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raspbian.net/raspbian.org ipv6 peering problems
by Thomas Schäfer 25 Jun '19

25 Jun '19

Hello, I am not sure if I am right here with my question. Does someone measurements to the server of "raspbian"? Their hoster (bytemark, iomart, zayo?) seems not to be able to establish correct peerings. At least the peering to AS3320 is broken. I already contacted 3320. They say zayo doesn't fulfill the minimum security requirements. Are more peerings broken? Regards, Thomas

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When to consider a measurement finished
by Wouter de Vries 25 Jun '19

25 Jun '19

Hi all, I am currently trying to do some measurements according to the following steps: 1. create a one-off measurement 2. wait for it to finish, by periodically polling the msmid and checking the status. 3. fetch the results However, the system takes a pretty long time to set the status to finished, even when all results are already in (maybe 10 minutes?). What heuristics/method do you recommend to determine whether to consider a measurement as finished? One option I consider is to periodically fetch all results for a given msmid and checking if the number of results matches the number of probes assigned to the measurement. However, I suspect that causes a much higher load on the infrastructure. Best regards, Wouter de Vries

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Probe off-line for 6 days due to bad firmware signature
by Novak Jirka 25 Jun '19

25 Jun '19

Hello, my probe 22424 is off-line due to bad firmware signature error. I try to boot it without USB stick many times, then i change the USB stick (replace the old one with new one), but it doesnt solve my problem. Could you help me? This is the information from my status page: Bad Firmware Signature What does this mean? The probe's firmware signature is wrong. How can I fix this? Power-cycle the probe and wait for a couple of hours. If probe doesn't come online you should try to reinitialise or even replace your flash drive. Please use the following procedure: 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 If it didn't help repeat these steps using another working USB stick that is at least 4GB in size. NOTE: This must be done on a network with working DHCP! It will NOT work if you have configured your probe to use a static IP address, because this mini-operating system does not have access to any statically configure IP addresses or DNS resolvers. If you have configured your probe to use a static IP address, the only thing you can do is move it to a network with working DHCP. When the probe is listed as "connected" again, it is safe to move the probe back to its original location. However, please note that we advise configuring your probe to use a static IP address only if you feel it is truly necessary to do so. Thx, Jiri

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any clue rtt unreachable packet loss 100% com234.476.249
by kiran.gunana＠colruytgroup.com 25 Jun '19

25 Jun '19

Hello, Can some one help me with the reason behind me always getting RTT unreachable and packet loss 100% for every probe I choose to monitor one our service from internet in belgium. Is there something I am not doing right or can guid me a better way of doing it. Even though there is 100% packet loss , my credit balance is still being consumed. Kiran Gunana Network Engineer kiran.gunana(a)colruytgroup.com T +32 2 363 55 45 (Ext : 55711) Colruyt Group Edingensesteenweg 196 - 1500 Halle www.colruytgroup.com LinkedIn Twitter Dit bericht is onderworpen aan de voorwaarden beschikbaar op onze website Ce message est soumis aux conditions disponibles sur notre site web This message is subject to the terms and conditions available on our website

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prometheus exporter atlas_exporter ripe atlas com234.553.762
by kiran.gunana＠colruytgroup.com 24 Jun '19

24 Jun '19

Hello, Is any body out there using "https://github.com/czerwonk/atlas_exporter" promethues exporter for exporting metrics from ripe atlas, started using it , wanted to know experience or best practices before spending more time on it. Only exporting ping metrics for now as explained in the article, any other metrics were tried and how were the results, any such help is appreciated :) Kind Regards, Kiran. Dit bericht is onderworpen aan de voorwaarden beschikbaar op onze website Ce message est soumis aux conditions disponibles sur notre site web This message is subject to the terms and conditions available on our website

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Re: [atlas] any clue rtt unreachable packet loss 100% com234.553.190
by kiran.gunana＠colruytgroup.com 24 Jun '19

24 Jun '19

gboonie, Indeed you are right, I had the impression some thing else is breaking it, I did modify and got my results. rg, kiran ----- Original Message: com234.484.306 --------------------------------- From: Dave . (gboonie(a)gmail.com) To: kiran.gunana(a)colruytgroup.com Copy: ripe-atlas(a)ripe.net Subject: Re: [atlas] any clue rtt unreachable packet loss 100% com234.476.249 Date: 24 June 2019 (09:35) Hi, Your destination is not responding to ICMP (ping/traceroute). This is not an Atlas issue. Dave Op ma 24 jun. 2019 om 08:50 schreef <kiran.gunana(a)colruytgroup.com>: Hello, Can some one help me with the reason behind me always getting RTT unreachable and packet loss 100% for every probe I choose to monitor one our service from internet in belgium. Is there something I am not doing right or can guid me a better way of doing it. Even though there is 100% packet loss , my credit balance is still being consumed. Kiran Gunana Network Engineer kiran.gunana(a)colruytgroup.com T +32 2 363 55 45 (Ext : 55711) Colruyt Group Edingensesteenweg 196 - 1500 Halle www.colruytgroup.com LinkedIn Twitter Dit bericht is onderworpen aan de voorwaarden beschikbaar op onze website Ce message est soumis aux conditions disponibles sur notre site web This message is subject to the terms and conditions available on our website Dit bericht is onderworpen aan de voorwaarden beschikbaar op onze website Ce message est soumis aux conditions disponibles sur notre site web This message is subject to the terms and conditions available on our website

