Submitted Feb 4, 2020

Measuring the internet using RIPE Atlas

Format of the session: Hands-on workshop (3 hours)

This proposal has been added to the schedule

Internet measurements are important and userful for everybody and not limited to network engineers, developers, researchers etc The internet is a network of networks. The RIPE Atlas project provides a lens to view how the networks behave from various vantage points. Using the RIPE Atlas system, anyone can run internet measurements to troubleshoot, understand how the internet works & carry out research.

Outline

The key take-ways of this workshop are,
1. Introduction to the RIPE Atlas project
2. Using the RIPE Atlas system
3. Creating various measurements (ping, traceroute, DNS, SSL/TLS, NTP and HTTP)
4. Use cases

Requirements

Participants need to bring their laptops.

Speaker bio

Swapneel is a network engineer, developer, researcher with interests in Unix systems, networking and security. In addition to being a RIPE Atlas Ambassador, connecting probes on uncharted Autonomous Systems, he delivers workshops and talks on various topics such as DNS/DNSSEC, Network Security etc.

Comments

Up next

Are you at least running Unbound on your laptops? DNSSEC as your first line of defence on a predatory internet.

Everyone on the internet wants your data. There's way too much tracking, there's way too many ads. Blocking unwanted ads and unwanted websites is the first step toward a safer internet. We'll look at the options present, why some are good, why some are bad and why DNSSEC is currently the safest GOTO in the DNS Space.

Feb 3, 2020

Netconf 2020 edition