Presentation given by Mirjam Kuehne at TERENA TF-CPR meeting, Utrecht, The Netherlands on 10 February 2011

1. RIPE Labs
Operators Tools and
Data
TERENA TF-CPR, Utrecht, 10 February 2011
Mirjam Kühne, RIPE NCC
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2. A bit of History
• RIPE NCC started as a coordination center for
the RIPE community
- RIPE Database, mailing lists, meetings
• Only later it became a Regional Internet Registry
- one it was accepted as a neutral place
- providing a platform for operators to coordinate their
activities
RIPE Labs - Back to the Roots
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3. What is RIPE Labs?
• It is a web site, but more importantly:
- It is a platform and a tool for the community
- Launched in Sept. 2009, major update in June 2010
• You can:
- Test and evaluate new tools and prototypes
- Contribute new ideas and research results
- Provide feedback and discuss with others
http://labs.ripe.net
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4. Why RIPE Labs
• Faster, tighter innovation cycle
- Provide useful prototypes early in the development
- Adapt to changing environment and requirements
more quickly
• Closer involvement of the community
- Openness
- Make it easier and more effective to provide feedback
and suggestions
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5. RIPE Labs Homepage
Project Pages
Twitter Feed
Tag Cloud
Comments
My Folder
Articles
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6. How Can RIPE Labs Benefit You?
• Get involved in developments from the start
• Influence new tools and services
• Interact and communicate with others in
community faster and easier
• Contribute your own ideas, analyses and tools
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7. Currently on RIPE Labs
• IPv4 and IPv6 measurements
• DNS and DNSSEC related tools
• RIPE Database API and tools
• Statistics and Measurements
• Tools
• and much more...
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8. IPv6 Customer Premise Equipment Survey
• Survey among CPE vendors
• Results will be updated regularly on RIPE Labs
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9. IPv6 RIPEness
All (7142 LIRs)
Albania (18 LIRs)
Armenia (16 LIRs)
Only listing countries
Austria (149 LIRs)
Azerbaijan (26 LIRs)
Bahrain (23 LIRs)
Belarus (14 LIRs)
•
Belgium (110 LIRs)
Bosnia-Herzegovina (26 LIRs)
with 5+ LIRs
Bulgaria (74 LIRs)
Croatia (23 LIRs)
Cyprus (21 LIRs)
Czech Republic (185 LIRs)
Denmark (114 LIRs)
EU (59 LIRs)
Estonia (29 LIRs)
Large variation
Finland (117 LIRs)
•
France (341 LIRs)
Georgia (25 LIRs)
Germany (713 LIRs)
Gibraltar (10 LIRs)
Greece (40 LIRs)
Hungary (80 LIRs)
between countries
Iceland (30 LIRs)
Iran (85 LIRs)
Iraq (14 LIRs)
Ireland (75 LIRs)
Israel (32 LIRs)
Italy (435 LIRs)
Jordan (33 LIRs)
Overall
Kazakhstan (46 LIRs)
•
Kuwait (30 LIRs)
Kyrgyzstan (11 LIRs)
Latvia (49 LIRs)
Lebanon (28 LIRs)
Liechtenstein (7 LIRs)
Lithuania (32 LIRs)
- 27% have at least 1
Luxembourg (36 LIRs)
Macedonia (19 LIRs)
Malta (20 LIRs)
Moldova (15 LIRs)
Montenegro (8 LIRs)
star
Netherlands (341 LIRs)
Norway (152 LIRs)
Oman (5 LIRs)
Palestinian Territory (12 LIRs)
Poland (195 LIRs)
Portugal (35 LIRs)
- 73% still have 0 stars
Qatar (6 LIRs)
Romania (38 LIRs)
Russian Federation (1065 LIRs)
Saudi Arabia (61 LIRs)
Serbia (68 LIRs)
Slovak Republic (53 LIRs)
Slovenia (34 LIRs)
Spain (260 LIRs)
Sweden (236 LIRs)
Switzerland (217 LIRs)
Syria (11 LIRs)
Tajikistan (8 LIRs)
Turkey (113 LIRs)
4 Stars 3 Stars
Ukraine (137 LIRs)
United Arab Emirates (14 LIRs)
2 Stars 1 Star
United Kingdom (820 LIRs)
Uzbekistan (15 LIRs) 0 Stars
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10. RIPE ATLAS - Active Measurements
• New project to build next generation Internet
measurements prototype
• Aim to support 110k (or more) measurement
nodes around the Internet
- can be hosted by ISPs, IXPs, individuals...
• Will be presented at RIPE 61
- probes will be distributed starting in November
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11. RIPEstat - New Tool
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12. Community Building
• Each article gets announced via
- Social Media: Twitter, Facebook
- RIPE WG mailing lists and other mailing lists
- TERENA community news
• Presentations at various conferences and
operators meetings worldwide
• RIPE Labs became a known place for
interesting content and presentation of new
ideas
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13. Number of Unique Visitors
30000
22500
15000
7500
0
Sept Nov Jan 2010 Mar May July Sept Nov Jan 2011
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14. Returning vs. New Visitors (%)
90
returning visitors
new visitors
67.5
45
22.5
0
Nov Jan 2010 Mar May July Sept Nov Jan 2011
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15. Suggestion and Questions
• Please take a look and participate
• Leave a comment under an article
• Questions and suggestions to labs@ripe.net
http://labs.ripe.net/
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16. Questions?
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