September 2026 - ripe-atlas - mailman.ripe.net

Notifications about older software probe versions
by Robert Kisteleki 09 Sep '26

09 Sep '26

Dear all, especially software probe hosts, Many of you contribute to RIPE Atlas by running one or more software probes. Thank you for doing so! In the case of software probes you, the host, are in control of the installation and upgrade process. We noticed that there are many probes that have been installed, but not upgraded over time. We'd like to inform you that early next week we'll activate a feature in the system where we'll periodically remind software probe hosts with non-newest versions to upgrade their probes. We expect that at some point later we'll also start enforcing the use of newer versions. Please note that since we provide multiple binary releases, it's also possible to set up automatic package updates for the popular platforms (Debian, RHEL, Raspberry). We'd recommend using this feature (in general, not necessarily just for the probe package). You can find full upgrade instructions for the supported platforms at https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/ripe-atlas-software-probe#upgrading Regards, Robert Kisteleki, for the RIPE Atlas team

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Call for presentations for the Internet Measurementes WG at LACNIC46
by Elisa 08 Sep '26

08 Sep '26

Hi all, Call for presentations is now open! Seeking presentations on Internet Measurements (including, but not limited to, Atlas). The Internet Measurements Working Group session will be held at the LACNIC46/LACNOG2026 meeting in Mendoza, Argentina, on October 21. Presentations can be remote or in-person. Submission deadline October 5. Instructions: https://lacnic46.lacnic.net/en/how-to-participate/imwg Kind regards, -- Elisa Peirano *Analista de Datos I+D* R&D Data Analyst /www.lacnic.net <http://www.lacnic.net> Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry/

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Request for RIPE Atlas Credits for PhD Research on Tor Path Measurements
by xt s 08 Sep '26

08 Sep '26

Dear all, Thank you again for the very generous support. I have now received more than enough RIPE Atlas credits for the planned experiments, so no further credit donations are needed at this point. I sincerely appreciate everyone who contributed. The support from the RIPE Atlas community has been extremely helpful, and I will make careful use of the credits for the research. Best regards, Xiaotian Suo PhD Student School of Cyberspace Science and Technology Beijing Institute of Technology

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Request for RIPE Atlas Credits for PhD Research on Tor Path Measurements
by xt s 07 Sep '26

07 Sep '26

Dear RIPE Atlas community, My name is Xiaotian Suo, and I am a PhD student at the School of Cyberspace Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology. I am working on a research project studying AS-level exposure and routing asymmetry on Tor client-to-Guard and Exit-to-destination paths. We plan to use RIPE Atlas traceroutes to calibrate and validate data-plane path-inference models. Our initial experiment is deliberately small. We plan to run approximately 20 one-off IPv4 ICMP traceroutes as a smoke test, followed by a paired pilot covering around ten AS-level endpoint pairs in both directions over three measurement rounds. The initial stage should consume fewer than 10,000 credits. If the pipeline works as expected, we would like to expand the study to additional AS pairs, probes, and time windows, and to construct an independent confirmation dataset. For this staged research campaign, I am therefore looking for up to 1,000,000 RIPE Atlas credits. Any partial donation would already be very helpful. Only safe, publicly reachable infrastructure will be used as measurement targets; residential or private end-user addresses will not be targeted. We also intend to make the measurement results available for research reproducibility where possible. My RIPE Atlas account for credit transfers is: xts1774(a)gmail.com Thank you very much for supporting this research and for maintaining the RIPE Atlas infrastructure. Best regards, Xiaotian Suo PhD Student School of Cyberspace Science and Technology Beijing Institute of Technology

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Request for credits for reachability research
by Дмитрий Воропаев 07 Sep '26

07 Sep '26

Hello everyone, I’d like to study how Internet censorship in several countries affects the reachability of my small infrastructure. I deployed my first RIPE Atlas software probe a few hours ago and plan to deploy more probes in the future. However, I haven’t received any credits yet and would like to run some initial ping and traceroute measurements. If anyone has some spare credits to share, I would really appreciate it. My RIPE Atlas account email is: voropaevdmtr(a)gmail.com Thank you! Best regards,

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Looking for 1-2M credits for routing security research
by Ben Weintraub 07 Sep '26

07 Sep '26

Hi everyone, I'm investigating the effectivenss of new methods for increasing AS-level route security. I deployed a my own RIPE software probe recently, but have not gotten any credits yet. If anyone is willing to share 1-2M credits, it would really help me out! My RIPE account is benweintraub34(a)gmail.com. Thanks in advance! Ben -- Ben Weintraub Assistant Research Professor Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society University of Notre Dame

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RIPE Atlas UI updates for 2026-09-01
by Stephen Suess 01 Sep '26

01 Sep '26

Good morning Atlas users, We just pushed out an update to the UI that includes numerous changes, fixes, and tweaks. Among them are links to raw data download from the Region Meshes use case, data resolution labels and fixes for LatencyMon display issues, and a new cleaner interface for creating API keys. You can see the full list of what has changed in the release notes here: https://atlas.ripe.net/docs/releases/website_index/2026-09-01 Please let us know if you have any feedback or encounter any issues. Kind regards, Stephen Atlas UI

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