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delete old measurements from ripe com234.474.800
by kiran.gunana＠colruytgroup.com 24 Jun '19

24 Jun '19

Hello , Is there a way we can delete old measurements in ripe atlas measurements tab. Thes one's which are marked should be deleted for me. Kiran Gunana Network Engineer kiran.gunana(a)colruytgroup.com Colruyt Group Edingensesteenweg 196 - 1500 Halle www.colruytgroup.com LinkedIn Twitter Dit bericht is onderworpen aan de voorwaarden beschikbaar op onze website Ce message est soumis aux conditions disponibles sur notre site web This message is subject to the terms and conditions available on our website

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Mailing list unsubscribe
by Christian Seifert 23 Jun '19

23 Jun '19

Hi, please unsubscribe me from the [atlas] mailing list. thanks

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Mailing subscription
by Noe Manapo 23 Jun '19

23 Jun '19

Hi team, Please I want to join the ripe-atlas mailing list. Thank you Best regard Noe Manapo

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RIPE Atlas anchor resolver update
by Anand Buddhdev 19 Jun '19

19 Jun '19

Dear colleagues, All the RIPE Atlas anchors run a caching DNS resolver. This resolver is used to look up names when a measurement requests name resolution using a probe's resolver. We have been running an older version of BIND for this service. In the coming days, we will be upgrading the version of BIND to the latest stable version (9.14). This version has dropped many work-arounds for various forms of brokenness in other DNS implementations. The effect of this is that a small number of domains hosted on broken DNS implementations cannot be looked up by this newer version of BIND. If you are running a measurement that uses an anchor's local resolver, and you find that some domain names are failing to resolve, it may be caused by this upgrade. Regards, Anand Buddhdev RIPE NCC

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Periodic Probes Outage
by Milad Afshari 17 Jun '19

17 Jun '19

Dear all, Hi Within past days I am experiencing some periodic outage of many probes here in Iran, since I have checked all my probes and their network connections status, I guess they have some issue for connecting to the RIPE Atlas infrastructure. https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/?public=4&status=&country=IR&search=&… please let me know your thoughts and opinions. Many thanks Milad

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RIPE Atlas Software Probes Survey
by Alun Davies 17 Jun '19

17 Jun '19

Dear colleagues, We are working on making the RIPE Atlas measurement software available as an installable package so you can run RIPE Atlas probes entirely in software without the need of a dedicated physical device. We are interested in your feedback regarding this feature, and we are also looking for volunteers willing to partner with us and help package the software for various operating systems and platforms. Please send your feedback and let us know if you can support RIPE Atlas software probes by filling in this short survey: https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/apply/atlas-probes/ <https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/apply/atlas-probes/> Kind regards, Alun Davies RIPE NCC

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Web interface for Create New Measurements does not work for me
by ripe＠brite.cz 11 Jun '19

11 Jun '19

https://atlas.ripe.net/measurements/form/ when I click Traceroute and enter an IP address, then "Create My Measurements" button on the bottom does not do anything, no error message. Tried various settings and Firefox, Edge, Chrome. Is it error on my side? Any idea? Thank you Jiri

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RFC1918 probes
by Mayer Hans 22 May '19

22 May '19

Dear All, Looking at the result of a traceroute measurement I see very often that first hop has a RFC1918 address. These days a found a result where the first 3 hops are showing something like 192.168.x.y Of course this could falsify the result especially for response time. Is there a way to select only Atlas probes which are located in non RFC1918 networks ? If not it would be nice to have such a possibility. Kind regards Hans -- Ing. Dipl.-Ing. Hans Mayer Systems Administrator Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Schlossplatz 1 A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Phone: +43 2236 807 Ext 215 Mobile: +43 676 83 807 215 Web: http://www.iiasa.at E-Mail: mayer(a)iiasa.ac.at Atlas probe: 35603 Note: If there is a disclaimer or other legal boilerplate in the above message, it is NULL AND VOID. You may ignore it.

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New probe tags proposal
by Antonios Chariton 18 May '19

18 May '19

Hello everyone, I believe it would be of interest to have system-assigned tags to probes based on whether their network is performing RPKI validation or not. This can be two new tags, “rpki-validating” and “no-rpki-validation”, or similar. The tags should be assigned per probe, using RIPE’s RIS Routing Beacons [1], by running system ping checks every hour / day. What do you think? Would this be something that you would find useful? Thanks, Antonis 1: https://www.ripe.net/analyse/internet-measurements/routing-information-serv… <https://www.ripe.net/analyse/internet-measurements/routing-information-serv…>

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Re: [atlas] [WARNING! RECEIVED FROM EXTERNAL SENDER] Incorrect location of probe #6422
by Ponikierski, Grzegorz 09 May '19

09 May '19

BTW it's an anchor. I guess that location of anchors should be double-checked as they play important role. Regards, Grzegorz From: "Ponikierski, Grzegorz" <gponikie(a)akamai.com> Date: Tuesday 2019-05-07 at 17:37 To: "ripe-atlas(a)ripe.net" <ripe-atlas(a)ripe.net> Subject: [WARNING! RECEIVED FROM EXTERNAL SENDER] [atlas] Incorrect location of probe #6422 Hi all! According to Atlas probe #6422 is located in Los Angeles but from measurements it's clear that probe is in Miami. Can somebody relay this information to probe owner to fix location? Regards, Grzegorz

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Incorrect location of probe #6422
by Ponikierski, Grzegorz 07 May '19

