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some probes not returning NSID
by Paul Vlaar 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

Hi all, it appears that some probes never return NSID, when requested, while others do, for the same query. For example: https://atlas.ripe.net/measurements/1875836/#!general As you can see NSID is set to True. These are the raw results from the two probes, for a one-off DNS UDM: results = { u'6012': [{u'lts': 230, u'proto': u'UDP', u'from': u'193.0.19.108', u'msm_id': 1875836, u'af': 4, u'timestamp': 1424384037, u'fw': 4670, u'msm_name': u'Tdig', u'prb_id': 6012, u'result': {u'abuf': u'OQGEAAABAAEAAAABA29yZwAABgABwAwABgABAAADhAAzAmEwA29yZwthZmlsaWFzLW5zdARpbmZvAANub2PAKHfjQ2sAAAcIAAADhAAJOoAAAVGAAAApEAAAAAAAACUAAwAhbnMwMDBiLmFwcDcubnJ0MS5hZmlsaWFzLW5zdC5pbmZv', u'rt': 312.971, u'NSCOUNT': 0, u'QDCOUNT': 1, u'answers': [{u'RNAME': u'noc.afilias-nst.info.', u'NAME': u'org.', u'MNAME': u'a0.org.afilias-nst.info.', u'TTL': 900, u'SERIAL': 2011382635, u'TYPE': u'SOA'}], u'ID': 14593, u'ARCOUNT': 1, u'ANCOUNT': 1, u'size': 132}, u'src_addr': u'193.0.19.108', u'group_id': 1875836, u'type': u'dns', u'dst_addr': u'199.19.56.1'}], u'10039': [{u'lts': 166, u'proto': u'UDP', u'from': u'96.237.232.254', u'msm_id': 1875836, u'af': 4, u'timestamp': 1424384040, u'fw': 4670, u'msm_name': u'Tdig', u'prb_id': 10039, u'result': {u'abuf': u'qxGAgAABAAEAAAABA29yZwAABgABwAwABgABAAAB3QAzAmEwA29yZwthZmlsaWFzLW5zdARpbmZvAANub2PAKHfjQ2UAAAcIAAADhAAJOoAAAVGAAAApD6AAAAAAAAA=', u'rt': 8.299, u'NSCOUNT': 0, u'QDCOUNT': 1, u'answers': [{u'RNAME': u'noc.afilias-nst.info.', u'NAME': u'org.', u'MNAME': u'a0.org.afilias-nst.info.', u'TTL': 477, u'SERIAL': 2011382629, u'TYPE': u'SOA'}], u'ID': 43793, u'ARCOUNT': 1, u'ANCOUNT': 1, u'size': 95}, u'src_addr': u'192.168.13.40', u'group_id': 1875836, u'type': u'dns', u'dst_addr': u'199.19.56.1'}] } Sagan tells me, for probe 6012, responses[0].abuf.raw_data is: {'HEADER': {'AA': True, 'QR': True, 'AD': False, 'NSCOUNT': 0, 'QDCOUNT': 1, 'ANCOUNT': 1, 'TC': False, 'RD': False, 'ARCOUNT': 1, 'CD': False, 'ReturnCode': 'NOERROR', 'OpCode': 'QUERY', 'RA': False, 'Z': 0, 'ID': 14593}, 'AnswerSection': [{'Retry': 900, 'Name': u'org.', 'NegativeTtl': 86400, 'Refresh': 1800, 'MasterServerName': u'a0.org.afilias-nst.info.', 'Expire': 604800, 'MaintainerName': u'noc.afilias-nst.info.', 'TTL': 900, 'Serial': 2011382635, 'Type': 'SOA', 'Class': 'IN', 'RDlength': 51}], 'QuestionSection': [{'Qclass': 'IN', 'Qtype': 'SOA', 'Qname': u'org.'}], 'EDNS0': {'ExtendedReturnCode': 0, 'Option': [{'OptionCode': 3, 'OptionName': 'NSID', 'NSID': u'ns000b.app7.nrt1.afilias-nst.info', 'OptionLength': 33}], 'UDPsize': 4096, 'Version': 0, 'Z': 0, 'Type': 'OPT', 'Name': u'.'}} NSID is present. And for 10039: {'HEADER': {'AA': False, 'QR': True, 'AD': False, 'NSCOUNT': 0, 'QDCOUNT': 1, 'ANCOUNT': 1, 'TC': False, 'RD': False, 'ARCOUNT': 1, 'CD': False, 'ReturnCode': 'NOERROR', 'OpCode': 'QUERY', 'RA': True, 'Z': 0, 'ID': 43793}, 'AnswerSection': [{'Retry': 900, 'Name': u'org.', 'NegativeTtl': 86400, 'Refresh': 1800, 'MasterServerName': u'a0.org.afilias-nst.info.', 'Expire': 604800, 'MaintainerName': u'noc.afilias-nst.info.', 'TTL': 477, 'Serial': 2011382629, 'Type': 'SOA', 'Class': 'IN', 'RDlength': 51}], 'QuestionSection': [{'Qclass': 'IN', 'Qtype': 'SOA', 'Qname': u'org.'}], 'EDNS0': {'ExtendedReturnCode': 0, 'Option': [], 'UDPsize': 4000, 'Version': 0, 'Z': 0, 'Type': 'OPT', 'Name': u'.'}} NSID is missing. Why is this? I've tried increasing the payload size, this makes no difference. I get the same when I try for SOA . @ k.root-servers.net: Compare these outcomes: https://atlas.ripe.net/measurements/1875933/ https://atlas.ripe.net/measurements/1875926/ It appears to me that probe 10039 (or its network) has a problem of sorts, causing this. It would be great if faulty probes can be weeded out, if this is really the case. BTW, I am always getting "null" on the NSID field in the web interface, regardless of whether it lives in abuf, or not. This seems to be a bug. ~paul

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[ietf-secretariat@ietf.org: New Non-WG Mailing List: hops -- Measuring deployability of new transport protocols]
by Stephane Bortzmeyer 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

It could be interesting to use Atlas probes for such measurements, no?

