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Verbatim stick falled in read only
by Francesco Molitierno 04 Aug '16

04 Aug '16

The verbatim stick of my probe seems falled in a read-only state, there is something that i can try to fix?

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Probe reported as disconnected but is actually online
by Boris Fersing 04 Aug '16

04 Aug '16

Hi there, Today I had a power failure at home and since then, my probe's state is "disconnected", but I checked the network traffic and it looks like the probe is actually able to reach the internet and is doing some DNS requests I don't know about: U431.M<PROBES MAC>.sos.atlas.ripe.net U980.M<PROBES MAC>.sos.atlas.ripe.net U116.M<PROBES MAC>.sos.atlas.ripe.net Do you know what those SOS requests mean? The SOS history on the atlas.ripe.net page doesn't show any useful message. The Status (beta) tab shows the following message: ===== Firewall Problems Suspected What does this mean? Probes connect to the controlling infrastructure using SSH (via port 443). If our system detects that the probe is successfully engaged in other kinds of activities, but these SSH connections fail, then it's highly likely that these connections are somehow blocked or disturbed. This could be because there's a firewall blocking these connections. Another reason could be that there is a (transparent) proxy in the way that affects port 443 (usually HTTPS) connections, which means the probe and its controller cannot mutually authenticate each other (because the proxy is interfering). How can I fix this? Check whether you have a firewall or an aggressive NAT appliance preventing such connections. Also check whether there's a transparent proxy on the path. Alternatively, you can try plugging in the probe on a different network to confirm whether a firewall / proxy is really causing the problem. ===== But since I don't know which host the probe is trying to connect to, I can't really test it and tcpdump doesn't show any attempt to a port 443. Thanks Boris

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atlas-stream SSL problem
by Massimo Candela 03 Aug '16

03 Aug '16

Hi all, We are currently experiencing an issue with the load balancer of the streaming service over SSL. We are working on it. The service on http on port 80 is not affected. The Atlas CLI and Cousteau are not affected too. Sorry for the inconvenience. It will be fixed soon. Best regards, Massimo Candela

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New analysis of version 3 probes on RIPE Labs
by Philip Homburg 02 Aug '16

02 Aug '16

Hi, As promised, we’ve continued to look into the issue that some people are having with the version 3 probes and have found that actual hardware failures for version 3 probes are in fact relatively rare compared to filesystem corruption. We’ve published a new article on RIPE Labs with the complete analysis: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/philip_homburg/further-analysis-of-ripe-atlas… We’ll continue looking into these issues, so stay tuned for future articles. Philip Homburg RIPE NCC

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Re: [atlas] Troubleshooting USB stick issues - reaching out
by Christophe Van Reeth 28 Jul '16

28 Jul '16

Hi, It's not just the Sandisk sticks that go into permanent readonly mode. The Verbatim have the same problem. Mine went into readonly mode after only 10.5 months of service. Kind regards, Christophe Van Reeth > Dear colleagues, > > recently, some of the third version of RIPE Atlas probes have had an > issue with their USB sticks. > > We're still investigating what may be causing this issue, > and in the meantime we have a possible solution, outlined in this RIPE > Labs article (and below in the email) > https://labs.ripe.net/Members/philip_homburg/troubleshooting-ripe-atlas-pro… > > These steps might not be a surprise to the users on this list, > but on the 4th of July we reached out to almost 5000 hosts of > "abandoned" probes, and we see immediate positive results! > > As you can see from some screenshots I quickly made, > number of active probes have increased - from 8883 on 1st July, > to 9323 this morning. Allowing for normal fluctuations, > this is still a considerable increase -- and we are grateful! > > Thank you for all the effort that you put into keeping the > RIPE Atlas network strong by keeping your probes connected. > > Kind regards, > Vesna (and the RIPE Atlas team) > > === > > Steps to power-cycle probe without USB stick: > > 1. Unplug the probe from its power source > 2. Remove the USB stick from the probe > 3. Plug in the probe WITHOUT the USB stick > 4. Wait for ten minutes > 5. Insert the USB stick > > After an hour, check SOS-messages & "Status" tab > > Note: Only on a network with working DHCP. > If you have configured probe to use static IP, > this setting would be lost if trying the steps. > > If this didn't help, try using a new, brand-name USB stick that is at > least 4GB in size (it does not need any preparation but its contents > will be erased so make sure it does not store anything crucial) > > If the problem is still there, please contact us at atlas(a)ripe.net >