07 May '19

Hi all! According to Atlas probe #6422 is located in Los Angeles but from measurements it's clear that probe is in Miami. Can somebody relay this information to probe owner to fix location? Regards, Grzegorz

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Communication with probes' owners
by Ponikierski, Grzegorz 02 May '19

02 May '19

Hi all! From time to time I find probes which has incorrect country in their description. For example #10333 supposed to be in US but from my measurements it looks like it is somewhere nearby Amsterdam. If something has 10ms RTT to target in Amsterdam, has hops with `nl-ams14a-ri1-ae8-0.aorta.net<https://stat.ripe.net/nl-ams14a-ri1-ae8-0.aorta.net>` description and has ASN for LibertyGlobal then this probe is rather in Europe. It takes some time to resolve such issue via RIPE team so maybe we can get a form to send direct and short message to probe owner to let him/her know that something is wrong with his/her probe and we ask for verification. What do you think about that? Regards, Grzegorz

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Probes fluctuation
by Rami Al-Dalky 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

Hello, I am running a number of one-off measurements and all what I request is 200 probes. However, I see a fluctuation in the number of participating probes (sometimes I get 198 and sometimes as low as 175). Any idea what is the issue? Thanks a lot, Rami

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All our atlas probes have reverted to DHCP
by Sebastian Wiesinger 24 Apr '19

24 Apr '19

Hi, all of our four atlas probes have reverted from their fixed network configuration to DHCP which is a shame because there is no DHCP at their present locations. Also this not the first time it happend. Can someone explain why this happens and how to prevent this? This wastes a lot of time and effort every time it happens. Regards Sebastian

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Re: [atlas] contacing probe owner.
by Geert Jan de Groot 20 Apr '19

20 Apr '19

> Quite the opposite IMHO, understanding that the anticipated means of > communication will be email and that the email address of a probe's host > will be generic, eg. <ripe-atlas-probe-[number](a)atlas.ripe.net>, > redirecting all incoming emails to a final address. The redirection > would be configured via the portal then. Using an address as described above would allow enumeration attacks. If it would use a hash instead it would be safer. The hash for probe XXX would be obtainable via the portal, where you would need to look up probe's details anyway. Geert Jan

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Measurement result issues for some RIPE Atlas anchors
by Philip Homburg 18 Apr '19

18 Apr '19

In April, we started investigating a strange traceroute result reported by one of the RIPE Atlas anchors. The conclusion of our investigation is that the probe upgrade process for the v3 anchor firmware has been leaving old measurement daemons running as well as starting new ones. This means that a gradually increasing number of measurements from the affected anchors have been performed multiple times more or less simultaneously. Because those processes were writing to the same file, this resulted in a lot of garbled results. Purely by chance, the weird result that triggered the investigation had the first part of one result and the last part of another result in a way that generated syntactically correct JSON. The net result is that for the last few months, measurements done by anchors may have resulted in multiple results at roughly the same time or no results because the results were rejected as invalid. For those who wish to check whether results for specific measurements were affected, the following links will direct you to lists of probe IDs for the affected anchors: https://atlas.ripe.net/api/v2/probes/?is_anchor=true&tags=system-virtual&fi… (VM anchors) https://atlas.ripe.net/api/v2/probes/?is_anchor=true&tags=system-v3-pc-engi… (v3 hardware anchors) We are working to resolve the issue and will keep you updated as and when we have more to report. We apologise for any inconvenience this might cause. Philip

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DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-HTTPS measurement
by Petr Špaček 10 Apr '19

10 Apr '19

Hello, could you share plans for DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-HTTPS measurements? I had impression that DNS-over-TLS is already supported but now I cannot find it in the UI so I'm probably wrong. Thank you for information! -- Petr Špaček @ CZ.NIC

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Scheduled RIPE Atlas maintenance 2019-04-10 09:00 UTC
by Chris Amin 10 Apr '19

10 Apr '19

Dear RIPE Atlas users, We are planning on making a behind-the-scenes change to the RIPE Atlas database tomorrow in order to make the system more robust. Measurements scheduled during this time may be either rejected or delayed. Probes will continue to carry out measurements as usual so there won't be a gap in scheduled measurement results. The window for the maintenance is 2019-04-10 09:00 UTC until 12:00 UTC. We hope that it will be quicker than this and will keep you updated. Kind regards, Chris Amin RIPE NCC

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DNS measurements broken today?
by Stephane Bortzmeyer 05 Apr '19

05 Apr '19

It seems all DNS measurements (not just mine, checked on <https://atlas.ripe.net/measurements/?page=1#tab-dns> return only an empty array today... % curl -s https://atlas.ripe.net/api/v2/measurements/20566896/results/ []%

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Responsive Probe Fluctuations
by Marcel Flores 05 Apr '19

05 Apr '19

Hi All, Noticed a funny little swing in probe responsiveness. It seems to have returned to normal, but was curious if anyone else had seen it. We do one-off measurement where we select all probes, usually the responsiveness rates look something like: 12743 Requested / 10147 Actually Participated (Taken from 18 March) But on 19 March we started seeing rates more like: 12914 Requested / 7852 Actually Participated Which continued until about 28 March, when it returned to about the previous levels: 12916 Requested / 9943 Actually Participated Something funny happen with the dispatching? Did anybody else see? -- *Marcel Flores, PhD* | Sr. Research Scientist research.verizondigitalmedia.com | AS15133 <https://www.peeringdb.com/asn/15133> p: +1 310.593.6880 e: marcel.flores(a)verizondigitalmedia.com 13031 W Jefferson Blvd. Building 900, Los Angeles, CA 90094