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Re: [atlas] Fwd: Re: Proble locations (Changed because of Geo-IP)
by Chris Amin 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

Dear Martin, I'm sorry for this, we recently made a change which keeps the location of those probes which are geolocated (i.e. *without* a manually set address) up to date. Previously such probes were geolocated once, and never again. It was never the intention to overwrite manually given locations. Unfortunately, it seems that a number of probes were erroneously marked as being automatically geolocated when in fact their owners had carefully provided a location. We are now looking at our logs to see how many probes might have been affected by this, and whether we can automatically revert the location in those cases. As for your point about not being able to enter the location, there is a text box above the map popup which should allow you to enter a textual address. If this isn't working for you, please let me know. Apologies once again. Kind regards, Chris Amin RIPE NCC On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 01:10:30 -0800 (PST), Martin Winter wrote: > I have actually the address in it. > The earlier webpage had a way to enter Lat/Lon for probes (which I can't > find anymore). > > I think a simple Geo-Lokup based on addresses in description would have > done a much better job. > But a field to enter lat/lon in it and take this as a preference (if > entered) without going to overwrite it would be a good start. > > I mainly worry on whatever happend there in this process may have > misplaced a lot of probes to the wrong location. > Anyone else noticed that their probe moved to a new (wrong) location? > > - Martin > > > On Wed, 25 Feb 2015, Grewal, Jas wrote: > >> Agreed, how about including this critical information in the >> description field to get around this, perhaps? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ripe-atlas [mailto:ripe-atlas-bounces@ripe.net] On Behalf Of >> Martin Winter >> Sent: 25 February 2015 07:29 >> To: ripe-atlas(a)ripe.net >> Subject: [atlas] Proble locations (Changed because of Geo-IP) >> >> So I've noticed that (at least some) probes got the location >> automatically updated based on Geo IP. >> However, this is frequently fundamentially broken. One of my probe >> moved from San Jose, CA to somewhere in the middle of Texas. (Broken >> Geo-IP location for AT&T DSL users). >> (The example I talk about is proble #10770) >> >> Kind of sad... not sure how many had this happening. Specially as I >> took care to put the exact lat/lon in the User interface in the past. >> Now I can only reposition it by dragging on a map - and that seems to >> be broken as well (at least it fails to save when I try to correct >> this probes location on Chrome) >> >> I wonder how many and why there was a decision to change the location. >> I think the location were much better before they got force-changed. >> >> - Martin Winter >> >> >> >> > > > > >

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FastVPS Eesti OU (Jõhvi, Estonia) has joined RIPE Atlas Anchors
by Alastair Strachan 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

Dear RIPE Atlas users, We're happy to announce that another RIPE Atlas anchor has joined the network and is now available as a target for probe hosts conducting their own user-defined measurements. The new anchor is called ee-jvi-as198068 and it is hosted by FastVPS Eesti OU in Jõhvi, Estonia. Anchoring measurements (ping, ping6, traceroute and traceroute6) are scheduled towards this anchor from all the other anchors as well as several hundred probes, providing a continual overview of regional reachability. Results of these measurements are available as raw data in JSON format, and visualised on the map and "seismograph" with many configurable features. You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ <https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/> Learn more about RIPE Atlas anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/ <https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/> Thank you for participating in RIPE Atlas! Kind Regards, RIPE Atlas Team

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Delta Softmedia Ltd (Sofia, Bulgaria) has joined RIPE Atlas Anchors
by Alastair Strachan 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

Dear RIPE Atlas users, We're happy to announce that another RIPE Atlas anchor has joined the network and is now available as a target for probe hosts conducting their own user-defined measurements. The new anchor is called bg-sof-as197216 and it is hosted by Delta Softmedia Ltd in Sofia, Bulgaria. Anchoring measurements (ping, ping6, traceroute and traceroute6) are scheduled towards this anchor from all the other anchors as well as several hundred probes, providing a continual overview of regional reachability. Results of these measurements are available as raw data in JSON format, and visualised on the map and "seismograph" with many configurable features. You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ <https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/> Learn more about RIPE Atlas anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/ <https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/> Thank you for participating in RIPE Atlas! Kind Regards, RIPE Atlas Team

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Proble locations (Changed because of Geo-IP)
by Martin Winter 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

So I've noticed that (at least some) probes got the location automatically updated based on Geo IP. However, this is frequently fundamentially broken. One of my probe moved from San Jose, CA to somewhere in the middle of Texas. (Broken Geo-IP location for AT&T DSL users). (The example I talk about is proble #10770) Kind of sad... not sure how many had this happening. Specially as I took care to put the exact lat/lon in the User interface in the past. Now I can only reposition it by dragging on a map - and that seems to be broken as well (at least it fails to save when I try to correct this probes location on Chrome) I wonder how many and why there was a decision to change the location. I think the location were much better before they got force-changed. - Martin Winter

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New on RIPE Labs: Stopping Support for Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP in RIPE Atlas and RIPEstat
by Mirjam Kuehne 24 Feb '15

24 Feb '15

Dear colleagues, Microsoft ended support for Windows XP as of April 2014. We're about to change RIPE Atlas and RIPEstat to stop support for Internet Explorer 8 running on these systems. Please find some more information on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/kistel/stopping-support-for-internet-explorer… Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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Brno University of Technology (CZ) has joined RIPE Atlas anchors
by Vesna Manojlovic 20 Feb '15

20 Feb '15

Dear RIPE Atlas users, We're happy to announce that another RIPE Atlas anchor has joined the network and is now available as a target for probe hosts conducting their own user-defined measurements. The new anchor is called cz-brq-as197451 and is hosted by Brno University of Technology in Czech Republic. Anchoring measurements (ping, ping6, traceroute and traceroute6) are scheduled towards this anchor from all the other anchors as well as several hundred probes, providing a continual overview of regional reachability. Results of these measurements are available as raw data in JSON format, and visualised on the map and "seismograph" with many configurable features. You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ Learn more about RIPE Atlas anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/ Thank you for participating in RIPE Atlas! Kind regards, Vesna Manojlovic Measurements Community Building Team RIPE NCC

