<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>RIPE Labs</title><link>https://labs.ripe.net</link><description>Latest articles from RIPE Labs</description><atom:link href="https://labs.ripe.net/feed.xml" rel="self"/><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:42:49 +0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>How To Never Lose Control Over Your Network</title><link>https://labs.ripe.net/author/roland-bless/how-to-never-lose-control-over-your-network/</link><description>The complexity of modern networks is increasing, as is the challenge of network management and control. Solutions that rely on AI only seem to exacerbate the issue and today, even well-managed large networks are seeing the consequences. This article presents KIRA, a zero-touch control plane connectivity solution for mastering increasing complexity.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Roland Bless</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:42:49 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://labs.ripe.net/author/roland-bless/how-to-never-lose-control-over-your-network/</guid><category>bgp</category><category>tools</category><category>routing</category><category>competition</category><category>artificial intelligence</category></item><item><title>SEE 13: Advancing Internet Technologies in South East Europe</title><link>https://labs.ripe.net/author/qasim-lone/see-13-advancing-internet-technologies-in-south-east-europe/</link><description>Following up on our series of regional reports, we present developments in routing security and IPv6 uptake in South East Europe (SEE). We look into the changes in RPKI deployment and IPv6 capability for networks in the region ahead of the upcoming SEE 13 meeting that will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Qasim Lone</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 10:10:51 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://labs.ripe.net/author/qasim-lone/see-13-advancing-internet-technologies-in-south-east-europe/</guid><category>ipv6</category><category>ripe</category><category>rpki</category><category>routing</category><category>country</category><category>security</category></item><item><title>Hands-On the Network: Our Experience with RouterLab</title><link>https://labs.ripe.net/author/tiago-heinrich/hands-on-the-network-our-experience-with-routerlab/</link><description>Traditionally, computer network courses focus on introducing students to the various concepts of the Internet鈥檚 architecture and its protocols. While such courses equip students with a theoretical foundation on how the Internet works, they often fail to cover the practical and operational aspects of operating a node on the Internet, due to limited access to hardware and Internet resources.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tiago Heinrich</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 08:21:08 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://labs.ripe.net/author/tiago-heinrich/hands-on-the-network-our-experience-with-routerlab/</guid><category>routing</category><category>training</category><category>competition</category><category>internet number resources</category></item><item><title>Emile Aben: How the Internet Routed Around Damage in the Baltic Sea</title><link>https://labs.ripe.net/author/alun_davies/emile-aben-how-the-internet-routed-around-damage-in-the-baltic-sea/</link><description>When two Internet cables in the Baltic Sea were reported as broken last November, we turned to RIPE Atlas to examine the damage. In this episode, Emile Aben discusses what his analysis uncovered about the impact of these and similar incidents, and how the Internet remained resilient.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Alun Davies</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:15:15 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://labs.ripe.net/author/alun_davies/emile-aben-how-the-internet-routed-around-damage-in-the-baltic-sea/</guid><category>atlas</category><category>outages</category><category>podcast</category><category>measurements</category></item><item><title>Low-Latency Hardware-Assisted Virtual Networking</title><link>https://labs.ripe.net/author/florian-wiedner/low-latency-hardware-assisted-virtual-networking/</link><description>Virtualisation can help optimise resource sharing, providing improved support for low-latency applications when compared to bare-metal systems. But achieving ultra-low latency on cost-effective hardware requires strategic planning.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Florian Wiedner</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 12:07:39 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://labs.ripe.net/author/florian-wiedner/low-latency-hardware-assisted-virtual-networking/</guid><category>cloud</category><category>research</category><category>measurements</category></item><item><title>Unlocking UX: A User-Centred Journey for RIPEstat</title><link>https://labs.ripe.net/author/antonella-de-bellis/unlocking-ux-a-user-centred-journey-for-ripestat/</link><description>User experience design is not about trends, it's about solving real problems. The team behind the RIPEstat talk in depth about the design journey they undertook to create the latest iteration of the UI.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Antonella De Bellis</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:18:12 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://labs.ripe.net/author/antonella-de-bellis/unlocking-ux-a-user-centred-journey-for-ripestat/</guid><category>ripestat</category><category>operational</category></item><item><title>PeeringDB to Require MFA and API Keys</title><link>https://labs.ripe.net/author/leo_vegoda_2/peeringdb-to-require-mfa-and-api-keys/</link><description>You must have a second factor to login to PeeringDB from 1 July 2025. If you automate updates using our API, you'll need to use an API Key. But anonymous usage will not be going away. You can query the website or API without authenticating. This change will impact users who make updates or need access to contact information published in PeeringDB.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Leo Vegoda</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 11:59:21 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://labs.ripe.net/author/leo_vegoda_2/peeringdb-to-require-mfa-and-api-keys/</guid><category>tools</category><category>peering</category><category>competition</category></item><item><title>The RIPE Chair Team Reports - March 2025</title><link>https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-march-2025/</link><description>March for the RIPE community means time to gear up for the first RIPE Meeting of the year. The RIPE Chair Team reports on preparation for RIPE 90 and other topics and events keeping the community busy this month.