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Probe not coming online anymore after firmware upgrade
by Annika Wickert 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

Hi everyone, I bought a new USB Stick for this probe as the old one was tagged as readonly etc.. https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/23913/ <https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/23913/> In the panel it says: 2019-03-21 14:50:02 UTC Probe firmware upgraded Your probe #23913 <https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/23913/> upgraded its firmware from version 3.3.8 to version 4960 But for some reason it is not coming online at all :(. Any idea what could be the issue? I also see no network traffic at all originating from the probe. Best, Annika

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Fwd: credit request
by Michael Rabinovich 22 Mar '19

22 Mar '19

(I previously subscribed to this list using the same mail alias as used for my RIPE Atlas account, and the mail below was held up for moderation since it came from a non-matching email address. I now changed my subscription and am re-sending that email. I apologize in advance if the moderator releases the original mail and you see a duplicate. — Michael) > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Michael Rabinovich <michael.rabinovich(a)case.edu> > Subject: credit request > Date: March 21, 2019 at 2:45:45 PM EDT > To: ripe-atlas(a)ripe.net > > Folks, > > I teach computer science at Case Western Reserve University. I have a group of students working on a research project to characterize certain aspects of DNS and HTTP interactions on the Web. To get a representative measurement, we need to resolve hostnames from top-1M websites from a large number of widely dispersed probes. So we need a large amount of credits and I was wondering if I could ask folks for help. My back of the envelop calculations suggest we are short of ~200M credits. I realize it’s a large amount, but we would take any help we can get and will conduct as credible measurement as we can with the credits we assemble! Please note that my RIPE Atlas account is associated with mail alias misha(a)case.edu <mailto:misha@case.edu> (not the default email address I am sending from), so please use “misha(a)case.edu <mailto:misha@case.edu>” for credit transfer if you can help. > > Many thanks in advance! > Regards, > Michael Rabinovich > > >

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Request RIPE Atlas Credit for Research
by 陆超逸 07 Mar '19

07 Mar '19

Dear all, Greetings! I'm a PhD student at Tsinghua University, China. Recently a large-scale measurement via RIPE Atlas is needed for my research. However, as a new user I don't have any credit to proceed, and unfortunately the time doesn't allow me to earn them by myself. So I'm here to ask for help. Is it possible for anyone generous enough to offer me some RIPE Atlas credits (like, a million)? My account at RIPE NCC is lcy17(a)mails.tsinghua.edu.cn. Many thanks for your help! Sincerely, Chaoyi Lu

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Re: [atlas] ripe-atlas Digest, Vol 91, Issue 4
by Markus heptner 06 Mar '19

06 Mar '19

500.000 sent :) Markus

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Graphing packet loss
by Steve Hill 01 Mar '19

01 Mar '19

I've got some ping measurements set up and am trying to find a good way to visualise outages. The Latencymon tool obviously shows red shaded sections on the graphs for an outage, but they vanish when zoomed out a long way. A graph of average packet loss seems the obvious way of doing it, but it doesn't look like there's any way to get this from the Atlas website, sort of downloading the data and building my own tool to analyse it. Am I missing something obvious? :) -- - Steve

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New RIPE Atlas Version 4 Probes
by Mirjam Kuehne 26 Feb '19

26 Feb '19

Dear colleagues, In part as a response to recent questions regarding the distribution of RIPE Atlas probes, we have prepared an article detailing the work we have been doing to get supply back on track: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alun_davies/new-ripe-atlas-version-4-probes We hope that this article, in which we introduce the new generation of RIPE Atlas probes, will answer at least some of the questions that have arisen lately. We’d like to thank you all once again for your patience! Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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Time difference between results and update of measurement status
by Vasileios Giotsas 25 Feb '19

25 Feb '19

I've seen that the status of a measurement is updated much later than when the measurement results become available. For instance, while the RTTs of a ping measurement are returned the status is still Ongoing for up to 3 minutes. Is there anything (such as sanity checks) that intervenes between the update of the results and and update of the measurement status, which may change the results? Or is it safe to assume that once the results are out the measurement status will eventually change to 'Stopped', just a bit later? Thanks! Vasileios

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Issue with RIPE Atlas HTTP measurements
by Philip Homburg 19 Feb '19

19 Feb '19

We recently discovered an issue with RIPE Atlas HTTP measurements. In trying to fix an issue that caused the HTTP body size to be reported incorrectly, we inadvertently introduced a bug that prevents the measurement from working under certain conditions. This bug affects firmware release 4940 and the upcoming releases 4950 and 4960. The combination that fails is a recurring measurement after the first run with an HTTP server that returns the body as chunks. This means that one-off measurements are fine. Unfortunately, HTTP measurements that are part of anchoring measurements are affected. We will work to fix this issue in the first firmware release after 4960, which can be expected in the next couple of months. We apologise for the ongoing issue and will keep you informed as we work to resolve it. Philip

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Re: [atlas] "Cannot resolve" tag on IPv6-only network?
by ripe＠brite.cz 14 Feb '19

