Stéphane BortzmeyerOct 5, 2017

#RIPEduca starts in less than one hour https://www.ripe.net/support/training/ripe-ncc-educa Today, RIPE Atlas probes!

One last coffee and I stand ready.

#Internet #measurements

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RIPE NCC::Educa - RIPE Atlas

Show threadStéphane BortzmeyerOct 5, 2017
Soon to start, #RIPEduca. Expect some live-tooting about RIPE Atlas probes, Internet measurements and etc, if the proprietary bloatware Adobe Connect works.
Show threadStéphane BortzmeyerOct 5, 2017

Reminder: RIPE Atlas probes are a distributed network of probes that *you* can use to test Internet connectivity from many (10 000) vantage points https://atlas.ripe.net/

A must for any serious Internet professional.

#RIPEduca

RIPE Atlas - RIPE Network Coordination Centre

RIPE Atlas is the RIPE NCC's main Internet data measurement system.

Show threadStéphane Bortzmeyer

These probes can do several sort of measurements, requested by users (you and me) : ICMP echo (ping), traceroute (UDP and ICMP), DNS, etc. Here, the current measurements: https://atlas.ripe.net/measurements/ #RIPEduca

RIPE Atlas is therefore a nice botnet.

Measurements - RIPE Atlas — RIPE Network Coordination Centre

RIPE Atlas, RIPE, Atlas

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Show threadStéphane BortzmeyerOct 5, 2017
RIPE Atlas measurements can be submitted through several means: Web interface, and a nice API (several tools exist to use it). #RIPEduca
Show threadStéphane BortzmeyerOct 5, 2017
Kaveh Ranjbar now reminds us that RIPE Atlas probes have some limitations, to protect the network (no IP address spoofing, no arbitrary packets) and the people who host them (no arbitrary HTTP requests, because it is often monitored by the State or the Corporation). #RIPEduca
Show threadStéphane BortzmeyerOct 5, 2017

There are also special RIPE Atlas probes, the Anchors: larger machines, which can do the same things as the probes *plus* be the target of measurements (great for pinging the Internet).

#AFNIC one was among the first anchors installed.

#RIPEduca