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Fwd: Probe 2317 is down (home fibre)
by Colin Johnston 25 Jul '16

25 Jul '16

seems fine to me ? dont have connectivity to ripe site though from BT network range in uk what is telia upto ? Colins-iMac:~ colinj$ traceroute www.ripe.net traceroute to www.ripe.net (193.0.6.139), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets 1 bthomehub (192.168.1.254) 1.913 ms 1.078 ms 1.078 ms 2 * * * 3 * * * 4 31.55.185.196 (31.55.185.196) 16.187 ms 15.477 ms 15.443 ms 5 195.99.127.142 (195.99.127.142) 15.557 ms 195.99.127.130 (195.99.127.130) 16.274 ms 195.99.127.128 (195.99.127.128) 16.602 ms 6 vhsaccess2-pos1-0.faraday.fixed.bt.net (195.99.127.9) 16.979 ms 16.611 ms 195.99.127.25 (195.99.127.25) 17.097 ms 7 166-49-211-240.eu.bt.net (166.49.211.240) 16.413 ms 166-49-211-236.eu.bt.net (166.49.211.236) 16.225 ms 166-49-211-238.eu.bt.net (166.49.211.238) 15.821 ms 8 213.248.82.249 (213.248.82.249) 16.880 ms 15.785 ms 15.470 ms 9 ldn-bb2-link.telia.net (62.115.137.194) 16.633 ms 213.248.82.249 (213.248.82.249) 15.631 ms 15.400 ms 10 ldn-bb3-link.telia.net (80.91.248.90) 15.776 ms ldn-bb2-link.telia.net (213.155.136.62) 16.815 ms adm-bb4-link.telia.net (62.115.142.221) 22.936 ms 11 adm-b2-link.telia.net (62.115.141.51) 25.759 ms adm-b2-link.telia.net (80.91.253.182) 22.263 ms adm-b2-link.telia.net (62.115.141.17) 21.979 ms 12 adm-b2-link.telia.net (80.91.253.182) 22.481 ms adm-b2-link.telia.net (62.115.141.9) 22.344 ms adm-b2-link.telia.net (62.115.141.63) 27.606 ms Colin > Begin forwarded message: > > From: RIPE Atlas (no reply) <no-reply(a)ripe.net> > Subject: Probe 2317 is down (home fibre) > Date: 21 June 2015 20:30:07 BST > To: colinj(a)mx5.org.uk > > Dear Dear colin johnston, > > Your probe 2317 has been disconnected since 2015-06-21 18:49:16 UTC. > > 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/2317/, and click the "edit" button under "Notifications". > > Kind regards, > > RIPE Atlas Team > atlas(a)ripe.net

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Identifying widespread outages using atlas?
by Rafal.Jankowski＠thomsonreuters.com 20 Jul '16

20 Jul '16

Hi I'm wondering if there is any good statistic tool that helps identyfing any widespread Internet outages using ripe atlas probes such as ISP issues (like todays http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36844712) cable cuts, etc. Normally I select probe and look into public measurements but it does not seem to be very effective. ________________________________ This e-mail is for the sole use of the intended recipient and contains information that may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this e-mail and any attachments. Certain required legal entity disclosures can be accessed on our website.<http://site.thomsonreuters.com/site/disclosures/>

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Stop time not retained when creating new measurement
by Bill Fenner 18 Jul '16

18 Jul '16

Hi, I created a new measurement this morning, https://atlas.ripe.net/measurements/4467029/ . Its status says: Timing 2016-07-16 07:35 No stop time defined but I filled in the stop time when I created the measurement via the web page; I saved the command that it gave me to invoke the API and it includes: ... "is_oneoff": false, "bill_to": "fenner(a)fenron.com", "stop_time": 1469361631 } a) this feels like a bug. Is it a bug? b) can I add the stop time post-facto, or should I remember to go back and click "stop"? Thanks, Bill