14 Feb '19

https://atlas.ripe.net/about/faq/#i-have-an-ipv6-only-network-will-the-prob… says I have an IPv6-only network. Will the probe work on it? Yes. All probes can be configured statically with an IPv6 address, default router, DNS resolvers, etc. through the web UI. In addition, version 3 probes can be fully configured through router advertisements (support for RFC 6106 was added in firmware release 4680). There is at the moment no support for DHCPv6 (RFC 3315). Version 1 and 2 probes can obtain addresses and default routers through router advertisements, but cannot obtain DNS resolvers that way. For those probes, the DNS resolvers will have to be configured statically through the web UI. ______________________________________________________________ > Od: "Lorenzo Colitti" <lorenzo(a)google.com> > Komu: "Anand Buddhdev" <anandb(a)ripe.net> > Datum: 14.02.2019 12:47 > Předmět: Re: [atlas] "Cannot resolve" tag on IPv6-only network? > > CC: <ripe-atlas(a)ripe.net> >On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 7:47 PM Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo(a)google.com> wrote: > >> IPv6-only networks are certainly supported, but if the probe isn't aware >>> of any DNS resolver, then it's not going to be able to do any of its own >>> DNS lookups, and that's why it's been tagged with the "cannot resolve" >>> tags. >>> >> >> Hmm. The network announces IPv6 DNS servers via RDNSS, and as far as I >> know, they work. Does the probe support RDNSS? >> > >I turned on IPv4 on that subnet and things started working again. That >makes me think that the probe doesn't support RDNSS. Can anyone confirm or >deny? Should I file a bug? > >

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"Cannot resolve" tag on IPv6-only network?
by Lorenzo Colitti 14 Feb '19

14 Feb '19

My probe v1 is on an IPv6-only network with NAT64 and DNS64. In the web UI I see it's tagged with "cannot resolve A" and "cannot resolve AAAA". Are IPv6-only networks supported? Is this because the network doesn't have a DHCP server? Something else?

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shared fate for my two probes
by Jay Borkenhagen 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

Hi, My two RIPE Atlas probes have been acting strangely over the past several months. Very frequently I receive automatic notices from the RIPE Atlas system that both of my probes have been "disconnected from the RIPE Atlas infrastructure" essentially simultaneously. Here's the history from 2018: probe 11171 2018-02-23 18:08:57 UTC. probe 11203 2018-02-23 18:10:23 UTC. probe 11171 2018-06-21 04:32:15 UTC. probe 11203 2018-06-21 04:30:59 UTC. probe 11171 2018-06-24 05:36:57 UTC. probe 11203 2018-06-24 05:37:04 UTC. probe 11171 2018-07-31 20:25:27 UTC. probe 11203 2018-07-31 20:25:32 UTC. probe 11171 2018-08-18 04:48:20 UTC. probe 11171 2018-09-15 02:31:26 UTC. probe 11203 2018-09-15 02:31:28 UTC. probe 11171 2018-10-15 23:03:50 UTC. probe 11203 2018-10-15 23:04:06 UTC. probe 11171 2018-11-16 14:42:28 UTC. probe 11203 2018-11-16 14:42:33 UTC. (Those last three events are eerily periodic.) Each time when I am finally able to visit inspect the probes (both are reported as "Firmware Version 4940 (1100)"), their LEDs are in the same state: --------------- Looking at the units with the on/off LED to the left: (1) the left-most (on/off) LEDs are on steadily. (2) the next LED is off. the next two LEDs are flashing at different frequencies: (3) the next flashes on approx. 48 times per minute (4) the next flashes on approx. 110 times per minute (5) the centers of the wide "WPS/RESET" LEDs are on steadily. --------------- Once these probes fail they remain offline until I try turning it off and on again. The probes are powered similarly: the RIPE-provided USB cable is plugged into an Apple iPhone USB power adapter, in turn plugged into a standard US 120v / 60 Hz AC receptacle. However, the AC power circuits feeding these receptacles come from two very different sources which should not share fate. Until today both probes have been plugged into ports on the same Cisco switch, but after today's disconnect I moved probe 11203 to a different physical switch that has the same VLANs. None of my other equipment experiences any troubles around the times when these events happen to my RIPE Atlas probes. In the past I have reported these events to atlas(a)ripe.net, but I doubt that the causes cited (e.g. "the problem is with your dns") have been accurate. (I do not blame the atlas(a)ripe.net folks who have responded. Something strange is happening here, and I haven't yet cracked it.) I'm curious whether anyone else sees similar behaviors, or has suggestions for ways to determine what is happening. Thanks! Jay B.

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New on RIPE Labs: RIPE Atlas Probes: Delays in Distribution
by Mirjam Kuehne 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

Dear colleagues, The good news: RIPE Atlas is growing both in terms of geographical diversity and ASN coverage. What's more, RIPE Atlas is evolving, with a new generation of probe hardware having already passed the test phase and a pilot programme underway to assess the viability of VM anchors. The not so good news: With RIPE Atlas so much in demand, and with our current provider having ceased manufacturing the probe hardware, we've had to dramatically reduce the number of probes we're distributing. Please find more details on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alun_davies/ripe-atlas-probes-delays-in-distr… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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Re: [atlas] New on RIPE Labs: RIPE Atlas Probes: Delays in Distribution
by Gert Doering 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

Hi, On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 03:32:38PM +0100, Philip Homburg wrote: > On 2019/02/08 13:45 , Micha Bailey wrote: > > Interesting. This seems like a much higher power device. What are the > > actual power requirements? So far my probe has been powered from the USB > > port on the router, and I???m concerned that this may make the > > installation of future probes more difficult. > > The power requirements are quite reasonable when used as an Atlas probe. > There should be no problem powering a v4 probe from a USB port. My v4 probe is fed from an USB port on an older Mac Mini, with no adverse effects I can see. Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- have you enabled IPv6 on something today...? SpaceNet AG Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard, Michael Emmer Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Aufsichtsratsvors.: A. Grundner-Culemann D-80807 Muenchen HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen) Tel: +49 (0)89/32356-444 USt-IdNr.: DE813185279