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Sagan: 'Response' object has no attribute 'edns0'
by Paul Vlaar 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

Hi all, I'm trying to do some basic DNS UDM result parsing using Sagan. I'd like to have an easy way to extract the NSID. I followed the instruction found here: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-atlas/2014-May/001475.html 'from ripe.atlas.sagan import Result result = Result("your-JSON-result-blob-here") print(result.responses[0].edns0.options[0].nsid)' That didn't work, as I get: AttributeError: 'Result' object has no attribute 'responses' So I figured I need to use a DnsResult, instead. I then have the following Python code: from ripe.atlas.sagan import DnsResult import json url = "https://atlas.ripe.net/api/v1/measurement-latest/1873691/" results = json.load(urllib.urlopen(url)) for probe in results: sagan_result = DnsResult(results[probe][0]) print(sagan_result.responses[0].edns0.options[0].nsid) This gives me: print(sagan_result.responses[0].edns0.options[0].nsid) AttributeError: 'Response' object has no attribute 'edns0' After some digging through the Sagan documentation, I found out that the way to do this should be: print(sagan_result.responses[0].abuf.edns0.options[0].nsid) This might be of help to others. ~paul

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problems creating measurements with old web interface
by Klaus Darilion 13 Feb '15

13 Feb '15

Hi! Today I created some DNS tests with the old web interface. The creation process was fine, but the measurements did not work. (my target was ignored and "use probe's resolver" was automatically enabled). See UDMs: 1841832, 1841839, 1841840 btw: I can not stop 1841839 and 1841840 via the new web interface The DNS measurements only work if I create them via the new web interface. regards Klaus PS: IMO the new web interface is not very user friendly when choosing the probes - eg I failed to select 100 probes word wide (how to do this in the map)? It would be nice to have a textual alternative as my browser gets incredibly slow when showing all the probes on the map.

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Larsen Data ApS (Ballerup, Denmark ) has joined RIPE Atlas Anchors
by Alastair Strachan 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

Dear RIPE Atlas users, We're happy to announce that another RIPE Atlas anchor has joined the network and is now available as a target for probe hosts conducting their own user-defined measurements. The new anchor is called dk-blp-as197495 and it is hosted by Larsen Data ApS based in Ballerup, Denmark. Anchoring measurements (ping, ping6, traceroute and traceroute6) are scheduled towards this anchor from all the other anchors as well as several hundred probes, providing a continual overview of regional reachability. Results of these measurements are available as raw data in JSON format, and visualised on the map and "seismograph" with many configurable features. You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ <https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/> Learn more about RIPE Atlas anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/ <https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/> Thank you for participating in RIPE Atlas! Kind Regards, RIPE Atlas Team

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Globalways AC (Frankfurt, Germany ) has joined RIPE Atlas Anchors
by Alastair Strachan 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

Dear RIPE Atlas users, We're happy to announce that another RIPE Atlas anchor has joined the network and is now available as a target for probe hosts conducting their own user-defined measurements. The new anchor is called de-fra-as48918 and it is hosted by Globalways AC based in Frankfurt, Germany. Anchoring measurements (ping, ping6, traceroute and traceroute6) are scheduled towards this anchor from all the other anchors as well as several hundred probes, providing a continual overview of regional reachability. Results of these measurements are available as raw data in JSON format, and visualised on the map and "seismograph" with many configurable features. You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ <https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/> Learn more about RIPE Atlas anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/ <https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/> Thank you for participating in RIPE Atlas! Kind Regards, RIPE Atlas Team

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Globalways AC (Stuttgart, Germany ) has joined RIPE Atlas Anchors
by Alastair Strachan 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

Dear RIPE Atlas users, We're happy to announce that another RIPE Atlas anchor has joined the network and is now available as a target for probe hosts conducting their own user-defined measurements. The new anchor is called de-str-as48918 and it is hosted by Globalways AC based in Stuttgart, Germany. Anchoring measurements (ping, ping6, traceroute and traceroute6) are scheduled towards this anchor from all the other anchors as well as several hundred probes, providing a continual overview of regional reachability. Results of these measurements are available as raw data in JSON format, and visualised on the map and "seismograph" with many configurable features. You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ <https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/> Learn more about RIPE Atlas anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/ <https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/> Thank you for participating in RIPE Atlas! Kind Regards, RIPE Atlas Team

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MacOSX: probe add problems (create measurements)
by Hendrik Visage 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

Goodday, I'm trying to add some new measurements, but the probe selection's "+New Set - Manual" and "+Reuse a set from an old Measurement" both just flash the screen, looks like it opens a drop down windows, and closes it before I could even blink my eyes. This was tested on the Firefox 35.0.1 as well as on Safari 7.0.3 on MacOSX 10.9.3. Hendrik

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Fwd: SEE4/RIPE NCC Regional Meeting: Registration Open!
by Vesna Manojlovic 09 Feb '15

09 Feb '15

Dear RIPE Atlas users, do you want to share your experiences with using RIPE Atlas with the community on "Balkans"? Please submit your talks - and see you there! Regards, Vesna -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: SEE 4/RIPE NCC Regional Meeting: Registration Open! Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 11:21:05 +0100 From: SEE <seeurope(a)ripe.net> To: ripe-list(a)ripe.net Dear colleagues, The fourth RIPE NCC Regional Meeting/South East Europe Meeting (SEE 4) takes places in Belgrade at the Metropol Palace Hotel on 21-22 April 2015. Join us there! The SEE 4/RIPE NCC Regional Meeting is open to everyone and attendance is free of charge. You can register for this meeting at: http://www.ripe.net/see-4/registration This meeting will build on the success of past meetings, which took place in Dubrovnik, Skopje and Sofia. These meetings demonstrated how vibrant the Internet community in the region is, as well as the knowledge-sharing and network-building benefits to be gained from meeting as a community. The meeting will cover a wide range of topics, including: - 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 - Efforts to establish IXPs in the region - Reports from existing IXPs - Regional success stories - Much, much more! Do you have expertise on some of these topics? An interesting case to share with your peers? Then please submit a presentation proposal here: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/regional-meetings/see-4/cfp Further information about the meeting can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/see4 See you there! Kind regards, Gergana -- Gergana Petrova Conference Coordinator RIPE Network Coordination Centre Singel 258, 1016 AB Amsterdam, The Netherlands T: +31 20 535 4444 www.ripe.net

