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Agenda - RIPE72 MAT WG
by Nina Bargisen 03 May '16

03 May '16

Hello All, This is the draft agenda for the Measurement, Analysis and Tools Working Group session at RIPE72: A. Introduction: Welcome, Scribe, Jabber, Agenda - 5m B. Measuring DNSSEC Configuration of Upstream Resolvers with RIPE Atlas - Moritz Mueller - 15m C. Vantage Point Selection for IPv6 Measurements: Benefits and Limitations of RIPE Atlas Tags - Vaibhav Bajpai - 10m D. Internet Path Transparency Measurements using RIPE ATLAS - Brian Trammell - 20m E. RIPE ATLAS news - Vesna - 20m F. RIPE ATLAS Hackathon winner - 10m Z. AOB - 5m Timings are approximate:-) The session will take place at 14:00 local time on Wednesday 25th May. See you in Copenhagen! Nina and CK MAT WG Chairs

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New on RIPE Labs: How Elasticsearch and Kibana Help us Analyse RIPE Atlas Data Logs
by Mirjam Kuehne 29 Apr '16

29 Apr '16

Dear colleagues, RIPE Atlas backend applications run on more than 40 servers. Each day these machines can produce thousands of application logs of any kind of severity level. In order to be able to track down serious errors, warnings or even unusual behaviour, we decided some time ago to try Elasticsearch as a logging sink. In this article we will look at the design of such a system and describe how we can easily make sense from an ocean of logs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/andreas_strikos/how-elasticsearch-and-kibana-… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Broadband Services and Infrastructure Mapping
by Mirjam Kuehne 28 Apr '16

28 Apr '16

Dear colleagues, Please find on RIPE Labs a short report about a conference on Broadband Services and Infrastructure Mapping, where a number of interesting mapping projects were presented. Emile Aben attended and presented RIPE Atlas: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/broadband-services-and-infrastructu… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: How Pingable are the Pingables?
by Mirjam Kuehne 05 Apr '16

05 Apr '16

Dear colleagues, We look at how the "pingable:" and "ping-hdl:" attributes have been adopted in the last five years and how reachable the pingable addresses registered in the RIPE Database are when pinged from RIPE Atlas. Spoiler alert: It could be better. Please find the details on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/wilhelm/how-pingable-are-the-pingables?pk_cam… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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Last call for presentations and Draft programme for RIPE 72
by Benno Overeinder 02 Apr '16

02 Apr '16

Colleagues, A list of currently accepted RIPE 72 presentations is now published at: https://ripe72.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/draft-programme/ There are still few slots remaining for a final RIPE 72 programme and RIPE Programme Committee will accept new proposals until 15 April 2016. This is our last call for you to submit your proposals. You can find the CFP for RIPE 72 below, or at https://ripe72.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/, for your proposals for plenary session presentations, tutorials, workshops, BoFs (Birds of a Feather sessions) and lightning talks. Please also note that speakers do not receive any extra reduction or funding towards the meeting fee at the RIPE Meetings. Kind regards, Benno Overeinder RIPE PC Chair https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/ripe-meetings/pc -------------------->>><<<-------------------- Call for Presentations A RIPE Meeting is an open event where Internet Service Providers, network operators and other interested parties get together. Although the meeting is mostly technical, it is also a chance for people to meet and network with others in their field. RIPE 72 will take place from 23-27 May 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The RIPE Programme Committee (PC) is now seeking content proposals from the RIPE community for the plenary sessions, BoFs (Birds of a Feather sessions), panels, workshops, tutorials and lightning talks at RIPE 72. See the full descriptions of the different presentation formats, https://ripe72.ripe.net/submit-topic/presentation-formats/. Proposals for plenary sessions, BoFs, panels, workshops and tutorials must be submitted for full consideration no later than 15 April 2016. Proposals submitted after this date will be considered depending on the remaining available space in the programme. The PC is looking for presentations covering topics of network engineering and operations, including but not limited to: - IPv6 deployment - Managing IPv4 scarcity in operations - Commercial transactions of IPv4 addresses - Data centre technologies - Network and DNS operations - Internet governance and regulatory practices - Network and routing security - Content delivery - Internet peering and mobile data exchange Submissions RIPE Meeting attendees are quite sensitive to keeping presentations non-commercial, and product marketing talks are strongly discouraged. Repeated audience feedback shows that the most successful talks focus on operational experience, research results, or case studies. For example, presenters wishing to describe a commercial solution should focus on the underlying technology and not attempt a product demonstration. Presenters should indicate how much time they will require. In general, the time allocated for the different presentation formats is as follows: - Plenary presentations: 20-25 minutes presentation with 5-10 minutes discussion - Tutorials: up to two hours (Monday morning) - Workshops: one hour (during evening sessions) to two hours (Monday morning) - BoFs: approximately one hour - Lightning talks: 10 minutes The following general requirements apply: - Proposals must be submitted using the meeting submission system, https://ripe72.ripe.net/submit-topic/submission-form/. - Lightning talks should also be submitted using the meeting submission system (https://ripe72.ripe.net/submit-topic/submission-form/) and can be submitted any time up to and including the meeting week. The allocation of lightning talks will be announced on short notice---in some cases on the same day but often one day prior to the time slot allocated. - Presenters who propose a panel or BoF are encouraged to include speakers from several (perhaps even competing) companies and/or a neutral facilitator. - All presentation proposals will only be considered by the PC if they contain at least draft presentation slides (slides may be updated later on). For panels, proposals must contain a clear description, as well as the names of invited panellists, presenters and moderators. - Due to potential technical issues, presenters/panellists should be physically present at the RIPE Meeting. If you have any questions or requests concerning content submissions, please email pc [at] ripe [dot] net. -- Benno J. Overeinder NLnet Labs http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/