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New RIPE Atlas measurement details page
by Alun Davies 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

Dear colleagues, We have made the switch to the new and improved user interface for RIPE Atlas measurement details. To see the new interface right now, simply click on any measurement ID on the RIPE Atlas measurement listing page: https://atlas.ripe.net/measurements/ <https://atlas.ripe.net/measurements/> Please note that, for a limited time, you will still be able to revert back to the old interface via the yellow banner at the top of the measurement details page. For further details on exactly what changes have been made and why, please see the following article on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/jasper_den_hertog/new-design-and-functionalit… <https://labs.ripe.net/Members/jasper_den_hertog/new-design-and-functionalit…> Kind regards, Alun Davies RIPE NCC

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EDNS Client Subnet
by Rami Al-Dalky 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

Hello, I was exploring the possibility of using RIPE Atlas probes to do some study on EDNS Client Subnet (ECS), however, the way it is implemented on the probes makes it less interesting. When I tried to create a DNS measurement, I found that the only way to send DNS query with option is to set default_client_subnet to True. However, by setting this option, a DNS query will be sent with 0.0.0.0/0 as client subnet. According to the RFC, a compliant resolver which receives such content SHOULD NOT forward the client IP to the Auth. DNS server (which the same behavior when you set the flag to False). That's make it impossible to study the protocol from Auth. DNS perspective. Is there a reason why ECS is implemented that way? If it for privacy issue, the RFC recommends to sent the client IP with /24 prefix for IPv4 and /56 for IPv6 to preserve the privacy. Thanks in advance! Rami

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Columns in Web UI for measurement results can't be sorted
by Evgeniy S. 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

Hi, I can't sort by any column in measurement results for traceroute (worked before by mouse click). [image: Screen Shot 2019-01-31 at 2.14.52 PM.png] There is my measurement results page short link https://goo.gl/iQrxWC -- -- With regards, Eugene Sudyr

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Bug in DNS client subnet measurement
by Philip Homburg 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

Hi, We got a bug report that using the DNS client subnet option in a measurement results in a form error. It turns out that probe firmware version 4940 will send a malformed DNS query. Code cleanup related to other changes fixes this issue in the upcoming firmware. We expect to release the new firmware in about one month from now. Philip

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Probe v1 disconnecting every 2 hours
by Hugh Saunders 30 Jan '19

30 Jan '19

Hey All, My probe v1 (id:65[1]) has started disconnecting roughly every 2 hours. I read a previous post[2] that said this may be related to power, so changed the USB power supply to one that provides 1A (the FAQ says the need 500ma) but no improvement. I don't notice connectivity issues every couple of hours with any other devices on the same switch. Any suggestions welcome :) Thanks. [1] https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/65/ [2] https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum/ripe-atlas/PDI1MDc1YjM1LTA5MTct… -- Hugh Saunders

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DNSEC Tag for Probes
by Philippe Mächler 28 Jan '19

28 Jan '19

Hello RIPE Atlas Users I’d like to some measurements about DNSSEC with RIPE Atlas and need a way to check if the probe does DNSSEC validation The docs mention the system-tags e.g resolvs A and resolvs AAAA. Is there something like “system: does DNSSEC validation” if not, is there any other way or is this on the roadmap? 😊 Freundliche Grüsse / best regards Philippe Mächler

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Making a bunch of tests/measurements to a single destination is 'tedious'
by Christopher Morrow 24 Jan '19

24 Jan '19

howdy! So, if I have a dns server somewhere and I want to make a bunch of measurements: "how does NYC see my dns?" (pick N probes near NYC) "How does DEN see my dns?" (pick N probes near DEN) "How does LHR see my dns?" (pick N probes near LHR) "how does ...." ...you get the idea... I'm trying to characterize my service from a 'user' perspective by large Metropolis, well within N km of that metropolis anyway :) but across ~70 or so metros, in v4 and v6 and with authoritative and non-authoritative queries with each test running for 4 days so i can see some daily cycles in traffic patterns/etc. The number of measurements is large in total, breaking up by 3-4 metropolis chunks is super tedious :( Can I request an API key (or some other thing) which can make that sort of request happen for all my measurements in one go? The thing I'm probing is very able to handle a few extra thousand queries per second.. and I'd only be hurting myself i get my estimate wrong :) thanks! -chris

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New on RIPE Labs: RIPE Atlas Anchors 400+
by Alun Davies 24 Jan '19

24 Jan '19

Dear colleagues, We have published an article looking at how the quick uptake in RIPE Atlas VM anchors and other developments have helped us hit 400 connected anchors. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alun_davies/ripe-atlas-anchors-400 <https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alun_davies/ripe-atlas-anchors-400> Kind regards, Alun Davies RIPE NCC

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Probe questions - reporting clearly busticated probe configs?
by Christopher Morrow 23 Jan '19

23 Jan '19

Howdy! I've been running a few measurements over the last while and looked at the raw results like: [{"dst_name":"2001:4860:4860::8844","error":{"socket":"connect failed Network is unreachable"},"from":"fd84:d527:5183:0:a2f3:c1ff:fec4:63a8","fw":4940,"group_id":18903906,"lts":21,"msm_id":18903906,"msm_name":"Tdig","prb_id":13635,".... "from":"2001:db8:4447:0:eade:27ff:fec9:7134","fw":4940,"group_id":18903906,"lts":7,"msm_id":18903906,"msm_name":"Tdig","prb_id":26725,"...] I'm curious if/how atlas reports back to probe owners: "Hey, your ipv6 connectivity is implausible/impossible" since, at least for: https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/26725/#!tab-network and: https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/13635/#!tab-network there's no way their v6 addresses can work... (one is documentation prefix the other is ULA I think?) I suppose test requestors should check the ipv6 prefix to see if it's at least plausibly correct until some signal back to the owners can be attempted?