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Bug? RIPE Atlas interface mixing up legacy IP addresses
by Dan Luedtke 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

Hi all, I encountered some odd behaviour today using the Atlas web interface. It mixed up the octets of a legacy IP address in a funny way. Is this a bug? The corresponding probe seems to be down now /0\ I made a screen cap to document it. It was reproducible, but I am not sure if I broke it or if it is a general bug. —> http://youtu.be/Bhnyd9ogyNs Cheers Dan

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Web Werks (IN) has joined RIPE Atlas anchors
by Michela Galante 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Dear RIPE Atlas users, We're happy to announce that another RIPE Atlas anchor has joined the network and is now available as a target for probe hosts conducting their own user-defined measurements. The new anchor is called in-bom-as33480 and it is hosted by Web Werks in Mumbai, India, and sponsored by APNIC. Anchoring measurements (ping, ping6, traceroute and traceroute6) are scheduled towards this anchor from all the other anchors as well as several hundred probes, providing a continual overview of regional reachability. Results of these measurements are available as raw data in JSON format, and visualised on the map and "seismograph" with many configurable features. You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ Learn more about RIPE Atlas anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/ Thank you for participating in RIPE Atlas! Kind Regards, RIPE Atlas Team atlas(a)ripe.net

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Glitch in measurements today?
by Stephane Bortzmeyer 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

Many: {u'id': 7, u'name': u'Failed'} when querying measurements. It seems OK, now.

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Implementing new RIPE Atlas Service Terms and Conditions
by Vesna Manojlovic 30 Jan '15

30 Jan '15

Dear colleagues, As agreed on the MAT-WG mailing list, we are in the process of implementing the new RIPE Atlas Service Terms and Conditions that clearly state the role and responsibilities for the RIPE NCC, RIPE Atlas hosts and users: https://atlas.ripe.net/legal/terms-conditions/ This is the implementation plan: - End of January, existing probe hosts will be notified by email about the upcoming transition to the new terms and conditions. - From next week (during February), existing users and probe hosts will be presented with a banner when they log in to the RIPE Atlas website, to inform them of the upcoming transition. - As of 2 March 2015, the new RIPE Atlas Service Terms and Conditions will come into effect; new probe hosts will be asked to agree to the new terms and conditions when applying for a probe; all existing probe hosts will be subject to the new terms and conditions. Thank you for your feedback and for helping us to refine these new terms. Regards, Vesna Manojlovic Measurements Community Building RIPE NCC

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Hitech Service LLC (Kiev, Ukraine) has joined RIPE Atlas Anchors
by Alastair Strachan 27 Jan '15

27 Jan '15

Dear RIPE Atlas users, We're happy to announce that another RIPE Atlas anchor has joined the network and is now available as a target for probe hosts conducting their own user-defined measurements. The new anchor is called ua-iev-as29632 and it is hosted by Hitech Service LLC in Kiev, Ukraine). Anchoring measurements (ping, ping6, traceroute and traceroute6) are scheduled towards this anchor from all the other anchors as well as several hundred probes, providing a continual overview of regional reachability. Results of these measurements are available as raw data in JSON format, and visualised on the map and "seismograph" with many configurable features. You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ <https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/> Learn more about RIPE Atlas anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/ <https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/> Thank you for participating in RIPE Atlas! Kind Regards, RIPE Atlas Team

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VNET a.s. (Bratislava, Slovakia) has joined RIPE Atlas Anchors
by Alastair Strachan 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

Dear RIPE Atlas users, We're happy to announce that another RIPE Atlas anchor has joined the network and is now available as a target for probe hosts conducting their own user-defined measurements. The new anchor is called sk-bts-as29405 and it is hosted by VNET a.s. in Bratislav, Slovakia. Anchoring measurements (ping, ping6, traceroute and traceroute6) are scheduled towards this anchor from all the other anchors as well as several hundred probes, providing a continual overview of regional reachability. Results of these measurements are available as raw data in JSON format, and visualised on the map and "seismograph" with many configurable features. You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ <https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/> Learn more about RIPE Atlas anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/ <https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/> Thank you for participating in RIPE Atlas! Kind Regards, RIPE Atlas Team

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Proposal for public HTTP measurements
by Robert Kisteleki 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

Dear RIPE Atlas users, The topic of publicly available HTTP measurements in RIPE Atlas comes up from time to time. There were a number of discussions about pros and cons for this feature over the years (including exposing probe hosts to unnecessary risks of other users "measuring" just about any kind of HTTP content out there), with no firm outcome. While we understand that this feature would come handy for some of our users, it does not benefit everyone. Therefore our proposal is the following: 1. We'll enable HTTP measurements to be performed by all atlas users, from any probes. 2. The targets of such measurements can only be RIPE Atlas anchors (these already run HTTP servers, see https://atlas.ripe.net/docs/anchors/) 3. Parameters like costs, minimum frequency, maximum number of probes involved, etc. will be set by the development team, just as with the other measurements. 4. The RIPE NCC will still be able to support other, vetted HTTP measurements as long as it benefits the community, as well as other HTTP measurements that we deem operationally useful. These will be evaluated on a case by case basis. Please speak up at the MAT working group list (mat-wg(a)ripe.net) if you support / don't support this proposal, of if you have any other opinion about it. Regards, Robert Kisteleki RIPE NCC R&D manager, for the RIPE Atlas team

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Re: [atlas] problems creating measurements with old web interface
by Massimo Candela 21 Jan '15