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New on RIPE Labs: RIPE Atlas Update: DNSMON Code Available, LatencyMON Comparisons, New Credit Sharing and More
by Mirjam Kuehne 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Dear colleagues, In the past few months, we've added some new features and functionality to RIPE Atlas, including making the DNSMON code available on GitHub for personal use, displaying IPv4 vs IPv6 comparisons in LatencyMON, new credit sharing options, and new limits on probes per measurement and results per day. Learn more about the latest updates on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-altas-update-dnsmo… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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MOOC on Internet Measurements
by Renata Cruz Teixeira 25 Mar '16

25 Mar '16

Dear colleagues, I’m pasting the announcement of the MOOC on Internet Measurements that my colleague, Timur Friedman, and I are doing. Classes start 23 May 2016 and run through 19 June 2016. I note that the MOOC is free. Please help us advertise to people who can be potentially interested. Best regards, Renata The MOOC "Internet Measurements: a Hands-on Introduction" will be available soon on the platform France Université Numérique. It will be taught by Timur Friedman from UPMC and Renata Teixeira from Inria. This course is taught in English and will cover internet measurement basics, including network topology and routes; connectivity, losses, latency, and geolocation; bandwidth; and traffic measurements; with hands-on exercises on PlanetLab Europe. This course is of interest to a wide range of people: system or network operators, designers of applications or services running over the internet or just curious end-users who would like to better diagnose problems. The prerequisite for this course is a level of understanding of internet technology that comes from an advanced undergraduate course or a first Masters course in networking, or equivalent professional experience. Program: Week 1 : Introduction Week 2 : Topology and routes Week 3 : Connectivity, losses, latency, and geolocation Week 4 : Bandwidth Week 5 : Traffic measurements It will be available from May, 23, to June, 19, 2016. Registrations are already open: https://www.fun-mooc.fr/courses/inria/41011/session01/about <https://www.fun-mooc.fr/courses/inria/41011/session01/about>

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New on RIPE Labs: Support for Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) in DNS Resolvers as Seen by RIPE Atlas
by Mirjam Kuehne 21 Mar '16

21 Mar '16

Dear colleagues, Please find this new article on RIPE Labs contributed by Maciej Andzinski: The Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) is becoming increasingly popular in DNSSEC. While it is sometimes considered to be a remedy for the low DNSSEC adoption rate, there is also a lot of controversy around it. One of the main concerns is that DNSSEC-validating resolvers don't always make use of ECC. We used RIPE Atlas to measure the support for ECC in DNS resolvers. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/maciej_andzinski_2/support-for-elliptic-curve… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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RIPE Atlas Interface Hackathon - 21-22 May - Copenhagen
by Vesna Manojlovic 21 Mar '16