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Re: [atlas] IPv6 Doesn't Work
by ripe＠brite.cz 22 Jan '19

22 Jan '19

Hi, you pointed me to the right way. I enabled IPv6 on my Windows Laptop and it show the same symptoms - it receives an IPv6 address but is not able to reach any IPv6 target. My setup looks like this: Atlas Probe > Ubiquiti airRouter > provider's WIFI AP When I connect my laptop stright to the provider's WIFI AP then IPv6 works all fine. When I connect to LAN port of my airRouter, it receives an IPv6 address but is not able to reach any IPv6 target. So the point of failure seems to be my router. It is set to Bridge mode with WIFI as a client, connected to provider's AP. Per the Manual: ---------------------------------------------------------- Bridge In Bridge mode, the AirRouter forwards all network management and data packets from one network interface to the other without any intelligent routing. For simple applications this provides an efficient and fully transparent network solution. WLAN (wireless) and LAN (Ethernet) interfaces belong to the same network segment and share the same IP address space. WLAN and LAN interfaces form the virtual bridge interface while acting as the bridge ports. The bridge has assigned IP settings for management purposes. ---------------------------------------------------------- The Bridge management interface shows following addresses assigned: 10.0.0.29 2A00:1028:8D1C:90DA:DE9F:DBFF:FE5C:632B/64 FE80::DE9F:DBFF:FE5C:632B/64 I would think the Bridge mode should not interfere the traffic in any way. I have read only access to the provider's AP - it is cheap router with IPv4 NAT and IPv6 interfaces. It shows an IPv6 address [starting with 2a00:1028:] on its WAN IPv6, LAN IPv6, IPv6 Default Gateway, IPv6 DNS server, etc. As I said, when I connect laptop stright to the provider's AP, IPv6 works. I'm unable to to setup my airRouter for IPv6 to work. It supports IPv6, but in bridge mode it has no settings available. I tried multiple factory resets, with various settings, and also tried to switch the airRouter to SOHO Router mode, then there is IPv6 Enable checkbox. While it is checked, I tried various settings, such as SLAAC, DHCPv6, etc. No go. Looks the IPv6 support in this router is broken. It's a pity I cannot connect Atlas Probe v3 stright to the provider's WIFI eventhough it has WIFI hardware onboard. There is no way I could connect stright by LAN cable to the provider. It looks for now I have to leave the Probe live with IPv6 broken. Cheers Jiri ______________________________________________________________ > Od: "Stephen D. Strowes" <sds(a)ripe.net> > Komu: ripe(a)brite.cz, ripe-atlas(a)ripe.net > Datum: 22.01.2019 10:51 > Předmět: Re: [atlas] IPv6 Doesn't Work > >Hi, > >On 19/01/2019 17:26, ripe(a)brite.cz wrote: >> Traceroute to 2001:503:ba3e::2:30 (2001:503:ba3e::2:30), 40 byte packets >> 1 * 2a00:1028:8d1c:90da:220:4aff:fee0:2026 dynamic-2a00-1028-8d1c-90da-0220-4aff-fee0-2026.ipv6.broadband.iol.cz AS5610 2191.889ms !H 3010.564ms !H > > From `man traceroute6`: > > > !H Address unreachable > > The host address is not reachable for some other reasons, >particularly a link- > > layer failure (e.g. Neighbor discovery failure). > >Obviously that's not great! > >The probe has a v6 address, so it's solicited and received some network >config when it was booted or when your network config changed a couple >days ago. Question is, what happened next. > >Guessing around the symptoms, if it's not receiving subsequent periodic >RAs (either the router isn't sending them or something is preventing the >probe from receiving them), then its local routing state will expire. > >Questions I'd try and answer are: when you connect a device to the same >network, does it a) receive a v6 network & generate an address, then b) >does v6 work immediately after that, and c) does it fail after a while? > > >S. > > > > >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Od: ripe(a)brite.cz >>> Komu: ripe-atlas(a)ripe.net >>> Datum: 19.01.2019 17:23 >>> Předmět: Re: [atlas] IPv6 Doesn't Work >>> >>> No filtering here. Furthermore it seems the Atlas Probe is not able to get anywhere out via IPv6 too. >>> I'm wondering is the Gateway setting correct? [Gateway(s) fe80::1] >>> >>> --------------------------------- >>> Peter Eckel lists at eckel-edv.de >>> Sat Jan 19 11:26:33 CET 2019 >>> >>> Hi Jiri, >>> >>> for me it looks like you're not reachable indeed: >>> >>>> pete at charon.net.hindenburgring.com> traceroute inet6 2a00:1028:8d1c:90da:220:4aff:fee0:2026 >>>> traceroute6 to 2a00:1028:8d1c:90da:220:4aff:fee0:2026 (2a00:1028:8d1c:90da:220:4aff:fee0:2026) from <xxx>, 64 hops max, 12 byte packets >>>> [...] >>>> 3 2a00:19e0:ffff:fffc::1 (2a00:19e0:ffff:fffc::1) 23.579 ms 23.308 ms 23.495 ms >>>> 4 2a00:19e0:ffff:ffff::3 (2a00:19e0:ffff:ffff::3) 29.521 ms 29.738 ms 29.822 ms >>>> 5 ae0-401.fra10.core-backbone.com (2a01:4a0:1338:2::1) 30.063 ms 29.215 ms 36.436 ms >>>> 6 ae2-2001.nbg30.core-backbone.com (2a01:4a0:0:2001::1) 32.540 ms 31.789 ms 51.790 ms >>>> 7 ae1-2053.prg10.core-backbone.com (2a01:4a0:0:2053::22) 37.175 ms 36.355 ms 35.141 ms >>>> 8 nix4-ipv6.pater.iol.cz (2001:7f8:14::29:1) 39.033 ms 36.891 ms 37.997 ms >>>> 9 dynamic-2a00-1028-0001-0160-0000-0000-0000-0002.ipv6.broadband.iol.cz (2a00:1028:1:160::2) 38.403 ms 41.560 ms 37.239 ms >>>> 10 dynamic-2a00-1028-0001-02a5-0000-0000-0000-0002.ipv6.broadband.iol.cz (2a00:1028:1:2a5::2) 37.214 ms 50.273 ms 51.604 ms >>>> 11 * * * >>>> 12 dynamic-2a00-1028-8d1c-90d8-0000-0000-0000-0001.ipv6.broadband.iol.cz (2a00:1028:8d1c:90d8::1) 44.291 ms 58.819 ms 49.810 ms >>>> 13 * * * >>>> 14 * * * >>>> 15 * * * >>>> 16 * * * >>>> 17 * * * >>>> 18 * * * >>>> 19 * * * >>>> [...] >>> Are you by any chance filtering ICMPv6 on your ingress router? >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Peter. >>> >>> >>> >> > >

