Questioning the IPv8 Proposal
• 8 min read
The IPv8 proposal brings together routing, identity, and network management into a single design, but does it leave too many operational questions unanswered?
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From BGP Data to Insight: Simplifying Real-Time Routing Analysis
Romain Fontugne
Romain Fontugne
Based in Tokyo
I am the deputy director of IIJ Research Laboratory. The focus of my work is on Internet measurements, data analysis, and routing. More
• 5 min read
The IHR BGP monitoring tool is a simple web-based application that leverages the RIS Live and BGPlay APIs to monitor your prefixes and their RPKI status.
Understanding DDoS Scrubbing in BGP: Five Leading Scrubbers
Shyam Krishna Khadka
Shyam Krishna Khadka
Based in Enschede, Netherlands
Shyam Krishna Khadka is a PhD student at the University of Twente, with interests in internet routing security and internet measurements. He has over a decade of working experience in software development and network technologies across various companies. More
• 9 min read
DDoS mitigation often relies on BGP for "scrubbing", but how this appears in routing data is not well understood. We analyse five major providers to distinguish between always-on and on-demand protection, showing how mitigation manifests in practice and what it means for routing visibility and RPKI.
SEE 14: Advancing Internet Technologies in South East Europe
Anastasiya Pak
Anastasiya Pak
Based in Amsterdam
Anastasiya Pak is a Senior Marketing and Communications Officer at the RIPE NCC. Before joining the RIPE NCC, Anastasiya led the Communications Department at an international education NGO. She began her career as a TV journalist in Uzbekistan, covering international politics and diplomacy, the UN discussions, and other topics related … More
• 14 min read
Ahead of SEE 14, we examine how Internet technologies are evolving across South East Europe. Drawing on registry data and routing measurements, we highlight trends in routing security, interconnection, and IPv6 deployment.
Noisy Routers: Investigating the Make-Up of Route Collector Data
Ebrima Jaw
Ebrima Jaw
Based in University of Twente
Ebrima Jaw has been a PhD student in the Design and Analysis of Communication Systems (DACS) at the University of Twente, The Netherlands, since 2022. He received his MSc in 2022 in Computer Science and Technology (Network and Information Security) from Guizhou University, China. His current research interests are Interdomain … More
• 11 min read
Analysis of 80B+ BGP updates shows repeated "noise" is highly concentrated in a small set of peers, sessions, and prefixes, inflating datasets. Researchers from Twente, CAIDA, SIDN Labs, and IIJ examine impacts on measurement and operations.
When iBGP Full Mesh Is Actually Unnecessary
José Mª Rivadeneyra
José Mª Rivadeneyra
Based in Gipuzkoa, Basque Country
José Mª Rivadeneyra is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, at EHU (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea), in the Basque Country. He has a large experience teaching Computer Networks. His research focuses on computer networks, multicast traffic, and project engineering. More
• 9 min read
A common misconception is that iBGP requires a full mesh or alternatives such as route reflectors. In reality, full mesh is not a protocol requirement, but a design choice that may be unnecessary and even undesirable in stub ASes and small ISPs.
Make This One Change to Prevent Routing Loops in Your Network
Maynard Koch
Maynard Koch
Based in Dresden, Germany
I am a PhD student and research associate at the Chair of Distributed and Networked Systems at TU Dresden, supervised by Prof. Dr. Matthias Wählisch. Before joining TU Dresden, I graduated with a BSc and MSc in Computer Science from Freie Universität Berlin. My research focuses on Internet measurements to … More
• 5 min read
Routing loops can trap packets between routers, preventing them from reaching their destination. In some cases, routers even duplicate looping packets, amplifying traffic and threatening Internet stability. We look at how this happens and how operators can prevent it.
The IRR Landscape: Data Quality - the Good, the Bad, and the Outdated
Tobias Striffler
Tobias is a researcher in the R&D team at DE-CIX. His work includes Internet infrastructure research, data analysis, and prototyping, with a focus on practical and exploratory research topics relevant to large-scale IXPs. More
• 21 min read
In the second of our IRR landscape series, we focus squarely on data quality: how accurate, current, and usable IRR routing data really is. Using freshness, DFZ alignment and RPKI conflicts, we spotlight where third-party IRRs drift and why cleanup matters.
ASPA in the RPKI Dashboard: A New Layer of Routing Security
Tim Bruijnzeels
Tim is Principal Software Engineer RPKI at the RIPE NCC. He has been involved RPKI standards development and software implementation for well over 10 years. A number of IETF RFCs related to RPKI carry his name. Tim first got involved in this work as a software developer for RIPE NCC. … More
• 10 min read
ASPA is now available in the RIPE NCC RPKI Dashboard, adding a way to express and validate your upstream relationships on top of ROA-based origin validation. Building on its introduction at RIPE 91, this article explains what ASPA does, why it matters, and how to start thinking about deployment.
How IGP Leaks Put IXP Route Servers in the DDoS Shooting Range
Matthias Wichtlhuber
Matthias Wichtlhuber
Based in Frankfurt Germany
Matthias is a computer networks researcher and currently serves as Team Lead for Research and Development at DE-CIX, one of the world’s largest Internet Exchange operators. In this role, he oversees DE-CIX’s research activities on Internet infrastructure measurement, security, and optimization, as well as community engagement and publicly funded projects … More
• 9 min read
Route server exposure at IXPs leaves peering LANs vulnerable to routing leaks and real-world DDoS attacks. In this article, we talk about how and why it matters.