21 Mar '16

Dear colleagues, Calling all front-end developers, UI designers, network operators and other enthusiastic coders! The next RIPE Atlas hackathon takes place 21-22 May in Copenhagen, the weekend before the RIPE 72 Meeting. We're looking for creative thinkers to help us develop new interfaces for RIPE Atlas. All source code developed during the hackathon will be publicly licensed and available on GitHub, and will be free for the entire community to use. -------------------- How to Apply -------------------- Interested? Learn more and apply online today! https://atlas.ripe.net/hackathon/Interface/?pk_campaign=hackathon&pk_kwd=li… *The application deadline is 23 March* Please note that we are unfortunately unable to provide travel or accommodation funding. We look forward to seeing you there! Regards, Vesna and the RIPE Atlas Team

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Thirteen new RIPE Atlas anchors have joined the community
by Michela Galante 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

Dear colleagues, 13 new RIPE Atlas anchors have been activated during the last month and a half bringing the total number to 177. - id-jkt-as10208, hosted by PT. Millenium Internetindo in Jakarta, Indonesia and sponsored by APNIC. - ar-bue-as4270, hosted by ARIU in Buenos Aires, Argentina and sponsored by LACNIC. - de-nue-as60574, hosted by net-manager UG in Nuremberg, Germany. - uk-boh-as196745, hosted by Datacenta Hosting in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. - at-vie-as30971, hosted by nic.at in Vienna, Austria. - uk-lon-as6908, hosted by Six Degrees Group in London, United Kingdom. - nl-utc-as1103, second anchor hosted by SURFnet, in Utrecht, Netherlands. - Two anchors hosted by INX-ZA/Internet Service Providers' Association of South Africa: za-jnb-as37474 in Johannesburg and za-umr-as37668 in Umhlanga, South Africa. - ru-led-as43317, hosted by Fishnet Communications in Saint Petersburg, Russia. - nl-dro-as12414, hosted by Solcon Internetdiensten N.V. in Dronten, Netherlands - de-drs-as42699, hosted by managedhosting.de GmbH in Dresden, Germany. - fo-hyv-as15389, hosted by P/F Telefonverkid in Hoyvik, Faroe Islands. 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 the logos and links to hosting companies: 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. We are particularly interested in deploying anchors in the Middle East, Western Asia, Latin America and Africa, in order to add more geographical diversity to the measurement data. There are more organisations that want to host a RIPE Atlas anchor but don’t have the necessary funding. To learn more about sponsoring an anchor, please contact us at mcb(a)ripe.net To apply for your own RIPE Atlas anchor: https://atlas.ripe.net/get-involved/become-an-anchor-host/ For any other questions, please contact us at atlas(a)ripe.net Regards, Michela Galante Measurements Community Building RIPE NCC

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Travel funding for RIPE Atlas Interface Hackathon
by Michela Galante 10 Mar '16

10 Mar '16

Dear colleagues, We’re excited to announce that travel funding is now available for the RIPE Atlas Interface Hackathon! As a reminder, the hackathon takes place 21-22 May in Copenhagen, the weekend before the RIPE 72 Meeting. We're looking for creative thinkers to help us develop new interfaces for RIPE Atlas - and we can now help cover the cost of travel and accommodation for a number of successful applicants, thanks to the generous financial support of our sponsor, Comcast. All of the event details and application form are available online: https://atlas.ripe.net/hackathon/Interface/?pk_campaign=hackathon&pk_kwd=li… *The application deadline is 23 March* We hope to see you there! Michela and the RIPE Atlas Team

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Call for Presentations at RIPE 71 in Bucharest
by Christian Kaufmann 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

Dear MAT WG, We are working on putting together the agenda for the MAT working group meeting on Wednesday 18th November at RIPE 71 in Bucharest and there are still slots left. If you have something you would like to present, please let us know till the 18th September. Thanks a lot, Nina and CK MAT WG Chairs

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New on RIPE Labs: The RIPE Atlas Monitor (by Pier Carlo Chiodi)
by Mirjam Kuehne 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