21 Jan '15

Hi, Thanks for the feedback! > > Subject: [atlas] problems creating measurements with old web interface > Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 13:49:48 +0100 > From: Klaus Darilion <klaus.mailinglists(a)pernau.at> > To: ripe-atlas(a)ripe.net > > Hi! > > Today I created some DNS tests with the old web interface. The creation > process was fine, but the measurements did not work. (my target was > ignored and "use probe's resolver" was automatically enabled). > See UDMs: 1841832, 1841839, 1841840 > > btw: I can not stop 1841839 and 1841840 via the new web interface > > > The DNS measurements only work if I create them via the new web interface. > > > regards > Klaus > > PS: IMO the new web interface is not very user friendly when choosing > the probes - eg I failed to select 100 probes word wide (how to do this > in the map)? You can do it by searching for “worldwide” (there is autosuggestion) and the widget will ask the number of probes and the tags you want to use. The number of probes is suggested and bounded according to the maximum number of probes selectable for the measurement. The idea is that whatever you write in the text field, it will try to help/guide you creating the valid (and, if needed, complex) selection you were looking for. E.g. you can do a combination by searching for “Canada ipv6” to select all the ipv6 probes in Canada Of course it can be improved, so let us know if you have other feedback! Best regards, Massimo > It would be nice to have a textual alternative as my > browser gets incredibly slow when showing all the probes on the map. > > > >

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One hundred RIPE Atlas anchors online
by Vesna Manojlovic 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Dear all, You have been hearing about each RIPE Atlas anchor as they get activated - and now we have reached a milestone with one hundred anchors online! We wrote an article on RIPE Labs to cover all the details: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/one-hundred-ripe-atlas-… To apply for your own RIPE Atlas anchor: https://atlas.ripe.net/get-involved/become-an-anchor-host/ Kind regards, Vesna Manojlovic Measurements Community Building Team RIPE NCC

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DK Hostmaster A/S (Ballerup, Denmark) has joined RIPE Atlas Anchors.
by Alastair Strachan 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Dear RIPE Atlas users, We're very excited to announce that the 100th RIPE Atlas anchor has joined the network! This anchor is now available as a target for probe hosts conducting their own user-defined measurements. The new anchor is called dk-blp-as39839 and it is hosted by DK Hostmaster A/S in Ballerup, Denmark. Anchoring measurements (ping, ping6, traceroute and traceroute6) are scheduled towards this anchor from all the other anchors as well as several hundred probes, providing a continual overview of regional reachability. Results of these measurements are available as raw data in JSON format, and visualised on the map and "seismograph" with many configurable features. You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ <https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/> Learn more about RIPE Atlas anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/ <https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/> Thank you for participating in RIPE Atlas! Kind Regards, RIPE Atlas Team

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Nordiska Servercentralen (Solna, Sweden) has joined RIPE Atlas Anchors.
by Alastair Strachan 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

Dear RIPE Atlas users, We're happy to announce that another RIPE Atlas anchor has joined the network and is now available as a target for probe hosts conducting their own user-defined measurements. The new anchor is called se-sln-as49515 and it is hosted by Nordiska Servercentralen in Solna, Sweden. Anchoring measurements (ping, ping6, traceroute and traceroute6) are scheduled towards this anchor from all the other anchors as well as several hundred probes, providing a continual overview of regional reachability. Results of these measurements are available as raw data in JSON format, and visualised on the map and "seismograph" with many configurable features. You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ <https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/> Learn more about RIPE Atlas anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/ <https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/> Thank you for participating in RIPE Atlas! Kind Regards, RIPE Atlas Team

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Deprecating the old measurement UI
by Robert Kisteleki 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

Dear all, In October last year, we introduced a new UI for browsing and scheduling measurements. For details, see: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-atlas-new-measurem… Your feedback about this was predominantly positive, and we’d like to thank everyone who helped this development with suggestions and bug reports. As stated at the time, we plan to deprecate and eventually remove the old interface (both the UI and the "API" it used). Our timeline is the following: 1. We'll make the new UI the default, and remove links to the old UI from the RIPE Atlas main menu, around 21 January. The old pages will still be accessible if one reaches them from somewhere else, such as a browser bookmark or hard-coded scripts. 2. Around the beginning of March, we'll remove the old pages from the system (/atlas/udm.html and related pages). This step will include the "deep links" that some of our users directly access to schedule and manage measurements from scripts (notably /atlas/*udm*.json). We'd like to encourage all of our users to switch to the new UI and API in the following weeks, if you haven't already done so. As always, we're happy to answer any questions or hear any feedback you might have. Regards, Robert Kisteleki, for the RIPE Atlas team

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Coming soon: RIPE Atlas data visualization hackathon!
by Vesna Manojlovic 08 Jan '15

08 Jan '15

Dear all, we are happy to invite you to the first RIPE Atlas open data hackathon! In short: various groups will come together during the long weekend in Amsterdam, to make new visualisations (or modify existing ones) based on RIPE Atlas data, and to give that SW back to the community. We are inviting: programers, designers, operators, data-lovers, hackers, students... help us spread the word! Comcast is generously offering prizes and some coverage for travel expenses for several people -- to be awarded/selected by a jury. Dates: 27-28-29 March 2015 (Friday to Sunday) How to apply: https://www.ripe.net/s/XUJy More information, as always, in the RIPE Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-atlas-hackathon-20… Hope to see you there! Regards, Vesna

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Open IP Map, crowdsourced geolocation
by d.baeza＠tvt-datos.es 28 Dec '14

28 Dec '14

Hi All! I know is in Beta, but only say when I try to submit[ok button] a Geolocation of a IP/Hostname, it keeps "loading" forever. Should I use any special set of code? Im trying City,Province,XX (XX = Country Code, in my case: ES) Thanks in advance! --Daniel

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Sharing measurement
by Lukasz Trabinski 23 Dec '14

23 Dec '14

hi It's possible to share (graphical) measurement from my ripe probe without login to my account?