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start one-off from probe overview page
by Job Snijders 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

Hi all, UI feature requests: It would be cool if there is a button to start a one-off measurement from a certain probe's overview pages. If I am at https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/25606/ - would be nice if I can immediately jump into a one-off, rather then copy-pasting the probe's ID and creating a new one-off UDM. Kind regards, Job

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Error creating one-off ping measurement
by Jared Mauch 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

We are attempting to test some things and I’m getting this error. "A one-off measurement cannot have the interval field set” It seems to be a problem if this field is even blank, anyone else experience this? - Jared

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Re: [atlas] Is the Atlas probe hackable?
by fuller＠beif.de 14 Jul '16

14 Jul '16

related to? http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2016-March/084946.html

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Probe down
by Виталий Туровец 14 Jul '16

14 Jul '16

Hello there! I've got a probe #20190 (https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/20190/) and it shows disconnected status it Atlas Web UI. I've tried to reboot the probe, it gets the IP address from my router via DHCP and i can ping it, the probe opens TCP connection to 193.0.19.25:443 and that's it. The question: how do i make it connect to Atlas again? -- ~~~ WBR, Vitalii Turovets Software Engineer VITU-RIPE

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Result streams not working
by Florencia Alvarez Etcheverry 13 Jul '16

13 Jul '16

Hello, I started working with RIPE Atlas last week, when I made a script to create a one-off ping measurement between two specific probes (which I ping to check if they were working). I used Cousteau API, by default I sent 3 packets and I had 5 seconds of timeout. I got the results one time and then it stopped working. I changed the timeout to 3 or 4 minutes and while waiting for the callback function to execute I checked on the webpage and I can see the results for every measure I launched. So I see the results on the page but they don't get to the stream and the callback function is never called. I also saw the status changed from "ongoing" to "stopped" several minutes after I've seen the results; which leads me to another question, when a measurement stops?, why if I already have the results of a ping (that is the only thing I've launched) it's still running? I tried with Cousteau and also directly with socketIO but it has the same behavior. When I took off the parameters "packets=1,interval=60" of the request (leaving default values), I got the result with Cousteau API, but not with the socket directly. When I run it again it didn't work, so it looks like it works one of 20 times. Is there something I could do or am I doing something wrong? Thank you, Florencia. Sent via RIPE Forum -- https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum

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Troubleshooting USB stick issues - reaching out
by Vesna Manojlovic 11 Jul '16

11 Jul '16

Dear colleagues, recently, some of the third version of RIPE Atlas probes have had an issue with their USB sticks. We're still investigating what may be causing this issue, and in the meantime we have a possible solution, outlined in this RIPE Labs article (and below in the email) https://labs.ripe.net/Members/philip_homburg/troubleshooting-ripe-atlas-pro… These steps might not be a surprise to the users on this list, but on the 4th of July we reached out to almost 5000 hosts of "abandoned" probes, and we see immediate positive results! As you can see from some screenshots I quickly made, number of active probes have increased - from 8883 on 1st July, to 9323 this morning. Allowing for normal fluctuations, this is still a considerable increase -- and we are grateful! Thank you for all the effort that you put into keeping the RIPE Atlas network strong by keeping your probes connected. Kind regards, Vesna (and the RIPE Atlas team) === Steps to power-cycle probe without USB stick: 1. Unplug the probe from its power source 2. Remove the USB stick from the probe 3. Plug in the probe WITHOUT the USB stick 4. Wait for ten minutes 5. Insert the USB stick After an hour, check SOS-messages & "Status" tab Note: Only on a network with working DHCP. If you have configured probe to use static IP, this setting would be lost if trying the steps. If this didn't help, try using a new, brand-name USB stick that is at least 4GB in size (it does not need any preparation but its contents will be erased so make sure it does not store anything crucial) If the problem is still there, please contact us at atlas(a)ripe.net

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sometimes no RTT?
by Antranig Vartanian 08 Jul '16

