Verfploeter: Broad and load-aware anycast mapping
Guest Post: Verfploeter is a new, open-source anycast catchment mapping technique that provides almost four million vantage points.
Tag: measurement
Should we trust the geolocation databases to geolocate routers?
Guest Post: Geolocation databases are used by researchers and network operators to learn the real-world location of a given IP address. But how reliable are these in terms of coverage and accuracy at both country- and city-level resolutions?
Impressions from RIPE 75
Geoff recaps some highlights from the technical presentations at RIPE 75 in Dubai.
An observatory for path transparency measurement
Guest Post: The MAMI Project’s new Path Transparency Observatory will help operators with locating and analysing network impairments on the Internet.
Measuring your web server reachability with TCP Ping
Guest Post: Which is better measuring the connectivity and latency of web servers on the network level, HTTP or TCP Ping?
Metrics @ IX Australia
Guest Post: Check out how IX Australia have re-architected and designed a new platform to provide higher-definition network insights.
Is YouTube faster over IPv6?
A three-year study sought to measure the difference between YouTube content delivery over IPv6 and IPv4 to understand which provides the best user experience.
Detecting network outages with RIPE Atlas
Guest Post: A technique to detect bursty TCP disconnections, and how it can be used on RIPE Atlas data to better detect outages in the Internet.
Characterizing IPv6 traffic load balancing
Guest Post: Traffic load balancing is a common solution to bandwidth demands. Using a modified traceroute tool, researchers in Brazil are examining load balancing in IPv6 networks.
Viet Nam, Myanmar join the Asia Pacific RIPE Atlas anchor network
Viet Nam and Myanmar are the latest additions to the growing network of economies hosting APNIC-sponsored RIPE Atlas anchors in the Asia Pacific.