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Bug on credit expenditure?
by Sebastian Castro 19 Dec '14

19 Dec '14

Hi: I've created 12 one-off traceroute measurements today, each measurement requesting 38 probes. According to the results page, the number of credits per measurement is 60, at 38 probes, we got 2280 credits. Any further attempt to create new measurements returned error 104: "Executing this measurement request would violate your maximum daily spending limit of 2200000.0 credits" Unless my math is horribly wrong, or the message is incorrect, I'm well under the 2.2 million credits daily limit. Is there a bug somewhere that's miscounting the usage of credits? I have enough credits in my account to pamper myself with measurements :) Cheers, -- Sebastian Castro Technical Research Manager .nz Registry Services (New Zealand Domain Name Registry Limited) desk: +64 4 495 2337 mobile: +64 21 400535

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Liquid Web (Phoenix, US) has joined RIPE Atlas Anchors.
by Alastair Strachan 18 Dec '14

18 Dec '14

Dear RIPE Atlas users, We're happy to announce that another RIPE Atlas anchor has joined the network and is now available as a target for probe hosts conducting their own user-defined measurements. The new anchor is called us-phx-as53824 and it is hosted by Liquid Web in Phoenix, United States. Congratulations to Liquid Web for their second anchor online! Anchoring measurements (ping, ping6, traceroute and traceroute6) are scheduled towards this anchor from all the other anchors as well as several hundred probes, providing a continual overview of regional reachability. Results of these measurements are available as raw data in JSON format, and visualised on the map and "seismograph" with many configurable features. You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ Learn more about RIPE Atlas anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/ Thank you for participating in RIPE Atlas! Kind Regards, RIPE Atlas Team

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MAT-WG proposal for WLAN measurements on RIPE Atlas
by Brook Schofield 10 Dec '14

10 Dec '14

MAT-WG, thankyou for giving me the opportunity to present on "The Value of WLAN Measurements for the R&E Community" at the Measurement and Tools Working Group at RIPE69. You can find my presentation and stenography logs at: https://ripe69.ripe.net/presentations/91-eduroam-and-Atlas-RIPE69.pdf https://ripe69.ripe.net/archives/steno/40 To progress this work within the RIPE NCC Atlas development team I'd like your input into the following five (5) points: #1: For "opt-in" WLAN measurements to be enabled on RIPE Atlas As a point of clarification (and reiterated by Daniel Karrenberg) the intention is that ALL v3 probes will be capable of WLAN measurements - but measurements will ONLY be turned on by a probe host. #2: WLAN measurements will support associating to an "open" or 802.1X protected network for the purposes of performing a measurement As an active monitoring network the Atlas probes WILL NOT scan and report on all/available SSIDs. It will ONLY associate with EXPLICITLY defined SSIDs listed in the measurement. For eduroam quality purposes the success/failure of an 802.1X associations is initially the most interesting part of the measurement in determining whether sites are correctly deploying this service. There will be results related to the authentication process. #3: Any measurements performed over the wireless interface are aligned with a request to associate/authenticate to a particular network. The wireless interface will be connected only for particular tests bundled with the association to an SSID. All other tests will be performed via the wired interface as is currently the case. #4: The schedule for implementation will be determined by the RIPE NCC R&D team ...but hopefully your support for this work will allow them to prioritise this work while not jeopardising the other commitments the team has made to the community. #5: This proposal is inline with your understanding of "WiFi measurements" on the Atlas roadmap I'd be particularly interested in your feedback on whether you thought that the WiFi Measurements listed in the http://roadmap.ripe.net/ripe-atlas/ would accomplish the above or something completely different. My feeling from the room was that the above was largely accepted. I'd appreciate those that voiced their support to also do this on the mailing list again. If there's any confusion I'm willing to clarify further. Thanks, -Brook -- =================================================== Brook Schofield, Project Development Officer GÉANT Association, Singel 468 D, 1017 AW Amsterdam, The Netherlands Tel +31 20 530 4488 Fax +31 20 530 4499 Mob +31 65 155 3991 www.géant.org <http://www.xn--gant-bpa.org>

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Embed links in Beta UI
by Brian Rak 10 Dec '14

10 Dec '14

The embed option in the Beta UI is *very* handy, thanks for that!

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ARIN (US) has joined RIPE Atlas anchors
by Michela Galante 10 Dec '14

10 Dec '14

Dear RIPE Atlas users, We're happy to announce that another RIPE Atlas anchor has joined the network and is now available as a target for probe hosts conducting their own user-defined measurements. The new anchor is called us-qas-as10745 and is hosted by ARIN in Ashburn, United States on behalf of the RIPE NCC. We’re very pleased that, with this latest addition, all five Regional Internet Registries are now hosting a RIPE Atlas anchor! Anchoring measurements (ping, ping6, traceroute and traceroute6) are scheduled towards this anchor from all the other anchors as well as several hundred probes, providing a continual overview of regional reachability. Results of these measurements are available as raw data in JSON format, and visualised on the map and "seismograph" with many configurable features. You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ Learn more about RIPE Atlas anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/ Thank you for participating in RIPE Atlas! Kind regards, RIPE Atlas Team RIPE NCC atlas(a)ripe.net

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PRT Systems Ltd (London, UK) has joined RIPE Atlas Anchors
by Alastair Strachan 10 Dec '14

10 Dec '14

Dear RIPE Atlas users, We're happy to announce that another RIPE Atlas anchor has joined the network and is now available as a target for probe hosts conducting their own user-defined measurements. The new anchor is uk-lon-as8676 and it is hosted by PRT Systems Ltd in London, UK. Anchoring measurements (ping, ping6, traceroute and traceroute6) are scheduled towards this anchor from all the other anchors as well as several hundred probes, providing a continual overview of regional reachability. Results of these measurements are available as raw data in JSON format, and visualised on the map and "seismograph" with many configurable features. You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ Learn more about RIPE Atlas anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/ Thank you for participating in RIPE Atlas! Kind Regards, RIPE Atlas Team

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Núcleo de Informação e Coordenação do Ponto BR (Sao Paulo, Brazil) has joined RIPE Atlas Anchors
by Alastair Strachan 10 Dec '14

