The RIPE Labs Article Competition for RIPE 86 ran from 23 February to 31 March 2023.
The winner was Yevheniya Nosyk for her article entitled Intercept and Inject: DNS Response Manipulation in the Wild. Yevheniya joined us at RIPE 86 in Rotterdam where she presented at the MAT Working Group session. Read more about the results of the competition.
The Human Factor in the Geopolitics of the Internet
LOUIS PETINIAUD
LOUIS PETINIAUD
Based in France
Louis Pétiniaud is a post-doctoral researcher in the geopolitics of Internet infrastructures and routing at GEODE, and teaches geopolitics of cyberspace in the Bachelor of Science program at Ecole Polytechnique. He holds a PhD from the French Institute of Geopolitics (Paris 8 University). His dissertation explored the links between the … More
• 20 min read
The Internet is a network of networks administered, controlled and shaped by humans. As such, it is as much affected by power relationships across the public and private actors as it, in turn, affects them. In this article, the team from GEODE explores the complex relations between the technical an…
Article tags:
- bgp
- atlas
- country
- research
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- +2
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Intercept and Inject: DNS Response Manipulation in the Wild
Yevheniya Nosyk
Yevheniya Nosyk
Based in Grenoble, France
I am a Ph.D. student at Université Grenoble Alpes (France), where I work on DNS and network security from large-scale Internet measurements point of view. More
• 6 min read
In November 2021, Internet users from Mexico lost access to whatsapp.net and facebook.com. By the time the event was reported, the underlying problem had already gone unnoticed for quite some time. Here, we present key takeaways from our analysis of the event - carried out with RIPE Atlas - and we …
Article tags:
- dns
- atlas
- research
- competition
- +2
- +1
Opinion: IP Leasing Should Become a Market Standard
Vincentas Grinius
Vincentas Grinius
Vincentas Grinius is a serial entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in network, infrastructure, and internet policy. As the CEO of IPXO, an all-in-one Internet Protocol platform, Grinius is committed to addressing complex network management issues and helping to alleviate the global IPv4 shortage. With a strong background in … More
• 8 min read
The policy of the Asia-Pacific Regional Internet Registry (APNIC) that does not accept IP leasing has been questioned during its recent meeting in conjunction with APRICOT. While each of the five global RIRs has its own policies regarding IP leasing, this opinion piece argues that the APNIC policy …
Article tags:
- ipv4
- policy
- competition
- +2
- +1
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Relax, It’s Just Networking (and humans are just complicated machines)
Jacky Hammer
Jacky Hammer
Based in Germany
Hi, I'm Jacky. Located in the vast and beautiful north of Germany - also known as Schleswig-Holstein - I'm a network architect with a variegated background in IT Ops, SecOps and agile management. Currently, my main focus lies in developing IPv6 strategies and architecture for one of the largest German … More
• 11 min read
With the next RIPE Meeting coming up, some of us might be dreading the networking we take ourselves to know less about: social networking. But its functions show inherent parallels to the base functions of computer networking. So accompany me to a deep dive on how the OSI layers relate to human com…
Article tags:
- ripe
- events
- community
- diversity
- +2
- +1
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Navigating the Complexities of BGP: Enhancing Security, Visibility, and Operability
Radu Strelciuc
Radu Strelciuc
Hey there! My name is Radu, and I'm a Systems Engineer studying Cybersecurity in Estonia. My expertise is Networking and Network Security. I've always been passionate about technology and how it can shape the world around us. But what drives me is the potential for technology to make the internet … More
• 16 min read
Explore the concepts and tools needed to ensure the stability and reliability of BGP networks. With a focus on security, visibility, and operability, this article gives an overview of configuring BGP, a complex protocol used to build and maintain the Internet.
Article tags:
- bgp
- guides
- security
- competition
- +1
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Detecting Waves with ShakeAlert
Marcel Flores
Marcel Flores
Based in Seattle, WA
Head of Research at Edgio More
• 9 min read
When operating large, globally distributed networks, hardware failures, provider outages, and other changes in behaviour are regular occurrences. Systems that can raise alarms at the first signs of trouble can alert human operators or automated systems and enable faster corrective action. To this e…
Article tags:
- ris
- bgp
- tools
- competition
- +2
- +1
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Plug and Plot: Reusable Visualisations for AS-Hegemony Data
Anastasios Meletlidis
Anastasios Meletlidis
• 11 min read
This article presents a set of open-source tools - “reusable visualisations” - that extend the AS hegemony visualisations provided by the Internet Health Report. Users can directly use the online tools or embed the IHR data on their own posts, webpages, or Observable HQ notebooks.
Article tags:
- bgp
- ris
- tools
- routing
- research
- +4
- +2
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Security by Diversity: The Business of Security Through Diversity
Fredrik Lindeberg
Fredrik Lindeberg
Based in Sweden
Fredrik is currently working at Netnod as a Security Expert in the Security Engineering team. His role is focused on internal processes, public policy development and the implications of policy on Netnod’s services. In 2021, Fredrik defended his PhD-thesis, Coordinating the Internet: Thought styles, technology and coordination. Prior to that, … More
• 10 min read
With information security such a complex and fast-moving field, how can companies gather enough information to make informed decisions about what is right for their networks? What criteria should you look for, how do you evaluate systems, and how can you determine which methods will scale most effe…
Article tags:
- security
- competition
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