Dear colleagues, Please read on RIPE Labs about a new tool - the RIPE Atlas monitor - developed by Pier Carlo Chiodi: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/pier_carlo_chiodi/ripe-atlas-monitor?pk_campa… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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2nd call for presentations RIPE 72
by Benno Overeinder 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

Dear colleagues, Please note the approaching deadline of 13 March 2016 for RIPE 72 plenary programme submissions. You can find the CFP for RIPE 72 below or at https://ripe72.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/, for your proposals for plenary session presentations, tutorials, workshops, BoFs (Birds of a Feather sessions) and lightning talks. Please also note that speakers do not receive any extra reduction or funding towards the meeting fee at the RIPE Meetings. Kind regards, Benno Overeinder RIPE PC Chair https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/ripe-meetings/pc -------------------->>><<<-------------------- Call for Presentations A RIPE Meeting is an open event where Internet Service Providers, network operators and other interested parties get together. Although the meeting is mostly technical, it is also a chance for people to meet and network with others in their field. RIPE 72 will take place from 23-27 May 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The RIPE Programme Committee (PC) is now seeking content proposals from the RIPE community for the plenary sessions, BoFs (Birds of a Feather sessions), panels, workshops, tutorials and lightning talks at RIPE 72. See the full descriptions of the different presentation formats, https://ripe72.ripe.net/submit-topic/presentation-formats/. Proposals for plenary sessions, BoFs, panels, workshops and tutorials must be submitted for full consideration no later than 13 March 2016. Proposals submitted after this date will be considered depending on the remaining available space in the programme. The PC is looking for presentations covering topics of network engineering and operations, including but not limited to: - IPv6 deployment - Managing IPv4 scarcity in operations - Commercial transactions of IPv4 addresses - Data centre technologies - Network and DNS operations - Internet governance and regulatory practices - Network and routing security - Content delivery - Internet peering and mobile data exchange Submissions RIPE Meeting attendees are quite sensitive to keeping presentations non-commercial, and product marketing talks are strongly discouraged. Repeated audience feedback shows that the most successful talks focus on operational experience, research results, or case studies. For example, presenters wishing to describe a commercial solution should focus on the underlying technology and not attempt a product demonstration. Presenters should indicate how much time they will require. In general, the time allocated for the different presentation formats is as follows: - Plenary presentations: 20-25 minutes presentation with 5-10 minutes discussion - Tutorials: up to two hours (Monday morning) - Workshops: one hour (during evening sessions) to two hours (Monday morning) - BoFs: approximately one hour - Lightning talks: 10 minutes The following general requirements apply: - Proposals must be submitted using the meeting submission system, https://ripe72.ripe.net/submit-topic/submission-form/. - Lightning talks should also be submitted using the meeting submission system (https://ripe72.ripe.net/submit-topic/submission-form/) and can be submitted any time up to and including the meeting week. The allocation of lightning talks will be announced on short notice---in some cases on the same day but often one day prior to the time slot allocated. - Presenters who propose a panel or BoF are encouraged to include speakers from several (perhaps even competing) companies and/or a neutral facilitator. - All presentation proposals will only be considered by the PC if they contain at least draft presentation slides (slides may be updated later on). For panels, proposals must contain a clear description, as well as the names of invited panellists, presenters and moderators. - Due to potential technical issues, presenters/panellists should be physically present at the RIPE Meeting. If you have any questions or requests concerning content submissions, please email pc [at] ripe [dot] net. -- Benno J. Overeinder NLnet Labs http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/

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New on RIPE Labs: RIPE Atlas Year in Review
by Mirjam Kuehne 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

Dear colleagues, RIPE Atlas had another successful year in 2015, thanks in large part to all our users, hosts, sponsors, ambassadors and other community members. Here we take a look back at some of the achievements we reached together, the new features we implemented, key facts and figures - and offer a sneak peek of what you can expect in 2016. Please read more on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-atlas-year-in-revi… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Measuring More Internet with RIPE Atlas
by Mirjam Kuehne 27 Jan '16