10 Dec '14

Dear RIPE Atlas users, We're happy to announce that another RIPE Atlas anchor has joined the network and is now available as a target for probe hosts conducting their own user-defined measurements. The new anchor is br-sao-as22548 and it is hosted by Núcleo de Informação e Coordenação do Ponto BR (Sao Paulo, Brazil) Anchoring measurements (ping, ping6, traceroute and traceroute6) are scheduled towards this anchor from all the other anchors as well as several hundred probes, providing a continual overview of regional reachability. Results of these measurements are available as raw data in JSON format, and visualised on the map and "seismograph" with many configurable features. You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ Learn more about RIPE Atlas anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/ Thank you for participating in RIPE Atlas! Kind Regards, RIPE Atlas Team

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Dead Atlas Probe (TP-Link)
by Florian Streibelt 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

Hi, I got a probe returned that was not able to connect to the Atlas network. The probe was doint nothing for 2 days, only the leftmost LED (Power) was on, nothing else seems to happen. I also had to learn, that after the probe was not working, the user cleared the USB-Stick. Is there a way to resurrect the probe? Also the probe should be re-added to my ambassador account, if possible. Greetings, Florian -- Florian Streibelt, Dipl.-Inf. building MAR, 4th floor, room 4.004 Fachgebiet INET - Sekr. MAR 4-4 phone: +49 30 314 757 33 Technische Universität Berlin gpg-fp: 5BE7 F008 8B83 9357 1108 Marchstrasse 23 - 10587 Berlin 984A 3B8E A41F 82F6 1240

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Credits
by Shahin Gharghi 05 Dec '14

05 Dec '14

Hi The RIPE Atlas hosts earn credit for the time their probes remain connected. I think it could be better to receive additional credit whenever someone uses that probe to make measurement. And if crowded probes be more expensive, we can distribute the load between same probes better. -- Shahin Gharghi

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Liquid Web Inc. (Lansing Charter Township, US) has joined RIPE Atlas Anchors
by Alastair Strachan 04 Dec '14

04 Dec '14

Dear RIPE Atlas users, We're happy to announce that another RIPE Atlas anchor has joined the network and is now available as a target for probe hosts conducting their own user-defined measurements. The new anchor is called us-lan-as32244 and it is hosted by Liquid Web Inc in Lansing Charter Township, United States. Anchoring measurements (ping, ping6, traceroute and traceroute6) are scheduled towards this anchor from all the other anchors as well as several hundred probes, providing a continual overview of regional reachability. Results of these measurements are available as raw data in JSON format, and visualised on the map and "seismograph" with many configurable features. You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ Learn more about RIPE Atlas anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/ Thank you for participating in RIPE Atlas! Kind Regards, RIPE Atlas Team

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openmirrors.asia (SG) has joined RIPE Atlas anchors
by Michela Galante 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

Dear RIPE Atlas users, We're happy to announce that another RIPE Atlas anchor has joined the network and is now available as a target for probe hosts conducting their own user-defined measurements. The new anchor is called sg-sin-as45494 and it is hosted by openmirrors.asia in Singapore City, Singapore, and sponsored by APNIC. Anchoring measurements (ping, ping6, traceroute and traceroute6) are scheduled towards this anchor from all the other anchors as well as several hundred probes, providing a continual overview of regional reachability. Results of these measurements are available as raw data in JSON format, and visualised on the map and "seismograph" with many configurable features. You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ Learn more about RIPE Atlas anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/ Thank you for participating in RIPE Atlas! Kind Regards, RIPE Atlas Team atlas(a)ripe.net

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Many thanks :)
by Mike. 01 Dec '14

01 Dec '14

A short note to say 'thank-you' for the ability to configure the origination of an email message when the probe under my supervision has been offline for a short while. I was doing some work on my firewall today, and I neglected to re-plug the probe back into the USB port for power. The email informed me of my transgression. :) Mike.

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Wikimedia Foundation (San Francisco, US) has joined RIPE Atlas anchors
by Michela Galante 01 Dec '14

01 Dec '14

Dear RIPE Atlas users, We're happy to announce that another RIPE Atlas anchor has joined the network and is now available as a target for probe hosts conducting their own user-defined measurements. The new anchor is us-sfo-as14907 and it is hosted by Wikimedia Foundation in San Francisco, United States. Congratulations to Wikimedia Foundation for their third anchor online! Anchoring measurements (ping, ping6, traceroute and traceroute6) are scheduled towards this anchor from all the other anchors as well as several hundred probes, providing a continual overview of regional reachability. Results of these measurements are available as raw data in JSON format, and visualised on the map and "seismograph" with many configurable features. You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ Learn more about RIPE Atlas anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/ Thank you for participating in RIPE Atlas! Kind Regards, RIPE Atlas Team

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Software Probs
by Shahin Gharghi 29 Nov '14

29 Nov '14

Dear RIPE Atlas team I want to ask why don't you make software probes? RIPE NCC have to spend a lot of money on RIPE Atlas. They can easily make RIPE Atlas VMWare image or an RPM,deb package and even windows service. So people can install them on their servers. The other way to save probes is making probes multi-home. For example I have 4 probes in one place to monitor 4 different IP prefixes and paths. I know because of the hardware limits we can't use sub-interfaces but we can set 4 IP addresses manually and add 4 any route by the source, then we can save 3 other probes. -- Shahin Gharghi

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MIX (IT) has joined RIPE Atlas anchors
by Michela Galante 27 Nov '14

27 Nov '14

Dear RIPE Atlas users, We're happy to announce that another RIPE Atlas anchor has joined the network and is now available as a target for probe hosts conducting their own user-defined measurements. The new anchor is called it-mil-as16004 and it is hosted by Milan Internet eXchange (MIX) in Milan, Italy on behalf of RIPE NCC since they are one of our k-root hosts and RIS Remote Route Collector locations. Anchoring measurements (ping, ping6, traceroute and traceroute6) are scheduled towards this anchor from all the other anchors as well as several hundred probes, providing a continual overview of regional reachability. Results of these measurements are available as raw data in JSON format, and visualised on the map and "seismograph" with many configurable features. You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ Learn more about RIPE Atlas anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/ Thank you for participating in RIPE Atlas! Kind regards, Measurements Community Building Team RIPE NCC mcb(a)ripe.net