08 Jul '16

Hi all! I'm new to RIPE Atlas, and right now using it for educational purposes :)) lately I've seen that some of my traceroute measurements do not have RTT. although it's not completely ignored by the hop (I get the data like from, size, ttl), but only rtt is missing :)) any idea how, why and when does this happen? :) for a live example, check Measurement #4458653. 48th probe's 11th hop's 1st query (counting from zero, btw) does not have rtt :) thanks in advance! side question: is there an (un)official IRC channel? :) -- Antranig Vartanian | PGP Key ID : 0xDAB81456 https://antranigv.am | https://cert.am (* do one thing and do it well *)

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development server?
by Ollivier Robert 06 Jul '16

06 Jul '16

Hello, I've been hosting a probe for quite sometimes and now that APIv2 is out, I've writing a Go library to access it. Is there a development server I could hit instead of the regular one in order to clutter the DB with temporary/trash measurements? Thanks. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto(a)keltia.net In memoriam to Ondine, our 2nd child: http://ondine.keltia.net/

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Is the Atlas probe hackable?
by Hank Nussbacher 06 Jul '16

06 Jul '16

I received a report from one of our security monitoring systems about one of our probes (#17846) - https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/17846/ which appears to be infected with Tinba: > Security incident #1 - Tinba infection > Involved internal Hosts: > atlas-probe.cc.biu.ac.il 132.70.248.150 spotted since > 2016-06-30 > 23:58:54 till 2016-07-01 05:01:20 > Malicious activities found: > Tinba infection > related indication of compromise: > Communication with CnC > 192.112.36.4 > 192.203.230.10 > 192.228.79.201 > 192.33.4.12 > 192.36.148.17 > 193.0.14.129 > 198.41.0.4 > 198.97.190.53 > 199.7.83.42 > 199.7.91.13 > 202.12.27.33 Should we be worried? Thanks, Hank

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Is there something up with atlas.ripe.net at the moment ?
by Steve Pointer 05 Jul '16

05 Jul '16

Hi I am trying to add a couple of new measurements, however it has been "...calculating" for about an hour now. Is there a known issue? Many Thanks Steve P -- Steve Pointer spointer(a)humdai.net

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SSL Measurement shows time errors for Certs
by Paul van der Zwan 29 Jun '16

29 Jun '16

I have just created an SSL measurement with 20 probes and they all show the following error for the cert validity dates: Invalid date UTC . AFAIK the cert contains valid dates.. Any idea ? Thanks, Paul Sent via RIPE Forum -- https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum

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RIPE NCC Webinars - new dates
by Vesna Manojlovic 29 Jun '16

29 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, If you are interested in a RIPE Atlas webinar: - new date for summer is announced: 16.8. (below) - description & additional material is available here: https://www.ripe.net/support/training/learn-online/webinars/advanced-ripe-a… You can register on-line if you are an LIR; otherwise, please contact <training(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Vesna -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [ncc-announce] [training] RIPE NCC Webinars - new dates Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the launch of new dates for our Webinars. The RIPE NCC Webinars are live and take only one hour. You can interact with our trainers without leaving your desk. We focus on the topics and issues most important for LIRs. Register now at https://www.ripe.net/support/training/learn-online/webinars Participation is limited to 20 people, so don't hesitate if you want to take part! If you have questions, please email <training(a)ripe.net>. We look forward to seeing you online. Kind regards, RIPE NCC Training Service

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More than 200 RIPE Atlas anchors now online
by Michela Galante 29 Jun '16