27 Jan '16

Dear colleagues, RIPE Atlas collects a lot of measurements. But how much of the Internet are we actually measuring? We had a sense that with a limited amount of extra load on the system, we could dramatically increase the number of router IPs seen on a given day in RIPE Atlas - and that means measuring more of the Internet. Please find more details on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/measuring-more-internet-with-ripe-a… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: RIPE Atlas WiFi Measurements - Part 2
by Suzanne Taylor Muzzin 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

Dear colleagues, A little while ago, we asked what you thought about the idea of conducting WiFi measurements in RIPE Atlas. After some consideration and community feedback, we now want to propose a way to implement this feature in RIPE Atlas and clarify exactly how these measurements will benefit the RIPE Atlas community. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-atlas-wifi-measure… <https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-atlas-wifi-measure…> Kind regards, Suzanne Taylor Muzzin RIPE NCC

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Seven new RIPE Atlas anchors have joined the community
by Michela Galante 31 Dec '15

31 Dec '15

Dear colleagues, Since the previous announcement, seven new RIPE Atlas anchors have been activated bringing the total number to 164. - nc-nou-as56055, hosted by Micro Logic Systems (MLS) in Nouméa, New Caledonia. - bg-sof-as47872, hosted by Sofia Connect in Sofia, Bulgaria. - bg-sls-as198228, hosted by Silistra Telecom Solutions in Silistra, Bulgaria. - fr-ysd-as201958, hosted by Claranet in Saint-Denis, France. - de-erl-as680, hosted by Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in Erlangen, Germany. - cr-sjo-as263779, hosted by NIC Costa Rica in San José, Costa Rica and sponsored by LACNIC. - nl-roo-as43350, hosted by NFOrce Entertainment in Roosendaal, Netherlands. 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 the logos and links to hosting companies: 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. We are particularly interested in deploying anchors in the Middle East, Western Asia, Latin America and Africa, in order to add more geographical diversity to the measurement data. There are more organisations that want to host a RIPE Atlas anchor but don’t have the necessary funding. To learn more about sponsoring an anchor, please contact us at mcb(a)ripe.net To apply for your own RIPE Atlas anchor: https://atlas.ripe.net/get-involved/become-an-anchor-host/ For any other questions, please contact us at atlas(a)ripe.net We’d like to thank all the anchor hosts and the organisations sponsoring anchors for their support in 2015. Thanks to you it was possible to expand the coverage and reach this amazing goal. Wishing all of you the best for 2016. Michela Galante on behalf of the RIPE Atlas Team RIPE NCC

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13 new zones added to DNSMON
by Michela Galante 21 Dec '15

21 Dec '15

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New on RIPE Labs: Exploring the Idea of RIPE Atlas Virtual Probes
by Mirjam Kuehne 21 Dec '15

21 Dec '15

Dear colleagues, The concept of virtual probes is one that RIPE Atlas users have asked about for quite some time. Although we don't plan to make virtual probes available in 2016, we do plan to investigate this idea and develop some prototypes. Please find more details on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/exploring-the-idea-of-r… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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Ripe RRC setup for ris
by Wolff, Nick 17 Dec '15

17 Dec '15

Hello all, Are there any details anywhere on replicating the RIPE RRC setup for local use. Either the old Quagga style or the new exabgp. Even just articles on setting up quagga MRT logging and storage would be appreciated if any exist. Nick Wolff Backbone Routing Engineer OARnet 1224 Kinnear Road Columbus, OH 43212 email: nwolff(a)oar.net<mailto:nwolff@oar.net>

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New on RIPE Labs: DNS Censorship (DNS Lies) As Seen By RIPE Atlas
by Suzanne Taylor Muzzin 11 Dec '15

11 Dec '15

Dear colleagues, In this latest RIPE Labs article, Stéphane Bortzmeyer examines whether RIPE Atlas probes can see evidence of Internet censorship via “lying” DNS resolvers: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/stephane_bortzmeyer/dns-censorship-dns-lies-s… <https://labs.ripe.net/Members/stephane_bortzmeyer/dns-censorship-dns-lies-s…> Kind regards, Suzanne Taylor Muzzin RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: CLI Toolset for RIPE Atlas
by Mirjam Kuehne 10 Dec '15