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Wikimedia Foundation (Carrollton, US) has joined RIPE Atlas anchors
by Michela Galante 26 Nov '14

26 Nov '14

Dear RIPE Atlas users, We're happy to announce that another RIPE Atlas anchor has joined the network and is now available as a target for probe hosts conducting their own user-defined measurements. The new anchor is called us-cax-as14907 and it is hosted by Wikimedia Foundation in Carrollton, United States. Congratulations to Wikimedia Foundation for their second anchor online! Anchoring measurements (ping, ping6, traceroute and traceroute6) are scheduled towards this anchor from all the other anchors as well as several hundred probes, providing a continual overview of regional reachability. Results of these measurements are available as raw data in JSON format, and visualised on the map and "seismograph" with many configurable features. You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ Learn more about RIPE Atlas anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/ Thank you for participating in RIPE Atlas! Kind Regards, RIPE Atlas Team

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Wikimedia Foundation (United States) has joined RIPE Atlas anchors
by Alastair Strachan 26 Nov '14

26 Nov '14

Dear RIPE Atlas users, We're happy to announce that another RIPE Atlas anchor has joined the network and is now available as a target for probe hosts conducting their own user-defined measurements. The new anchor is called us-qas-as14907 and it is hosted by Wikimedia Foundation in Ashburn, United States Anchoring measurements (ping, ping6, traceroute and traceroute6) are scheduled towards this anchor from all the other anchors as well as several hundred probes, providing a continual overview of regional reachability. Results of these measurements are available as raw data in JSON format, and visualised on the map and "seismograph" with many configurable features. You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ Learn more about RIPE Atlas anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/ Thank you for participating in RIPE Atlas! Kind Regards, RIPE Atlas Team

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Be careful with probe 4981
by Thomas Holterbach 24 Nov '14

24 Nov '14

Hi, I am going to perform some tests on our atlas probe (id 4981, ASN 3130) during the next two or three weeks. Please note that during this period, measurements from or toward this probe might be inaccurate. Thank you for your attention, Thomas

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Fwd: [AFRINIC-announce] AFRINIC-RIPE Atlas Initiative
by Vesna Manojlovic 21 Nov '14

21 Nov '14

FYI -- Cooperation between AfriNIC & RIPE NCC / RIPE Atlas. Vesna -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AFRINIC-announce] AFRINIC-RIPE Atlas Initiative Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 17:33:48 +0400 From: AFRINIC Communication <comm-announce(a)afrinic.net> To: announce(a)afrinic.net Dear Members/Colleagues, Following the MoU signed with the RIPE NCC in Abidjan, AFRINIC has launched an initiative to increase the number of probes and anchors in the AFRINIC service region. The “AFRINIC/RIPE Atlas Initiative” aims to support Internet measurements both globally and within our region. We are therefore relying on our members' support to help us build this network. We would also like take this opportunity to thank all those members who are already hosting probes and anchors and are keeping them online. How to Get Your AFRINIC/RIPE Atlas Probe ------------------------------------ For those who would like to support this initiative, AFRINIC and the RIPE NCC have implemented a new channel of distribution to make it easier for AFRINIC members to apply and receive their probe. If you would like to apply to host a probe, all you need to do is register online and make a request. After evaluation by the AFRINIC/RIPE NCC Atlas Team, probes will be shipped directly to successful applicants. Please note that this initiative is exclusively for AFRINIC members. More Information -------------- More information about the initiative and how to apply for and host a probe can be found athttp://www.afrinic.net/en/initiatives/afrinicripe-atlas If you are attending the AFRINIC-21 Meeting taking place from 22-28 November in Mauritius, you can also ask any AFRINIC staff member for more information about this initiative. Kind regards, AFRINIC Communications Team ................................... Chers membres/collègues, Suite au protocole d'accord signé avec le Registre Internet Regional Europeen, RIPE NCC, à Abidjan, AFRINIC a lancé une initiative visant à accroître le nombre de sondes Atlas dans la région de service d'AFRINIC. L'initiative "AFRNIC -RIPE Atlas " vise à soutenir les mesures de l'Internet au niveau mondial et au sein de notre région. Nous comptons donc sur le soutien de nos membres pour nous aider à construire ce réseau. Nous profitons de l'occasion pour remercier les membres qui hébergent déjà des sondes tout en les gardant en ligne. Comment obtenir votre sonde Atlas. Pour ceux qui sont prêts à soutenir cette initiative, AFRINIC et RIPE NCC ont mis en place une nouvelle chaîne de distribution pour les membres d'AFRINIC qui peuvent facilement faire une application et obtenir leurs sondes. Si vous souhaitez héberger une sonde, tout ce que vous devez faire est de vous inscrire en ligne et soumettre votre demande. Apres évaluation par l'Equipe d'AFRINIC-RIPE Atlas, les sondes seront directement envoyés aux candidats selectionnés par l’Equipe du projet. Plus d'informations ...................................... Plus d'informations sur l'initiative et comment faire une application pour héberger une sonde à :http://www.afrinic.net/en/initiatives/afrinicripe-atlas Si vous participez à la Réunion d'AFRINIC-21, qui se tiendra du22-28 novembre à Maurice, vous pouvez contacter le personnel d'AFRINIC pour plus d'informations sur cette initiative. L'Equipe de Communication d'AFRINIC _______________________________________________ announce mailing list announce(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/announce

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Using Atlas for Monitoring of Anycast DNS
by Klaus Darilion 21 Nov '14

21 Nov '14

Hi! I want to monitor an Anycasted authoritative name server: - are all nodes responding - are all nodes in routing ... So I thought about starting a long term DNS measurement with plenty of probes and NSID queried. Then, checking the results I should see every possible NSID if there are for more probes than Anycast-nodes. Does anybody have done that (or similar) already and want to share code? Can the RIPE Atlas Status Checks be used for such monitoring? Thanks Klaus

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