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mirjam K眉hne</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:16:04 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-march-2025/</guid><category>ripe</category><category>events</category><category>community</category></item><item><title>Navigating Network Measurements - Routers, Switches, Servers</title><link>https://labs.ripe.net/author/tfiebig/navigating-network-measurements-routers-switches-servers/</link><description>If you want to run network measurements, you need to run them off of something. For a whole measurement.network, that means building a whole network. In this article, we will go into the infrastructure behind measurement.network, how it was built, and what it can do.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tobias Fiebig</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 08:23:20 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://labs.ripe.net/author/tfiebig/navigating-network-measurements-routers-switches-servers/</guid><category>research</category><category>competition</category><category>measurements</category><category>community projects fund</category></item><item><title>How Cloud Edge Infrastructure Improves Round-Trip Time</title><link>https://labs.ripe.net/author/katerina-lionta/how-cloud-edge-infrastructure-improves-round-trip-time/</link><description>In this work, we investigate the improvements in network latency across six European countries - Germany, Finland, Poland, Bulgaria, Greece, and Czechia - when leveraging cloud edge infrastructure. Using ping measurements from RIPE Atlas, we analyse the impact of cloud edge solutions provided by three major cloud providers: Amazon, Azure, and Google. Our results demonstrate that cloud edge infrastructure significantly reduces network latency in all selected countries, with the most substantial improvements observed in regions without local cloud regions, such as Greece, Bulgaria, and Czechia.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Katerina Lionta</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 07:31:46 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://labs.ripe.net/author/katerina-lionta/how-cloud-edge-infrastructure-improves-round-trip-time/</guid><category>cloud</category><category>atlas</category><category>competition</category><category>measurements</category></item><item><title>Routing IPv6 Through Wireguard With MikroTik and Debian</title><link>https://labs.ripe.net/author/wido-den-hollander/routing-ipv6-through-wireguard-with-mikrotik-and-debian/</link><description>With a recently allocated /29 subnet, a new RIPE NCC member set himself the challenge of routing parts of this IPv6 space to his home. The result? An IPv6-only setup with pure plain routing!</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Wido den Hollander</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 08:19:24 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://labs.ripe.net/author/wido-den-hollander/routing-ipv6-through-wireguard-with-mikrotik-and-debian/</guid><category>ipv6</category><category>guides</category><category>competition</category></item><item><title>Introducing BalticNOG: A New Hub for Network Professionals in the Baltic Region</title><link>https://labs.ripe.net/author/paulius-judickas/introducing-balticnog-a-new-hub-for-network-professionals-in-the-baltic-region/</link><description>BalticNOG (Baltic Network Operators Group) is a newly established non-profit initiative dedicated to fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing among network professionals in the Baltic region and beyond. It aims to connect operators, engineers, and researchers, providing a platform for discussions on internet infrastructure, security, and best practices.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Paulius Judickas</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 12:50:24 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://labs.ripe.net/author/paulius-judickas/introducing-balticnog-a-new-hub-for-network-professionals-in-the-baltic-region/</guid><category>nogs</category></item><item><title>RIPE Atlas UI: Revamped Probe Detail Pages</title><link>https://labs.ripe.net/author/stephen_suess_1/ripe-atlas-ui-revamped-probe-detail-pages/</link><description>Over the past few months, the RIPE Atlas team and our stakeholders have been hard at work reimagining the probe detail pages to make them cleaner, more user-friendly, and enriched with new features.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Stephen Suess</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 07:21:26 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://labs.ripe.net/author/stephen_suess_1/ripe-atlas-ui-revamped-probe-detail-pages/</guid><category>atlas</category><category>operational</category></item><item><title>Local Hosts for RIPE NCC Training Courses</title><link>https://labs.ripe.net/author/olivia-ruimwijk/local-hosts-for-ripe-ncc-training-courses/</link><description>For over two decades, the RIPE NCC has been delivering high-quality in-person training courses across our service region of 76 countries. But we don't do it alone! Here's a look at the crucial role hosts play in bringing new opportunities for learning and development to our members and local communities.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Olivia Ruimwijk</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:24:19 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://labs.ripe.net/author/olivia-ruimwijk/local-hosts-for-ripe-ncc-training-courses/</guid></item><item><title>Introducing the New RIPEstat UI</title><link>https://labs.ripe.net/author/ties/introducing-the-new-ripestat-ui/</link><description>The RIPE NCC will launched a new version of the RIPEstat UI built on the original 2013 version, but with a much more modern look and feel. In this article, the team highlights some of the changes made and shares a first look at the new design.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Ties de Kock</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:43:55 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://labs.ripe.net/author/ties/introducing-the-new-ripestat-ui/</guid><category>tools</category><category>ripestat</category><category>operational</category></item></channel></rss>