10 Dec '15

Dear colleagues, RIPE Atlas users have been asking us for some time to support a command-line interface (CLI), and we're pleased to announce that it's now available. Please find more details on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/announcing-the-cli-tool… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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CAIDA BGP Hackathon 6, 7 Feb 2016 -- Call for Participation
by Alberto Dainotti 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

What: CAIDA BGP Hackathon, Call for Participation (CFP) When: Feb 6-7, 2016 Where: the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) on the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) campus. Who: Parties interested in hacking on live BGP data. Inquiries: bgp-hackathon-info(a)caida.org Important Deadline: Dec 22, 2015 for travel grant requests Apply to attend: http://www.caida.org/workshops/bgp-hackathon/1602/ CAIDA, in cooperation with CSU, USC, UFMG, FORTH, Route Views, RIPE NCC, will host a BGP Hackathon on the 6-7th of February 2016 at UC San Diego (La Jolla, CA, USA). The theme of the hackathon is “live BGP measurements and monitoring”. We will provide participating teams with access to data sources and a toolbox: live streaming of BGP data, the new BGPMon interface, BGP processing tools and APIs such as the opensource BGPStream software framework, the PEERING testbed, RIPE RIS, visualization tools, and data-plane active measurement platforms such as CAIDA Ark and RIPE Atlas. Participating teams will work on "challenges" that extend, integrate and demonstrate the utility of these platforms/data for understanding or solving practical problems (e.g., detecting BGP prefix hijacking, evaluating anycast performance, effectively visualizing phenomena). The hackathon will be held in San Diego the weekend immediately preceding the NANOG conference and the AIMS academic Internet measurement workshop. The hackathon aims to: - bring together these different communities, e.g., to discuss problems operators face that academics may want to research; - advertise tools (e.g., PEERING peering.usc.edu, BGPStream bgpstream.caida.org) to the communities and get people familiar with using them, and encourage further use in the future; - get people working together on interesting/important problems, hopefully spurring further collaboration on these problems; - provide extra incentive for students to attend NANOG. ### FORMAT Each team of 2-4 people will work on a "challenge". The organization committee will propose a set of challenges to bootstrap feedback and refinement based on community input: participants can propose totally new challenges, modifications to existing ones, and express their preferences. The set of potential challenges is described in the event website at https://github.com/CAIDA/bgp-hackathon/wiki/List-of-Challenges and will continuously evolve in the days preceding the hackathon. On Saturday morning, participants will very briefly introduce their interests and ideas and teams will be officially formed. On Saturday and Sunday, participants will work together in teams to hack and develop their ideas, culminating in very short presentations to the jury on Sunday evening and a party to announce the winning teams and celebrate everyone's participation. During the event, domain-experts will provide support to the teams. Participants are free to work on drafted challenges and on their own ideas in the days preceding the hackathon. A mailing list and documentation will provide support on the platforms/tools/data used in the hackathon. However, for the teams to compete in the hackathon for prizes, they will have to demonstrate that substantial work was done during the two-day event. ### PARTICIPATION AND TRAVEL GRANTS Application to participate in the hackathon is open from December 8, 2016. Application does not guarantee participation. There is no application fee, and no participation fee. We will accept applications until one week before the hackathon, or until capacity is reached. However, the deadline to apply for a travel grant (through the hackathon application form) is 22 December 2015. Travel grants reimburse flights and hotel expenses. Food and drinks will be provided throughout the two-day event. http://www.caida.org/workshops/bgp-hackathon/1602/

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TTM and TTM-based DNSMON visualisations coming to an end
by Romeo Zwart 08 Dec '15

08 Dec '15

Dear colleagues, In July 2014 the RIPE NCC ended its data collection for the Test Traffic Measurement (TTM) project. Visualisations of the TTM data collected until that date, and of the DNSMON data collected via the TTM servers, were kept active for interested parties until now. We plan to stop providing visualisations of the old TTM and DNSMON data as of 1 January 2016. Of course the current DNSMON service (https://dnsmon.ripe.net), based on RIPE Atlas, will not be impacted in any way by this change. Raw data from TTM and TTM-based DNSMON will remain available from the RIPE NCC upon request. We welcome your feedback. Please send any feedback you have to <romeo.zwart(a)ripe.net> directly, or alternatively send your comments to the DNS WG mailing list. Kind regards, Romeo Zwart

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