hello Atlas community, We have just released an update to the UI that includes (among other things): - NEW: Advanced search for probes and measurement listing pages - CHANGE: Header components with new icons to match ripe.net - CHANGE: Anchors cache updated on demand (instead of 24 hours) - CHANGE: Improved debounce, reduced error messaging on measurement form If you want to see the full list of what has changed, you can check the release notes here: https://atlas.ripe.net/docs/releases/website/2024-08-19.html As always, we hope you find these changes useful and we welcome your feedback. Kind regards, Stephen Atlas UI

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Strange behavior on UI
by Victor TALVAZ 09 Aug '24

09 Aug '24

Hi, I'm not sure but there is something incorrect on the UI; In Network tab => Connection History in the website, I have the feeling that the column Disconnected for/Connected for has been inverted. For instance, I was connected for 20hours, and now the UI displays that I was Disconnected for 20hours. Dunno if you see the same issue. Regards, Victor

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[atlas]Recent UI changes
by Stephen Suess 08 Aug '24

08 Aug '24

Hello Atlas Users, We have released several updates to the UI over the past month. Here are some of the highlights: - Measurement overview tab: improved summary info for various measurement types and (in the case of dns) most observed answers filtering - Measurement results tab: multiple, non-modal, resizable traceroute popups, toggles for filtering of no reply and no report items, and better error messaging when there are multiple sub queries If you wish to consult an exhaustive list of changes, you can see everything at https://atlas.ripe.net/docs/releases/website.html We hope you find these changes useful and welcome any feedback or suggestions you have. Kind regards, Stephen Atlas UI

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Re: v1 probe loses connection after a while (and webui needs more love)
by Sulev-Madis Silber 07 Aug '24

07 Aug '24

i meant there were recent updates to ripe atlas i noticed the recent power outage is separate issue but i noticed problems appearing at same time. as it is always powered, i'm suspecting it now had to reconnect or maybe it also reflashes new updates on boot, so now it's different. but i don't know what's happening here. hence the question!

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Cannot download periodic measurements
by Shihan Lin 07 Aug '24

07 Aug '24

Hi all, I recently tried to download some public periodic measurements that I launched in May, but I find I cannot download the full result by API or by web interface. One is example is measurement 72054485, which is launched on May 20th. I transformed the start time and end time to timestamp, which is 1716250200 (2024-05-21 00:10) and 1716336540 (2024-05-22 00:09), and when I used the following API to download the results, it responds me with empty file. https://atlas.ripe.net/api/v2/measurements/72054485/results?start=171625020… I cannot download it either when I use the web interface. Any idea about how to solve it? Thank you! Best, Shihan

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doctoral/postdoctoral scholarships at HPI, Germany
by Vaibhav Bajpai 06 Aug '24

06 Aug '24

Dear colleagues, Here (below) is an opportunity to apply for a doctoral/postdoctoral scholarship at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany. Deadline: 15.8.2024 At our chair, we do systems research, and publish papers at the intersection of Internet measurements, security and privacy - that are directly relevant for the network operations community. Folks interested in working at our chair can indicate so in the application. Kind regards, — Vaibhav ------------------------ Prof. Dr. Vaibhav Bajpai, www.vaibhavbajpai.com ----------- Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany "Data Science and Engineering" https://hpi.de/en/research/cooperations-partners/research-schools.html The Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) at the University of Potsdam is one of Germany’s top-ranked computer science institutes. Its PhD school "Data Science and Engineering" currenty supports 20 PhD students. Annually, we seek to add talented young researchers and offer 10 full Ph.D. and Postdoc Scholarships for a support of up to four years in our Potsdam location, on the border of Berlin. Students and Postdocs enjoy a great research environment, close mentorship by professors and postdocs, interaction with many peers, enormous computing power with HPI’s Data Lab, and significant travel funding. HPI faculty and their research groups ensure high quality research and will supervise you. Applications must be submitted at https://hpi.de/en/research/cooperations-partners/research-schools/scholarsh… by August 15, 2024. Please include the following documents: - Curriculum vitae and copies of certificates/transcripts - Brief research proposal, ideally mentioning the suitable HPI research groups you would like to work with - Work samples/copies of relevant scientific work (e.g., master's thesis or scientific papers) - Letter(s) of recommendation and any other supporting documents More information about the program and the application process is at https://hpi.de/en/research/cooperations-partners/research-schools/scholarsh… -----------

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Lot of disconnects for Probe #27262
by Victor TALVAZ 05 Aug '24

05 Aug '24

Hi, Since some days i suffer for highly disconnects, connections to RIPE Atlas are disconnected every 10 minutes, or 50 but nothing more. I tried to change USB stick, and tried to put it on another switch/router. Seems the same. I have tools to monitor my FTTH line from another place, and it looks stable on both IPv4/IPv6. I see the disconnects but there is no alert sent in SOS History and the Probe doesn't reboot. I wonder what more I can do to see the issue ? Can it be an issue on Atlas side ? Maybe somebody from the RIPE see more infos that what I see. PS: I can see dates on connect/disconnect that change sometimes, it's really weird. Thanks for your help, Victor Talvaz

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Re: v1 probe loses connection after a while (and webui needs more love)
by Sulev-Madis Silber 04 Aug '24

04 Aug '24

and, it also seems to try on v6, gets reply but doesn't seem to get connection up for some reason

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v1 probe loses connection after a while (and webui needs more love)
by Sulev-Madis Silber 04 Aug '24

04 Aug '24

i have a old probe here. it's v1 or maybe it was v2. anyway... there were recent updates to system and i had to take everything off power for a few hours. after i put i back and it really is always on here, despite being home. the probe didn't reconnect. i don't have it on pdu. i have never needed it to cycle it before in previous 11 years. taking power off fixed it. now it's down again while on power and network. i went to looked what my atlas vlan does and found probe having both v4 and v6. and looks like it periodically tries to reconnect to ssh, gets reply and then... what happens next? it reports fw issue and trying to reconnect. but what kind of issue suddenly appeared when i have done none of fw changes. it's connection is via fbsd box i have full control over. can somebody check wtf is it and maybe fix it if needed. or maybe it just is too old? it works tho. i'm amazed how long it has been running. before next power cycle, can somebody diagnose it. it seems to connect out well? but just v4 i see. v4 is natted there while v6 is native and routed directly. probe id is 4415 p.s.: new webui tiles are really easy to accidentally mess up with finger on phone screen. never know when you scroll page and when you drag and drop. it's annoying

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Probe #7030 may have specified the wrong location
by Marek Küthe 04 Aug '24

04 Aug '24

Hello, I noticed the probe #7030 [1] during the measurement #76522525 [2]. It has China as its location. However, the probe itself probably belongs to AS23961 [3]. You can see their locations on their website [4]. However, the probe does not appear to be in China, but in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is listed as an extra country/region in the RIPE NCC Atlas and I think this should be used accordingly so as not to falsify results. Could someone adjust the location? Regards Marek Küthe [1] https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/7030 [2] https://atlas.ripe.net/measurements/76522525 [3] https://bgp.tools/as/23961 [4] https://www.misaka.io/services/mc2 -- Marek Küthe m.k(a)mk16.de er/ihm he/him

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REST API: Optional Fields for DNS Measurements
by Richter, Robert 03 Aug '24

03 Aug '24

Dear fellow RIPE Atlases, I am looking for the full definition of all optional field of the RIPE Atlas REST API for creating measurements. Especially the one for creating a DNS measurement. I only find the one defining the required attributes for a DNS measurement. But is there also a list constituting the optional fields? Best regards, Robert

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