29 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, Thanks to thirteen new RIPE Atlas anchors being activated over the last two months, we have now reached an important milestone: more than 200 anchors online! Learn more about what anchor measurements can do for you: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/about/ We have also started decommissioning anchors with older hardware and working with hosts to replace them with updated hardware. We'd like to thank Nick Hilliard for helping us test our decommissioning procedure and becoming the first anchor host to update to the new hardware for as2128, hosted by INEX in Dublin, Ireland. Since our last announcement, the following anchors have become active: - cz-brq-as24971, hosted by Master Internet s.ro.o in Brno, Czech Republic - nl-ams-as1200, hosted by AMS-IX B.V. in Amsterdam, Netherlands - ca-wtl-as4508, hosted by NeuStyle Corporation in Waterloo, Canada - ie-ork-as2128, second anchor for INEX, hosted in Cork, Ireland - lv-rix-as52048, hosted by DATACLUB S.A. in Riga, Latvia - dk-taa-as51468, hosted by One.com in Tastrup, Denmark - ie-dub-as2128, hosted by INEX in Dublin, Ireland (replaces older hardware) - us-rno-as3851, hosted by University of Nevada in Reno, United States - nl-dft-as31019, hosted by Meanie in Delft, Netherlands - ru-mot-as13238, hosted by Yandex LLC in Mytishchi, Russia - de-bwe-as680, hosted by TU Braunschweig, Gauss-IT-Zentrum in Braunschweig, Germany - nl-ams-as35733, hosted by EURid VZW in Amsterdam, Netherlands - us-abn-as51468, hosted by One.com in Ashburn, United States - kh-pnh-as7712, hosted by Sabay Digital Coperation (sponsored by APNIC) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia The map of all anchor locations is available at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/map/ You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ And here are all of the anchor hosts: https://atlas.ripe.net/get-involved/community/#!tab-anchor-sponsors We are still accepting new applications from organisations interested in hosting a RIPE Atlas anchor, and 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. To apply for your own RIPE Atlas anchor, please visit: https://atlas.ripe.net/get-involved/become-an-anchor-host/ It’s also possible to sponsor an anchor for organisations that want to host one but don’t have the necessary funding. To learn more about sponsoring an anchor, please contact us at atlas(a)ripe.net Regards, Michela Galante Measurements Community Building RIPE NCC

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written off Probe #20578
by FREDDY BULOW 28 Jun '16

28 Jun '16

hello, is it gonna be my probe on, I just received the probe. because I have this message on the interface of the count : Note: this probe is Most Likely not operational, and hast Such it has-been written off as of 2015-05-27 1:02 UTC. The Most Likely reason for this is que le host couldn't be contacted. Thank you for your help. Sent via RIPE Forum -- https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum

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accounting glitch for probe 15105
by Kasper Pedersen 28 Jun '16

28 Jun '16

Tonight Freddy Bulow's post made me take a look at 15105. I was certain it would be up, but that was only halfway what I found. It was listed as being down since June 16th, and the uptime graph was showing an 8-day hole. It was, however, showing traffic on the graph, and locally I was also seeing normal probe traffic. Here's a pcap: https://highlyexperimental.kitsune.dk/201606242131.pcap At packet 765 I powercycled the probe, it came back up, and now showed 0 minutes up. That was expected, but what also happened was that the uptime graph filled in to no longer show downtime, the log entry showing the probe going down on the 16th disappeared (yes, really), and a new one showed it going down on the 24th with a few seconds downtime. The only thing left is the 8-day hole in the credit log, that did not change. /Kasper Pedersen Beware of corner cases. They tend to have sharp corners. Sent via RIPE Forum -- https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum

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How to get a new USB stick ?
by Élodie de FranceServ Hébergement 27 Jun '16

27 Jun '16

Hello, The SanDisk USB (4GB) provided with the RIPE Atlas probe don’t work anymore since more 5 days and the connection logs say “NO USB”. To check the USB stick, I plugged a personal one and since this time the probe is working again. I have this probe number 18685 since 2015-03-05. I would like know if the team could send me a new USB stick to replace the old one please or if I need to buy a new one myself ? Best regards, Élodie

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Probe #16917 shows disconnected
by Jacques Lav!gnotte. 22 Jun '16

22 Jun '16

Hi RIPE-Atlas-Probe-16917 gets the Adresse IP : 192.168.1.13 on the DHCP of the ADSL Modem but RipeAtlas site says probe is disconnected. I restarted it several times, checked the cable to the witch and replaced the power supply. No way : The 'globe' LED is permanently blinking. What else should I check ? Thanks, Jacques -- GnuPg : C8F5B1E3 WeUsePGP Because privacy matters http://weusepgp.info/

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