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Re: [atlas] IPv6 Doesn't Work
by ripe＠brite.cz 22 Jan '19

22 Jan '19

all the IPv6 traceroutes go like this: Latest Traceroute Result for Measurement #2009 2019-01-19 15:25 UTC Traceroute to 2001:503:ba3e::2:30 (2001:503:ba3e::2:30), 40 byte packets 1 * 2a00:1028:8d1c:90da:220:4aff:fee0:2026 dynamic-2a00-1028-8d1c-90da-0220-4aff-fee0-2026.ipv6.broadband.iol.cz AS5610 2191.889ms !H 3010.564ms !H ______________________________________________________________ > Od: ripe(a)brite.cz > Komu: ripe-atlas(a)ripe.net > Datum: 19.01.2019 17:23 > Předmět: Re: [atlas] IPv6 Doesn't Work > >No filtering here. Furthermore it seems the Atlas Probe is not able to get anywhere out via IPv6 too. >I'm wondering is the Gateway setting correct? [Gateway(s) fe80::1] > >--------------------------------- >Peter Eckel lists at eckel-edv.de >Sat Jan 19 11:26:33 CET 2019 > >Hi Jiri, > >for me it looks like you're not reachable indeed: > >> pete at charon.net.hindenburgring.com> traceroute inet6 2a00:1028:8d1c:90da:220:4aff:fee0:2026 >> traceroute6 to 2a00:1028:8d1c:90da:220:4aff:fee0:2026 (2a00:1028:8d1c:90da:220:4aff:fee0:2026) from <xxx>, 64 hops max, 12 byte packets >> [...] >> 3 2a00:19e0:ffff:fffc::1 (2a00:19e0:ffff:fffc::1) 23.579 ms 23.308 ms 23.495 ms >> 4 2a00:19e0:ffff:ffff::3 (2a00:19e0:ffff:ffff::3) 29.521 ms 29.738 ms 29.822 ms >> 5 ae0-401.fra10.core-backbone.com (2a01:4a0:1338:2::1) 30.063 ms 29.215 ms 36.436 ms >> 6 ae2-2001.nbg30.core-backbone.com (2a01:4a0:0:2001::1) 32.540 ms 31.789 ms 51.790 ms >> 7 ae1-2053.prg10.core-backbone.com (2a01:4a0:0:2053::22) 37.175 ms 36.355 ms 35.141 ms >> 8 nix4-ipv6.pater.iol.cz (2001:7f8:14::29:1) 39.033 ms 36.891 ms 37.997 ms >> 9 dynamic-2a00-1028-0001-0160-0000-0000-0000-0002.ipv6.broadband.iol.cz (2a00:1028:1:160::2) 38.403 ms 41.560 ms 37.239 ms >> 10 dynamic-2a00-1028-0001-02a5-0000-0000-0000-0002.ipv6.broadband.iol.cz (2a00:1028:1:2a5::2) 37.214 ms 50.273 ms 51.604 ms >> 11 * * * >> 12 dynamic-2a00-1028-8d1c-90d8-0000-0000-0000-0001.ipv6.broadband.iol.cz (2a00:1028:8d1c:90d8::1) 44.291 ms 58.819 ms 49.810 ms >> 13 * * * >> 14 * * * >> 15 * * * >> 16 * * * >> 17 * * * >> 18 * * * >> 19 * * * >> [...] > >Are you by any chance filtering ICMPv6 on your ingress router? > >Regards, > > Peter. > > >

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